Andrew Wiggins appears joyful in Miami now

That actually is one of several big baskets Wiggins has made recently, even in games he hasn't been as efficient. He told me after a recent game that he likes taking those shots, especially when he hasn't been shooting well, because when he makes them, "Nothing else matters. Everyone forgets what you did before. It makes up for everything."

He said it with a smile.

As he's been doing just about everything with a smile.

The Heat front office has been smiling, too.

There were reports they were shopping Wiggins over the summer, to get off the final two seasons of his contract (roughly $60 million) but they shot those down and said they wanted to see the team in training camp. They enter tonight's rematch with Cleveland at 7-4, and Wiggins has been a big reason why.

At roughly half the cost, Wiggins is averaging offensive statistics not much different from Butler's, his team's record is better, and he seems happier than Butler does at the moment, as the former Heat star (following a 3-shot effort in a blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder) was speaking about needing to keep things "the main thing," an interesting callback to one of Heat president Pat Riley's pet phrases.

What's Wiggins been doing well? A lot. His defense has been more dynamic than it was after his arrival last season. He's been efficient in the midrange. He's driving more than he did, and his ball-handling (sometimes an issue) has been somewhat tighter.

But it's been the clutch where he's come through most. This will make for interesting decisions when everyone is healthy, and Tyler Herro is inserted back into the starting and closing lineups. Who does Erik Spoelstra take off the floor? Davion Mitchell? Jaime Jaquez Jr.? Certainly not Herro, Bam Adebayo or Norman Powell, the player Wiggins credits most for changing the Heat vibe.

Wiggins in "clutch" situations has made five of his seven shots. He also has been critical in some earlier stretches of games as well, tending to take over for a short stretch.

He's not a primary option most of the time but has shown that, in spurts, he can still be so. Which is ideally what his role should be now, in his early 30s.

Can Wiggins sustain this throughout the season? There's no reason to believe he can't. Talent has never really been the question with him. It's typically been a challenge of fit. He was never made to be a leading man; he's an introvert, not bombastic, not anything like say, LeBron James, a prodigy himself whom Wiggins was once compared to, before James arrived back with the Cavaliers in 2014 and Cleveland immediately traded Wiggins' rights to Minnesota for Kevin Love to contend.

He's not Maple Jordan anymore.

But this season so far, for Wiggins and the Heat, the results and smiles have been sweet.