It’s one of the most important questions facing the Timberwolves at this point: How do you get the most out of Andrew Wiggins?

Maybe Ryan Saunders is on his way to finding an answer.

Wiggins scored 20-plus points in each of his past seven contests heading into Wednesday’s game in Dallas. In that span, the wing is averaging six rebounds and 3.4 assists per game while shooting 46 percent from the field, all of which would be career highs if extrapolated over 82 games.

“I think people should be, I don’t want to use the word excited, but they should be encouraged by that,” Saunders said of Wiggins’ aggression.

Wiggins has had a few flash-in-the-pan types of performances over the past couple of years, but this is sustained production over a longer period. It’s exactly what Wiggins wanted.

“That’s the main thing, trying to finish off the year aggressive for myself, just to get myself going,” Wiggins said. “And hopefully it gives myself a lot of confidence going into the summer (for when) I come back here in September.”

Wiggins said he’s trying to establish “a mindset” of consistent aggression. If he can do that now, he’ll believe he can do it again next season.

“I just feel like I’m in a good rhythm,” he said. “I’m trying to take better shots and easier shots and letting the game come to me a little bit more.”

Saunders said he specifically likes Wiggins’ aggression early in games. He likes the way Wiggins can get downhill, and he thinks he’s doing a better job seeing defenses and feels Wiggins has passed better this season, as evidenced by his higher assist numbers of late.

“When you have a guy who can put the ball on the floor like Andrew, especially coming from the top of the key when he’s involved in the pick and roll or off hand-offs, things like that,” Saunders said, “what it does is it will hopefully bring the defense in and create open looks along the perimeter.”

Saunders thinks Wiggins’ recent production is different than earlier in the wing’s career, when he was putting up similar numbers. Back then, the cellar-dwelling Wolves were force-feeding Wiggins to find out where he was comfortable on the court.

“If you keep doing that, you’re going to have more opportunities to score,” Saunders said.

Now, Wiggins is getting his buckets “within the system and within an offense and a flow.”

Certainly, there is still plenty of room for improvement. Wiggins’ efficiency needs to improve, and seven games does not make a season, but his aggression is something to note.

“That’s what everybody has been talking about in terms of everybody has wanted more aggressiveness, and he’s done that,” Saunders said. “So I’m not looking at the negatives at the moment, because he has been aggressive. And shot selection and things like that, those are things that develop over time. Those are things that develop in the offseason, as well. It’s really hard in midseason to completely change your thinking in terms of shot selection, so we’ll focus on that more moving forward, but I’m really proud of how he’s playing.”