{"id":106391,"date":"2025-06-18T04:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/106391\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T04:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:10:13","slug":"heats-nba-all-star-forward-eyed-by-suns-amid-kevin-durant-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/106391\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat\u2019s NBA All-Star Forward Eyed by Suns Amid Kevin Durant Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heat\u2019s NBA All-Star Forward Eyed by Suns Amid Kevin Durant Trade Rumors<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Miami Heat<\/a> remain one of the top trade suitors for the Phoenix Suns<\/a>‘ Kevin Durant<\/a> as the 2025 NBA Draft nears.<\/p>\n

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Durant’s ongoing trade saga has taken over the NBA rumor mill, and the Heat have continued to pursue the 15-time All-Star in aggressive fashion in the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

With Durant’s camp and the Suns working in tandem to find a trade partner that makes sense for both parties, recent reports from HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto<\/a> have indicated that the Heat’s Andrew Wiggins<\/a> has drawn the attention of Phoenix’s front office.<\/p>\n

As an eventual trade agreement with a prospective team looms, it appears that the Suns have conducted some preliminary internal discussions about the Heat’s 2022 All-Star.<\/p>\n

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Miami Heat forward Andrew Wiggins (22).Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

“The Suns have done background work on Heat forward Andrew Wiggins, league sources told HoopsHype,” Scotto wrote Monday.<\/p>\n

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“Wiggins is owed $28.22 million this upcoming season and would likely be a part of any Heat trade package for Durant.”<\/p>\n

The Suns likely view Wiggins as a non-negotiable piece of a future Durant deal, but Scotto also made sure to mention that the Heat’s Kel’el Ware<\/a> could also be required to get a trade across the finish line.<\/p>\n

“A key factor in Miami\u2019s chances of landing Durant could hinge on whether the franchise is willing to part with talented 21-year-old big man Kel\u2019el Ware, who\u2019s of interest to Phoenix.”<\/p>\n

Even as he enters the twilight of his career, Durant has still proven to be an expensive commodity on the trade market.<\/p>\n

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In 62 contests with the Suns in 2024-25, the 36-year-old lethal scorer contributed 26.6 points and 6.0 rebounds on an incredible 64.2% true shooting percentage.<\/p>\n

A skilled two-way wing and 2022 NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors<\/a>, the 30-year-old Wiggins could eventually become an integral part of a successful Suns team if he were to stick around through what may be a non-competitive period.<\/p>\n

After he was dealt from the Warriors in the blockbuster Jimmy Butler<\/a> trade at the mid-season mark, Wiggins averaged 19.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 17 regular season appearances with the Heat.<\/p>\n

He’s a productive player, but the Heat’s team president Pat Riley<\/a> wouldn’t think twice about shipping the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>‘ former No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft to the Suns for a generational talent like Durant.<\/p>\n

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Related: Heat Linked to Former NBA Defensive Player of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Kevin Durant Takes Jab At Grizzlies Amid Desmond Bane Trade<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 18, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heat\u2019s NBA All-Star Forward Eyed by Suns Amid Kevin Durant Trade Rumors originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[500,7,164,313,1241,938,189,7057,152,6,472],"class_list":{"0":"post-106391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-andrew-wiggins","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-golden-state-warriors","11":"tag-jimmy-butler","12":"tag-kelel-ware-2","13":"tag-kevin-durant","14":"tag-miami-heat","15":"tag-michael-scotto","16":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-phoenix-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114702413010289568","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}