Andrew Wiggins won't play Olympics with Canada
Doug Smith: Andrew Wiggins out of Canadian Olympic picture, according to a source. Golden State Warriors playing hardball with veteran they are looking to move. Canadian team opens camp later tonight
Source: Twitter @SmithRaps
Source: Twitter @SmithRaps
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Andrew Wiggins continues to be floated in trade rumors warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/06/27/and… pic.twitter.com/Oo4CPsMOZF – 12:00 PM
Andrew Wiggins continues to be floated in trade rumors warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/06/27/and… pic.twitter.com/Oo4CPsMOZF – 12:00 PM
Eric Koreen @ekoreen
This looks bad for Canada Basketball and IS bad for Wiggins, who could have used playing in a nice, but appropriate role for Canada. Sucks. – 11:21 AM
This looks bad for Canada Basketball and IS bad for Wiggins, who could have used playing in a nice, but appropriate role for Canada. Sucks. – 11:21 AM
Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Andrew Wiggins out of Canadian Olympic picture, according to a source. Golden State Warriors playing hardball with veteran they are looking to move. Canadian team opens camp later tonight – 11:16 AM
Andrew Wiggins out of Canadian Olympic picture, according to a source. Golden State Warriors playing hardball with veteran they are looking to move. Canadian team opens camp later tonight – 11:16 AM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
A lot of people just want to be mad at LeBron/Bronny/Lakers and don’t get that in NBA Draft after pick 50 guys rarely ever make the team. This was a defendable pick. The last 6 pick 55s:
Isaiah Wong
Gui Santos
Aaron Wiggins (198 games)
Jay Scrubb
Kyle Guy
Arnoldas Kulboka – 8:09 PM
A lot of people just want to be mad at LeBron/Bronny/Lakers and don’t get that in NBA Draft after pick 50 guys rarely ever make the team. This was a defendable pick. The last 6 pick 55s:
Isaiah Wong
Gui Santos
Aaron Wiggins (198 games)
Jay Scrubb
Kyle Guy
Arnoldas Kulboka – 8:09 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Current Thunder roster:
SGA
JDub
Chet
Dort
Caruso
Wallace
Joe
Wiggins
Kenrich
JWill
Dieng
Topić
Jones
That’s 13 players. Trading Waters gets him to a team that will keep Lindy on a roster and frees a roster spot for OKC. I’d imagine the 2nd rounder will take a 2 way spot. – 2:23 PM
Current Thunder roster:
SGA
JDub
Chet
Dort
Caruso
Wallace
Joe
Wiggins
Kenrich
JWill
Dieng
Topić
Jones
That’s 13 players. Trading Waters gets him to a team that will keep Lindy on a roster and frees a roster spot for OKC. I’d imagine the 2nd rounder will take a 2 way spot. – 2:23 PM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Andrew Wiggins continues to be floated in trade rumors warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/06/27/and… pic.twitter.com/2r8B7Ss4aa – 11:16 AM
Andrew Wiggins continues to be floated in trade rumors warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/06/27/and… pic.twitter.com/2r8B7Ss4aa – 11:16 AM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Andrew Wiggins continues to be floated in trade rumors warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/06/27/and… pic.twitter.com/9TMivBGayY – 11:10 AM
Andrew Wiggins continues to be floated in trade rumors warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/06/27/and… pic.twitter.com/9TMivBGayY – 11:10 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Oklahoma City Thunder squad:
Nikola Topic
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Jalen Williams
Chet Holmgren
Alex Caruso
Lu Dort
Isaiah Joe
Jaylin Williams
Aaron Wiggins
Stacked. pic.twitter.com/pivD1pVxMI – 9:33 PM
Oklahoma City Thunder squad:
Nikola Topic
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Jalen Williams
Chet Holmgren
Alex Caruso
Lu Dort
Isaiah Joe
Jaylin Williams
Aaron Wiggins
Stacked. pic.twitter.com/pivD1pVxMI – 9:33 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Warriors reportedly willing to trade Chris Paul and Andrew Wiggins sportando.basketball/en/warriors-re… – 1:37 PM
Warriors reportedly willing to trade Chris Paul and Andrew Wiggins sportando.basketball/en/warriors-re… – 1:37 PM
Carl Steward @stewardsfolly
Don’t get the Warriors rumors regarding Paul George, especially at a four-year max. He’s 34, three months younger than Klay, and like Klay, not quite the player he was before a serious leg injury. Also further muddies Kuminga/Wiggins situation. – 1:07 PM
Don’t get the Warriors rumors regarding Paul George, especially at a four-year max. He’s 34, three months younger than Klay, and like Klay, not quite the player he was before a serious leg injury. Also further muddies Kuminga/Wiggins situation. – 1:07 PM
More on this storyline
League sources believe Andrew Wiggins, who struggled to find a consistent role last season, will be aggressively dangled in trade talks. The Warriors are also working hard to find a trade partner for Chris Paul, whose non-guaranteed $30 million salary for 2024-25 could be useful for matching purposes—but they have only until Friday, the last day they can waive Paul before his deal becomes fully guaranteed for next season. (Unless Paul and the Warriors agree to push the guarantee date into July.) -via The Ringer / June 26, 2024
Of course, if every second-generation player was selected No. 1 overall (like, say, Andrew Wiggins, whose father, Mitchell, played six seasons in the league), we’d expect them to outperform their non-legacy peers. But even once we account for draft slot, the second-gen draftees shine above the rest, outperforming the expected value at their draft slot by a whopping 30%. The legacy draftees, based on where they were drafted, were on average expected to generate 1.65 annual win shares in their NBA careers, the equivalent caliber of the 16th pick. Instead, they yielded 2.15, a 30% bump, which was more indicative of a No. 10 pick. Said another way, players with NBA bloodlines have performed six slots better than their actual draft spot. How impressive is that? Consider this: a 30% edge for legacy picks was larger than any college program in the study that sent at least 25 draftees to the league — even higher than the University of Kentucky (+26 percent). -via Yahoo! Sports / June 22, 2024