Andrew Wiggins becomes sixth-youngest to 6K-point club

Andrew Wiggins. (AP)

Vaughan, Ont., native Andrew Wiggins has become the sixth-youngest player in NBA history to score 6,000 career points.

He achieved the milestone in the first half of the Minnesota Timberwolves game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Wiggins has helped the Wolves to a 34-22 record, good for fourth place in the Western Conference entering Wednesday’s action. He’s averaging 17.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals on the season and scored a season-high 40 points on Jan. 22 in a win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Tracy McGrady are the only players to have reached 6,000 points at a younger age.

[relatedlinks]

When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines, and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.