Minnesota Timberwolves wing Andrew Wiggins has been one of the most polarizing players on the Wolves for several years. As the team graduates to a playoff contender, his play will only be more closely examined.

Debating the production and progression of Andrew Wiggins has been a hobby of Timberwolves fans for the past couple of years, and it has certainly been a hot topic here at Dunking With Wolves as well.

The microscope under which Wiggins has been placed is largely fair, of course: Wiggins was once the first-overall draft pick and considered one of the most incredible talents to enter the league in the current decade. He won the Rookie of the Year award in 2015 and averaged north of 20 points per game at the age of 20, in just his second season in the league.

But there have been plenty of areas in which Wiggins has either never impressed, or he’s experienced clear regression over the course of his four-year career.

Yours truly has written on Wiggins several times, including a recent examination of the difficult contract situation the Timberwolves have put themselves in due to his massive contract extension, a review of his solid play at the start of the first-round playoff series against Houston, and my mid-season check-in on Wiggins’ regression during his first year playing alongside Jimmy Butler.

Before we dive in and examine three areas in which Wiggins must show improvement during the 2018-19 campaign, let’s acknowledge that last season was the first time that Wiggins was relegated to the clear third-option on offense. And not just that, but he was sharing the wing with an All-Star and dynamic offensive player in Butler.

Surely, Butler’s presence had something to do with what seemed to be incremental improvement on the defensive end of the floor by Wiggins, but it was clear that the duo is still figuring out how to share the court on offense.

Let’s get into it.