Andrew Wiggins has always been a very strange presence in the league, he has the top talent, but at the age when he should be the most prominent, he chooses comfort and health, scoring sixteen or seventeen points per game, taking three or four rebounds and two or three assists to clock out of work, there is no desire to win or lose, and it is no wonder that many people joke that Wiggins can play until he is 50 years old.
The opposite of Wiggins is James, the 37-year-old can average 23.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game this season, and in the case of almost all the players in the same class, James can still maintain a high competitive state, which is a model of the older the demon.
One is the playing style of young people in their 20s and 30s, and the other is the style of playing in their 30s and 20s, Wiggins and James are simply two extremes.
Many fans may not have noticed that since the rookie season with 16.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists, the best rookie and the best rookie team, Wiggins has not won a single honor in the last seven years of his career (including this season) and has only entered the playoffs once, which is rare in NBA history.
Normally, such a performance should be a parallel commodity, but Wiggins can still take a top salary of more than 30 million, sit firmly in the main position (all 531 games in his career), and live a healthy paddling life, which is really comfortable.
Seeing this, you may be able to understand why no one says that Wiggins is a parallel importer, because talent is on the surface, and the Timberwolves boss is not stupid, knowing that Wiggins is a typical worker. As long as he plays well, it is not a problem to average more than twenty points per game, so he is willing to give him a maximum salary, hoping that he will one day be as tough as Butler.
It's just a pity that Wiggins really can't support the wall, and after so many years, he still doesn't want to make progress, and he wasted the boss's heart.
Therefore, there is no need to expect too much from Wiggins, such a player who averages 19+4+2 per game, has a total score of 10,000+, and has a high attendance rate is already quite valuable in the current league, and someone like Wiggins who has no desire to let him enter the All-Star and lead the team to the Finals to win the championship is inevitably a little too difficult for him.