Andrew Wiggins signed his first NBA contract on Thursday. The one-and-done Kansas University product is a Cleveland Cavalier, for now.

Adrian Wojnarowski, an NBA insider for Yahoo, indicated during an appearance on The Doug Gottlieb Show that Cleveland could have, in theory, struck a deal to ship him off to Minnesota in a package for Kevin Love before the ink on that contract had a chance to dry. Signing only means a deal involving Wiggins wouldn’t become official for 30 days, per NBA rules.

Love will become a free agent at the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, but has made it clear he isn’t interested in re-signing with the Timberwolves. Now Minnesota has until the February trade deadline to get something in return for the three-time All-Star power forward. Wojnarowski said on Gottlieb’s CBS Sports radio show there is no pressure on the T-Wolves to rush a deal, and the organization isn’t going to take some ordinary trade bait.

“If they’re going to do a deal, I don’t know that they want to bring back just good players,” he said. “I think they want a chance to have one great one.”

The Yahoo reporter said that’s why Minnesota wants Golden State to include Klay Thompson in its offerings for Love. If the Wolves have to give up a two-time All-NBA second-team honoree, they at least want an All-Star caliber player in return.

“Now Andrew Wiggins isn’t an All-Star,” Wojnarowski said, “but you might roll the dice and think he’s going to be one, and it makes sense to believe — I think everybody knows he has that kind of potential, maybe even greater than that.”

Though Chicago and Boston also have attempted to get in on the Love trade talks, he added, the Bulls aren’t offering their marquee players and the Celtics don’t have a franchise player to move, just assets.

Wojnarowski declared Cleveland the leader in the chase for Love and said while there is a chance a trade could be agreed upon soon, the season could begin with Love still a member of the Timberwolves.

“The next 10 years of their organization is going to depend on the kind of deal they get here,” Wojnarowski told Gottlieb, “so they should be asking for the moon.”