With Nets superstar Kevin Durant said to be losing confidence in the team’s management, the Heat could be a team to watch if he requests a trade, says Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel. As we relayed, Durant reportedly hasn’t spoken to anyone from the Nets in weeks.
Brooklyn is currently dealing with Kyrie Irving‘s uncertain situation, as Irving holds a $36.5MM player option for next season. His departure could prompt Durant to further consider his future. Miami can offer young pieces such as Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, as well as multiple first-round picks in talks.
Should the team be forced to offload Adebayo, it would naturally have a gaping hole at center. Durant is known to be friends with P.J. Tucker, an impending free agent for Miami. He also played with Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry on Team USA in 2016.
Here are some other notes from Miami:
- In his latest mailbag for the Miami Herald, Anthony Chiang examines how far the Heat may go to retain Victor Oladipo in free agency. The 30-year-old is coming off a postseason where he averaged 10.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 24.5 minutes per game, shooting 37%. He only appeared in eight regular-season games before the playoffs — one of which was a 40-point outing against the Magic.
- Ira Winderman discusses several topics in a story for the Sun Sentinel, including how free agency tends to be trade season for the Heat. Miami acquired Butler in a sign-and-trade during the summer of 2019, then did the same with Lowry last summer.
- In a separate article for the Sun Sentinel, Winderman explores whether the Heat’s free-agency timing could be thrown off by last year’s tampering investigation. The NBA found Miami to be guilty of “gun-jumping” when news of Lowry’s anticipated deal broke before free agency technically opened, taking away this year’s second-round pick as a result.
The only team is interested in Irving is Lakers.
Rumors from FanSided
LAKERS GET
Irving
PACERS GET
Westbrook
Cam Thomas
2026 FIRST, 2027 FIRST (PICK SWAP)
NETS GET
Brogdon
Hield
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If Nets trade Durant for Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, Nets luxury tax alone would exceed $200 million 2023-24 (repeater tax)
Nets leave everything and everyone else intact
Let’s bring oladipo to dmv…
Bam isnt going anywhere
Oladipo on another 1 year deal in the $7 million range.
The tampering thing was ridiculous. “O they made the deal so quickly, it had to be tampering, completely ignoring they had been trying to trade for Lowry for 1.5 years at that point. Just David Griffin being salty
Lowry, Herro, Strus and 2-3 1st round picks for KD, if the whole thing escalates that far, though as I said previously, it’s way too soon to think about that. Heat bring back Dragic in that scenario as well
Durant + Curry for Lowry + Robinson + Herro + 2 FRP
Oladipo is signed 2/$15 Million + Dedman -2/8 Million.
Oladipo, Strus, Butler, Durant, Bam
Gabe Vincent, Caleb Martin, Jovic, Dedman/Yurtseven
I personally would want to hold on to Duncan, and also think he and Harris would have some redundancies with Brooklyn, which is why I like the similar deal I mentioned a bit better, but there are a few people I would trade Duncan Robinson in a package for, and KD is obviously one of them
LMAO @ Durant losing faith in management. If true, then bro need to admit he messed up. They gave you every teammate you wanted and it didn’t work. Maybe leave the job up to professionals next time.
Nets should wait for John Wall. Let Irving walk.
Jeez. It’s gotten to the point where you don’t necessarily build a team for talent… You have to know who is friends with who to help fill the holes on the roster.
Part of the game… Use it or lose to it! lol