Andrew thiccens! 40pts 10reb

[AirBonner]

Can we admit that he

[keep-itreal]

Jimmy Butler and Tom Thibbdo was holding him back all this time. Good riddance

[FireDavidKahn]

Don't blow your load yet. He's shown this stuff time and again throughout his career where he will go on great stretches for a little while and then come crashing back to Earth. After 4 years of that I will never believe that Wiggins has "improved" until he can do it consistently. I've been let down too many times with Wiggins.

Having said that...this was probably the best game of his career which is even more special because it was Ryan Saunders first game and victory in his career.

[imdaman99]

He always lights up OKC :lol

[ImKobe]

No one ever doubted his talent, but it's his heart/effort that we have a problem with. Dude's averaging Brandon Ingram numbers in his 5th NBA season

going into this game:

Wiggins 17/4/2 49%TS

Ingram 17/5/3 52%TS

one of them has a max contract

[FireDavidKahn]

No one ever doubted his talent, but it's his heart/effort that we have a problem with. Dude's averaging Brandon Ingram numbers in his 5th NBA season

going into this game:

Wiggins 17/4/2 49%TS

Ingram 17/5/3 52%TS

one of them has a max contract

Comparing apples to bananas. One is on their rookie contract and the other isn't.

[ImKobe]

Comparing apples to bananas. One is on their rookie contract and the other isn't.

I'm just saying. How you putting up worse numbers than Ingram (the guy that gets shitted on constantly) while being a max player in your early 20s? Remember his contract year, where he fooled your franchise into thinking that he was a franchise player?

[Ass Dan]

Wiggins year by year career stats are almost exactly the same as Paul George’s.

Wiggins looked great tonight.

His handle, head and head coach held him back.

Fix those and he is an elite second option.

Don’t fix em, he becomes a forgettable player.

[keep-itreal]

I guess players can be more focus now that their head coach isn

[FireDavidKahn]

I'm just saying. How you putting up worse numbers than Ingram (the guy that gets shitted on constantly) while being a max player in your early 20s? Remember his contract year, where he fooled your franchise into thinking that he was a franchise player?
Don't believe I am defending Wiggins because I am not. I still have next to no confidence he will ever consistently improve. But tonight he looked like a franchise player which is promising because it shows he has it in him. It's all mental with the guy and I doubt he will improve it that much.

[TheImmortal]

Damn.. Lakers loss in retrospect wasn't all that bad. Wiggins is a monster! :eek: .. especially with Kuzma out... that's basically a W.

[brooks_thompson]

[QUOTE=keep-itreal]I guess players can be more focus now that their head coach isn

[ImKobe]

Don't believe I am defending Wiggins because I am not. I still have next to no confidence he will ever consistently improve. But tonight he looked like a franchise player which is promising because it shows he has it in him. It's all mental with the guy and I doubt he will improve it that much.

That's why it's so frustrating. I had hopes he would put it together when he came into the league and defended him a bunch on this board but I've been done with him for over a year now because he's mailed it in ever since getting his money. He'll have a great game every now and then, where he shows you what he's really capable of, and then he averages 15 ppg over the next 10 games.

[FireDavidKahn]

That's why it's so frustrating. I had hopes he would put it together when he came into the league and defended him a bunch on this board but I've been done with him for over a year now because he's mailed it in ever since getting his money. He'll have a great game every now and then, where he shows you what he's really capable of, and then he averages 15 ppg over the next 10 games.

100% spot on.

[And1AllDay]

No one ever doubted his talent, but it's his heart/effort that we have a problem with. Dude's averaging Brandon Ingram numbers in his 5th NBA season

going into this game:

Wiggins 17/4/2 49%TS

Ingram 17/5/3 52%TS

one of them has a max contract

/thread

[yeaaaman]

Don't believe I am defending Wiggins because I am not. I still have next to no confidence he will ever consistently improve. But tonight he looked like a franchise player which is promising because it shows he has it in him. It's all mental with the guy and I doubt he will improve it that much.

He's definitely had that "motor" issue but I also believed Thibs was a big issue. He's gone now so the only thing left to do is sit back and watch. We will all get our answers soon enough