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Andrew Wiggins is a Canadian male basketball player who competes as a small forward. He has played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, Golden State Warriors, and Miami Heat within the National Basketball Association. Wiggins was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers and wears the number 22. He began his professional career in 2014 and represented Canada in the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.
Born in Thornhill in 1995, Wiggins is the son of Mitchell Wiggins and Marita Payne. He is a member of the Black Canadians ethnic group and has a sibling named Nick Wiggins. He attended the University of Kansas, where he played for the Jayhawks. His notable achievement includes receiving the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.
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Key facts
- Position
- Small forward
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1995-02-23 ) February 23, 1995 (age 31) , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
- Listed height
- 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
- Listed weight
- 197 lb (89 kg)
- High school
- Vaughan ( Vaughan, Ontario ) Huntington Prep , ( Huntington, West Virginia )
- College
- Kansas (2013–2014)
- Nba draft
- 2014 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Playing career
- 2014–present
- 2014 2020
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- 2020 2025
- Golden State Warriors
- 2025 present
- Miami Heat
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Miami Heat
- Position
- Small Forward
- Nationality
- Canada
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Thornhill
- Father
- Mitchell Wiggins
- Mother
- Marita Payne
- Sibling
- Nick Wiggins
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2015 FIBA Americas Championship
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Miami Heat
- Position played
- small forward
- Country for sport
- Canada
- Mass
- 91
- Image
- Andrew Wiggins Huntington (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 203
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1995-02-23
- Commons category
- Andrew Wiggins
- drafted by
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- sport number
- 22
- start of work period
- 2014-00-00
- social media followers
- 588506
- ethnic group
- Black Canadians
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrew Christian Wiggins (born February 23, 1995) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers after one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks.
Wiggins grew up in Canada before attending his last two years of high school in the United States, where he was named a McDonald's All-American. At Kansas, he was named a second-team consensus All-American before becoming the second Canadian to be selected No. 1 overall in an NBA draft. After a preseason trade to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Wiggins earned NBA Rookie of the Year honors for the 2014–15 season. After five-and-a-half seasons with Minnesota, he was traded to Golden State in 2020. In 2022, Wiggins won his first NBA championship and was selected for his first NBA All-Star game, and was named a Western Conference starter. He has also been a member of the Canadian national team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andrew Wiggins” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.