Andrew Christian Wiggins is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks before being drafted with the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. After being traded before his first season, he earned NBA Rookie of the Year honours for the 2014–15 season, playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves. In February 2020, after spending his first five and a half seasons with Minnesota, Wiggins was traded to Golden State. Wiggins is the son of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins and former Olympic track and field sprinter Marita Payne-Wiggins.
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Andrew Christian Wiggins is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks before being drafted with the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Wiggins is the son of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins, an American, and former Olympic track and field sprinter Marita Payne-Wiggins, a Canadian who is originally from Barbados. After being traded before his first season, he earned NBA Rookie of the Year honours for the 2014–15 season, playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves. In February 2020, after spending his first five and a half seasons with Minnesota, Wiggins was traded to Golden State. Wiggins began playing organized basketball when he was nine, joining an under-10 team in Toronto. He was ranked number one high school basketball player by SLAM magazine. Wiggins was named the 2013 Gatorade National Player of the year as the nation’s top high school player. In May 2013, he was named Mr. Basketball USA. In April 2013, Wiggins played in the Jordan Brand Classic All-American game in Brooklyn. He scored 19 points and tied Julius Randle for lead scorer for the East team.
In March 2014, Wiggins scored 41 points against West Virginia, the most for a Big 12 Conference freshman since Michael Beasley scored 44 points against Baylor in 2008. Wiggins declared for the NBA draft on March 31, 2014, becoming just the second Canadian ever picked number one in the draft, after Anthony Bennett, who had been selected first overall one year prior to the 2013 NBA draft. On August 23, a three-team trade involving the Cavaliers, Minnesota, the 76ers and the Timberwolves was completed. Wiggins and Bennett were traded to the Wolves along with Thaddeus Young, while the Sixers received Kevin Love from Minnesota. The Cavaliers then received the Philadelphia 76ers, Kevin Love, and Thad Young from the Timberwolves. Wiggins joined the Kansas team on June 19, 2013, and became the second freshman in the last 15 years to amass those numbers in a win against a ranked opponent. Wiggins averaged 17. 1 points per game, 5. 9 rebounds per game, and made 34. 1% of his three-pointers in his freshman year at Kansas. In the championship game, he scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, amid chants of \”Over-rated!\” from the crowd.
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