Former No. 1 overall draft picks who average north of 20 points per game over their first three NBA seasons get contract extensions. They just do.
So, when Andrew Wiggins and his 20.4 points per game were eligible for an extension in the summer of 2017, he landed the deal. Sure, there was some token haggling of sorts, if that’s what you want to call what owner Glen Taylor did, and Wiggins changed agents in the process, too. But it was always going to get done.
Take a look at the history of first-overall selections.