The Miami Heat will wrap up their training camp stint at Florida Atlantic University on Friday. Friday marks their fourth day of camp at FAU after they got started on Tuesday.
Heat forward Andrew Wiggins has reportedly been “killing it all week” at training camp and “playing really good basketball.” Five Reasons Sports’ Brady Hawk reported that via Discord as Wiggins enters his first full season in a Heat uniform after he was acquired in the Jimmy Butler trade last season.
“The one player that I’ve heard has been killing it all week at camp:
“Andrew Wiggins,” Hawk wrote.
“Think Spo (Erik Spoelstra) has been excited to work with him prior to the season to layout the role he wants for him
“But he’s in great shape and playing really good basketball”
While there are justifiable concerns about how Wiggins fits Miami’s timeline at 30 years old, it’s also difficult to contend that the team has a more talented small forward on its roster right now. Norman Powell has spent some time at the position throughout his career, but he’s been a designated shooting guard for the lion’s share of his time in the league. Powell is also a bit undersized to play the 3.
Wiggins’ experience could also come in handy for a Heat team that, by all accounts, is trying to win a lot of games in the coming season. He’s a player with championship pedigree. Wiggins won a title while starring with the Golden State Warriors in 2022, and he was perhaps the Warriors’ second-best player on their path to a championship that year.
Though Wiggins is under contract with the Heat through the coming season and will get paid more than $28 million, his future in Miami after that is unclear. He has a player option attached to his contract for the 2026-27 season, and declining that option would make him an unrestricted free agent next summer. A trade before then may also be possible.
With Wiggins perhaps playing for his next contract in the 2025-26 season, he should have plenty of motivation to enjoy a standout campaign with the Heat. Maybe how well he’s fared in training camp is only a harbinger of things to come for the former University of Kansas star.