Minnesota Timberwolves: 3 candidates for a breakout season in 2018-19
By Luke Askew
1. Andrew Wiggins
It’s tough to write about a former No. 1 overall pick, who once averaged 23.6 points per game, possibly having a breakout season in year five, but that’s just the reality with Andrew Wiggins.
It should be made clear that Andrew Wiggins is by no means a bad basketball player. He’s actually a very good professional basketball player and has had a nice career so far.
The problem is that we know there’s so much potential to be tapped into with him. You can figuratively see the talent oozing out of him, but then you’ll watch six minutes of game time without even realizing he was on the court. How does that happen?
Upon the arrival of Jimmy Butler in Minnesota, Wiggins’ game took a pretty big hit. His efficiency and overall production plummeted way south of what any Wolves fan would have wanted. Maybe this was on Butler, maybe it was on Wiggins or maybe it was on the system — we may never know for sure. Either way though, it looks like with Butler’s looming departure, we may get to see a Jimmy Butler-less version of Andrew Wiggins yet again.
This time, hopefully, he comes with a little more aggression.
Over the last few days, lots of people have been talking about the Jimmy Butler effect on Andrew Wiggins. Now, with Wiggins as the potential veteran out on the wing mentoring young Josh Okogie, maybe we’ll see a different side of him. Maybe this is the time where we’ll finally stop talking about potential and start seeing results.