(05-19-2023, 08:53 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: At some point people said the same thing about Wiggins. Two years later he was one of the best two-way wings in the league and celebrated his first championship. Impossible to tell from the outside.
Wiggins is a peremiter player playing a defined role in chamionship culture surrounded by three hall of famers.
That's hardly what the Mavs are offering Atyton. Only thing the Warriors require from Wiggins is play defense and spread the floor by hitting timely shoots as a thrid or fourth option (Andre Iguadala role). Having someone in that role with this new CBA is not a luxury teams will be able to have moving forward.
Moreover, during the draft all the scouts said that Wiggins could be a would be a great defender bc his elite athletism at worst (40 inch vert and son of high level athletes).
That wasn't the case for Ayton who was athletic for a big but not considered elite athlete. The scouts all said he will likely be fine on the offensive end but will need to work extremely hard to reach his potential on defense.