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fishonjazz said:
He just turned 19 so no im not worried. I think he will gain some weight as well as improve in all aspects of his game once in the nba a few years
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Sure on all that.

You can learn a lot about an athlete by the way they catch lobs. World class athletes like Lebron and Kobe go in one fluid motion and time the pass while in the air. Guys like Wiggins and Marvin Williams have to do that hesitation hop to time their jump when going up to get it. The same thing happens when he's driving to the basket. He doesn't seem to explode in a fluid motion and needs that hesitation hop to set up a good leap to finish strong. This is the reason Marvin never turned out to what everyone thought at the time (he was also 19 but bigger and 4 inches longer than Wiggins).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXt5JtlWnps

I see him more of a Durant type though so maybe it doesn't really matter. It's just a whole lot harder to judge than a natural world class athletic ability.
 
spycam1 said:
I definitely see him putting on 20 lbs. That'll help a lot.

But I get what you mean. However, they show in the sports science video instances of him contorting his body to finish in traffic. I think he's better at finishing in traffic than you're giving him credit for, and he'll get better at it with added strength.
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He probably is. I'm pretty much an idiot when it comes to college ball and know you've seen a whole lot more of it than I have.

If that 40+ vertical is legit then all my worries go out the window pretty much.
 
franklin said:
He probably is. I'm pretty much an idiot when it comes to college ball and know you've seen a whole lot more of it than I have.

If that 40+ vertical is legit then all my worries go out the window pretty much.
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He's not as good at it as I expected, I'll admit, but it's not nearly enough to move him down from the #1 spot.
 
frank is way off on doubting, in the least, Wiggins' athleticism. The way he 'catches a lob' (lol) must be a poor way to judge. I doubt there's a better athlete in the NBA.
 
Wiggins is an elite athlete, no doubt.

Then you throw in the fact that he has a foundation of scoring from everywhere... he can shoot spotting up and off the dribble; can drive; score from mid range with that floater; has basic moves with his back to the basket; moves without the ball..

He's not perfectly polished with any of these, but he can score in all these ways. Once he polishes them up (I think tightening his handle should be #1 on his list), he's a premiere player in the league.
 
RCdazy said:
That "science" is pretty vague. Does 1 foot longer than Durant's strides mean on average? Because I'm fairly certain anyone can alter the length of their strides. I understand the value of being able to take 1 dribble from the 3 point line to the basket, but in general, smaller strides lets the player change direction more effectively and allows them to "jump up rather than out" as my coach always said.

That being said, gotta get Wiggins.
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Forget about the comparison. What's important is that he takes two steps from the 3pt line and he can still dunk it.

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loooooolllzzzzz wugginz is overrated he sucks and he will be a bust.

2 years after, my boy jabari parker will be a superstar in salt lake averaging 28/8/4 while wiggins root the bench in sactown.


sac will get the 1st pick.
 
PKM said:
frank is way off on doubting, in the least, Wiggins' athleticism. The way he 'catches a lob' (lol) must be a poor way to judge. I doubt there's a better athlete in the NBA.
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You can pooh pooh it all you want but the fact remains that there is nowhere near the certainty surrounding him as there was other top flight players who were, outside injury, guaranteed to be All Stars.

I'm not saying you don't take him #1 or anything, just that there's something he's currently missing that a bonafide #1- without-a-doubt draft pick would have. He doesn't take over games for starters, doesn't finish through contact, and has suspect handles. He's nowhere near as polished as Marvin Williams was at 19, his shot isn't nearly as good... That 2005 draft was so much stronger and they were still considering Marvin at #1. This one has a variety of questions hanging over every player's head and Wiggins still is not the consensus #1.

Maybe he is a better athlete than Lebron as you say, but I still have my reservations about what the guy will become.
 
franklin said:
You can pooh pooh it all you want but the fact remains that there is nowhere near the certainty surrounding him as there was other top flight players who were, outside injury, guaranteed to be All Stars.

I'm not saying you don't take him #1 or anything, just that there's something he's currently missing that a bonafide #1- without-a-doubt draft pick would have. He doesn't take over games for starters, doesn't finish through contact, and has suspect handles. He's nowhere near as polished as Marvin Williams was at 19, his shot isn't nearly as good... That 2005 draft was so much stronger and they were still considering Marvin at #1. This one has a variety of questions hanging over every player's head and Wiggins still is not the consensus #1.

Maybe he is a better athlete than Lebron as you say, but I still have my reservations about what the guy will become.
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He's way more polished than Marvin was and has taken over every game since Embiid has been out.
 
berkkobe said:
loooooolllzzzzz wugginz is overrated he sucks and he will be a bust.

2 years after, my boy jabari parker will be a superstar in salt lake averaging 24/7/3 while wiggins root the bench in sactown.


sac will get the 1st pick.
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fixed for realists

jabari to slc!! make it happen!!
 
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