It’s not that players really have to have pinpoint precision from beyond the arc to make a dent in the record books. After all, Los Angeles Lakers megastar LeBron James is the league’s all-time leading scorer as a career 34.9 percent three-point shooter. He even ranks seventh all-time in NBA history in three-point field goals (2,502). Nevertheless, few people would’ve expected 2014 No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins to now be seventh all-time in Golden State Warriors history in three-point field goals.
Andrew Wiggins Moves Up In Warriors’ Record Books
With just over five minutes remaining in the first quarter of their matchup against the Orlando Magic, Wiggins knocked down a three from above the break off a pass from Gary Payton II.
Keep ’em coming, Wiggs 👏
📺 @NBCSAuthentic pic.twitter.com/UiYn7wnwO7
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) February 4, 2025
With that bucket, he passed Hall of Fame forward Chris Mullin, who ended his illustrious Warriors career with 590 made threes.
What makes this really remarkable is that Wiggins did it in 500 fewer games. There are few better ways to underscore the differences in eras, as Mullins played for Golden State from 1985-1997. With that in mind, he’ll soon have the chance to pass a modern player in Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole. Poole converted 506 threes in 266 games with the Warriors. Had his tenure with Golden State not ended prematurely, he was on pace to be third all-time in franchise history in made threes.
Wiggins did only make one shot from long-distance on Monday night, going 1-5 from downtown. However, he finished the game with a team-high 25 points in what was just a five-point win for his team. The soon-to-be 30-year-old is now averaging 17.6 points per game on 37.9 percent shooting from three in 2024-25.
Andrew Wiggins in the win:
25 PTS
+15Averaging 21.6 PPG over his last five. pic.twitter.com/1GbquNZzaR
— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 4, 2025
As Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has been imploring his team to make their bones without relying on Stephen Curry, who’ll turn 37 in March, it’s worth mentioning that Wiggins is averaging 21.6 points per game over his last five contests.
Will He Be Moved?
Moving forward, Golden State will need Wiggins’ outside jumper to be better than it was against the Magic. He and Draymond Green are the team’s only other All-Star selections. Yet, unlike Green, he’s considered a legitimate scoring threat. With that comes the expectation that he’ll impose his will on games more often than not.
To this point of the season, he hasn’t. In the 43 games that he’s played, he’s only scored 20 or more points in 17 of them. The irony is that there was a time in which Wiggins being more selective and passive was seen as him sharpening his game. Now that there’s a need for him to be more assertive, it’s like he’s lost his mojo.
It’s somewhat difficult to even pin that on Kerr. His initial instruction is what led to this more reserved version of Wiggins. Still, this season, he’s given the 11-year veteran a luminous green light. One that he hasn’t seen since he was with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
It’s no wonder why the Warriors seem desperate to add star talent. In fact, they’ve made calls about “every All-Star player” ahead of the trade deadline, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. That being said, if they do find Curry a new co-star, Wiggins will likely be on his way out.
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