Editor’s Note: To honor Mr. Andrew Wiggins and his incredible season, we decided to take a look at 22 reasons why Timberwolves fans should love the Rookie of the Year. Why 22 reasons? Well, rocket scientists, he wears No. 22, so it was actually pretty easy to come up with that number.

Let the list begin!

He Won The Rookie Of The Year Award

When it comes to liking someone or the things they do, you want to be associated with winners. Yes, the Wolves only won 16 games. So that’s not a great example, but there were some moral wins during the year. One of them, and probably the most important was Wiggins’ Rookie of the Year season. He led all rookies in scoring and ran away with the trophy. He became Minnesota’s first-ever player to win Rookie of the Year.

Be one of the fans who was by Wiggins since day one. When he wins MVPs, championships and goes into the Hall of Fame, you can say you were there since day one. Hop on the bandwagon before we need to hook up a U-Haul to the back of it.

Everyone Else Loves Him

Seriously. Like everyone.

We were at All-Star Weekend in New York this year and the stars in the league had nothing but good things to say about Wigz.

Jimmy Butler on Wiggins: “I think everybody knew he was going to be a really special player in this league. He’s tough. He’s learning. There’s a learning curve for the kid. But he’s going to make his mark and he’s going to have a great career.”

Tim Duncan on Wiggins: “Very young talent. A heck of a lot of talent there. He had stretches against us where he really got away from us for a little while. Very impressed.”

Michael Jordan: “He’s going to be the greatest ever.”

Kyle Korver (best quote ever) on Wiggins: “His potential is through the roof… He can be dynamic. It feels like he’s not even loading and he’s jumping at the top of the backboard. I don’t know even know if he’s using all of his muscles. He’s like a pogo stick. He’s still really raw. His potential is amazing.”

I might have made up one of those.

He’s Been Minnesota’s Most Exciting Player Since KG

This one kind of speaks for itself with Minnesotans.

He Plays Defense

Unlike most stars in today’s league, Wiggins realizes this is a two-way league. Offense is great and all, but it’s literally half of the game. Wiggins matched up against pretty much every perimeter star in the league this season. Russell Westbrook. LeBron James. James Harden. Wiggins saw them all. We probably don’t talk about it very often, but players who are above-average on both ends of the floor are very rare. Mostly because playing good defense takes so much out of a player that offense almost becomes a break. Tony Allen is a great perimeter defender, but he’s not an offensive threat at all. There’s a reason for that.

Wiggins looks like he’ll be solid on both sides of the ball for a very long time.

Every once in a while, defense turns out to be a pretty good offense.

He’s Probably Going To Face Zach LaVine In The 2016 Dunk Contest

LaVine would probably still be the favorite, but Wiggins would have the crowd support. The 2016 All-Star Game is in Toronto, the birthplace of Wiggins.

Wiggins decided to sit this year’s contest out, but man, it would be pretty dang entertaining to see him go up against his friend and teammate in front of the people who watched him grow up.

He’s Filled Up Two College Arenas

Obviously fans came to watch Wiggins when he was a star with the Kansas Jayhawks. But what he didn’t know is that he would get a college arena packed once again after going pro. That happened in October when the Wolves put on “Dunks After Dark” at the Taylor Center on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato (great, great school. Great people went there. So much greatness. Just a great place. I might have gone there).

There were fans in the arena rocking both his Wolves and Jayhawks jersey. And this was at midnight, so you can imagine just how many kids missed class the following day. Sorry professors, blame it on Andrew Wiggins.

He didn’t disappoint, either. He threw it down for the Mavericks.

He’s Not Going To Play Baseball

He’s a great athlete. But his pitching form makes us cringe. As a basketball fan, that should make you happy.

He Makes Transcribing Easy

Any beat writer knows all about this. You ask Zach LaVine four questions and you have 12 minutes to transcribe.

You ask Andrew Wiggins three questions and you have 30 seconds to transcribe.

Sure, it doesn’t always (hardly ever) end up being the best quote. But transcribing is one of the worst things ever. Andrew cares about us and makes it easy. Good for you, Andrew. Way to think about other people.

He Wears NBA Socks

It’s pretty normal for Wiggins to wear the NBA socks that he wears in games (obviously a clean pair) with his every day wardrobe. When I was 20 years old, I had like 40 socks but only four of them were matches. Wiggins makes it easy on himself. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has 100 black NBA socks in his dresser.

He Loves Dragon Ball Z

You heard the man. His favorite super hero is Goku from Dagon Ball Z.

No, not Iron Man or Batman.

We’re talking about Goku.

Go who?

This is all from Wikipedia because I don’t know where else to find information on Goku.

Goku is depicted as carefree and cheerful when at ease but quickly serious and strategic-minded when fighting. He is able to concentrate his Chi and use it for devastatingly powerful energy-based attacks, the most prominent being his signature Kamehameha wave technique, in which Goku launches a blue energy blast from his palms.

I don’t know what a lot of that even means… But “carefree and cheerful when at ease but quickly serious and strategic-minded when fighting.”

That sounds a lot like Wiggins off and on the basketball court. Just saying.

