SameOldNudityDrew wrote:There are a lot of things he'll need to do, starting with effort on defense and shot selection, and I also don't like the way he fades with his feet on his jump shots, but the Wiggins comparisons are unfair to Edwards.
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[*] Wiggins still can't dribble as well as Edwards already can.
[*] Edwards is quicker with pull-ups and step backs from range.
[*] Although there were times when Edwards was disengaged last year, he showed real flashes of effort, spirit, and joy in which he was totally engaged. He's shown the ability to kick it into another gear. Wiggins, by contrast, is kind of a zombie player in the sense that he coasts on his talent 100% of the time--there's never been much character or personality or extra effort there.
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Well Wiggins was the rookie of the year. Let's see how Edwards plays before say he is better than that.
Wiggins was ROY, but both Parker and Embiid didn't play that year, and the rest of the draft class was weak. Wiggins can score and could do it in a high volume early on. But he never really improved much as a player. I'm just saying I think Edwards has qualities Wiggins didn't that indicate that he could definitely be better. We won't know for a few years, but prematurely declaring Edwards the equivalent of Wiggins, a guy who will never actually realize his talent, is unfair in my view.
