{"id":78788,"date":"2025-07-13T08:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T08:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=78788"},"modified":"2025-07-13T08:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T08:14:11","slug":"andrew-wiggins-gets-good-news-with-clear-message-amid-heat-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=78788","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Wiggins Gets Good News With Clear Message Amid Heat Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2210933728-e1752370902491.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2210933728-e1752370902491.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2210933728-e1752370902491.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2210933728-e1752370902491.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Andrew Wiggins Gets Good News With Clear Message Amid Heat Trade Rumors\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Wiggins #22 of the Miami Heat reacts after he was fouled by Zaccharie Risacher #10 of the Atlanta Hawks during the NBA Play-In Tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andrew Wiggins<\/p>\n<p>appeared in 17 games for the Miami Heat after his trade from the Golden State Warriors, and the organization appears to feel as though that is not enough time to make any rash decisions, such as trading him despite frequent rumors this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>He is heading into Year 3 of a four-year, $109 million contract, and he has a $30.2 million player option for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the Heat want to see more of what they have in Wiggins, who won a title in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got Wiggins to get Wiggins,\u201d an anonymous team source said, per Miami Herald\u2019s Barry Jackson on X in comments shared on July 12. \u201cHe\u2019s a good player. He\u2019s been a big part of winning teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"2040e49713515194ebb0c907556f055b\">\n<div>\n<article>Wiggins drills the 3 as Miami jumps out to a 10-0 start \ud83d\udc4c #SoFiPlayIn on TNT | Winner gets 8 seed<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This aligns with a report from Jackson\u2019s colleague, Anthony Chiang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring an interview at summer league practice in Vegas, Erik Spoelstra says Andrew Wiggins is already back in South Florida and views him as an important piece of the Heat\u2019s rotation next season,\u201d Chiang reported on X on July 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expectation is the Heat will move forward with Andrew Wiggins on its roster for the start of next season. The Heat wants to see what this mix will look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Andrew Wiggins Comes Rife With Red Flags<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5418291\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2210640269-e1752370806554.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Andrew Wiggins Gets Good News With Clear Message Amid Heat Trade Rumors\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5418291\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5418291\">GettyAndrew Wiggins #22 of the Miami Heat interacts with fans after defeating the Chicago Bulls during the NBA Play-In Tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bleacher Report\u2019s Zach Bacher offered a noteworthy warning for the Heat amid their decision to hold off on a Wiggins trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Miami seems to be content with retaining the former Rookie of the Year, the team also risks Wiggins\u2019 trade value taking a hit if she starts the season off in sluggish fashion,\u201d Bachar wrote on July 12.<\/p>\n<p>For his career, Wiggins\u2019 PPG is indeed at its lowest in October, when the regular season opens.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has historically found his stride by November and even takes his game to new heights in April and May, albeit with a smaller sample size for the latter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"2577f37f7df06c51fa1a7f0f4ca34a25\">\n<div>\n<article>The Wiggins &amp; Ware 2-man game for the slam \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Moreover, Wiggins comes with another potential red flag. After logging 82 starts in three of his first four seasons, and 81 in the other, Wiggins has broken the 70-game threshold four times, three of which have occurred in the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>That gives him eight seasons of 70-plus appearances in 11 career campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>He has also logged two seasons with fewer than 60 games, appearing in 37 contests in 2022-23, and just hit that mark in 2024-25.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Heat Urged to Drop Asking Price for Andrew Wiggins Trade<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5418290\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2198537994-e1752370734339.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Andrew Wiggins Gets Good News With Clear Message Amid Heat Trade Rumors\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5418290\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5418290\">GettyAndrew Wiggins of the Miami Heat speaks to the media during his introductory press conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jackson clarified the Heat\u2019s previous stance on Wiggins, that they were willing to listen to offers but would only agree to one that helped them win now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we\u2019ve reported, Heat will trade him only if it\u2019s a clear win\/upgrade\/better collection of assets. They will absolutely listen to offers but are fine with keeping him if that\u2019s how it turns out,\u201d Jackson reported. \u201cPer source, nothing presented to Heat on Wiggins has been enticing and plan is to keep him, barring something unforeseen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Los Angeles Lakers beat writer Jovan Buha urged Miami to \u201cdrop\u201d their asking price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve reported slash shared what I\u2019ve heard, which is that they\u2019ve been asking for like the first[-round pick] and Dalton [Knecht], which I think is an overpay for Wiggins,\u201d Buha said on \u201cBuha\u2019s Block\u201d on July 2. \u201cI think they also want Rui [Hachimura], too.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"3601dd464c603a9854ee379233dd775d\">\n<div>\n<article>Wiggins is on one this quarter \ud83d\udd25<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Salary-matching plays a part in any team\u2019s asking price, but the Heat may have set the bar high for a Wiggins trade for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Buckhalter covers the NBA and NFL for Heavy.com. He has covered both leagues since 2016, including bylines at FanSided, Last Word on Sports and Clocker Sports. He&#8217;s based in Villa Park, Illinois. Follow Josh on Twitter and Instagram: @JoshGBuck More about Josh Buckhalter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Heat are set to dig their heels in about what to do with 2024 trade deadline acquisition Andrew Wiggins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":78789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Andrew Wiggins Gets Good News With Clear Message Amid Heat Trade Rumors - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=78788\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andrew Wiggins Gets Good News With Clear Message Amid Heat Trade Rumors - 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