Q: I didn’t perceive why we re-signed Dewayne Dedmon within the first place. – Lee.
A: Because he was efficient in his reserve position behind Bam Adebayo final season, and since, at worst, the Heat thought he may very well be a tradable asset by the buying and selling deadline. Instead, a foot concern and seemingly age restricted his potential and the Heat have been left with no taker. So by re-signing Dedmon, the Heat primarily value themselves a second-round choose. But that’s hindsight. No one in July might have foreseen such a dramatic falloff.
Q: Can Cash play the 4? – H.H.
A: No, and the $110,000 the Heat acquired from the Spurs to satisfy NBA necessities principally is sufficient to cowl one participant for a 10-day contract. But what the Dewayne Dedmon transfer did was open sufficient house beneath the posh tax for the Heat to transform Orlando Robinson to a typical contract and likewise add a participant on the buyout market (Serge Ibaka?) in the event that they don’t in any other case add a substitute participant at Thursday’s buying and selling deadline.
Q: Do you suppose the Kyle Lowry signing was the Heat’s worst ever by way of high-profile free brokers? – Frank, Boynton Beach.
A: Considering the worth level and the restricted payoff, it ranks proper up there (down there?). But Kyle Lowry did assist the Heat to the No. 1 seed final season earlier than it went south for him within the playoffs. And that’s additional than Hassan Whiteside took the Heat after they made that four-year, $98 million deal (in comparison with three years, $85 million for Lowry). There additionally was the four-year, $60 million deal for James Johnson that offered minimal return. Now we now have to attend to see how Jimmy Butler’s four-year, $184 million extension performs out within the latter years, in addition to Tyler Herro’s four-year, $130 million extension that begins subsequent season.
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