At 6-foot-8 Andrew Wiggins attacks like D-Wade, jumps like Dr. J, and closes like Kobe but he’s referred to as the “Canadian Lebron”. The megastar baller hasn’t even played one game at the collegiate level yet but he’s already projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2014 draft and is touted as the next Lebron. In an interview with GQ magazine Wiggins actually denounces the comparison and says which player is a better fit.
Big as he is, Wiggins almost never throws his 197-pound frame around. Unlike LeBron James, who weighed 240 pounds in high school, Wiggins is no monster; he’s a wraith. Which may be one of the reasons the kid from Toronto is loath to make the comparison.
“Aw, it’s not fair to even say my name in the same sentence as his [Lebron],” says Wiggins during his first week of classes at Kansas. “I haven’t even played one game of college ball.” Is there another player who’s more comparable? “I like Kevin Durant’s game! Ain’t nothing he can’t do. Shoot. Has a handle. Plays D. Scores at will. Durant, man! Has that killer instinct.”
“Anybody who has ever watched me knows that I get my teammates involved, that I make them better,” Wiggins responds. “I’m not too selfish or unselfish.”
Asked, after calling himself a “child of God,” if he ever wonders to his Creator, “Why me?” Wiggins gives a sheepish laugh, then says, “Nah.”
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