The Miami Heat have discussed a potential trade for Ja Morant.
Miami was already shaping into a surprising buyer on this trade market even before this week's Giannis headlines. League sources say that the Heat, for example, have had internal discussions about Memphis' Ja Morant and how Miami's infrastructure could benefit him.
Jake Fischer
What can Miami offer question Tyler Herro? Not sure that works for Memphis. Maybe. If Morant?s trade value is that low.
Honestly, given Morant has so many maybes around him (attitude, injury, shooting), Tyler Herro seems like equal value.
I saw an update on Rozier's situation regarding whether he can be traded. Or a non-update update.
The NBA still has not confirmed whether the Miami Heat can trade Terry Rozier's salary, sources told Jake Fischer of The People's Insider.
The Heat would need to agree to a trade involving Rozier to ultimately get an official ruling from the NBA.
I wonder if the plan is to keep Herro & Norm Powell and trade T Rozier instead. Rozier makes $26mil compared to Morant who is on $39mil.
(1) Miami could make a larger trade by including A Wiggins ($28mil) with Rozier. Maybe K Caldwell-Pope being added to Memphis' side of the ledger to make the money work. KCP has played badly for them. I am sure they would love to get rid of his deal.
Or Miami could keep it smaller.
(2) Rozier ($26mil) & Fontecchio ($8mil) & J Jaquez (rookie deal) for Morant works in the trade machine. Jaquez being the main return in the deal. Maybe Jaquez plus a first.
Or maybe they manage to keep the trade package even smaller. Keep Jaquez out. Put new 1st round pick Jakucionis in the deal instead. Add future picks. Maybe 2-3 future 1sts.
The market could be small for Morant. Miami might be able to steal him on the cheap.
So it looks like they have multiple options in working out a deal. Herro is one option. Norm Powell ($20mil) another route. Or they could work out a deal based around Wiggins. Or T Rozier. Or some combination of any of those four players. Lots of options and configuartions that could work.
