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As Miami Heat star Andrew Wiggins has reportedly been made available in trade talks, there is one team that has shown interest in acquiring the former champion with the Golden State Warriors . With the immense rumors about the Lakers and looking to improve, it looks as if the team sees Wiggins as a potential acquisition.
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According to ClutchPoints' Senior Lakers insider Anthony F. Irwin on his show "Lakers Lounge," Los Angeles has "checked" on Wiggins and even has asked Miami "about what the price would be." He would go on to say that with the team's ties with Heat president Pat Riley , since he was the head coach of the Lakers from 1981-1990, the franchise is gauging what he saw from Wiggins ever since he was traded to Miami in the Jimmy Butler deal.
"I will say that the Lakers again, because of their relationship with Pat Riley, I would imagine they are very well in tune with what Pat thinks of what he saw from Andrew Wiggins , which I don't think was all that great," Irwin said. "I don't know, but the Lakers have checked in on him. They have asked about what the price would be."
"In practice, you know, the thing with Wiggins is that the practical application of Andrew Wiggins isn't always what the theoretical Andrew Wiggins gets hyped up to be," Irwin continued. "And you arrive at a pretty meh experience, sometimes.":
Lakers with interest in Heat's Andrew Wiggins
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While the Lakers have rumors surrounding such players as Austin Reaves , the primary goal is to continue to build around Luka Doncic and LeBron James . Wiggins has been a productive player, but Irwin has some concerns in regards to how "driven he is," which the team takes "very seriously."
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"Have I heard of any interest in him? I think right now the Lakers are interested in any athlete," Irwin said. "But there have been some other situations there where it's like you aren't necessarily sure if basketball is the highest priority, and when you have a guy making that much money, like, I better eat, sleep, and breathe the sport," Irwin continued. "So some of those questions about how driven he is, those are the kinds of things that the Lakers take very seriously."
At any rate, Los Angeles looks to improve after a disappointing early playoff exit after finishing third in the West.
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