Andrew Wiggins

With the help of his defensive performance, Golden State Warriors forward and former Kansas Jayhawk Andrew Wiggins is an NBA champion.

This is Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala's fourth title together. But for a lot of other Warriors players, Thursday night was ...

“I dreamt about this as a kid and to be here on this team, this dynasty team, it means the world. Added Jordan Poole, “This is the reason we play basketball, to change our family’s lives and win at the highest level. Everyone is going to have something to say regardless, but now when they have something to say, they have to say I’m a world champion, too.” “It’s an amazing moment,” said Otto Porter Jr., a former third overall draft pick who signed a veteran minimum contract with the Warriors this offseason. “You put in so much work, so much time, to make it here, and the end result is becoming a champion. “Man, it feels good, it feels amazing,” a smiling Wiggins said after the Warriors’ 103-90 win over the Celtics to win the NBA Finals in six games.

Andrew Wiggins trekked an interesting and challenging journey to his first-ever NBA Championship.

When he arrived in the Bay, he was required to look for opportunities whenever the defenses collapsed on Curry. Whether he leaves the Bay or goes somewhere else, one thing is forever etched in history: Wiggins is a champion. In Minnesota, his job was to create opportunities for himself and his teammates. He won Rookie of the Year and was tagged as the next big thing - he was, alas, nicknamed Maple Jordan. But as the years went on without a single trip to the playoffs, doubts were cast on Wiggins. Yes, he has the talent. Wiggins was one of the players who got packaged to Minnesota in exchange for Kevin Love. After all, a small pocket of analysts believed that Wiggins could win the NBA Finals MVP after his strong Game 5 performance.

Once again, teams from the Big 12 and the SEC go head to head in a yearly challenge, setting up 10 matchups for one weekend to see which conference edges out ...

When the Beatles rose to fame in the mid-1990s, Noel was lucky enough to bump into Beatles guitarist George Harrison at a party. Wiggins is under contract for the 2022-23 season, but the Warriors might look to extend him, which would result in a hefty payday for the first-time All-Star after his breakout campaign. Sohi Food Store begins selling Indian food at 10 a.m. and usually begins selling out for the day between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. but sometimes food is still available as late as 8 p.m. A part-time medical assistant, Muskan Sohi also helps out at the store but when it comes to cooking, that’s where her mother takes over. So I’m sitting on a log and this guy with a beard and a denim jacket comes up to me and says, ‘Hey, you want a Heineken?’ I was like, ‘F*cking hell!’ We talked about Carl Perkins, and I told him he was my favourite guitar player”. The poll was designed to capture not just bills patients couldn't afford, but other borrowing used to pay for health care as well. Once again, teams from the Big 12 and the SEC go head to head in a yearly challenge, setting up 10 matchups for one weekend to see which conference edges out the other. However, for whatever reason, Wiggins just couldn’t put it together for the first years of his career. The smell of Kaur’s cooking is the second thing to greet patrons after the front door chimes upon opening. On Sunday we talked about how the changes to the conference makeup would affect the Jayhawks. On Monday, I argued against divisions for the new conference. Yet at this point, the fit is undeniable. On Wednesday, I outlined some alternatives to the divisional model.

BOSTON — In the immediate afterglow of the Golden State Warriors' championship-clinching win over the Celtics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, ...

Thanks to the NBA salary cap, the Warriors are victims of their own greatness. To even have such a possibility, the Warriors needed to make shrewd moves and capitalize on down years. The prospect of a future core of Poole, Kuminga, Moody and Wiseman is too enticing. At 6-foot-7, 225 pounds with a 7-foot wingspan and 40-inch vertical leap, Kuminga, 19, is the rare athlete who can affect NBA games despite minimal knowledge of X’s and O’s. Late Thursday, as players popped Champagne and reflected on the arduous journey here, they understood that there is plenty yet to achieve. This is the cost of greatness.

Former Kansas guard Andrew Wiggins won his first NBA title with the Golden State Warriors on Thursday, defeating the Boston Celtics in Game 6 103-90.

