Wilkins said he did not lose a step after the rehabilitation process. In the season after the Achilles’ tear, he played in 71 of 82 games and his offensive numbers were similar to his numbers pre-injury. Yet, the primary difference in Wilkins’s game was his improved 3-point shooting. After shooting 29 percent in the season he was injured, Wilkins boosted his percentage to 38 and he attempted more threes than in his previous two years. “I thought I would lose something but I came back a better and more all-around player,” he said. “That was because of the work I put in and I wanted to prove all the doubters wrong. I learned how to play the game more on the ground. When you have an injury like that, it forces you to go to other aspects of the game to be as effective. I put other things in my game so one guy still wasn’t going to guard me.”