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Andrew Wiggins arrived at Kansas on Saturday and participated in his first practice Monday. I asked somebody close to the KU program how that practice went. "Wow!" the source said. "Like watching a video game. He'd be the No. 1 pick this year." CBSSports.com

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Andrew Wiggins is going to the University of Kansas next fall. Wiggins, a talented 6-foot-7 budding star from Canada who might be the best high school talent since LeBron James, picked Kansas over Kentucky, North Carolina, and Florida State. The Big Lead

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Andrew Wiggins, the Best High School Basketball Player Since LeBron, will descend from the firmament Tuesday at 12:15 and make his college decision. It is the best-kept secret since the Manhattan Project. The reason everyone thinks Florida State is because his dad was a star there; the reason everyone else thinks Kentucky is because … Kentucky. Kansas and North Carolina are thought to be fringe contenders. The Big Lead

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Prep forward Andrew Wiggins, the American Family Insurance ALL-USA boys basketball Player of the Year, canceled his remaining three in-home visits Monday with coaches from Florida State, North Carolina and Kansas, saying he intends instead to speak with coaches of those schools by phone. His last in-home visit was with Kentucky coach John Calipari in March. High School Sports

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Yannis Koutroupis: Andrew Wiggins: I haven't even thought about my college decision. Twitter @YannisHW

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Eleven years after they played in the Jordan Brand Classic at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire sat courtside at Barclays Center to watch the next generation of future NBA stars on display in the 2013 Jordan Classic. The two Knicks stars were joined by a star-studded group that included teammate J.R. Smith, C.C. Sabathia, Spike Lee, Worldwide Wes and Drake, who later performed a concert. Michael Jordan himself sat up in the stands, but was not allowed to meet the players because he’s an NBA owner and rules prohibit it. SheridanHoops

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“I was just impressed,” Anthony, whose Knicks have won 14 of 15 entering Sunday’s game against the Indiana Pacers, told SheridanHoops.com after the West beat the East, 102-98. “I know when I was in high school we wasn’t as big as these guys today, man. They look like they’re in the gym already in the weight room and things like that. They’re already one step ahead.” SheridanHoops

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Both Anthony and Stoudemire said they were impressed by Wiggins. “He’s good,” Stoudemire said. “He showed athleticism out there on the court. He showed great patience also. He’s going to be really good.” The injured Knicks star also said he was impressed by Walker, Randle and Parker. “Those guys, they’re great, man,” Stoudemire said. SheridanHoops

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Ryan Wolstat: Andrew Wiggins still doesn't like media scrums, but he seems far more comfortable in them compared even to a year ago Twitter @WolstatSun

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Meantime, on the DraftExpress 2014 Mock Draft, Kentucky currently has commits from the No. 2 (Julius Randle), 3 (Andrew Harrison), 9 (Aaron Harrison) and 10 picks (Cauley-Stein). They are also in the hunt for the projected No. 1 and No. 4 overall picks in Andrew Wiggins and Aaron Gordon. The NBA GM also said that Kentucky pledges Dakari Johnson and James Young could be first-round picks next year. “Only question would be if they go high enough to come out based on the numbers they will get with limited minutes, but they are first-rounders,” the GM said. ZagsBlog.com

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Steve Urkel (Chicago) What are your thoughts on Nerlens Noel's injury? Is he still going to declare for the draft this year? Chad Ford (1:46 PM) He hasn't indicated one way or the other, but I think it's likely. Every GM and scout I spoke with believes that he's still a Top 5 pick as long as his rehab is going well. They're willing to be patient. And with Andrew Wiggins coming next year, it's unlikely he'd be the No. 1 pick in 2014 anyway. ESPN.com

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From the mouths of elite studs, destined to be household names, maybe in more households than any Canadian basketball player has ever been, comes wisdom. Asked if there was anything he wanted the world to know about him, Andrew Wiggins the person, even as the buzz about his prodigious, once-in-a- generation talent intensifies, he didn't have to search for an answer like he did on so many other subjects. "That I'm still 17," he said responding to a question posed by Sportsnet's Holly Mackenzie, breaking into a wide smile underneath his Chicago Bulls cap as he stared back at room full of media gathered to take in a rare cameo appearance by the Gr. 12 student already projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft in 2014. SportsNet

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He did his talking on floor in a game Thursday, the night the SI profile came out, when he scored 57 points on 28 shots. It was the kind of showing that proved that behind a humble exterior lies the fire the great ones need. "That's going to happen to him," Steve Nash said to me the other day as the Los Angeles Lakers star put his Canada Basketball general managers hat on for a moment. "He's going to face criticism or controversy and whether it's fair or not doesn't matter, it's all in the way he responds. Thus far in his career he's been brilliant in rising to the challenge. For his age, it's phenomenal to see him respond like that." Or, as Wiggins himself put it Sunday: "Those words (from critics) mean nothing to me. They're not going to help me in the long-run." SportsNet

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Tzvi Twersky: FWIW: An NBA exec recently told me that he thinks Andrew Wiggins is a better prep player than LeBron was. Not as grown up, but more skilled. Twitter @TTwersky

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Better prospect for 2014... Wiggins or Parker? Chad Ford (1:54 PM) Wiggins. He'd be the No. 1 pick in 2013 if he were eligible ... hands down. Many scouts feel he's a once or twice a decade type prospect . Gonna be a lot of team jockeying for the No. 1 pick next year. ESPN.com

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Cleveland power forward Tristan Thompson told me that fellow Canadian prep sensation Andrew Wiggins could be the second coming of Scottie Pippen. Thompson said he didn’t know where Wiggins would attend college, although the scuttlebutt has him headed to Kentucky. Racine Journal-Times

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If Andrew Wiggins were hypothetically eligible for the 2013 draft, would he go #1? Chad Ford (1:43 PM) No question -- he would be the No. 1 pick above Muhammad, Zeller or Noel. ESPN.com

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Wiggins' pending decision about whether to reclassify as a high school senior, which would enable Wiggins to play college basketball next season and presumably enter the 2014 NBA draft, is among the most intriguing questions of the college basketball season and is weighing on the shoulders of the 6-foot-8 (and still growing), cherub-faced teenager. His high school coach, Rob Fulford said Wiggins needs just one more English credit to graduate a year early, and that he achieved a 3.13 GPA during the first nine-week grading period this fall. High School Sports

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He is being recruited by Kentucky and Florida State, his parents' alma mater. North Carolina visited Tuesday, and Ohio State and Kansas are scheduled to visit this week as well. "It is a lot on him," his girlfriend, Mychal Johnson, told USA TODAY Sports. "We talk about it sometimes, but he doesn't like talking about it. That's how bad it stresses him out. Sometimes he doesn't know what to do." Evan Daniels, the national recruiting analyst for Scout.com, said Wiggins is the closest thing to a complete package as he has seen in a prospect in at least five years. "When you get a guy like that, you immediately put yourself in position to compete for a national championship," Daniels said. "If he were to go to Kentucky, that would give them the best recruiting class of all time." High School Sports

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All that considered, his head coach at Huntington Prep, Rob Fulford, summed things up: “There is no question college is a waste of time for him.” Essentially, he is correct. Wiggins ended this summer as the top player in America regardless of class, despite hailing from Toronto. “It is an honor that people are recognizing someone from Canada, another country, being named the best player in the nation,” Wiggins said. The Kentucky Kernel

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