The 2018-19 NBA season wasn’t all rainbows and sunshine. These five players would probably like a mulligan on the whole thing.
Sometimes things don’t go as hoped. This is as true for NBA players as it is for the rest of us, and every year there are several players who, as the end of the season approaches, would undoubtedly like to go back to the start and try it all again in the hopes that things would play out a bit differently than they did. Here are five players whose season did not go as they would have wished and may be hoping for a time machine, or at least a change in fortunes next season.
5. Andrew Wiggins
In his fifth season, the 2014 number one pick and 2015 Rookie of the Year has continued to disappoint and underwhelm, having perhaps the worst season of his career thus far. While there were hopes that the early season trade of Jimmy Butler to the 76ers would solidify Wiggins’ role and allow him to flourish, that did not come to pass. Instead, Wiggins posted career lows in a number of categories, including a truly abysmal true shooting percentage of 48.6. Wiggins has never really done anything that well offensively, and this year, he’s seemingly gotten worse at everything he did at a baseline level in the past.
And if Wiggins is not scoring efficiently, he’s also not doing anything else well enough to make up for that lack. He is not a good playmaker or distributor and while he certainly has the athletic potential to be a very good defender, he’s never shown the inclination to do so. Barring massive improvements, his contract will be an albatross weighing down the franchise for the next four years as the value of any remaining property on Wiggins Island reaches an all-time low.