Throughout this whole Kevin Love ordeal many people have felt bad for rookie Andrew Wiggins. The Cavaliers had Wiggins participate in the rookie photo shoot donning a Cavaliers jersey where he was awkwardly asked if he thinks the Cavs want him all while trade talks heated up. He then said he just wants to “play for a team that wants” him. Wiggins also said he would love to play with LeBron James although the superstar still has yet to reach out to the young rookie. Now we know he actually does not feel that way.
via USA Today:
Playing alongside LeBron James seems like it would be any basketball player’s dream, but not for No. 1 draft pick Andrew Wiggins.
“When all this trade stuff started, I talked to Andrew and Andrew told me, “I hope I get traded,” Self said. “And I’m like, ‘No you don’t.’ And he said, “Coach, I do. It’s better for me, knowing my personality and what I need to do, to go somewhere where I’m forced to be something as opposed to going in there where they’re going to be patient with me and I’m going to be a piece.”
According to Self, Wiggins would rather be the No. 1 guy on a rebuilding team than be an asset on a championship contender, or a sidekick to James.
