Andrew and his older self walked across the dark lawn of the campus. Despite the rain shower, Andrew was concerned by the fact that they were walking so brazenly out in the open, in flagrant violation of the basketball camp’s curfew. Despite his concern, he kept his doubts to himself; he didn’t want to seem…
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Andrew Wiggins 25 Points Full Highlights (3/21/2016)
25 points for Andrew Wiggins is great and all, but I think he came close to undoing all the good things he did tonight with that horrible game-tying attempt with 15 seconds left in the game (not shown). I mean, what the heck was that? There’s no way that a turnaround jumper while being defended…
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 25 Points Full Highlights (3/7/2016)
Andrew Wiggins is what would happen if you tried to make a player that could average 20 points while having as little impact on the rest of the game as possible. He doesn’t rebound much for a guy with his hops, he doesn’t pass well, and he’s okay at best on defense. He scores. That’s…
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 24 Points Full Highlights (2/20/2016)
Andrew woke up from his dream with a start. He looked around for any sign of the bus that was supposed to take him away from the camp. Finding that he was still lying in his bunk, he relaxed a little bit. Only a little bit, though. The potent smell of marijuana was still very…
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 25 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2016)
At what point do I say “enough is enough”? Andrew Wiggins has gotten to be a pretty good player, despite being a first overall pick playing for the Timberwolves (awwww yeah low-key dis on Anthony Bennett!). Scoring-wise, at least. Over 20 points per game for any prospect in their second year is damn good. The…
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 28 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2016)
Oof. Sorry folks, no “Andrew Wiggins goes to basketball camp and smokes some weed and maybe some weird stuff happens or maybe it doesn’t” story tonight. DownToBuck ate too many buffalo wings, and is now suffering some ill-effects. If my other descriptions seemed a little incoherent tonight, well, now you know the reason why. It’s…
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 21 Points Full Highlights (1/10/2016)
Just as Andrew Wiggins had drifted off into an uneasy sleep, Brad, the basketball camp counsellor, barged into the room and flipped the lightswitch. “Were you guys smoking weed in here? You were, weren’t you? Don’t lie to me! I can smell the marijuana, I can smell it very clearly! Answer me!” Andrew’s brain, still…
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 21 Points Full Highlights (12/31/2015)
Andrew stared, mouth agape, at the bag of marijuana in Dooby’s hand. After a few seconds, he remembered that he was supposed to project the image of a cool, street-smart basketball player, not a sheltered suburban preteen. “Cool. It’s always cool with me to smoke some weed, you know. Yeah. Let’s smoke it.” Dooby laughed….
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 23 Points/2 Euro-Steps Full Highlights (12/16/2015)
The Timberwolves just had a game where all four of Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns, Ricky Rubio, and Zach LaVine had good performances. And yet they still lost. What’s the deal? The Heat won a bunch of chips with a big-three, not even a big-four. The Warriors won the last chip with a big-one-point-five. How are…
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 23 Points Full Highlights (12/15/2015)
As the first day of drills wound down, Andrew decided that he was not quite having fun yet. The afternoon had been spent doing passes: chest passes, bounce passes, and passes off the dribble, both towards targets taped to the wall and to other campers. This was an area where Andrew was not significantly ahead…
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