Andrew Wiggins won the 2014 NBA Draft Combine. He wasn't in attendance—nor even in the proximity of Chicago. But with one "conveniently" disseminated Instagram picture, Wiggins leapt head and shoulders (literally) above the competition and rendered whatever was going on in Chicago at the moment obsolete.
You know the picture. The one with Wiggins showing off his superhuman leaping ability, his feet dangling near the torso of an unknown man with his mouth agape and flashing a wry smile—the one that serves as a natural reflex when you literally have no idea what else to do.
For hours Thursday, that one picture dominated NBA discourse. At first, no one knew how high Wiggins jumped. Could he have reached the unheard-of 50-inch vertical? That picture had to be Photoshopped or altered in some way, right?
Bill Duffy, Wiggins' agent, ruined the mystery somewhat by telling ESPN's Chad Ford that the image depicted a 44-inch vertical. That would have been the highest of any player measured this week in Chicago, but only a half-inch better than Jahii Carson and Markel Brown.
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