In July 2013, more than a year before he would make his NBA debut, Andrew Wiggins was preparing for a one-season layover at Kansas—his status as the nation's top professional prospect secure, his career trajectory mapped out in the image of LeBron James.
Wiggins, truthfully, was never supposed to be the next LeBron. Bleacher Report's own Jonathan Wasserman pumped the brakes on that particular brand of sensationalized thinking before Wiggins ever reached college.
Still, both James and Wiggins entered the national consciousness before their 18th birthdays. The comparisons were impossible to ignore.
But as Wiggins' freshman season unfolded, the 2014 draft class became less about him and more about its star-studded depth.
Jabari Parker was the next Carmelo Anthony. Joel Embiid was the modern-day Hakeem Olajuwon. Aaron Gordon was the second coming of Blake Griffin. Noah Vonleh was the generational twin of Chris Bosh.
It all added up to the most anticipated prospect pageant in recent memory—an affair fated to rival the significance of the storied 2003 draft that yielded A ...
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