Andrew Wiggins Lakers Rumors Are HEATING UP! Miami Heat Trading For Dalton Knecht & 1st Round Pick?

Andrew Wiggins Lakers Rumors Are HEATING UP! Miami Heat Trading For Dalton Knecht & 1st Round Pick?

Could [Music] this become a reality? Andrew Wiggins wearing the purple and gold. Well, I’ll say this. Over the last 48 hours, I feel like Andrew Wiggins trade rumors for the Los Angeles Lakers have heated up a little bit here. And the reason why I think that is because there is just so much national discussion of a potential trade. You see it happening with a bunch of Lakers reporters. You see it with some Heat reporters. You see it with Kevin O’ Conor. Like when you see this much smoke around a potential deal happening and what the trade compensation should be, what is Andrew Wiggins trade value? To me, there’s a saying where there’s smoke, there is fire, and there is a lot of smoke around Wiggins heading to the Lakers. So to me, this is something that really might come to fruition and we got to talk about it. But we are having a daily sub battle with no one else other than the Lakers report here by Chad Sports. A trade could go down between the two teams. But let’s take them down in our sub battle 000 starting today. Let’s see who gets the most subscribers today. Wiggins with the Heat. It was an interesting year, right? He gets traded. He was the headlining player from the Warriors in that Jimmy Butler package. The issue with Wiggins was really not his play on the court in the regular season. You see the raw numbers on the left side of your screen. They were good. The issue with Andrew Wiggins is that one, he played in 17 out of 33 games possible in the regular season. And then in the four playoff games where he got embarrassed by the Cleveland Cavaliers, well, he was a no-show. You see how bad he was in terms of his raw production and efficiency. And here’s the thing as well. Wiggins is a good basketball player, but there has been so much discussion of this heat front office and organization going towards a youth movement playing more Kel Wear, Yovic, Hakez, even Casper Yakonis. And if you are seriously committing to a potential youth movement, Andrew Wiggins, who is close to being 30 years old, needs to be traded because he is currently blocking more playing time for Yoic Hawz, Pel Larson, Kashad Johnson. But you also need to trade Terry Rosier, too. But we’re only talking about Wiggins on this episode of the Heat Report. And the part where we’re going to start with here on Wiggins trade rumors is that apparently that he’d have a pretty steep asking price for Andrew Wiggins. And there are different opinions on what Miami should be asking for in return for Andrew Wiggins. But Yoan Buha, who is one of the top, if not the top reporter that covers the Los Angeles Lakers, reported the other day on his liveream that he doesn’t know if Gabe Vincent, Maxi Cleba, Shake Milton, and a first round pick gets you Andrew Wiggins. I’ve shared what I’ve heard, which is that Miami has been asking for a first round pick and Daltton Connect, the Lakers first round pick from a year ago. I think they also want Ruby Hachim Mora, too, because they want to remain competitive. I know a lot of Heat fans are like, “Well, if a first round pick unprotected from the Lakers is on the table, they should just take that regardless of the other expiring salaries coming with it.” But I’ll tell you this, this is the one time I like this front office being a little bit stingy in a trade. And I will explain why here more in just one second. But will the Heat trade Andrew Wiggins predict it for me? It’s the pin comment on today’s show. So, if you get with the YouTube ad break, scroll down, let it play, and answer the question. Type Y for yes, type N for no. Will Miami ultimately trade Andrew Wiggins? The reason why I’m fine being a little bit stingy here with a Wiggins trade is that I don’t think Wiggins is what Miami needs, I mentioned that with the rebuild and leaning into a full youth movement, but he is still a good asset. I am not trading Andrew Wiggins for bad value in return. We have talked a lot about the Heat’s poor managing of assets, losing Duncan Robinson for no draft capital. Same thing with Gabe Vincent, Max Strus, Caleb Martin. Like, there has just been too many instances where Miami ultimately lets a player go in free agency that they don’t get enough value back in a trade that they could have done. Well, this is same thing with Miami with Wiggins. Don’t trade him to the Lakers because you just want to get rid of him on your roster. Make sure you get fair capital in return. And to me, the Los Angeles Lakers could actually be desperate to get a trade done for Andrew Wiggins, which is why I’m absolutely fine holding out and trying to get maybe connect and a first round pick. Why do I think they are desperate? Well, they are in a two-year window here. It might be a one-year window if LeBron James is serious about this being his final year in the Lakers roster and organization. They sign DeAndre Aon. You look at that starting lineup. They have Austin Reeves and Luca in the back court. They have LeBron and DeAndre in the front court, but they have no starting wing that connects the two. That’s where Andrew Wiggins would come into play. You talk about a spacing wing that can defend right in between those front court and backcourt duos. Wiggins could be the best fit for the Los Angeles Lakers. Another player could be Herb Jones, but the asking price from New Orleans for Herb Jones might ultimately be higher than Miami’s for Andrew Wiggins. Let’s kick it back to Yoan Buha here because he believes that Wiggins is the best wing available with the realistic Lakers assets. Buha would not want to give up connect and a first for Wiggins, but he would be willing to do either one. He could do Ruie, Maxi, and Connect or Ruy, Maxi, and a first for Wiggins. Buha said he would do any of those trades. And I know some people might be curious to see what my thoughts are on a potential trade with Andrew Wiggins and the Lakers on what I would be willing to take back and what I would want in return for the wing. Well, I actually feel pretty similar to Booha in terms of what the Lakers should be giving up. If the Heat trade Wiggins to Los Angeles, which I think they ultimately do, I am absolutely fine getting just one of Dalton Connect or a first round pick. Do I think Miami might be able to hold out and get both? Maybe. I think it’s a little bit more unrealistic. But if you’re getting a player that is valued as a first round pick in Dalton Connect and a