The Andrew Wiggins Thread

[Klomp]

Want 15:31 of dunks? You got it!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNqmpbMPX9k[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=524h48CWlMc[/youtube]

[mondry]

Want 15:31 of dunks? You got it!

Do you even have to ask?!

[Klomp]

Want 15:31 of dunks? You got it!

Dunks by game:

Game 6
Game 7
Game 8
Game 12
Game 13
Game 16 (2 dunks)
Game 17
Game 18 (2 dunks)
Game 20
Game 21
Game 22
Game 27 (2 dunks)
Game 28
Game 29
Game 30 (2 dunks)
Game 31 (3 dunks)
Game 33
Game 34 (2 dunks)
Game 35
Game 36 (2 dunks)
Game 37
Game 38 (3 dunks)
Game 39
Game 41 (2 dunks)
Game 42
Game 43
Game 47
Game 48
Game 50 (2 dunks)
---All-Star Break---
Game 54 (2 dunks)
Game 55 (2 dunks)
Game 56 (4 dunks)
Game 58 (4 dunks)
Game 59
Game 60 (2 dunks)
Game 61
Game 62
Game 63
Game 65
Game 66
Game 71 (2 dunks)
Game 72 (2 dunks)
Game 73 (2 dunks)
Game 74 (3 dunks)
Game 75
Game 76
Game 78
Game 79 (3 dunks)
Game 80 (2 dunks)
Game 81 (2 dunks)

Final tallies:
80 dunks in 82 games
41 dunks pre-ASG, 39 dunks post-ASG
4 dunks in first twelve games, 19 dunks in last twelve games

[theGreatRC]

Want 15:31 of dunks? You got it!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNqmpbMPX9k[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=524h48CWlMc[/youtube]

That Ajinca dunk would have been dunk of the year in the NBA had it went in

[mondry]

Man, I gotta say, even though it's mostly from highlight videos and dunk videos, he really looks like he'll be the best player in the league a couple years from now or at least in the top 5. It's not likes those dunks are all freebies either though, most of um he's getting by his defender effortlessly 1 on 1 and then finishing through the help defense. It's scary to think he just turned 20 years old too and that he's doing this as a rookie. Add a consistent 3 ball to his game and I don't know how you guard him.

I haven't felt this "he's special" feeling since KG first came along.

[LordBaldric]

Congratulations Young Master Wiggins for a well deserved award!

[sheefo13]

I wish there was a mix of his post moves. Those things are a thing of beauty. I get dunks are exciting, but he had some amazing kobe-like post fades.

[Crazy-Canuck]

Wiggs had more highlight plays against the Jazz this year than most players have in a career.

[PZiv]

Wiggs had more highlight plays against the Jazz this year than most players have in a career.

Latimer effect.

[Foye]

Want 15:31 of dunks? You got it!

Spoiler:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNqmpbMPX9k[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=524h48CWlMc[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vANZfQ1bTAk[/youtube]

[Quentin]

IMO what will make him elite is to improve his ball handling. Relying on a teammate to get him the ball in his comfort zone is going to hold him back. Blind fold the guy and make him dribble.

[theGreatRC]

I think i'm going to make a top 10 of Wiggins plays video because all of the ones i've seen don't do him justice. It's just a bunch of dunks.

That move on LeBron in the post, the block and Dunk(Plus foul) against the Rockets are two that stick out to me more than some of the dunks he's had.

[mondry]

I think i'm going to make a top 10 of Wiggins plays video because all of the ones i've seen don't do him justice. It's just a bunch of dunks.

That move on LeBron in the post, the block and Dunk(Plus foul) against the Rockets are two that stick out to me more than some of the dunks he's had.

Go for it! I'll watch anything Wiggins at this point haha.

[The Tooth]

I think i'm going to make a top 10 of Wiggins plays video because all of the ones i've seen don't do him justice. It's just a bunch of dunks.

That move on LeBron in the post, the block and Dunk(Plus foul) against the Rockets are two that stick out to me more than some of the dunks he's had.

Please do so, the top 10 lists out there are all crap.

[Mattya]

I love the wannabe advanced stat gurus on the GB tearing Wiggins down. All it shows me is that they don't understand the limitations of what the statistics can tell you, and hide their bias behind the claim that "everyone else just stuck in the middle ages of statistics."

We get it Wiggins is a worse defender than his replacement in Chase Budinger, he wishes he was even as good as MCW, and he only scored like he did because he was a chucker and #1 option.

I can appreciate a quality analysis of advanced statistics, when it is put into context, and matches what my eyes can tell me. Most of these posters bias gets in the way of the context and watching the games.

[The J Rocka]

I swear the GB has gotten worse and worse each year.

He's a good defender in my book no matter what the advance stats say about him:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJnarXYrFSs[/youtube]

How many people can stay in front of James Harden and lock him down one vs. one? Not many.

He's only going to get better and he's pretty damn good for being a 20 year old.

[Quentin]

Interesting stat:

Wiggins was 16th in the league in points scored on post-ups. The only players ahead of him are PF's and Centers.

If you keep going down the list, you start to run into Carmelo and Wade who were both limited this year and probably would have been up there higher.

Not bad for the 19 year old rookie.

[PZiv]

I love the wannabe advanced stat gurus on the GB tearing Wiggins down. All it shows me is that they don't understand the limitations of what the statistics can tell you, and hide their bias behind the claim that "everyone else just stuck in the middle ages of statistics."

We get it Wiggins is a worse defender than his replacement in Chase Budinger, he wishes he was even as good as MCW, and he only scored like he did because he was a chucker and #1 option.

I can appreciate a quality analysis of advanced statistics, when it is put into context, and matches what my eyes can tell me. Most of these posters bias gets in the way of the context and watching the games.

its not only GB, a lot of journalists(altho those are the alleged adv. stat gurus on internet) are beating down Wiggins. A great analysis would be why advanced stats show Wiggins as bad defender, that would be a great work, but blind following in the same is idiotical to me.

On the hand we have Bruce Bowen case with Advanced stats which shows how shorthanded they are in certain cases.

[Dleavitt24]

Screw advanced stats. Using the eye test u can see Wiggins is a good on ball defender and going to be great. Early season undisiplined, late season much more disciplined. Team wise u can tell his lack of size/strength/awarnress often had him not involved in the play causing teams to score more and out rebound him. In a season with nothing to play for but to end the season healthy you could tell he wasn't putting in the full defensive effort. Not a knock on him but why risk it. If you look to the big games u could see him more agressive in these areas, Thats what i judge on. In the seasons to come i expect vast improvement. Bottom line is wolves see wiggins as a huge asset and in his development they gave him certain areas to work on each game. The season was one long practice for him, wait tell games start to matter and see how those "advanced stats look then"

[urinesane]

It's interesting how people lack any sort of context when looking at advanced stats. As if players exist in a vacuum and/or it's a 1 player sport.

If you can't see that Wiggins is legit, you must be blind.