Chapter 309: The Timberwolves' Geniuses

The small forward for the Timberwolves is Wiggins... What a genius! Since high school, he has been an absolute superstar of the future!

In October 2012, after Wiggins officially announced that he would join the ranks of the Class of 2013, he was immediately placed at the top of the leaderboard by ESPN, replacing Jabari Parker, the number one player in the Class of 2013.

On February 25, 2013, Wiggins won the Naismith Award for High School Player of the Year. On March 28, he was named the 2013 Gatorade All-American High School Player of the Year, making Wiggins the first Canadian to receive the honor.

In his senior year, Wiggins played a year at Huntington High School, averaging 24.2 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.7 blocks per game.

In May 2013, Wiggins was named Mr. Basketball of the United States. In SLAM's ranking of basketball players for high school students, Wiggins is ranked first.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of all the honors he won in high school, and it can be seen from this data how good Wiggins is!

On May 14, 2013, Wiggins made a commitment to the University of Kansas, and the announcement was made. On June 19, 2013, Wiggins officially joined the Kansas Pine Eagles.

In 2013-14, Wiggins averaged 17.1 points and 5.9 rebounds per game at the University of Kansas, setting a scoring record for a first-year player at the University of Kansas. He was also named the Associated Press Big 12 Rookie of the Year and was named to the First Team of the Big 12.

At the end of the season, Wiggins announced his participation in the 2014 draft, where Wiggins had a vertical jump height of 1.12 meters, surpassing Michael Jordan and McGrady at his peak.

With this excellent physical data, Wiggins was successfully selected as the top pick and entered the Cavaliers.

It's a pity that Wiggins' arrival was not what LeBron, who had returned to the Cavaliers at that time, wanted to see, and in the end he was sent to the Timberwolves by the Cavaliers management, because LeBron couldn't wait for his growth... In exchange for a new generation of pot kings, Kevin Love.

Fortunately, Wiggins did not slump and still played his own style for several years in a row!

In January 2015, the NBA officially announced that Andrew Wiggins was selected as the best rookie in the West in December, and Wiggins averaged 14.6 points per game and played 33.9 minutes in December, leading all rookies. He averaged 4.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, both of which ranked third among rookies in the West. Wiggins scored in double figures in 11 of his 15 games in December.

On January 18, 2015, the Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets 113-105 away, Andrew Wiggins played 40 minutes, shot 11-of-17, scored a season-high 31 points, and had nine rebounds, four assists and three blocks, becoming the first player since Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James and Kevin Durant to score 31 points and 9 rebounds in a single game at the age of 19, and became the first player since Stephen Marbury in the 1996-97 season. The first Timberwolves rookie to score at least 30 points in a single game.

On February 5, 2015, Drew Wiggins was named the Western Conference Rookie of the Year for January. This is the third consecutive month that Wiggins has been named Rookie of the Month, making him the only player in Timberwolves history to be named Rookie of the Month multiple times, and the first player since Damion Lillard in 2012-13 to be named Rookie of the Month for three consecutive months. Wiggins, who led any rookie with 19.8 points per game in January, also topped rookies in shooting 47.1 percent from the field and averaged 38.4 minutes per game, and Wiggins scored more than 20 points in nine of his 17 starts.

Of course, Wiggins' real talent came on November 14, 2016, when the Timberwolves defeated the Lakers 125-99 at home. In the game, Andrew Wiggins played a total of 41 minutes and scored 47 points on 14-of-21 shooting.

Officially declare yourself the league's top scorer!

Bryant has also praised him – I was very impressed with Andrew Wiggins, seeing him reminded me of myself 19 years ago.

The Timberwolves' power forward was Gibson, who was drafted by the Bulls at No. 26 in the first round in 2009... Ty Gibson, who attended the University of Southern California in college, was named to the Pacific Ten Conference All-Rookie Team in 2007 as the oldest freshman in college. In 2009, the final year of his college career, he averaged 14.6 points, nine rebounds, 1.3 assists, one steal and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 60.1 percent from the field. He helped the Trojans win the league championship at Staples Center, which earned him a Pac-10 All-League team. Gibson had a tough interior offensive ability and rebounding ability during his college years, and on defense, Gibson has never averaged less than 1.9 blocks per game in his three years of college.

There's one thing I have to say about Gibson... It's kind of weird... In August and September 2010, Gibson's three very close friends all died in an accident in just six weeks, so he had to fly to New York to attend his friend's funeral. After the start of the 2010-11 season, he was in poor form, often wandering in training and even getting hit by the ball. During Gibson's difficult time in his life, Bulls assistant Adrian Griffin became his spiritual mentor, telling Gibson that the best way to honor them is to fight for them. Later in training camp, Gibson's performance was affirmed by head coach Tom Thibodeau.

Since then, Gibson has played for his three friends, and even the jersey numbers have been in accordance with their wishes.

The center of the Timberwolves, another genius, or... Let's put it this way! If Wiggins is a genius, then he is a genius of geniuses!

Karl-Anthony Towns, who was drafted by the Timberwolves in the first round in 2015, averaged 20.9 points, 13.4 rebounds and 6.2 blocks per game in his senior year and was named Gatorade's Player of the Year in 2014. He has twice recorded a quadruple-double in the season, including 16 points + 17 rebounds + 11 blocks + 11 assists once, and 20 points + 14 rebounds + 12 blocks + 10 assists once.

And in his college career – his university was the University of Kentucky... In the 2014-15 season, Towns averaged 21.1 minutes per game, contributing 10.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks, and was named to the All-Southeast Conference Team and Rookie of the Year, helping the team win all of its first 38 games until the NCAA Final Four before losing to the University of Wisconsin.

The data doesn't look gorgeous, but Downs' physical fitness is the most impressive!

He's like Duncan, with the air of a future top-notch interior from head to toe.

Even the freshman stats don't make much difference!