I'm guessing this won't be the last time I will write about Wolves rookie Andrew Wiggins being honored.
Wiggins was named as the NBA's Western Conference rookie of the month for November.
Wiggins becomes the sixth player to win the award. The others: Gorgui Dieng (March 2014), Ricky Rubio (January 2012), Kevin Love (March 2009), Randy Foye (December 2006) and Stephon Marbury (January 1997).
Wiggins averaged 11.6 points (second among league rookies behind Milwaukee's Jabari Parker), 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 15 games, all starts. Among Western Conference rookies Wiggins was first in scoring, steals and minutes played, second in blocks and third in rebounding.
He led all rookies in three-point shooting (44.0 percent).
"I think he's had a solid month," Wolves coach Flip Saunders said. Still, like any coach, Saunders will say it hasn't been perfect. Saunders said he continues to encourage Wiggins not to waste minutes on the floor, to play hard all the time. "I want him to run harder," Saunders said. "I know that's something he can do.''
That said, Saunders praised Wiggins on-ball defense. A skill that, in many ways, is the hardest for a young player to learn at this level.
