After being swept in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Heat should be in the market for a point guard upgrade. Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel wonders if free agent Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie could be a good fit. Dinwiddie, 28, missed all but three games in the 2020/21 season recovery from a partially-torn ACL.
A career 31.8% shooter from long range, the 28-year-old Dinwiddie may hurt the Heat’s already-cramped floor spacing playing alongside non-shooting stars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. Dinwiddie’s abilities as a ball handler and scorer, however, could counter some of the adverse impact his below-average three-point shooting could create.
There’s more out of the Southeast Division:
- The Sioux Falls Skyforce, NBAGL affiliate of the Heat, will be returning in full force for the 2021/22 season. The Heat will now have to make some decisions on the fates of 2020/21 two-way players Gabe Vincent and Max Strus, per Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Winderman notes that Miami could tender qualifying offers to both players to make them restricted free agents. This way, the club could match any contracts they field from other teams. Vincent in particular emerged as one of the club’s best on-ball defenders, while Strus showed promise as a three-point shooter.
- The Wizards are hoping to add a 2021 second-round draft selection, as they have in both the 2019 and 2020 drafts, writes Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington. Hughes notes that the club’s recent interviews with Isaiah Todd and Daishen Nix of the G League Ignite would suggest that the club is on the hunt for a second-rounder.
- After being let go by the Pacers following a first-round playoff sweep in 2020, Nate McMillan initially considered sitting out the 2020/21 season. His mind was changed when then-Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce reached out to him. Now, McMillan himself is the club’s interim head coach, leading Atlanta to a 1-1 record in the Eastern Conference Finals. Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports details McMillan’s roller-coaster 2020/21 season. “I still wanted to coach [after the 2019/20 season], and after talking with Coach Pierce and hearing his vision, he wanted to get to the next level,” McMillan said. “Which was win. They were rebuilding, but they wanted to win. I thought it would be OK, go down and assist and not deal with the other stuff.” When Pierce was let go following a 14-20 start, McMillan was wary of the optics should he take over midseason. “They wanted to name me head coach; I had to take some time to think about that,” McMillan said. “I talked with Coach Pierce, he basically said he thought that I should take it and move forward.”
Heat Cap room $40 million
Heat have no cap room if they want to keep their own players
Robinson
Oladipo
Dragic
Nunn
Bjelica
Heat and Mavs want to sign FA Kelly Oubre
Mavs have no cap room if they want to keep Hardaway
Same
Mavs have almost enough cap to sign a max player.
Mavs current salary $87 million
Salary cap $112 million
Cap room $25 million
Hardaway cap hold $28 million
New cap room negative $3 million if keeping Hardaway
Whoever Heat are interested, they can do sign and trade
Lakers and Clippers will have hard cap issues if they accept the players from SNT
McMillan did a great job. He’s really gotten the most out them. IMO Hawks are in best position to acquire Beal or CJ. They have Collins, Bogdanovic, Gallinari, young players and picks. Portland would be wise to look at Atlanta.
Dinwiddie is a good FT shooter, career 80%. With a good team he gets good looks. His efficiency goes up. What I like about him he’s a gm manager and closer. That’s what he did for Nets. And had his best yr. Been saying it since last yr. Hoping Knicks get him. He’s best FA PG available.
I’d be extremely hesitant to put both Cam Reddish & Onyeka Okongwu in a deal for Beal. And I’m pretty sure DC would want them both. Hawks have the assets to go after a big fish but I think its pretty clear that thats not necessary. Cam, Dre & Okongwu all have BIG potential & it makes the most sense to keep those guys while they’re relatively cheap & see how they continue to develop. Im all for trading Gallo this summer tho. Hes played well enough for us this season, especially as a shooter but he’s truly hard to watch defensively & we can sign a much cheaper stretch big that can give us similar production
Why pay Collins when you have Okongwu who could be better in long run. Collins is they key to getting that player. Cam is not going to help. When he has to fight for mins with Hunter, Gallinari, Huerter, Bogdanovic. Hawks in perfect position to move a few players for a star. Hawks would be selling high after good season they had. Not impressed with Bucks really. Disappointing to me. Without Hunter Hawks not winning. They need everyone. The last gm showed you need that other star that will always show up. CJ can do that. You’d give up less for CJ. And that’s what Blazers need a few players. Collins, Bogdanovic, Cam is a good start. Collins will have to get his money. This is the time to move him.
well 1st off John & Okongwu are very different players that play 2 different positions. John is a prototypical 4 & Okongwu is a prototypical 5. Capela is the guy in Okongwu’s way, not John. 2ndly John is a legit, efficient 20/10 guy. There’s simply not many of guys capable of that type of offensive production. If you know any thats available definitely lmk. Only 1 I can think of is Bagley & I feel like his best position will be at the 5 also & obv we already got 2 good 5s (Capela & Okongwu)… as far as Cam, um yes he will help lol. I mean obviously. He was our starting 2guard this yr before he got hurt & I wouldn’t be surprised if he earned that job back during training camp. Bogdan is a beast & had a great season (especially after Cam went down) but Cam is so much better defensively while also having the potential to be great offensively as well. I do feel like Cam is the most likely guy to get traded this summer but I would be very hesitant to trade him, even for a guy like CJ. I agree we’re in good position to trade for a star. But why do we need to do that? John can definitely be a star & we already have him & invested 4yrs into developing him. Dre & Cam also have star potential. Clint obviously isn’t flashy but he produces like a star (he’s at worst the 4th best player at his position in the league). Trading Cam rn would be the exact opposite of trading high with him coming off an injury that robbed him off majority of the season. Trading John last yr would have been selling high but he’s not on a rookie contract anymore & his production went down bc off all the firepower we added. You say we need everyone & we’re not winning without Dre but we literally did exactly that vs Philly (#1 team in the East) just a week ago. Plus Dre will definitely be back next season so we don’t have to worry about being without him. There were zero gms during this season when we had everyone healthy yet we still had a good season. The future should be even brighter, especially with the experience these young guys are getting now. CJ is a great player but Portland hasn’t won anything that special with him as they’re 2nd star. I love his game but I think we can manage without him tbh. I don’t mind paying John at all. He’s earned his bag & I feel confident that he’s only gonna continue to improve.
Obviously the Wizards would want both of them, they’re not giving away Beal for nothing. No one is getting him without giving up a ton of assets in return, unless of course he demands a trade like Harden.
If Washington needs a 2nd round pick they should trade Russ for Ben plus a two.
I’m sure the Simmons fans here would love to see that trade, wouldn’t y’all?