{"id":379178,"date":"2026-08-23T18:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379178\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T18:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:44:11","slug":"klay-thompson-reunites-with-andrew-wiggins-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379178\/","title":{"rendered":"Klay Thompson reunites with Andrew Wiggins in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 23, 2026, 10:10 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p>Klay Thompson intends to join the Miami Heat after securing a buyout from the Dallas Mavericks.This move fulfills Thompson&#8217;s desire to play for a contending team in the final years of his career.In Miami, Thompson will reunite with his former Golden State Warriors teammate, Andrew Wiggins.Both players were part of the Warriors&#8217; 2021-22 NBA championship team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Throughout the offseason, former Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KevinGraySports\/status\/2088071146214224173\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">expressed<\/a> his desire to play for a contender in the final stages of his career. After leaving some <a href=\"http:\/\/warriorswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/warriors\/2026\/08\/22\/klay-thompson-gives-up-nearly-10-million-buyout-with-mavs\/91424309007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">money on the table<\/a> in a buyout negotiation, Thompson got his wish, as he now intends to join the <a data-autotag=\"2fc7081f-f0b3-4b1d-b589-781c9028a4e7\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/miami-heat\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Miami Heat<\/a>. This will be the first time in his career that Thompson plays for an Eastern Conference team, but his move to Miami will also mark a reunion of sorts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There he&#8217;ll join one of his former Warriors teammates, Andrew Wiggins. Wiggins was a vital part of Golden State&#8217;s 2021-22 NBA championship, making his lone All-Star appearance that season. In five and a half seasons with the Warriors, Wiggins averaged 16.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now with Miami, both Thompson and Wiggins will try to add to their trophy case outside of Golden State with another NBA championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For more NBA content, check out the BasketBaltes podcast:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BasketBaltes\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BasketBaltes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/basketbaltes\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/basketbaltes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 23, 2026, 10:10 a.m. PT Klay Thompson intends to join the Miami Heat after securing a buyout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,47,123,125,124,117362,33055,33056,8913,10594,78470,35163,76,9134,342,9133,96,300,35,34],"class_list":["post-379178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-accessfree","tag-fl","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-sourcewarriors-wire","tag-sstssportsnbawarriors","tag-sstsnwarriors","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","tag-tagcgr-sports","tag-tagdallas-mavericks","tag-tagmiami","tag-tagmiami-heat","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnba","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}