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Q: If they don’t pull this off, then trade Bam Adebayo and start the rebuild. – S.F.
A: Which is somewhat the untold element of this equation. If the Heat truly value and respect Bam Adebayo as their franchise player, then every season without a quality cast alongside means a lost season – for both the Heat and for Bam. It’s one thing to pay Bam $49.5 million for this coming season. It’s another thing to have that type of outlay on a player who again could be part of a 10th-place team. Pat Riley said in his season-ending media session that the goal was to get support for Bam. If not Giannis Antetokounmpo, it well again could prove to be a waiting game, as that clock keeps ticking on Bam’s extension. So, yes, if the rebuild takes on the look of a long-term agenda, then selling high might need to be an avenue navigated.
Q: Why give up really good players, many who are still very young, along with future first-round picks to compete against some good, established teams in the East along with some young, up-and-coming teams? If this doesn’t work, the Heat will flounder for at least a half of a decade or longer. – Joel, Plantation.
A: The NBA personnel and trade markets are all about asset accumulation, be it prospects or draft picks or both. But there also is somewhat of an expiration date of when to strike, because the prospects won’t remain merely prospects and the draft picks will wind up being utilized. So it’s about when to strike. From a prospect/picks standpoint, the Heat are as well-stocked as they have been in years. That’s what could make this the moment. Otherwise, those prospects start becoming large contracts that stand more difficult to move or aggregate. But, yes, there always is risk involved. But no risk, no reward.
Q: Do you think the Heat will have to include pick swaps for Giannis Antetokounmpo? I really hope they don’t. The swaps are only valuable to the Bucks if things don’t go well for Giannis/Miami. Why should Miami pay a bonus for things not going well? – John, Ocala.
A: Because the Bucks hold the upper hand and know they can ask for anything and everything. Put it this way, would you want the Heat to back off a potential trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo simply because of an unwillingness to trade one or two or three pick swaps? The Bucks know what the Heat have. They would want it all. And even then, it might not be the best deal available.
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A: Which is somewhat the untold element of this equation. If the Heat truly value and respect Bam Adebayo as their franchise player, then every season without a quality cast alongside means a lost season – for both the Heat and for Bam. It’s one thing to pay Bam $49.5 million for this coming season. It’s another thing to have that type of outlay on a player who again could be part of a 10th-place team. Pat Riley said in his season-ending media session that the goal was to get support for Bam. If not Giannis Antetokounmpo, it well again could prove to be a waiting game, as that clock keeps ticking on Bam’s extension. So, yes, if the rebuild takes on the look of a long-term agenda, then selling high might need to be an avenue navigated.
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Q: Why give up really good players, many who are still very young, along with future first-round picks to compete against some good, established teams in the East along with some young, up-and-coming teams? If this doesn’t work, the Heat will flounder for at least a half of a decade or longer. – Joel, Plantation.
A: The NBA personnel and trade markets are all about asset accumulation, be it prospects or draft picks or both. But there also is somewhat of an expiration date of when to strike, because the prospects won’t remain merely prospects and the draft picks will wind up being utilized. So it’s about when to strike. From a prospect/picks standpoint, the Heat are as well-stocked as they have been in years. That’s what could make this the moment. Otherwise, those prospects start becoming large contracts that stand more difficult to move or aggregate. But, yes, there always is risk involved. But no risk, no reward.
Q: Do you think the Heat will have to include pick swaps for Giannis Antetokounmpo? I really hope they don’t. The swaps are only valuable to the Bucks if things don’t go well for Giannis/Miami. Why should Miami pay a bonus for things not going well? – John, Ocala.
A: Because the Bucks hold the upper hand and know they can ask for anything and everything. Put it this way, would you want the Heat to back off a potential trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo simply because of an unwillingness to trade one or two or three pick swaps? The Bucks know what the Heat have. They would want it all. And even then, it might not be the best deal available.
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