Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge insists he doesn't see any franchise-changing players projected to be in the 2014 NBA Draft, including Andrew Wiggins, a player frequently compared to LeBron James.
The 18-year-old Kansas freshman tops a 2014 class that many consider to be the deepest draft in more than a decade, one that has struggling franchises from Philadelphia to Phoenix to Orlando to Utah conjuring up "get bad to get good schemes" in hopes of landing high lottery selections.
Ainge, for one, isn't quite sold on what may await them. "If Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was out there to change your franchise forever, or Tim Duncan was going to change your franchise for 15 years that might be a different story," he told ProBasketballTalk.com. "I don't see that player out there."
Wiggins, a grad of of Huntington Prep in West Virginia and the son of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins, was named Naismith Prep Player of the Year his senior season. He was also named Mr. Basketball USA earlier this summer and competed in the Jordan Brand Classic, where he scored 19 points to lead his East team to victory.
Fellow freshmen Jabari Parker, Julius Randle, Dante Exum and , Aaron Gordon also rank at the top of the 2014 class.
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