Report: Wiggins would still be with Cavs had he signed with LeBron's agent

Remember the open letter that LeBron James penned after returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers in July 2014?

As James waxed poetic about his future Cavs teammates, recall how he conspicuously didn't mention Andrew Wiggins, who had just weeks earlier been picked No. 1 overall by the team?

That was by design, because Wiggins did not sign with James' agent Rich Paul, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst, who spoke Friday on Sirius XM NBA Radio.

From Windhorst:

I think (Wiggins would) still be there (Cleveland) ... People can deny it from now until those guys retire, but I know exactly what happened. I saw the roadmap. If Wiggins had signed with LeBron's agency, then Wiggins would have been in the letter. If Wiggins would have been having a relationship with LeBron in the weeks leading up to the draft, then it would have been a no-brainer.

Windhorst suggests that had Wiggins, who was shipped to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Kevin Love, been on board with Paul, James would have encouraged Love to instead sign with the Cavaliers as a free agent this coming offseason.

Paul's Klutch Sports Group is based in Cleveland.

It should be noted that Windhorst is a legitimate NBA insider and well-sourced in northern Ohio, having covered the LBJ show since James was in high school. 

In October, Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski wrote an interesting article about the power James - and by extension, Paul - wields over the Cavs organization. 

That power has manifest itself with things like the incredibly generous contract extension Tristan Thompson reportedly turned down in October.

Wiggins, the likely Rookie of the Year this season, chose Bill Duffy as his agent.