Time To Revisit The Wiggins Vs Covington Talk - Topic

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Nov 14 2017 12:55pm

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Let's just take a look at the current 2017-2018 season.

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Covington
16.8 PPG
5.7 RPG
1.5 APG
1.0 BLK
1.6 STL
50% FG
50% 3PT
80% FT
67.7% TS

#6 in the NBA in RPM (4.46)
1.5 Win Shares

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Wiggins
19.5 PPG
4.4 RPG
1.6 APG
0.5 BLK
1.3 STL
45.9% FG
32.7% 3PT
62.3% FT
53.2% TS

#293 in the NBA in RPM (-1.57)
0.5 Win Shares

Covington >

And once again, the Timberwolves are better when Wiggins isn't on the floor LOL.

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Nov 14 2017 12:59pm

Ok I lold

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Nov 14 2017 01:01pm

Quote (Sixers @ Nov 14 2017 12:55pm)

https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=76700428&f=202

Let's just take a look at the current 2017-2018 season.

Covington >

And once again, the Timberwolves are better when Wiggins isn't on the floor LOL.

Weren't you dying for the Sixers to draft wiggins?

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Nov 14 2017 01:05pm

Feels good to be on the right side of history.

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Nov 14 2017 01:06pm

Wiggins is 22 and Covington is 26. I’m taking Wiggins all day

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Nov 14 2017 01:14pm

Quote (Fezbang @ Nov 14 2017 03:01pm)

Weren't you dying for the Sixers to draft wiggins?

Wiggins has not been the player that we thought he would be in the NBA, and for that I'm thankful. He is nowhere near as good as we thought. He's actually not good at all lmao.

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Wiggins is 22 and Covington is 26. I’m taking Wiggins all day

Wiggins: 258 NBA games

Covington: 224 NBA games

This post was edited by Sixers on Nov 14 2017 01:21pm

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Nov 14 2017 01:17pm

Nobody in the NBA is better at shooting the 3 AND defending.

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Nov 14 2017 01:40pm

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Feels good to be on the right side of history.

I don't expect this thread to go very long, the haters won't have much to say.

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Nov 14 2017 01:44pm

I don't think Wiggins and Covington make for a fruitful comparison based on their roles.

If I had to choose between them I'd take Wiggins without a second thought, but I will at least agree that Covington has been REALLY good so far this season.

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Yes, because Embiid was going #1, and Jabari Parker was going #2. So it looked obvious that we would take Wiggins #3, who we wanted anyway at the time because we needed a wing.

Then Embiid broke his foot right before the draft, which vaulted Wiggins up to the #1 pick....and oh lord look how that turned out. What a blessing in disguise. :rolleyes:

Wiggins has not been the player that we thought he would be in the NBA, and for that I'm thankful. He is nowhere near as good as we thought. He's actually not good at all lmao.

Wiggins: 258 NBA games

Covington: 224 NBA games

So we are just going to crown Embiid now? He's 15 games into his 'second season' after only playing in 25% of his first. Let's give this guy 250 games played before we say he was the better choice over wiggins. (If he stays healthy and gets better it won't be close)

Wiggins hasn't looked like the next lebron but he's been good and gave the Wolves something to be happy about during our rebuild. If Wiggins is your third best player your team is doing well.

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