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Aaron Wiggins Rumors
Bobby Marks: The Jaylin Williams extension starts at $8.45M, declines to $7.74M and stays flat in year 3. 3rd year is a team option Really good value for OKC and Williams There is a pattern in OKC for contracts to decline or remain flat: Aaron Wiggins, Isaiah Joe, Isaiah Hartenstein and now Williams.
Brandon Rahbar: Aaron Wiggins: “I wasn’t supposed to be here.” When asked what he meant by @JoelXLorenzi: “I was projected to be undrafted.” Wiggins says he was originally ranked 94th in his draft class. Then 75th after the combine. Then jumped to 56 but still rated as “Undrafted.”
As to why he all of a sudden became a screener upon entering the NBA, he once told me, “This is how we play, and if you’re not bought into it, you’re not gonna play.” So Wallace adapted willingly. Now, he sets picks and rolls to the rim, facilitating from there, as do Alex Caruso, Wiggins and the rest of Oklahoma City’s guards and wings. The Thunder set 28 ball screens per 100 possessions with their guards during the regular season, according to Second Spectrum. No one else in the NBA averaged more than 18.
"I think it's been good," Wiggins said of OKC's culture. "It allows everybody to have that certain sense of trust from (Daigneault) and our coaching staff. He allows guys to go out there and play free. If you get going, it opens the game up for you as an individual and for our team. His trust and his confidence in the guys is huge for us."
Jalen Williams scores 40 to lift OKC to 3-2 series lead
Clemente Almanza: FINAL: Thunder 120, Pacers 109 SGA - 31 points, 10 assists JDub - 40 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists Chet - 9 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks Wiggins - 14 points Haliburton - 4 points, 6 assists Siakam - 28 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists McConnell - 18 points OKC leads 3-2
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads Thunder to Game 2 victory
Clemente Almanza: FINAL: Thunder 123, Pacers 107 SGA - 34 points, 8 assists JDub - 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists Chet - 15 points, 6 rebounds Caruso - 20 points Wiggins - 18 points Haliburton - 17 points, 6 assists Turner - 16 points Siakam - 15 points, 7 rebounds Series tied 1-1
StatMuse: Aaron Wiggins in Game 2: 18 PTS (21 MIN) 5-8 3P +24 Leading the Finals in plus/minus.
Tim Kawakami: OKC bench took over this one: Wiggins +24 Hartenstein +17 KWilliams +15 (in 8 minutes, guarantee Daigneault talks about him postgame)
Proudly wearing a 2025 NBA Finals hat slightly turned to the side and an NBA Finals T-shirt, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Aaron Wiggins sat in front of his locker to reflect on his challenging road to a potential championship ring. “I sat down for a second because I never thought I’d be able to compete for a Finals championship,” Wiggins told Andscape after the Thunder clinched an NBA Finals berth with a 124-94 rout over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals on May 28. “To have advanced and made it this far alone is a blessing in itself.”
Time will tell how much Wiggins plays against the Pacers, but Lu Dort says his unselfish teammate is “always going to be ready.” “I’m not worried about that. He’s always been about the team first,” Dort said. “And when his name is called, he is always going to be ready. He had an amazing regular season. Anytime he got his name called, he was always ready. Nothing is going to change on that end. All that is on the coaching staff, but when he gets his name called he is always going to play his best.”
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Clemente Almanza: Aaron Wiggins: "We don't listen to too many of the narratives and opinions that are sought after by the public generally. Our team sticks to our roots and the things that we've practiced."
Whereas other defensive stoppers lean into the villain mentality -- Dillon Brooks literally calls himself Dillon the Villain -- Dort doesn't seek such a moniker. If your favorite player has a bad game against Dort, or comes away from the matchup injured, like Ja Morant did in the Rockets' first-round series versus the Grizzlies, Dort said he does feel badly about it. "He'll come into the locker room after the game, after something happens, and he'll tell us, 'Obviously I didn't mean to hurt him,'" Thunder teammate Aaron Wiggins told ESPN.
Law Murray: Thunder players that outscored entire Denver Nuggets bench by themselves: - Cason Wallace (11 points) - Aaron Wiggins (11 points) - Alex Caruso (10 points) Denver bench was 3/15 FGs with 11 fouls and 3 rebounds in Game 4
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