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Old Posted Jun 15, 2018, 2:31 PM
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Unfortunately Wiggins was meant to be a big part of that future success, being possibly the most hyped high school prospect since Lebron. He has fallen quite short of those expectations, and I'm not sure if I see a guy who is still that raw four years into his career ever turning into a national team-carrying superstar.

That being said, I'm pretty pumped about Barrett. He seems to rely less on raw athleticism than Wiggins did at the same age. If you watch some of Wiggins mix tapes from high school, it was mostly him dominating much smaller, less athletic players at the rim. Obviously that doesn't translate as well when you are now going up against the Rudy Goberts of the world. Barrett's jump shot and passing look pretty refined already. Hopefully he does great things at Duke.
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