Andrew Wiggins posts tribute to Flip Saunders on their birthday

Steven J. Gaither

Andrew Wiggins posts tribute to Flip Saunders on their birthday image

While most 21-year-olds are thinking of all the privileges that come with the milestone birthday, Andrew Wiggins opened his with a tribute.

The Timberwolves guard posted a photo tribute to the late Flip Saunders, his first NBA coach, on Instagram on Tuesday morning. Saunders and Wiggins shared the same birthday.

 

There's no one I would rather share a birthday with. Happy birthday coach! Hope I'm making you proud.

A photo posted by Andrew Wiggins (@22wiggins) on

The team reportedly sang "Happy Birthday" to both Saunders and Wiggins on Tuesday. 

With Saunders, Wiggins started all 82 games and averaged 16.9 points last season. The coach died of Hodgkin's lymphoma last October, just before the start of the season. He would have turned 61 Tuesday.

Steven J. Gaither