Andrew Wiggins is open to playing for Canada this summer at the FIBA World Cup. But he hasn't fully committed to the idea just yet. (michaelgrange )
Surely there must be something to that, he was asked – his ability to elevate his game against certain opponents.“It’s just having a big game, I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t wake up and think ‘I’m going to have a big game against this team.’ It’s just getting into a good rhythm early, maybe it’s a coincidence.”
Ever since the 2015 Tournament of the Americas in Mexico City, it has somehow become accepted wisdom that Wiggins’ decision not to play for Canada – either at the last-chance Olympic qualifying event in Philippines in 2016 or last summer in either of the qualifying windows for the World Cup that NBA players were eligible for – was because he had a problem with former head coach Jay Triano, who pulled his name from the coaching search last month.
But Wiggins played 26 minutes against Venezuela — second-most on the team – despite shooting 4/11 with four turnovers and not taking a free throw. A close look at the final moments on video shows it was Wiggins’ man who didn’t get boxed out and who drew the foul as the clock expired by flying in for an offensive rebound before winning the game at the line.
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