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Under the guidelines of the NBA’s new Player Participation Policy, the game against the Celtics, because it is nationally televised by TNT, must be prioritized when it comes to potentially giving Jimmy Butler one of the two nights off. IN THE LANEīY THE BOOK: Erik Spoelstra will be faced with an interesting decision this week when it comes to the Heat’s home back-to-back set against the Memphis Grizzlies and Boston Celtics on Wednesday and Thursday nights at Kaseya Center. Such deals typically involve sending out cash with the player as a sweetener. If the Heat can find a taker for the minimum contract of the guard who is sidelined for the season following knee surgery, they could add a roster replacement without an additional luxury-tax hit. These essentially were generated in salary dumps to save against the luxury tax, so it is highly unlikely they would be put into play, particularly because players at such level could just as possibly be acquired on the buyout market by that March 1 deadline for playoff eligibility.ĭru Smith: This is one of the coldest realities of the trade market. Trade exceptions: The Heat hold three trade exceptions, valued at $9.5 million, $7.2 million and $4.7 million. Still, in a league where just about every superstar-level trade involves multiple first-rounders, this is another element that should remain off-limits for anything short of a Lillard-level deal. But there still is the ability to deal two future first-round picks among their 2027, ’28, ’29 and ’30 picks. So if Jovic, like Martin, can be part of something significant, then perhaps.ĭraft picks: Because the Heat owe the Thunder a lottery-protected first-round pick in 2025, their 20 selection cannot be dealt (you cannot have consecutive future years without a first-round pick). Jovic is a bit of a different story, with it still unclear if Spoelstra would tolerate the defense on a playoff stage in a tradeoff for the offensive uniqueness. The value on a rookie-scale contract cannot be replicated (arguably the best bang-for-the-buck value on the Heat roster). and Nikola Jovic: Remember when these two names were bandied about in the summer as little more than sweeteners to a potential Heat deal for Lillard, as if neither was of consequence?

Winderman’s view: The curious case of Kyle Lowry in reserve If Martin as a sweetener can fetch elite talent when paired with Lowry’s contract as a salary-cap match, then a trade could make sense in light of stricter league-wide trade restrictions that kick in this offseason. So the question here becomes which the Heat prioritize more: Running it to the conclusion of Martin’s contract this spring (he has an opt-out he likely will invoke) or get something of longer-term value now? You need quality depth, players for those regular-season nights when Jimmy Butler just doesn’t feel like it.Ĭaleb’s Martin’s expiring $6.8 million contract: There is the potential that Martin gets a Strus-level deal elsewhere in the offseason and the Heat have to walk away, as they did with Strus. Martin and Highsmith might be the way to go.

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So the real math here is that if Lowry is not part of a superstar deal, such as the one the Heat attempted to make over the summer with the Trail Blazers for Lillard, then his money off the books in the offseason becomes the money to potentially keep impending free agents Caleb Martin and Haywood Highsmith on the books. Kyle Lowry’s expiring $29.7 million contract: This only stands as attractive to an acquiring team if the Heat are willing to take on additional long-term money. 8 NBA trading deadline now just three weeks away? But there still is Danilo Gallinari and others who could help fit gaps, with contracts below that $12.4 million limitation. So last year’s Kevin Love move could not have been made this year. No, the buyout market will not be what it once was for the Heat, the Heat limited, because of their position against the luxury tax, to bought-out players earning no more than the league average of $12.4 million. When the possibilities are the level of Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, even Goran Dragic or Jimmy Butler, you jump in both feet first.īut when you have successfully mined the developmental pipeline and maximized the buyout market, you don’t trade for what could make you better you wait for what will make you better. That is not how it has worked here for years. Terry Rozier also could entice.īut asset management dictates prudence, proactively pouncing when the moment is right, rather than taking so many chips off the table that subsequent packaging becomes problematic.Ī small move now, at, for argument’s sake, the cost of Luka Doncic later? Yes, there appear to be ample ancillary possibilities, including Jerami Grant and Malcolm Brogdon if Joe Cronin has restored his phone service in Portland.

Yes, Dejounte Murray is an intriguing case study.

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