first round pick or or a first round pick, I’d be happy. Like think about this. Just a year ago at the trade deadline, the Lakers traded a first round pick and Daltton connect plus salary to the Hornets for Mark Williams. Now, is Mark Williams a center who was a bigger position of need at the time for Los Angeles? Sure. But I would consider Andrew Wiggins in a vacuum a better basketball player than Mark Williams and maybe more of a contributing force. So you can go back to Rob Pelinka in LA and say, “Hey, you were willing to trade connect salary and a first for Mark Williams. Andrew Wiggins is better than Mark Williams. Why don’t you just send that same exact package to us and we’ll get a deal done?” So I could see why Pat Riley in the front office in Miami would be willing to hold out for that. And coming up here in a second, I mentioned I’m cool with one of connect or a first round pick. I don’t need both. I would be through the roof if we got that, but I only need one. We’re going to look at three different trades that kind of showcase what it would be in each specific order. But before we get into that, we had a sub battle earlier. I want to make it abundantly clear if the Miami Heat end up trading Andrew Wiggins at any point this off season, we will be going live on the channel to break it down and react. So, subscribe, turn on notifications, and don’t miss any of our heat content we put out because it’s daily and we go live for the big news. Let’s get into those Andrew Wiggins trade idea nows. We have three. We have one that gets us a first round pick, one that gets us Dalton Connect, and one that gets us both. and then we’ll look at which trade I think we’d all rather do and come to a conclusion. Well, the first Lakers trade is the one with the first round pick. It’s Rui Hachima, Gabe Vincent, and a 2031 first round pick for Wiggins. Miami takes in about $1.1 million more in salary, but they get two expiring contracts. Ruy at 17.8, Gabe Vincent 11.5. Wiggins has two years left player option following this season, but Miami would then get a first round pick to add to its draft capital to potentially use in a trade or use for the future. And they get expiring salary which would then create over about 65 $70 million in free money coming off your books next off season. So there is a lot of incentive to do a deal like this. This is the one where you just get Daltton Connect where you trade Wiggins for Maxi Clever, Gabe Vincent and Dalton Connect. Maybe you get Ruie instead of Vincent or instead of Cleba, but to make it more kind of worth it salary-wise for Miami. I think it would be these three. Now, I do want to make it clear in any deal here that Miami takes in more players in return, they would likely either have to wave a player or reroute one of them and make it a multi-team deal due to the Heat having already 15 max roster spots. But you get the young player in Connect who could replace Duncan Robinson in a very perfect way. I mean, I think Connect and Miami Scheme could just really really transcend to an unbelievable player in this league. So, I am high on receiving Connect. We’ll talk more about that here in a second. That’s this one. The third one, which I think is going to intrigue a lot of people. The Heat get the Dalton connect first round package that they might be asking for. They also get Ruy Hachima and Gabe Vincent. Miami gives up Hewood Highmith alongside Andrew Wigan. So, you get rid of two wings. You get expiring salary in Hashimmore and Vincent, but you get the first round pick you looking for and you get a young player in Daltton Connect for two solid rotational wing players that go to Los Angeles. I think I really like this one, but I want to know yours. Which trade is your favorite? Is it number one where you get first round pick and expirings? Is it number two where you get the Young Dalton Connect in expiring salaries? or is it number three where you get expirings first round pick young player but you also have to attach Haywood Highmith to Andrew Wiggins to get a deal done. I am without a question fullon, can we make number three happen, please? Like, for the love of God, I think I wouldn’t slander Pat Riley for a year if he was able to get connect a first and those two expiring contracts for uh Highmith and Hey, um I don’t know why I just said Highmith like twice, but Heywood Highmith and Andrew Wiggins. Why is that such a big one for me? Because Heywood is an expiring contract yourself. He’s coming off your books at $5.6 $6 billion after the year, but he also takes up space from the young guys. We’re talking about trying to go more young. Like, how are you going to play Hakez, Kashad Johnson, Pel Larson, Yoic all when you still have Haywood Highmith, and Andrew Wiggins so you can get a first round pick, expiring money, and a young shooter in Dalton Connect to replace Duncan Robinson? Yes, please sign me up for that all the way. Most of y’all know if you’ve been with the channel for a year or more that I am all in on Dalton Connect. I think he’s an awesome basketball player. I had him as my seventh player on my big board in the 2024 NBA draft. And when Miami was on the clock at 15, I was absolutely stunned that Connect was still on the board. I tweeted out when the Heat were on the clock, they should be taking Daltton Connect here. They obviously went with KL Wear, which I’m happy about because he has been really, really good to start his NBA career. But he is a really good movement shooter. He’s 66. He’s lengthy. Is he a struggling defender? Yes. But I still think he’s a better defender than what Duncan Robinson is. He’s a better off the or on the ball creator than Duncan with the ball in his hands and making dribble moves and making an iso move. Um, but he could still provide you a lot of the offball movements and actions that Duncan Robinson gave you. He would be unbelievably good in Miami. He would thrive. I think he’d be unlocked with Eric Bolstra and this Heat team lacks shooting. So, this would be the best of both worlds. You get a young player that fits your timeline and Daltton Connect, but you also get a player that is replacing Duncan Robinson because you have a really, really bad group of shooters right now off the bench in my opinion. All right, that’ll do it for today’s show. If you want more around the Heat, make sure you follow me on Twitter, Nick_Rolof. We will have you covered. And if any trade or move goes down with Miami, we’ll break it down and cover you first over on Twitter before we make a video and go live on the channel. So follow me on Twitter. [Music]