He’s Not Even 22

In fact, he just turned 20 years old this year. For a big chunk of the season, he was 19 YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most 19-year-old kids are sitting in a dorm with Pizza Rolls in the microwave and Natural Light in the fridge.

Wiggins was spinning by defenders and throwing down dunks in front of 19,000+ people.

Yeah, you’re right. Pretty much the same thing.

He Doesn’t Believe In The Rookie Wall

One of the most fascinating things with rookies in the NBA is the amount of games they are used to playing, and how many games they are about to play. Most college players play about 35-40 games throughout a college basketball season.

Once they hit the pros, they hit that mark in about mid-December (if you consider preseason games as well). That’s pretty dang crazy.

Wiggins actually admitted to hitting the Rookie Wall back in January. Flip Saunders acknowledged it, too. Wiggins had a night or two when he was noticeably tired, but he really did put his shoulder down and bust through that rookie wall.

Need proof? In the final month of the season, Wiggins averaged 23.3 points, six rebounds and four assist per game.

Wiggins 1, Rookie Wall 0

His Spin Move

This is better known as the “Spin Cycle.” Wiggins is pretty great on getting on the low block and just spinning around his defender.

I’ve always had a few questionable about this spin move. How do you know exactly where you’re spinning? Do you get dizzy? What happens if you spin too far?

I successfully did a spin move once playing basketball and I blacked out during it. Like literally, I don’t remember doing it. A friend had to remind me after. It just happened.

Wiggins obviously doesn’t have these issues. He’s perfected it as a rookie.

His Devotion To Watching Film

Most fans don’t know this, but Wiggins loves to watch film. Well, maybe he doesn’t love it, but he sure does watch plenty of it.

After every shootaround, Wiggins and LaVine sit down with assistant coach Ryan Saunders to have a little film session. Wiggins has said it’s been very valuable for him while adjusting for different opponents.

Because He Did This

His Ability To Stretch the Floor

You might be confused about this as Wiggins shot just 31 percent from the three-point line on the season. But we saw a glimpse of just how good of a shooter he can be earlier in the season before slumping from deep late in the year.

In November, Wiggins shot 41.7 percent from the three-point line. In December, he shot 33.3 percent. In January, he shot 34 percent.

Those are all respectable numbers, especially for a rookie.

That’s when Wiggins turned his focus to driving to the basket. Before the All-Star Break, Wiggins attempted 95 three pointers. After, he shot just 31 at a 16.1 percent clip. That’s not good, obviously.

But Wiggins is a pure shooter. His form is solid and by the looks of it, he’ll develop into a solid three-point shooter.

He’s A Family Man

After being traded to Minnesota, his family immediately moved to Minnesota to cheer him on. He’s got sisters who play high school basketball in the metro and I once saw his dad (former Rocket Mitchell Wiggins) shooting hoops at Lifetime. This family is all about Minneapolis and that’s awesome for Wolves fans.

LaVine’s family also moved to the area.

(Now I’m just picturing both families meeting up at Olive Garden for the soup, salad and breadsticks lunch special. )

The last star in Minnesota was accused of not wanting to stay in Minnesota.

It doesn’t look like that will be a problem for Wiggins.

His Performance At The All-Star Break

This was an all-around GREAT weekend for the Timberwolves. No, they didn’t have a player in the actual All-Star Game, but they did have four players (Wiggins, LaVine, Gorgui Dieng and Shabazz Muhammad) in the Rising Stars Challenge and of course LaVine won the Slam Dunk Contest.

But Friday night was all about Wiggins. Wiggins won the MVP award while putting up a game-high 22 points. Given his shy nature, it was cool to see Wiggins rise up to the occasion in a city like New York.

He’s always smiling

Seriously. Like all the time.

The guys on the team call him smiley.

Side-note: We once called a girl “smiley” in high school because she never smiled. It’s now her Instagram handle. She’s not smiling in one of her pictures.

He Offers Media Members Cookies

This is real. Phil Ervin from Fox Sports North can back me up on this.

Some background: Before most games, Wiggins and LaVine sneak into the media room (they aren’t very sneaky) and grab themselves a cookie or five. We don’t say anything because, well, who cares?

After a game in April, Wiggins was just about to leave before he noticed he had two cookies left on a small plate in his locker. He looked at us and said, “Ya’ll want these? I’m not going to eat them.”

We said no.

Twenty minutes later I went home and ate a box of Girl Scout Cookies.

Very nice gesture from Wiggins. He’s probably the only player in the NBA to offer media members cookies this season.

He Kills People With His Dunks

Do you know where Rudy Gobert is right now? How about Omer Asik? Do we have any idea? Has anyone asked? Did they both change their names so nobody recognizes them for this?

And this?

Late in the season, Wiggins threw any passiveness he had out the window. Early in the year, he settled for tough midrange jumpers. Now he’s killing the top defensive centers in the league. Memo to Dwight Howard and DeAndre Jordan in 2015-16: Watch out. You’re on his list.

And Finally… He Wants To Stay In Minnesota Forever

This should mean everything to Timberwolves fans.