Jack Brickman
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Age is just a number. If he's not willing to put in hard work, it won't matter how young or old he will be, he'll plateau.
One of the hardest things for any player to improve is ball handling. Not saying it cannot be done, but traditionally, guys who don't have a tight handle don't really develop anything special. So while I think Wiggins is going to be a very good player, I don't ever see him becoming an elite player unless he develops another form of his game to a really super star level. Like Curry-like shooting, James-like strength, or Harden-like...foul bitchassness.
I would say that court vision and handles are the two hardest things to improve upon significantly. You can improve them, obviously, but if a guy doesn't have great handles by the time he's in the NBA, he's probably never going to be all that good.
Vision is probably even harder to improve. I think it's something you either have or you don't. Most guys don't. The ones that do generally just have to learn when to pass. Kyrie's at that stage right now. His vision and passing ability are obviously elite, but he's still figuring out that sometimes it's better to pass the ball, especially now that he has really good teammates.