Chart: Andrew Wiggins at a glance

August 30, 2014 at 11:12PM

Andrew Wiggins

At a glance

Born: Feb. 23, 1995, in Toronto

Height, weight: 6-8, 200

Résumé: Attended Huntington (W.Va.) Prep School starting in 2011 and was the Naismith, Gatorade and Mr. Basketball USA national prep player of the year in 2013. Averaged 17.1 points and 5.9 rebounds in one collegiate season at Kansas.

Did you know? He has a personal assistant assigned him by his agents, Bill Duffy Associates. "It's more like a big sister helping me out. She just makes my life easy; she turns miracles into reality." ... In July, he signed a five-year deal with adidas reportedly worth at least $12 million. ... A sublimely gifted athlete, he's also remarkably thin. "I got hidden strengths no one knows about."

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