rockmanslim wrote:
Even last season's version of Giannis, the fresh-out-of-playing-against-cab-drivers-in-Greece version, had better handles, and thus playmaking ability, than Wiggins does this year.
Wiggins has never, at any point, really wowed with on-ball ability. It's always been his size and athleticism which were interesting. He was OK, though exciting, as a freshman and that's about the sum of it. So far this season, he's had some miraculous luck from 3 while sucking at the line and under the arc. He's underwhelmed on the boards while having turnover and foul trouble, showing no middle game whatsoever and a mediocre jumper. Totally unfit to be a shooting guard, but he's getting tons of minutes there. It's way early, and his FT% and jumper will probably correct based on what we saw at Kansas, but he's been staaaaaaank so far, particularly for his draft slot. His most interesting career moment to date was being involved in the trade with Cleveland.
19, out of position, early, not so much to judge just yet, but yeah, if you're looking at him versus Giannis, it isn't a shocking notion that the Greek might go ahead of him in a re-draft. Wiggins has looked pretty much like a worse version of rookie Richard Jefferson so far.
Giannis, for his part, is a year older than Wiggins and had a 77-game season last year. He wasn't as bad as Wigins has been so far, but there's that sample size again. And of course, he's also bigger. Tough to compare players at those very different stages as a result of the usually-vast difference between Year One and Year Two, but it doesn't change the fact that if you saw a guy doing what Giannis is doing now compared to Wiggins (even Kansas Wiggins), the Greek is the easy choice in a draft.
