Andrew Wiggins was declared the king of the 2014 NBA Draft (and therefore of college basketball) before he had even played a minute for the Kansas Jayhawks. But for every second that he occupies that throne, there is a critic searching for a chink in his armor and a challenger looking to take his place.
In the words of Omar Little from The Wire, “if you come at the king, you best not miss.”
Joel Embiid hasn’t missed.
Wiggins was the most talked about high-school player since LeBron James. He was labeled a “can’t-miss” prospect and viewed as a “lock” to go No. 1 in the 2014 NBA Draft. But with all that hype comes plenty of scouts inspecting the wares with a microscope searching for flaws.
It didn’t take long for Jabari Parker to thrust himself into the discussion since Parker pops on film in a way that Wiggins has yet to do for an entire game.
The momentum started with Parker’s dominant performance when he went head-to-head against Wiggins. That momentum has been building since that point, ...
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Article written by Shehan Peiris