Andrew Wiggins was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada when Mitchell Wiggins and Marita Payne
welcomed a bouncing baby boy on February 23, 1995.
Wiggins truly has no excuse for not achieving greatness because his father Mitchell was
an NBAer who played for 20 years while his mother is also a former Olympic track and
field sprinter.
He is the third of five kids, having two older brothers (Mitchell jr and Nick) and three
sisters (Stephanie, Angelica, and Taya).
Most of them have played organized basketball at some point.
Talk about an athletic family!
Wiggins went to Vaughan Secondary School where he led the school to win the Ontario provincial
championship.
Two years later, he transferred to Huntington Prep School where he averaged 23 points, 11
rebounds and 2.6 blocks in his senior year as a small forward.
His spectacular and rejuvenating plays earned him the Number 1 spot on the ESPN prospect
rankings for 2014.
Wiggins had four teams in mind to play college ball.
He had offers from Kentucky, Florida State, North Carolina and he chose to be a Kansas
Jayhawk.
As a freshman, he had impressive season as he averaged 17 points, and 6 rebounds.
Wiggins was the Cleveland Cavalier's 1st overall pick for the 2014 draft as he joined his fellow
compatriot Anthony Bennett to be the second Canadian ever to be picked number 1.
LeBron James was coming to Cleveland, so Wiggins and Bennett got traded to the Minnesota for
Kevin Love.
Wiggins went on to play 6 seasons with the T-Wolves, averaging about 20 points per game
during that time.
He is their third all-time leader in points.
Just behind Kevin Garnett and Karl Anthony-Towns.
Now on the Golden State Warriors, Andrew made his first All-Star team and is a big contributor
to the Warriors winning ways.
The knock on him was he is super talented but didn’t work as hard or was not super
competitive.
He has been working to change that narrative.
Now we know a little about Wiggins’s b-ball career, let’s see how the millions roll
in.
Contract
Wiggins’s entry level rookie deal was 4 years $24 million.
After an electrifying first few years, Wiggins signed a 5-year maximum rookie scale extension
for $147 million in 2017.
The last year of his contract will pay him a whopping $33 million dollars.
The end of his contract is after the 2023 season and he will become an unrestricted
free agent in 2023 at the age of 28.
Let’s see how that plays out for him and the Warriors.
Endorsements
Wiggins's skillset and tenacity are what we always loved about him and this paid off once
again when he became one of the most sought-after rookies in the league.
He landed his first endorsement deal as a rookie with Adidas.
They came out with the “Crazy Explosive” series, an unusual shoe which looks like a
wrestling boot thanks to a high-arching ankle support system with breathable Primeknit.
After a few years, he parted ways with Adidas and switched to Peak.
Peak is a Chinese Shoe brand that is trying to make its way in basketball.
They have signed a few players including Dwight Howard, Tony Parker and Lou Williams
Wiggins made it known on Twitter that he signed a multi-year deal with them.
They have already released the “Wiggins Triangle Peak Attitude 2” and the “Glory
Golden State”.
What do you think about these kicks ?
He has also been the face of other reputable brands like Fitbit, BestBuy, Footlocker, Monster
and Biosteel.
Wiggins rakes in a total of $600,000 from endorsements annually.
Holy crap!
Now that we know a little about how he rakes the cash in, Let’s see how Wiggins balls.
Houses
Wiggins had a property in southwest Minneapolis.
Spanning two stories, this home sits just off cedar Lake, near where he spent his time
with the T-wolves.
Wiggins made some changes during his stay, touching up an eye-catching exterior with
wood shingles and tapered columns.
The property features 0.4 acres and 6330 square feet of usable space.
This work of art has five bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, two offices, a wet bar, and a kitchen with
the master suite featuring a dual-sided fireplace separating the bedroom and bathroom.
When he left the Timberwolves, he sold it for a nice $1.83 million
Andrew has a huge 11,000 square foot home Edina, Minnesota.
This private retreat sits on a golf course.
It comes with a pool, tennis court, a bright white kitchen with huge island, a game room
basement, home gym and a 4 car garage.
Wiggins paid a cool $3,150,000 for this stunner.
He has kept the mansion.
When Wiggins got to Golden State, he copped a pad in Hillsborough.
He spent $4,500,000 on a gated five-bedroom home high up on a hill that also happens to
sit very close to the 280 freeway.
When it was on the market, the home was touted as being “like new” with a “modern interior
by a well-known designer.”.
This house sits about 25 minutes from the Chase Center.
CARS Wiggins likes to keep it sharp with his special
matte black Ferrari 458 having yellow accentuated wheels and brake calipers.
It comes with a 3.9 liter turbocharged v8 engine producing 710 horsepower.
One of the best Ferrari’s out there.
This baby goes for around $250,000.
He also seems to have a thing for Jeeps.
He has been seen multiple times in Jeeps, like the Grand Cherokee.
Talk about flying through the lane.
PHILANTHROPY Wiggins has never forgotten the impact his
hometown had on him as a kid and right now he is indeed paying them back.
His first act of payback started during the 2016 All star weekend when he unveiled the
Dufferin Clark Community Center to inspire the next generation of ballers.
Wiggins shared on his Twitter account his aim in “supporting underprivileged children
who faced barriers in participating in organized sports” as he started a tradition of donating
$22 for every point he scores in a season.
But why $22?
It's not just a random number he picked from his head.
He got that amount from his jersey number 22.
In the 2019 season, he donated $29,062 as he scored 1321 points.
He continued the following season and donated $25850 when he scored a total of 1175 points.
LOVE LIFE
The love of Andrew Wiggins life is Mychal Johnson.
Mychal was “Miss Basketball of the Year” in West Virginia and also played for the Notre
Dame Fighting Irish.
Wiggins took her to the prom and they have been stuck at the hip ever since.
They have two daughters Amyah (Am-yah) and Alayah (A-lay-a).
They are not officially married yet but have been together for over 8 years.
Hopefully, we can see wedding bells in the near future.
Net Worth Now is the time you have all been waiting
for.
How much is he worth?
With everything going on in his life, Andrew Wiggins has a net worth of $35 million.
Big Time Baller for sure!
See you on the next one.
Goodbye and Peace out