It's a familiar pattern: Andrew Wiggins joins Kevin Garnett and Kevin Love as Wolves sent away in high-profile trades who went on to win an NBA title.

Andrew's now a father of young kids, and he has Kerr, and he has Steph, Draymond, Klay. He has stability.'' Asked about a alleged halftime explosion aimed at Wiggins one night, Saunders said: "What's said in the locker room is supposed to stay there. Klay [Thompson] was injured, and they had other players missing, and that put Andrew into a position of being relied on heavily. He was respectful, polite, to everybody in the building. I had a chance to talk with Andrew quite a bit. And what I saw was his confidence start to grow. Athletes and everyone else … I think we all crave stability in life. Playing with Steph, and Klay Thompson, and now Jordan Poole, great shooters, has opened up the court for Andrew and allowed him to be at his most athletic. That's the player he can be.' And he's been that in the playoffs.'' We celebrated when Rosas was able to "get rid of'' of Wiggins' laconic approach and his contract. Jimmy said, 'Run that back.' And then he said: 'That's what Wigs can do. He was never going to be 'The Guy,' and there's nothing wrong with that.

When the Golden State Warriors needed a bucket to stop a 14-2 Boston Celtics run in the opening minutes of Game 6 of the NBA Finals, it was Andrew Wiggins ...

Warriors coach Steve Kerr inserted Iguodala into the closing moments of Game 6 with the result — and the team's fourth championship — in hand as a hat tip to ...

That was the splashy part of the play, but how the ball found him was all Wiggins. The Celtics had the ball with less than 15 seconds to play in the quarter, but Wiggins hounded Tatum the entire possession, which ended with a heave from Brown. Wiggins leaped for the rebound in between Tatum and Grant Williams, did a nifty, behind-the-back dribble to move up the court, then hit Poole with a look-ahead pass to create the shot. He kept coming at the Celtics, at Tatum, at Brown, at the people who never thought he had this in him. No one looks for Wiggins to provide the answers when things are not going well in the Bay Area. Wiggins also takes a back seat when things are going well, which is just how he likes it. He topped 40 minutes per game in each of the last four of the series, becoming an indispensable weapon for Kerr to combat Tatum’s scoring and playmaking. The Warriors banked on their culture and their infrastructure to give Wiggins the environment he desperately needed. Wiggins had five general managers and four head coaches in his seasons with the Wolves, a run of volatility that made it almost impossible to get any sort of identity established. Wiggins was playing just the 23rd game of his career, and here was one of the league’s signature stars saying that Wiggins reminded him of himself, a startling tip of the cap from a legend notorious for not fraternizing with the enemy. Those in and around the organization during his first two years with teammate and friend Zach LaVine — the two were dubbed the Bounce Brothers because of the pogo sticks they had for legs — would always playfully ask when Wiggins was going to challenge LaVine, a two-time slam dunk champion, at the marquee event of All-Star weekend. He was 36 years old, with one and a half seasons left in his Hall of Fame career, and the significance of the accomplishment — which came in a 100-94 victory over the Timberwolves — put Bryant in a reflective mood. The mean streak, the competitiveness, the intensity that defined Kobe on the basketball court were nowhere to be found in Wiggins, and it frustrated those in Minnesota to no end. In Golden State, with a trio of Hall of Famers to absorb the attention from the media and opposing defenses, Wiggins no longer carries the weight of an entire franchise on his shoulders. After the game, sitting in a cramped, makeshift news conference room at Target Center, he pulled back the curtain on the competitiveness that it takes to even dare to set a goal of scaling a mountain that high and marveled at the ovation he got from Timberwolves fans when he passed Jordan, a gesture that caught him off guard after so many years of being viewed as the villain.

Wiggins notched 18 points (7-18 FG, 4-9 3Pt), six rebounds, five assists, three blocks and four steals across 44 minutes during Thursday's 103-90 victory ...

- Warriors' Andrew Wiggins: Steps up with 27 points in Game 3 - Warriors' Andrew Wiggins: Scores 18 points in Game 3 loss He averaged 18.3 points, 8.8 rebounds,2.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks in a whopping 39.2 minutes per game.

