Andrew Wiggins is the ideal draft prospect for the Philadelphia 76ers, though his potential arrival remains tightly bound to them embracing three words: Whatever it takes.
Once the unquestioned No. 1 pick in the 2014 NBA draft, the Kansas star has seen his stock enter a three-man limbo—in part because he was regularly passive during his time with the Jayhawks but mostly because standouts like Duke's Jabari Parker and Kansas' Joel Embiid took scouts and tankers by storm.
Philly's draft board apparently hasn't changed over the last year. Wiggins is still the Sixers' guy, and they're not shy about admitting it.
"It's no secret that the Sixers want to select Wiggins in the draft on June 26," Philly.com's Keith Pompey wrote of their interest.
Yahoo Sports' Marc J. Spears indicated it's a mutual interest as well. A source told him that Wiggins would be "excited" to play in Philadelphia, where his father, Mitchell, spent the final season of his six-year NBA career.
Rigid skeptics who aren't swayed by outright, albeit somewhat obligatory, interest will find clarity in another tid ...
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