BY ED BARKOWITZ [email protected]

About this series Did you know? The Daily News will look at the most interesting prospects leading up to Thursday’s NBA draft. The Was second-team All-America and Sixers are slated to pick third, behind Cleveland and the Big 12’s freshman of the year. Milwaukee. Wiggins was called the most Monday: talented high school player since Tuesday: LeBron James and also dubbed “the Wednesday: Andrew Wiggins of Canada.” Thursday: His 17.1 and 597 Archive: PhillyDailyNews.com and Philly.com total points were freshmen records for Kansas. Freshmen were prohibited from playing on the varsity when was at Kansas. His fi rst season, as a sophomore in 1956-57. The list: Wilt scored 800 points for an average of 29.6. Seven freshmen have been taken among the top-3 picks since the NBA changed the rules in 2010 The only Kansas player selected requiring players be at least 19 years old and at least No. 1 overall in the draft was Danny 1 year removed from high school. Here’s a look, with a Manning in 1988. Chamberlain was grade, on how their NBA careers have fared so far: a territorial pick of the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959. Big shot 2013 Wiggins’ father NBA team Grade In his fi nal game at Kansas, a loss is a former Sixer. 1. Anthony Bennett, UNLV Cavaliers D to 10th-seeded Stanford, Wiggins had His mother was an four points and four turnovers. A few Olympic sprinter. 2012 weeks before, he set the KU freshman record by scoring 41 points at West 1. , Kentucky Pelicans A Virginia. 2. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Bobcats C Kentucky Wiggins’ father, Mitchell, spent six 3. , Florida Wizards B+ seasons in the NBA, including 1991-92

ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED when he ended his career playing 49 2011 games for the Sixers. , who had a game-winning tip-in during ANDREW WIGGINS 1. , Duke Cavaliers A the 1986 Finals, lost 2 years of his NBA Full name: Andrew Born: Feb. 23, 1995, in 2010 career from a suspension for cocaine Christian Wiggins Thornhill, Ontario use. 1. , Kentucky Wizards A Position: College: Kansas 3. , Nets C Andrew Wiggins’ mom is Marita Height: 6-8. Weight: 200. : @22Wiggins Payne, one of the greatest sprinters in Age: 19 Note: Favors was drafted by the Nets, but traded to the Jazz in the Canadian Olympic history. Marita won middle of his rookie year … The No. 2 pick in 2010 was . two Olympic silver medals in 1984 and has a park named after her in the fam- College stats/2013-14 ily’s hometown of Vaughan, Ontario, a suburb of . GP-GS Min. FG Pct. 3FG Pct. FT Pct. Reb. Ast. TO Stl. Bl. Pts. Joel Embiid (Kansas) 28-20 23.1 62.6 20.0 68.5 8.1 1.4 2.4 0.9 2.6 11.2 Brother, Nick, just fi nished his career at Wichita State. He was a Jabari Parker (Duke) 35-35 30.7 47. 3 35.8 74.8 8.7 1.2 2.3 1.1 1.2 19.1 member of the Shockers’ 2013 Final Andrew Wiggins (Kansas) 35-35 32.8 44.8 34.1 77.5 5.9 1.5 2.3 1.0 1.2 17. 1 Four club.