Wiggins, 30, will earn $28.2 million this season and holds a $30.2 million player option for 2026-27. I wouldn't have classified him as a potential purple-and-gold target before Dončić's long-term future was secured, but things are different now. So my sense is that the Lakers would have interest if the Heat, in coming weeks or months, decide to prioritize financial flexibility and look to reduce payroll.
The Bulls enter 2025-26 coming off their fourth-straight play-in appearance and second-straight 39-win season. Their biggest move of the offseason was flipping Lonzo Ball for Isaac Okoro, which was more poor asset management on the Bulls' part after what was reportedly available at the deadline. Ball does have notable health concerns. But they sold low on an expiring contract to take on more guaranteed money not only in 2025-26, but the following season as well.
The Minnesota Vikings and Carolina Panthers are finalizing a trade for wide receiver Adam Thielen to return to Minnesota, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Vikings will receive Thielen, who spent the first 10 years of his career in Minnesota, a conditional 2026 seventh-round draft pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick, sources told Schefter, while the Panthers will get a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027 fourth-round pick.
