Heat’s Andrew Wiggins breaks silence on facing Warriors post-Jimmy Butler trade
While the focus will be on the Heat facing Jimmy Butler, Andrew Wiggins will be reuniting with the Warriors.
MIAMI – As the Miami Heat face the Golden State Warriors and Jimmy Butler on Tuesday night, there is no doubt much anticipation over the game for many obvious reasons. While Heat stars Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herr face Butler as their former teammate, the other reunion will be Andrew Wiggins with the rest of Golden State.
While the focus has been around Butler since the blockbuster trade before the deadline, Wiggins was the main piece heading to Miami after spending six seasons with the Warriors resulting in many productive seasons. Now that they’re in town, Wiggins would say after the win over the Charlotte Hornets that he will be “happy” to see his former team again.
“I love the people over there,” Wiggins said with a smile. “I had a great time, great organization, my teammates were great, the fans were great. Amazing time. I loved it over there. So I’m happy to see them again.”
Wiggins has played with the Heat for 13 games thus, missing a handful due to injury, but has shown major promise, especially in the win over Charlotte where he scored 42 points on 16 for 21 shooting from the field and six of eight from three-point range. The point total is the second-most in his career as if there is one person from his former team happy to see him, it will be head coach Steve Kerr who expressed his excitement per 95.7 The Game radio station.
