Q: Ira, you and others have mentioned the Heat have been holding off on Donovan Mitchell in case belongings must be accessible for Kevin Durant. Does the Nets’ assertion change that? – Henry.
A: First, I’m nonetheless not offered that the Kevin Durant subject is settled. Yes, maybe for the second, however the Nets’ first 5 regular-season video games are towards the Pelicans, Raptors, Grizzlies, Bucks, Mavericks. Let’s first see how adversity is dealt with, if Kyrie Irving stays mercurial, and if Ben Simmons will get to and stays on the court docket. The Nets’ assertion was mere phrases. Let’s wait on the actions, contemplating simply three weeks in the past Durant needed Steve Nash and Sean Marks gone. But, sure, if there was any hesitancy about together with an asset for Mitchell, that now might change. Still, I’m not offered on Tyler Herro plus further sweeteners for Donovan Mitchell. That nonetheless feels considerably extreme.
Q: Glad the Kevin Durant saga is over (even when solely briefly). Let the remainder of the dominoes fall. The Nets have been solely going via the commerce motions, anyway. It’s higher that the Nets stay intact than the Celtics including Durant. – John, Ocala.
A: Interesting level about it maybe being a Heat victory that the Celtics didn’t land Kevin Durant. But there is also the contrasting view that such a Brooklyn-Boston deal might have destabilized each the Nets and Celtics. It’s nearly as if we now must take inventory once more with regards to the East hierarchy.
Q: Now that the Kevin Durant saga is formally over and the Heat can’t match the Knicks’ worth for Donovan Mitchell, might the Heat deal one first-round choose and Duncan Robinson for Jae Crowder? Getting out from underneath Robinson’s terrible contract alone is sort of definitely worth the first. – David.
A: No, it’s not. The Heat want Duncan Robinson’s $16.9 million wage as potential ballast to match numbers underneath the cap in a commerce. And they could want such a first-round choose, as properly, for a much bigger deal. I like Jae Crowder and he actually would supply an improve on what the Heat at the moment are that includes at energy ahead, however to not the diploma of dealing off belongings probably helpful for one thing larger.
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