Andrew Wiggins has had a rather disappointing season, posting eerily similar numbers to his 2017-18 totals, ones that showed a steep decline from a promising third season in the league. However, Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders is proud of the newfound aggression he has shown during his brief time at the helm of the team:

“That’s what everybody has been talking about in terms of everybody has wanted more aggressiveness, and he’s done that,” said Saunders, according to Jace Frederick of the Pioneer Press. “So I’m not looking at the negatives at the moment, because he has been aggressive. And shot selection and things like that, those are things that develop over time. Those are things that develop in the offseason, as well. It’s really hard in midseason to completely change your thinking in terms of shot selection, so we’ll focus on that more moving forward, but I’m really proud of how he’s playing.”

Wiggins is shooting a career-low 40.5% from the field, coupled with a lack of progress with his 3-point shot, rendering an identical 33.1% clip that he had last season.

In his five years in the league, Wiggins has yet to shoot over 36% from deep, despite taking four or more attempts in his last two seasons.

Yet to Saunders' point, Wiggins has been more aggressive recently, with 15 or more field goal attempts in every game since March 5, which later resulted in a seven-game streak of 20-point outings.

Saunders has no option but to look at the situation in a glass-half-full type of way, but many feel Wiggins is not living up to the beefy five-year, $147 million extension of his rookie contract with averages of 17.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.