#andrew-wiggins

#andrew-wiggins

The Miami Heat are clearly laser-focused on their trade deadline pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo, but it would be foolish not to admit that there's a good chance this all ends in disappointment for them. And that may not be entirely their fault. At this point, there's probably a better chance that Giannis gets either traded to another team that isn't the Heat or that he isn't traded at all. In those scenarios, the Heat needs to already have some pretty good plan Bs in place.

That's why all roads for the Lakers could lead to Wiggins and the Heat. The Lakers have been linked to Wiggins before, and he does fit the bill of what they could be looking for. As Miami continues to see a pathway to acquire more first-round picks in an attempt to beef up its pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo, this could be a move that is viewed as a huge win-win for both sides.

There have been a slew of injuries to star players throughout the NBA, including the Miami Heat. Tyler Herro is set to miss his 26th game of the season on Saturday, while Bam Adebayo is expected to miss his 8th. The list doesn't end there: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Victor Wembanyama, Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero, Anthony Davis, Ja Morant and Anthony Edwards, among several others, have all had prolonged absences due to injury.

Andrew Wiggins was among the first superstar prospects of the social media era. Born in Thornhill, Ontario just north of Toronto, Wiggins was known internationally by the time he was 13. It wasn't always easy for the shy, small-town kid to embrace the spotlight. After just one full season at Vaughan, Wiggins needed better competition than Canada could provide and moved on to Huntington Prep in Huntington, West Virginia a relatively new prep school set in a small, blue-collar, sports-oriented college town near Kansas.

The Lakers have, I guess, sniffed around Wiggins. I didn't really understand that.