The Oklahoma City Thunder are insanely deep, almost too deep, really, because they have legitimately good NBA players riding the bench right now in the Western Conference Finals. Aaron Wiggins is one of the victims of their stacked roster, a guy who has proven to be a playoff-rotation-caliber piece but just can’t find a spot on this team with so many mouths to feed.
Wiggins is sure to be available this offseason, and Portland should be all over that. He’d be a phenomenal get for the Trail Blazers.
Aaron Wiggins is way too good to ride the bench
Former 55th overall pick Aaron Wiggins has developed into the ideal role-playing wing during his five years in the league. He’s a great shooter, he keeps turnovers down, he competes on defense, and he can make stuff happen off the dribble when needed. There isn’t one part of his game you could point to as a true weakness.
Shooting is Wiggins’ top strength. His three-point percentage was down a bit in the 2025-26 regular season (35.6%, a notch below his career mark of 38.0%), but the overall sample size says he’s a marksman from outside. His volume numbers are always high, reflecting the confidence he has to let it fly. The versatile wing can hit shots off the catch, on the move, and off the bounce.
When Wiggins is hot, he’s hot. He’s the type of role player who can swing a win when he’s feeling it. In the 2025 Finals, for example, he scored 18 points with five threes in Game 2 and 14 points with four threes in Game 5, both victories for the Thunder.
2024-25 was his best individual campaign to date. He averaged a super-efficient 12.0 points along with 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists. This past season, he posted a still-respectable 9.4 PPG on just 1.4 fewer field goal attempts per game. In the playoffs, though, he’s seen just 5.7 minutes of action per night for Oklahoma City.
Targeting Wiggins is a no-brainer for the Trail Blazers
Wiggins hasn’t made much of an impact this postseason, but it’s for reasons out of his control. He’s better than what his playing time suggests, and he could come to the Trail Blazers and send that reminder.
Wiggins offers everything the Blazers could want from a rotation player right now. He’s a sniper, which checks the biggest box for this club. He can complement Deni Avdija and Damian Lillard off the ball. He won’t stick out for the wrong reasons defensively. And, perhaps most notably, he’s on a very team-friendly contract, set to make an average of $8.6 million across the next three years.
It wouldn't take much for Portland to snag Wiggins from OKC. Trading for him would be a savvy move for the Blazers as they look to build on their success this year.
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