Post by davekersey on Oct 25, 2013 20:30:24 GMT -5
Some of you know I took in several games of Wiggins. However, I've never seen Young in person. So, here's my take:
First, Wiggins is a god, when and if it's his turn. I've seen his arms above the square to catch an oop. He is an incredible jack. Like I have maintained, he's Drexlerish.
Second, Wiggins, unless coached differently, will take time off. It's like he has headphones on and gets lost. I know that type. Fitch was that way in high school, but his enemy, a kid named Clark Washinton, stopped him dead in his tracks. When Washington said Fitch was the best player he'd ever seen, I took notice and told Tubby that. As an aside, Gerald would have been in jail by now if it wasn't for a white man who took him off the streets and financed his way to Lexington for a visit. His brother was killed in an unfortunate shoot out, the hood that Gerald knew. His sister, Valencia, talked trash to him and was as much instrumental in getting to play ball as the white doctor. I love that episode of my life. I love the kid.
Back to Wiggins, and the reasoning behind his choice of schools. It had to do with when Young committed earlier. Wait, in some ways Young had nothing to do with AW going elsewhere. If Young didn't commit, AW might have given UK a nod, but that's a guess on my part, yet educated. Antigua knew that and tried his hardest to get him turned. Wiggins was, as always, unreachable, by phone, coach, parents, untouchable. No one knew, not even Kansas, UK, UNC, FSU. No one knew. Ask OA, his recruiter. There was another stick in the fire: I talked with Wayne Selden at a game and he seemed, in retrospect, to know the outcome of Wiggin's choice. I think Selden was maybe the only person who knew while we were all guessing.
Third, Wiggins is the better of the two, JMOI. So I'd give AW a 9.6 on a one to ten. (I've only given one ten in fifteen years, that to Amare Stoudamire). I'd give the same score to Young only because he doesn't take time off. More than that, he can shoot when on. Listen, he will not always be on. And that's a good thing, for when they don't drop, he finds another way to either score or help someone else to score, something Wiggins is still listening to headphones.
Fourth, Young will be a glue, Wiggins will be a non personae in the locker. So, bottom line, KU got the good one, UK got the even steven in my book.
First, Wiggins is a god, when and if it's his turn. I've seen his arms above the square to catch an oop. He is an incredible jack. Like I have maintained, he's Drexlerish.
Second, Wiggins, unless coached differently, will take time off. It's like he has headphones on and gets lost. I know that type. Fitch was that way in high school, but his enemy, a kid named Clark Washinton, stopped him dead in his tracks. When Washington said Fitch was the best player he'd ever seen, I took notice and told Tubby that. As an aside, Gerald would have been in jail by now if it wasn't for a white man who took him off the streets and financed his way to Lexington for a visit. His brother was killed in an unfortunate shoot out, the hood that Gerald knew. His sister, Valencia, talked trash to him and was as much instrumental in getting to play ball as the white doctor. I love that episode of my life. I love the kid.
Back to Wiggins, and the reasoning behind his choice of schools. It had to do with when Young committed earlier. Wait, in some ways Young had nothing to do with AW going elsewhere. If Young didn't commit, AW might have given UK a nod, but that's a guess on my part, yet educated. Antigua knew that and tried his hardest to get him turned. Wiggins was, as always, unreachable, by phone, coach, parents, untouchable. No one knew, not even Kansas, UK, UNC, FSU. No one knew. Ask OA, his recruiter. There was another stick in the fire: I talked with Wayne Selden at a game and he seemed, in retrospect, to know the outcome of Wiggin's choice. I think Selden was maybe the only person who knew while we were all guessing.
Third, Wiggins is the better of the two, JMOI. So I'd give AW a 9.6 on a one to ten. (I've only given one ten in fifteen years, that to Amare Stoudamire). I'd give the same score to Young only because he doesn't take time off. More than that, he can shoot when on. Listen, he will not always be on. And that's a good thing, for when they don't drop, he finds another way to either score or help someone else to score, something Wiggins is still listening to headphones.
Fourth, Young will be a glue, Wiggins will be a non personae in the locker. So, bottom line, KU got the good one, UK got the even steven in my book.