Canada’s Andrew Wiggins considers Minnesota contract deal without agent
MINNEAPOLIS — Canada’s Andrew Wiggins has a five-year, US$148 million contract offer from the Minnesota Timberwolves sitting right in front of him just waiting to be signed.
In his typical, laid-back fashion, the 22-year-old from Vaughan, Ont., is greeting the life-changing money with a shrug of the shoulders and a “what’s the big deal?” Even though training camp is set to begin on Saturday and the Timberwolves will depart for a pre-season exhibition tour in China a week later, Wiggins is in no hurry to finalize the extension and get it off of his plate.
“We’ve got until a day before the regular season,” Wiggins said Friday. “So there’s not really no rush or anything. I feel really good about it.”
And why shouldn’t he? The former No. 1 overall draft pick who came to Minnesota in a trade with Cleveland for Kevin Love in 2014 has positioned himself to be the only member of his draft class to cash in on a max contract extension. He is coming off of a season in which he averaged 23.6 points per game and has played in 245 of 246 possible games in his first three seasons.