At least one report earlier this summer indicated that the Los Angeles Lakers may look to punt the next season or two in order to pursue Giannis Antetokounmpo or Nikola Jokic either next summer or in the 2027 offseason. But now, according to two reports, one by Marc Stein and another by Dan Woike, the Lakers are instead looking to win the NBA championship now rather than later by adding long-term salary.

Stein also wrote on his Substack that Andrew Wiggins, a two-way wing who is currently with the Miami Heat, is the “sort of player who is likely to interest” Los Angeles. Wiggins, 30, is relatively athletic and can play multiple positions, and even better, he played for the Golden State Warriors when they won it all three years ago.

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Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report proposed a three-team trade that would land L.A. not just Wiggins, but also two other useful forwards. In this trade idea, the Lakers would receive Wiggins and Jaime Jaquez Jr. from the Heat, as well as big man Drew Timme from the Brooklyn Nets, for Rui Hachimura, Dalton Knecht and Maxi Kleber without giving up any draft picks.

Wiggins would serve as that two-way wing they badly need in order to go from a playoff team to a championship-caliber team.

“Using Stein’s logic that the Lakers are willing to take on a longer salary, Wiggins only has one year left after this coming season,” Pincus wrote.

“If he fits well, he could opt out and re-sign on a lower but longer annual deal. Or Los Angeles could use his expiring contract in a future deal.

“From a basketball perspective, the 30-year-old would step in as the team’s best perimeter defender. At 6’7″, he’d fill the role left by the departure of Dorian Finney-Smith.”

The Lakers passed on Jaquez in the NBA draft two years ago in order to take guard Jalen Hood-Schifino, who has thus far turned into a bust. Jaquez isn’t a good 3-point shooter, but he has averaged 10.3 points in 24.7 minutes a game on 47.8% overall shooting during his two years in the league.

He’s a local product — he was born in Irvine and spent a good chunk of his childhood in Ventura County before playing four seasons of college basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Timme, who is 6-foot-10 and 235 pounds, could play both the 4 and 5 spots for L.A. He appeared in just nine games as a rookie last season, but he averaged 12.1 points and 7.2 rebounds a game. Prior to that, he had been named the West Coast Conference (WCC) Player of the Year twice during his four years at Gonzaga University.

This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: Big trade idea lands Lakers Andrew Wiggins and additional two-way wing