The Fox Sports talk-show host had roasted Golden State for trading for the former Kansas men's basketball star, but after the NBA Finals he was looking ...

And that starting next year, we’ll see if they can rejuvenate the old splash brother ‘15-’16 team and be dangerous. ... I felt that if Klay (Thompson) came back at the end of the season (from an injury), they could be dangerous. “This one hits different for sure, just knowing what the last three years have meant,” Curry told reporters.

Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole predicted a major payday following the Golden State Warriors' latest NBA championship.

He finished the regular season averaging 18.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. In the Finals, he averaged 13.2 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. He put together two double-doubles in the NBA Finals and finished the series averaging 18.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists. Poole is under contract for the 2022-23 season, will earn $3.9 million and could become a restricted free agent in 2023. He finished the regular season with 17.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. The Warriors topped the Celtics thanks in large part to the roles Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole played

The Phoenix Suns should not want to end up like the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Any player that’s one of the two or three best players on an NBA champion deserves ALL the flowers and none of the criticism you’re still holding because of what happened on a draft night in June. He wasn’t a former No. 1 overall pick, and he wasn’t expected to do anything more than be the best teammate he could be. We’ve already seen him as the third-best player on a Finals team at only 22 years old. and should be seen as a cautionary tale for the Suns. He was simply given a fresh start. People assumed the non-passing, cruise-control Wiggins would never fit in with pass-happy, energy-driven Warriors, that they would trade him for another star as soon they could. And he was better in the playoffs than the regular season — exactly what you need from your best players. His new team somehow didn’t care whether he screamed after making a bucket or not. Four years before Deandre Ayton was taken with the No. 1 overall pick by the Phoenix Suns, newly crowned world champion Andrew Wiggins was taken with the top overall pick by the woeful Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014. It’s unfortunate the Suns didn’t show the same consideration for a much more accomplished Deandre Ayton after year three. He seemed like he was playing basketball because he was good at it, not because he loved it. He was the same after wins and losses.

"I just wanted to prove everyone wrong. And now I'm a world champion," Wiggins said. "Everyone is gonna have something to say regardless, but whatever they ...

At one point in the Finals, Wiggins led the Warriors in points and rebounds in a win where Curry failed to convert a three-pointer. On that night in which he improved Golden State to a 3-2 lead in the series, he gained some consideration as a potential Finals MVP candidate. No longer the prized first scoring option of an eager and young unit, Wiggins played his new modest role as the Warriors 3-and-D wing exceptionally, eventually earning a spot on the 2021-22 NBA All-Star starting lineup.

Andrew Wiggins was incredible on the court during the NBA Finals, but even he knows Steph Curry had the performance of a lifetime.

That’s one of the GOATs. Well deserved, he put the team on his back. And with someone like Curry by his side on the court, it’s clear Wiggins knows he’s playing with one of the greatest to ever step foot on the floor. “Steph is Steph, you know.

None of his old demons can hurt him in California. Bad at making tough shots? Simply slot yourself next to two of the greatest shooters ever, and stumble into ...

He may not have the natural team defense instincts of Green or Marcus Smart, but Wiggins is still an astounding mover in space. This seemed to be the precise series where Wiggins realized he could impose his body on the game even when his shot wasn’t falling. When asked how he did it, he said, “I want to win.” This is far from the default state for Wiggins, so hopefully the Warriors can keep convincing him that his hops are best spent dominating the glass. Wiggins’s success is less a matter of honing discrete new skills as it is getting shipped to one of the healthiest environments in the NBA and buying all the way in—and he surely deserves credit for buying in, given how many players let their pride and pedigree get in the way of productive seasons in diminished roles. (If there exists a hypnotist in Southern California who could trick Russell Westbrook into performing any recognizable basketball-playing motion when the basketball is not in his hands, the Lakers might have tasted the playoffs.) Land on a team fueled by the aggregate wisdom of many good decisions, rather than the transcendent judgment of any one guy.