BOSTON — The vortex of trade speculation typically extends beyond the marquee pieces. Of that, Miami Heat forward Andrew Wiggins is well aware.

A year ago, Wiggins was minding his own business with the Golden State Warriors as Jimmy Butler was wreaking havoc with the Heat’s business. Weeks later, Wiggins was relocated to Miami in the February deal that sent Butler to Golden State.

Now, amid speculation about what’s next for the struggling Milwaukee Bucks and forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, Wiggins’ name again has been making the rounds, as in a piece the Bucks might try to acquire to augment Antetokounmpo rather than trading their franchise mainstay.

“Man,” Wiggins said, “I try not to think about it. I don’t really go on social media and search my name or anything that has to do with me, so I don’t really hear too much of anything, unless someone comes up and tells me.”

Now he’s been told, just as he is acclimating after a difficult adjustment in the immediate wake of last February’s trade.

“It’s part of the NBA,” said Wiggins, with the Heat playing the Boston Celtics on Friday night at TD Garden, before closing out their three-game trip Sunday night against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. “There’s nothing you can do. I feel like I’ve been in the league 12 years and nine of the 12 years, I’ve been in trade rumors. So it is what it is, and all I can do is just play my game and whatever happens, happens.”

As it is, Wiggins was sidelined for Friday night’s game against the Celtics due to lower-back pain, his second absence of the season. He previously missed three games in November with a hip issue.

In addition, guard Davion Mitchell also was a late scratch before Friday night’s game, due to an ankle sprain.

That had the Heat going against the Celtics without Tyler Herro, Pelle Larsson, Nikola Jovic, Wiggins and Mitchell.

As for Wiggins, the Heat are in an interesting position with the veteran forward, who has a player option for $30.2 million for next season, or otherwise could enter free agency. That adds to a roster of decisions that also includes the current extension window for Norman Powell and the July 1 re-opening of an extension window for Herro.

To a degree, that could make Wiggins as much a ledger entry in a potential trade as a future Heat component, with Wiggins earning $28.2 million this season.

“I mean it comes with it,” Wiggins, 32, said of standing as much as a salary and contributor. “If I was a younger guy, it might feel different. But every business is cutthroat. This is what happens. It’s not personal. Just everyone’s trying to make something work.”

The difference with Wiggins is having gone through the pain of relocating his family last season.

“I mean, when you have a family, it’s always tough,” he said of such speculation. “It’s always tough when you have a family. But it’s part of the business, and also I love being here. But the NBA is the NBA.”

Ware time

Among the more intriguing elements of Thursday night’s 106-95 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center was the decision to close with Kel’el Ware at center as Bam Adebayo was on the bench in foul trouble.

Ware closed with 22 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots in 30:17, with Adebayo finishing with eight points, 17 rebounds and three blocked shots in 31:04.

“I was going to bring Bam back,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. “But once we got it to double digits, then I thought we were going to be able to pull away. We were never able to get it to 15, but I thought Kel’el was playing well. And Bam felt that it was good, too, for Kel’el to have that opportunity to finish a game where there’s a little bit of context to it. So I think that’s all really important for his growth and improvement.”

Adebayo had no issue deferring.

“Man, there’s been a lot of ups and downs for Kel’el throughout the year. So it’s good for him to get this game under his belt,” Adebayo said. “Obviously, guys get healthy, he goes to the bench; he starts, he goes to the bench, he starts. That can bother somebody’s mental. So it’s good for him to get out there and obviously see the ball go through the rim and impact winning.”