After three seasons of having consistently improved his game, Minnesota Timberwolves guard/forward Andrew Wiggins admitted his game has taken a step back this season.
“I didn’t have the best season,” Wiggins admitted, according to Jace Frederick of the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. “Learned a lot, but I don’t think I had the best season. It’s motivation for the summer.”
Wiggins had to take a back seat as the team's leading scorer after Jimmy Butler was acquired via trade in the summer, which hurt his overall shot selection and consequently his percentages from the floor.
This became even more evident in the postseason, where his game didn't shine as expected, making a 14-point, 5-of-14 shooting performance his last during Game 5 of the first round, failing to record a single assist.
“I kept losing the ball a lot,” Wiggins said. “Just got to take it into the summer and use it as motivation.”
Yet head coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau remains optimistic about his role moving forward.
“I think we saw down the stretch him playing a more complete game,” Thibodeau said. “I think he can build off that.”
Wiggins, only 23 years of age, agreed with the sentiment, vowing to improve over the offseason and make his game show out even more for 2018-19.
“I know next year will be better,” he said.
The Canadian averaged 17.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game in the regular season only a season after posting two consecutive 20-plus-point scoring years.
Follow Us
Subscribe