Andrew Wiggins trade rumors have headlined Miami Heat rumors during the first week of NBA Free Agency. The Heat roster is at the maximum 15 standard contracts so Pat Riley needs to trade players if he wants to shake up the Miami Heat roster. Heat trade rumors have pointed towards the Heat likely trading Andrew Wiggins, and the Los Angeles Lakers are the most interested team in a Wiggins trade. Lakers insider, Jovan Buha, has reported about what the Heat front office is asking for in an Andrew Wiggins trade, and what the Lakers should be willing to trade for Wiggins. Heat Report host Nic Rohloff tracks the Heat rumors and if Miami could land Dalton Knecht or a first round pick in a potential Andrew Wiggins trade.

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Jovan Buha on Andrew Wiggins’ trade value:
“I don’t know if Gabe Vincent, Maxi Kleber, Shake Milton & a first gets you Andrew Wiggins. I’ve shared what I’ve heard which is that Miami has been asking for a first & Dalton Knecht. I think they also want Rui Hachimura too because they want to remain competitive.”

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Lakers Insider, Jovan Buha, on a Los Angeles Lakers Andrew Wiggins trade:
“I think Wiggins is the best wing available realistically w/ the Lakers assets. I wouldn’t want to give up Knecht & a first for Wiggins—but I’d give up either one. If you could do Rui, Maxi & Knecht or Rui, Maxi & a first for Wiggins, I’d do either one of those trades.”

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Andrew Wiggins Lakers trade idea #1:
Heat Receive:
– Rui Hachimura (F)
– Gabe Vincent (G)
– 2031 1st Round Pick
Lakers Receive:
– Andrew Wiggins (F)

Los Angeles Lakers Andrew Wiggins trade idea #2:
Heat Receive:
– Dalton Knecht (F)
– Gabe Vincent (G)
– Maxi Kleber (F)
Lakers Receive:
– Andrew Wiggins (F)

Heat-Lakers Andrew Wiggins trade idea #3:
Heat Receive:
– Rui Hachimura (F)
– Gabe Vincent (G)
– Dalton Knecht (F)
– 2031 1st Round Pick
Lakers Receive:
– Andrew Wiggins (F)
– Haywood Highsmith (F)

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9.1 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 46.1 FG%, 37.6 3P%

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