Denver NuggetsThis ^. This is the reason I wasn't ever sold on Monte Morris as being an NBA player. Just the fact he was called up to the Utah Jazz for a few days is amazing IMO. Morris is a great basketball player, but he's just so darn thin and not that physical.
This is where Wigginton has a better shot IMO, with how he's built. He's also a much better scorer than Monte, which will help. Wigginton just really needs to work on his passing skills though before he tries to make the jump.
He's the same size as deaaron fox just his skillset is vastly different
Unrelated to the length of anyone's college career, but I'd strongly recommend re-reading the posts in this thread from mid-December if you need a good laugh.
I think he's here for 2-3, FWIW.
While he doesn't need to be a prototypical PG by any means he at least needs to show he can play the position at a high level in college. He's getting better on the defensive end but he's got along way to go. I think he will get more opportunity to run PG next year and play NWB off the ball or at least make sure Nick doesn't have to play 38 min a game. Not sure it will be enough to get him drafted in the 1st round. Ideally he would dominate in the role as a JR then go to the NBA.
Kid is a special player and seems extremely mature.
Not saying he leaves for the pros after this year, as I absolutely don’t think he will. But you can just see the talent just pouring out of him when he’s on the court. There were a couple of plays today and against Iowa where I just shook my head in disbelief at how gifted he is. It’s going to be really exciting seeing how Prohm works with him and gets him to harness it, but I just don’t see him being here all four years before he’s hitting on all cylinders (although I hope I’m wrong and his love for ISU keeps him here through his senior year!)
If he continues this way through Big 12 play, he could be gone after this year. I have a feeling he will test the waters this year and go to the combine. I think thought that he comes back and plays one more year before turning pro.
He's the same size as deaaron fox just his skillset is vastly different
At the combine, Fox measured 6'3.25" with a 6'6.5" wingspan and 8'4" standing reach. At the Nike Hoop summit in April, Wigginton was 6'2" with a 6'3.5" wingspan and 8'1" reach. I'd argue that is not an insignificant difference.
Wigginton's vertical is freakish, though.
I think a better freshman comparison to Wigginton is Malik Monk. Sure, different styles of play and Monk is more of a scorer, but both players have PG size without the assist rates you would want to see from a PG....but both players know how to score.
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So UNI isn't going to make the tournament? Silly to say so at this point in light of their current record and their performance against teams such as Villanova and UNC. Even sillier to ignore the proof of seeing him play. I can only conclude you are clueless about what constitutes basketball talent
I think with Prohm coaching him this year and next, he will definitely learn those PG skills and put it all together to be the complete package as a PG. He will still be small for the NBA, but could be dominant for ISU.