Overview
- The Lakers held talks with Miami earlier in the offseason and again in recent weeks about acquiring Andrew Wiggins.
- Multiple reports say the Heat want a future first-round pick for Wiggins, a cost Los Angeles has been unwilling to meet.
- An anonymous NBA executive said he would be stunned if Pat Riley dealt Wiggins to the Lakers due to lingering resentment over LeBron James’ 2014 departure.
- Insider Brett Siegel reports Miami is not inclined to trade Wiggins at this stage.
- Wiggins has two years left on his deal, including a $30.2 million player option, complicating trade construction and roster planning for a Lakers team that also added Deandre Ayton and Marcus Smart.