Andrew Wiggins
Wiggins playing for Kansas in 2014
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| No. 22 – Minnesota Timberwolves | |
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| Position | Small forward |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
February 23, 1995 Toronto, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 199 lb (90 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Vaughan (Vaughan, Ontario) Huntington Prep (Huntington, West Virginia) |
| College | Kansas (2013–2014) |
| NBA draft | 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall |
| Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–present | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Andrew Christian Wiggins (born February 23, 1995) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of Kansas before being drafted with the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, making him just the second Canadian to be taken number one overall in the NBA draft. He went on to earn NBA Rookie of the Year honors for the 2014–15 season. Wiggins is also a member of the Canadian national team.
Wiggins was born in Toronto and raised in the nearby Thornhill neighbourhood of Vaughan, Ontario. He is the son of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins, an American, and former Olympic track and field sprinter Marita Payne-Wiggins, a Canadian who is originally from Barbados. His parents met as student athletes at Florida State University. He attended elementary school at Glen Shields Public School in Vaughan.
Wiggins began playing organized basketball when he was nine, joining an Under-10 team in Toronto. At the time, he was 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m). He dunked a basketball for the first time when he was 13, and a year later, he grew to 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m). That year, he shattered a glass backboard after dunking on a rim at the Dufferin Clark Community Centre in Vaughan.
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