With Nets forward Kevin Durant off the table as a trade target for the time being, the Heat could look elsewhere for All-Star reinforcements. In a mailbag, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel discusses alternatives, including Jazz All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell. Winderman does not consider the undersized shooting guard to be worth a package centered around reigning Sixth Man of the Year Tyler Herro and future draft picks.
Winderman also notes that the Heat should be cautious when it comes to trading forward Duncan Robinson, who will earn $16.9MM in 2022/23 after falling out of the club’s rotation near the end of last season due to his defensive shortcomings. Winderman notes that Robinson’s contract could be crucial as an inclusion for a trade to acquire a maximum-salaried superstar. Herro remains on his rookie deal, and will make just $5.7MM this season.
There’s more out of South Beach:
- In another mailbag, Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reflects on the recent decision by the Heat’s NBAGL affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, to offload Micah Potter to the Pistons’ G League club, the Motor City Cruise. Winderman writes that the decision ultimately came down to which players Miami is prioritizing developing, noting that other prospects – including Orlando Robinson – took priority over Potter.
- Now that the Nets are, at least for now, stabilizing and whole heading into the 2022/23 season, Winderman wonders if Brooklyn has leapfrogged Miami in the Eastern Conference pecking order and explores just how dangerous the Nets coul dbe.
- Even beyond the departure of starting power forward P.J. Tucker, the Heat’s rotation could look markedly different than it did during the 2021/22 NBA season, when a top-seeded Miami club pushed the Celtics to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals, Winderman writes in another Sun Sentinel story. As Winderman observes, 6’5″ Caleb Martin appears to be the current leader in the competition to become Miami’s new starting power forward, though that situation remains fluid with training camp still ahead of the team. Miami’s internal search for its starting swingman next to point guard Kyle Lowry and small forward/shooting guard Jimmy Butler also remains fairly open, with several intriguing candidates on the roster.
Disagree
According to my evaluation formula
Mitchell > Herro + 2 Heat future Firsts
Herro is not going to win anything for Jazz. Expiring contract means not much
Mitchell to Toronto for Siakam plus 2 first round picks.
Raptors lineup will be:
FVF
Mitchell
Trent
Barnes
Achiuwa
@dunk if jazz they’d try to get a player younger than siakam plus picks even if the player is worse than him, jazz are going into rebuild mode
Give Herro the same # of shots that DM has, and you’ll have a pretty similar end result. DM is just more efficient overall at this point, his game is a bit more polished.
What other superstar are the Heat trading for JW? That list is pretty small and only slightly bigger when you expand a but on the phrase superstar. Steph, KD, Kawhi, LeBron, AD, Embiid, Joker, Giannis, Luka, DM, Trae, Kyrie, PG13, Booker, Tatum, Brown, Harden, etc…
DM, Brown, and Kyrie are the only ones really available and Brown is only available in a KD trade.
Mitchell averaging 30/5/5 his last 4 playoff series. Averaging.
He’s averaging 31 shots and 8 FTs, if he wasn’t averaging 31.5 points there would be something seriously wrong. Give most players an average of 31 shots a game and 8 free throws and they’ll be putting up big numbers too though. It’s a numbers game, the offense is DM and everyone else gets mainly scraps.
23 shots… While being the defenses entire focus. 31 PPG efficient, especially when you talking playoffs.
Jazz receive:
Jalen Suggs
Jonathan Isaac
2 or 3 First Rounders
Magic receive:
Donovan Mitchell
Jazz lineup:
Mike Conley
Jalen Suggs
Talen Horten Tucker
Bojan Bogdanovic
Jonathan Isaac
Magic lineup:
Cole Anthony
Donovan Mitchell
Franz Wagner
Paulo Banchero
Wendell Carter Jr
Magic are a playoff team and Jazz can finally tank.
At best, that Magic team is fighting for a play in spot…
I would like to see Bam at the 4 and him expanding his offense. When he is active and scoring everything flows better.
DM to the Thunder for draft picks and Bazeley.
No.
Hard to see the Knicks not landing Spida. Think the Jazz have leaked all they can to pressure NY into making the move at whatever cost. Knicks need a splash move and everyone knows the Jazz want to give it to them