NBA Season 2025-26

[slightly biased bias fan]

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

[Vermont Green]

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.

[slightly biased bias fan]

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.

[Who]

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.

[Who]

Anthony Edwards has become the T'Wolves All-Time leader in 30+pts games. What surprised me is that Towns was 2nd ahead of KG.

Ant - 102 games with 30+pts
Towns - 101 games
KG - 82 games

KG is way back on those two guys. I assumed he would be the one Ant was chasing. Not Towns.

KG wasn't a big time scorer where he'd go off for 30+ points.  his impact was primarily the boards, energy  and D.

I was watching an old game. A matchup of a young All-Star level KG vs MVP level Karl Malone in 1998.

This made me curious. Where does Karl Malone rank in terms of 30pt games? Obviously he will be way ahead of KG but ... how far ahead?

Karl Malone = 435 career 30+pts games

That is a colossal number for Karl Malone.


Statmuse said KG finished with 84 career 30+pts games. So he only had 2 more here in Boston to add to his 82 with Minnesota.

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I found an article from a year ago. Apparently LeBron passed out MJ for the number of 30+pts games All-Time last January.

(1) LeBron - 563 games
(2) MJ - 562 games
(3) Wilt - 516 games
(4) K Malone - 435 games
(5) Kobe - 431 games

LeBron will have added a few more since then.

Awesome list.

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Some other notables

Kareem - 429 games
Durant - 415 games
Oscar - 387 games
Jerry West - 350 games
Dominique Wilkins - 346 games
Elgin Baylor - 343 games
James Harden - 330+ games
Steph Curry - 318 games
Adrian Dantley - 314 games
Shaq - 313 games
Giannis - 303 games
Alex English - 276 games (top scorer for 1980s)
Carmelo Anthony - 272 games
Elvin Hayes - 253 games
Olajuwon - 227 games
Bird - 223 games
Wade - 220 games
Jokic - 163 games

Duncan - 122 games
Isiah Thomas - 98 games
Magic - 93 games
CP3 - 77 games
Scottie Pippen - 49 games
Gary Payton - 40 games
Nash - 39 games
Kidd - 38 games
Stockton - 11 games

Interesting comps with Magic and Pippen to KG.

[Silas]

Anthony Edwards has become the T'Wolves All-Time leader in 30+pts games. What surprised me is that Towns was 2nd ahead of KG.

Ant - 102 games with 30+pts
Towns - 101 games
KG - 82 games

KG is way back on those two guys. I assumed he would be the one Ant was chasing. Not Towns.

KG wasn't a big time scorer where he'd go off for 30+ points.  his impact was primarily the boards, energy  and D.

I was watching an old game. A matchup of a young All-Star level KG vs MVP level Karl Malone in 1998.

This made me curious. Where does Karl Malone rank in terms of 30pt games? Obviously he will be way ahead of KG but ... how far ahead?

Karl Malone = 435 career 30+pts games

That is a colossal number for Karl Malone.


Statmuse said KG finished with 84 career 30+pts games. So he only had 2 more here in Boston to add to his 82 with Minnesota.

------------

I found an article from a year ago. Apparently LeBron passed out MJ for the number of 30+pts games All-Time last January.

(1) LeBron - 563 games
(2) MJ - 562 games
(3) Wilt - 516 games
(4) K Malone - 435 games
(5) Kobe - 431 games

LeBron will have added a few more since then.

Awesome list.

--------------

Some other notables

Kareem - 429 games
Durant - 415 games
Oscar - 387 games
Jerry West - 350 games
Dominique Wilkins - 346 games
Elgin Baylor - 343 games
James Harden - 330+ games
Steph Curry - 318 games
Adrian Dantley - 314 games
Shaq - 313 games
Giannis - 303 games
Alex English - 276 games (top scorer for 1980s)
Carmelo Anthony - 272 games
Elvin Hayes - 253 games
Olajuwon - 227 games
Bird - 223 games
Wade - 220 games
Jokic - 163 games

Duncan - 122 games
Isiah Thomas - 98 games
Magic - 93 games
CP3 - 77 games
Scottie Pippen - 49 games
Gary Payton - 40 games
Nash - 39 games
Kidd - 38 games
Stockton - 11 games

Interesting comps with Magic and Pippen to KG.

FWIW...Tatum has 196 and Brown has 123...and just for the hell of it...JT has 34 (40pt) games and JB has 15.  We are lucky to have two studs on our Celtics.