Minnesota Timberwolves: What went wrong with Andrew Wiggins?

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Over the next two seasons, Wiggins would continue to advance. His defense more or less stagnated, but he improved greatly on offense, going from 16.9 points per game to 23.6, 43.7 percent shooting to 45.2 and 31.0 percent 3-point shooting to a respectable 35.6.

Ricky Rubio was coming into his new role as a veteran leader quite nicely, the Wolves had added fellow top overall pick and Rookie of the Year Karl-Anthony Towns and Zach LaVine was outperforming the expectations most fans had of him when he was drafted. Things seemed to be on the up and up for the Wolves.

The team was improving, going from 16 wins to 29 to 31 in 2016-17, and Wiggins seemed to only be reaching new heights in his career. In both of those seasons. Wiggins had placed in the top 20 in points per game, field goals made, and 2-point field goals made.

The Timberwolves also put more of their trust in Wiggins in that final year, as he places 19th in usage rating in 2016-17.

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