vagelis wrote:FNQ wrote:vagelis wrote:
I think you do something similar about Wiggins offense
I don't think that his handles are terrible and he has a lot of ways to score the ball.
Wiggins is a good 2way player not only defense. This couldn't be true for a player with 19.5 ppg career average
He dribbled the ball off his hamstring tonight when no one was near him. He dribbles far away from his body. He doesnt win anything with his handles, he wins with a strong first step and exceptionally long body
He can straight line drive, and he can contort and finish with contact. When he dribbles too much he gets into trouble. He's a limited offensive player, where you mostly only want him taking open jumpers, and otherwise trying to drive to the rim. However he's unable to counter on those drives. That's just a fact, and I know you stan him and must be loving the past couple seasons, but if he were truly a good offensive player, he'd probably be worth his contract. He's ok, and he's in a place that really helps him focus on the things he's good at. Otherwise a 20ppg player who plays good defense would be absolutely worth a max deal..
I don't agree with you, he is nothing but limited in offense.
He just is used a little bit less with the Warriors because they have the big player Steph Curry
He has a lot of moves and his handles are good enough. All the players have bad moments in a game.
Wiggins with only one turnover and 25 pts tonight. It is not possible that a player will not have a bad moment in a game. Don't remember only the negatives about his offense.
As about the contract I think he has the time to prove that he worths a big contract again
Please watch the following video from his last Timberwolves season when he had the ball in his hands.
We've saw when he's used more. Its how he became known as the guy with the worst contract in the league.
If you and others want to live in a world where Wiggins is now underutilized, and not put into an incredibly beneficial situation where he's surrounded by the best shooter in the world, another quality shooter, and a lot of BBIQ players who keep the ball moving.. feel free. But don't put up highlight videos and pretend he's being held back in some way.
He's a poor ballhandler, which is why his face-up dribbling usually involves him protecting the ball behind him and taking a fadeaway. He can kill ball movement with his pointless fakes that allow the defense to recover. He has no counter moves on drives. And all that is fine because on this team, we minimize these things. Curry and Poole's presence opens up huge driving lanes. The fact that we have 3 people in the SL that handle ahead of him makes it so he doesnt have to touch the ball as much.
I'm not repeating something about Wiggins' reputation from 4 years ago. I'm talking about things in the present, from actually watching the games. If you want to lump that in with people calling him lazy and unmotivated, thats your call. But I feel like I've been pretty fair to the guy since he got here, not someone who has stanned him forever or changed his opinion of him because the jersey changed.
