The off-season is still months away, but it’s poised to bring yet another exciting wave of trades, signings, and intriguing draft decisions.

Talks are always hot when it’s about player movements, and over on the Golden State Warriors’ side, among the prevailing rumors focuses on one of their newest guys, Andrew Wiggins. He was acquired last February from the Minnesota Timberwolves along with a barely-protected (top 3) 2021 first-round pick.

Some believe that the 25-year-old is only with the Dubs to be a mere trade chip for acquiring a more established star, which is gaining more steam now that the team also owns the second overall pick in the 2020 draft.

It’s entirely possible and no one’s really 100% sure, especially if we’re this far from the process. However, Warriors general manager Bob Myers sounds like he’s truly interested in incorporating Wiggins with the team long term.

Here’s what he told Drew Shiller of NBC Sports:

“We’re gonna go into this in-market bubble in a few weeks and watch what our core-four guys look like — and I’m putting Wiggins in there.”

Obviously, the other three are Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. It’s a curious mix as the Warriors are in need of a defensive presence more than anything, and Wiggins couldn’t be any more far from that.

Nevertheless, Myers pointed the great unknown that revolves around “core-four,” and he actually had a great argument. How do we really know how good or bad would it be?

“What does that even look like? Nobody has seen it … So in order to kind of move forward, we need to evaluate what we have — and evaluate what that is. I’d be lying if I knew what it was. I have ideas of what it might be … we need to see it, and that’s why I’m excited about the weeks in September and early October to see some of it.”

With or without a trade, the Warriors look like a 2021 playoff team with that four leading the charge. Though age is starting to be a concern, the Splash Brothers (Curry and Thompson) still have a couple of seasons left in their prime, and Draymond Green still hasn’t fully relinquished his elite defensive status.

Wiggins, meanwhile, is a young, long, athletic, high-scoring forward that can attack inside and out, and we can expect head coach Steve Kerr and his staff to develop him further.

The COVID-19 shutdown last March halted the fans’ preview, but Wiggins performed well in his short debut season with the Warriors. He averaged 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.4 blocks per game in 12 games.