Basketball has always been known to be a game for tall players, and it looks like the Minnesota Timberwolves will be sticking to that philosophy.
With most teams trying to figure out how the Golden State Warriors were able to cop the last National Basketball Association (NBA) title using a small lineup, it seems that the T-Wolves will do the opposite.
So if you see Andrew Wiggins playing a lot of off guard, don't be surprised. The T-Wolves are not shorthanded. It is something that Minnesota may just embrace.
Of course the move comes a bit of a surprise. Wiggins was expected to play a lot of the forward position as he partners with rookie Karl-Anthony Towns to form one of the youngest yet deadly frontline in the NBA to date.
Interim head coach Sam Mitchell, who is filling in for Flip Saunders, has been using Wiggins at the off guard position and last year's NBA Rookie of the Year winner seems to be comfortable in it.
The only thing he sees is that he poses a matchup problem for smaller guys. At six feet eight inches tall, such a size would normally be made for the small forward position. It was perhaps only during the time of Magic Johnson when we last saw a big guy playing the guard position, although Wiggins seems to be fitting in perfectly.
So if he ends up playing a lot of off guard, who fills in the small forward spot?
During the preseason, it was Tayshaun Prince. Chances are the veterans like Prince or even Kevin Garnett could be alternating at the small forward spot, making the T-Wolves a pretty tall team for the coming season.
Will it work to their advantage? Well, it could but then again remember that it was all experimental. But if Mitchell and perhaps even Saunders see it as an advantage, don't be surprised to see Wiggins ending up playing at off guard more than his usual small forward role.
