Today the NBA officially announced the East-West All-Star starting list, and the most surprising starter is undoubtedly Forward Andrew Wiggins from the Golden State Warriors.
Wiggins, affectionately known as "Brother Mouth" by fans, was not only named to the All-Star Team for the first time in his career, but also became a starter. This should be a big encouragement for his career. Knowing the result, he carried a small bag and received the blessings of many teammates and staff, and he also showed his happy smile from the bottom of his heart.
This season marks the 9th year of Wiggins' career. In 2014, he was selected by the Cavaliers as a champion, but was sent to the Timberwolves as a chip, and the Cavaliers formed james Lefour Irving's big three, and successfully won the championship in 2016. Wiggins, on the other hand, began his career in the cold of Minnesota.
In the eyes of the world, Wiggins has the talent and physical condition of the top basketball superstar in history, and he often presents amazing interstitial dunks for everyone, and in some games, let everyone see his wonderful performance that far exceeds that of ordinary players, so that everyone can't help but admire his talent.
His temperament is gentle, humble, does not like to fight too much with people, scouting reports even once wrote: he has a high talent, but does not like physical confrontation, and even actively avoid physical confrontation in the game. This is also a point that he is often complained about: lack of fighting spirit and passion, lack of competitiveness and willpower like the superstar Jordan, Kobe, James, Iverson and others. This may be a good family environment, or it may be due to the natural personality of the mouth brother.
In most games, although he can often maintain a stable output of about 20 points, the Timberwolves often swim outside the playoff competition and are the league's perennial weak team. Downs and Wiggins as geminis have been unable to help the team to go further for many years, coupled with the personal performance is also deviated from people's expectations of his superstar, people are slowly making more ridicule of him: "Goji berries in the thermos cup", "Wiggins can play until 50 years old", "basketball civil servant". When Wiggins looks almost sweatless and still contributes about 20 points to successfully end the game, countless workers can only cast envious eyes, which is the real work drop god!
Although most of the ridicule is not malicious, but Wiggins's performance inevitably makes some fans a little disappointed, although people who have been teammates think that he is a good teammate, but after all, the outside world should expect him to be the team's pawn, the top few superstars in the league.
Two years ago, the Warriors made a deal with the Timberwolves, wiggins came to the warriors who had just ended their dynasty, and the Timberwolves got Russell to replace Wiggins as the new core of the team.
Wiggins, who came to the Warriors, has changed his position on the team, especially this season, he is no longer the main point of the team, before him there are the core curry of the team, Thompson who returned from a major injury, the sudden Poole and the core of the organization Green, plus a number of cadres.
Wiggins integrated into the team here, joined the team with championship genes, winning culture, and became a warrior. The team boss Curry himself has the ability to be active and cohesive. At Golden State, Wiggins has become happier, he no longer has to bear the pressure of being a core player and the flickering of the spotlight, he still conscientiously does what he should do on the court, maintains a steady score, and defends the flanks of the team on the defensive end.
When his teammates interviewed him about what he was fighting for this season, Wiggins said without hesitation: Fight for his teammates. From this point in time, we should be able to read the transformation that has quietly occurred since he came to the Warriors.
So far this season, he has averaged 18.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2 assists in 31.4 minutes per game, shooting 48.1% from the field and 40.4% from three-point range, both of which are career-highs. The All-Star starter is an affirmation of his performance at this stage, and also shows the love of the majority of fans for him.
This all-star selection could be a catalyst and may really stimulate Wiggins' career to some extent, helping him transform into a more scrappy superstar. He himself once expressed his hope that the outside world would look at him differently after coming to the Warriors, and that he would talk with the ball.
But isn't it impossible for him to use his favorite style of play to be an important part of the Warriors' pursuit of greatness? As long as the fans who like him can still see his innocent smile, everything is fine.