(Photo: Randy Synder)

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Inside a cramped, dilapidated community center hidden at the end of a dark parking lot, Andrew Wiggins starts bouncing a basketball. Children scramble, and uninterested adults chatter about the night's presidential debate and how one-time phenom O.J. Mayo built his rep here.

They don't know that North Carolina Coach Roy Williams is a day away from boarding a private plane just to meet with Wiggins.

Wiggins starts attacking the well-worn basket. And he starts shooting, swishing one half-court shot after another. Conversations stop. Heads turn. Eyebrows raise. One slack-jawed man, Joseph Jones, sprints out of the gym to fetch a $20 bill. He rushes back, interrupts Wiggins mid-dribble and implores the 17-year-old to sign it.

"Just remember me in the NBA!" Jones hollers as Wiggins autographs it. "All I want is a beat-up Honda!"

Wiggins doesn't crack a smile. Basketball comes easy for the Huntington Prep junior, a Canadian-born-and-raised small forward considered by many to be the world's best under-18 amateur. Decisions – ones that could determine the narrative of the 2013-14 college basketball season – are the hard part.

To read the entire article by Eric Prisbell from USA Today Sports, click here.

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