Can people stop gushing about wiggins. He hasnt done nothing yet. His team is stacked with selden and ellis is an underrated prospect
Parker and randle have put up better numbers so far. Exum is an excellent prospect also. Nobody will really know who will be the best right now
What if kansas gets upset in the 1st round? Will ppl still go crazy about wiggins?
I do see the potential in wiggins but he has ways to go in terms of shooting the ball better, passing better etc. Thus far he has mostly been relying on raw physical tools. That can only get you so far
It's not like Wiggins appeared out of thin air. He's been known to the basketball world for years, and people are going off more than four early-season college basketball games to judge him. And mind you, he hasn't done badly in those games. Is he as refined as Parker? No, but no one said he would be. But I would argue that if LeBron's game is as refined as Paul Pierce's now, it wasn't until recently that it was so. Despite this, he was the better basketball player long before that occurred. And Randle's a beast, but he's 6'9" playing power forward in college, where a lot of teams will put out a 6'6" kid. He'll have a physical mismatch almost every night out. That won't happen in the NBA. Doesn't mean he isn't a great prospect -- he is very much so.
Wiggins was rated the #1 high school player for a reason last year, and he's done nothing to show he shouldn't have been.
I see your pts but also consider
-Lebron even from his rookie year had excetional handles and passing skills(better than pp). His shot was his only weakpoint
Wiggins is even more raw than lebron was. Wiggins knows how to play but right now he is more gerald green than say grant hill
So he has ways to go. I know his first step to the basket is dazzling, but if you look past this for example, his game can improve. For example in the nba , teams dare him to shoot, how is he going to cope with this?? Can he create a pass to the open man like lebron at worse?? With parker u cant do this, even if he played in the nba today
LeBron's handles are so good he gets away with 3 or 4 steps when he drives to the basket... I mean, his crab dribble is amazing. He's a good passer, but in no way his ballhandling is better than PP's. He can create space by shoving with his off-arm or lowering his shoulder, but his ability, as great as it is for a guy his size, isnt' nothing to rave if he was called like it is. Just like MJ, if you ask me.
Wiggins is raw, but he's not overrated. There's a trend of bashing the kid, his motor and his potential, but he'll still be #1. He'll do whatever is needed to win games, like against Duke, when he told his coach he wanted to guard Parker even with foul trouble, and his coach didn't grant his wish. Wiggins guarded Parker anyways, and Self had to admit that the kid was right. Wiggins has a long way to go with his development, but he has the character to compete while not "taking over" and chucking 30 shots. He even might not be a "go-to-guy", but he'll be a superstar. And when he's in the NBA, he'll get so many calls it's going to be ridiculous.
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