The development of basketball has evolved to the present, has derived five positions on the field, the outside players are responsible for organizing and shooting, and the inside players concentrate on defense and rebounds. It is precisely because of a very clear division of responsibilities that the attack and defense of the whole team can be carried out in an orderly manner, and it is rare that they will not play. In our impression, in addition to excellent ball handling skills, outside stars also have excellent projection ability (except for individuals), and can score points through shooting + free throws in normal offensive hours.
The reason why superstars can become superstars is that they have very strong adaptability and top plasticity, and all-round talents like Kobe Bryant can influence the direction of the game with countless skills at both ends of the attack and defense, and their means of scoring are as colorful as eighteen martial arts. Although James and Alphabet Brother have achieved fame as breakthrough stars, their projection has also been improved to a sufficient height after hard training, and they have developed a stunt of back-to-back turn jump shots, which is the difference between superstars and ordinary players.
However, even though some players debuted as champions, after many seasons of experience, they should have reached the moment of blooming, but they have always done nothing and achieved nothing. Just like Wiggins, the leader of the 2014 draft, has the good genes of the sports family, as well as the growth environment of food and clothing, and is known as the "next James" before the draft. At that time, he not only had the ability to project, but also his vertical jump height exceeded that of Jordan, the god of basketball, and it was only a matter of time before he became a superstar.
How did he perform afterwards? As the team's number one scorer, Wiggins' offensive performance during the Timberwolves years was incompatible with the team's tactics, and he often wandered outside the system and could not produce more chemistry with his teammates. We often see him playing superheroes in a few games in a season, but more than that, it is still an occasional stroke of genius, and he cannot continue this heroic performance. Whether it is an offensive score or a defensive block, he gives people the feeling that he has a talent but does not have the ambition to achieve hegemony, and there is a feeling of "violent nature".
After coming to the Warriors for his third season, Wiggins has really grown a lot, especially the ability on the defensive end is already incomparable. Supposedly, he has a top salary and should give his full value to the Warriors, knowing that he is considered a small forward who is stronger than Barnes. We also saw his highlights in the 21-22 season: against former owner Timberwolves, there was a stunning performance of the dunk Towns, but these are only the results before the All-Star Game.
It seems that after being selected for the All-Star Team, Wiggins was magically gone, and his fig leaf seemed to be lifted. After the All-Star Game, Wiggins' scoring efficiency on the court plummeted, dropping from 48.1 percent to 39.2 percent from 48.1 percent before the All-Star, dropping from 41.4 percent to 33.3 percent from three-point range, and shooting from 66.1 percent to 30.8 percent from free throws. As a star player on the outside, Wiggins' free throw crosshairs are not even as good as the performance of the inside center, and this is his eighth season in the league.
In this game against the Lakers, he scored 14 points on just 6-of-15 shooting, and he never played more than 20 points after the All-Star game. You must know that when he was selected as an All-Star, the core curry of the team supported him to have such ability, but it did not take long to lose his due immediate combat strength.
Wiggins gradually lost at the same time, but also lived up to Curry's expectations, the Warriors' record of dominance at the beginning of the season is also inseparable from Wiggins' stable play. Once Cumminga and others can play a brilliant performance, then Wiggins is not indispensable in the team, and it is difficult to guess whether he can continue to stay in the team.