The Miami Heat have acquired guard Davion Mitchell in exchange or PJ Tucker, a second-round pick and cash, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported Thursday, less than four hours until the end of the trade deadline.
By trading Tucker’s $11 million salary and inheriting $6.5 million, the Heat were able to duck under the first apron. Though they are roughly $2.7 million from getting under the luxury tax, according to salary cap expert Brian Goins of Miami Heat Beat.
Mitchell, 26, is set to be a restricted free agent this summer. He is averaging 6.3 points and 4.6 assists on the season, shooting 35.9 percent from 3-point with a 53.6 true-shooting percentage across 44 games (22 starts).
The second-round pick the Heat traded will be a 2026 Lakers second-rounder–the only one they had left after trading its 2031 swap (via Indiana) to Utah on Wednesday.
Mitchell helps the Heat fill their biggest need at the point-of-attack–a hole they have not been able to fill since Dru Smith went down with a season-ending achilles injury in December. According to Basketball Index, he grades in the 88th percentile in ball-screen navigation, 64th in off-ball chase defense, 64th in deflections per 75 possessions, 66th in pickpocket rating and 100th percentile in perimeter isolation defense.
This is an excellent move for Miami, given the cost. A reunion with Tucker would have been cool, but now the Heat land a legitimate rotation guard who’s spry at a much cheaper price while ducking under the first apron. We will see how Smith’s recovery progresses, but they will have a restricted free agent in their own building–at worst–as a backup option, if necessary.
That said, Mitchell is still limited offensively, despite improving as a shotmaker and playmaker. But those are cherries on top–the Heat desperately needed point-of-attack, which is why you acquire Mitchell. He’s a hound with a championship pedigree.
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NBA Trade Tracker: Every Deal Made at the DeadlineUpdated Feb 06, 2025 at 3:10 PM EST
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Marcus Smart to Wizards
Love this headline “Environment around Suns toxic after potential Jimmy Butler, Kevin Durant trades” Yeah, no s**t!
Look at Jimmy helping bleep up another locker room. 😉 That owner is an idiot, too.
Messing up locker rooms is one of Jimmy’s specialties, along with making overpriced coffee.
Spurs have Hawks unprotected 2025 pick. If they win the lottery and get Flagg, hfl will fly to San Antonio and Secaucus to investigate.
Hawks did it to themselves with incompetent front office, I also think spurs have a mole within hawks franchise.
This makes it seem like Terry is on his way out, because we want Jaime and Jovic taking on more ball handling duties, and if Mitchell can play D he’s gonna be on the court.
Bogdan Bogdanovic to the Clippers. Hawks tanking.
Very exciting day. Hate to lose anyone off the roster, but don’t weaken us by taking away the wrong players. Especially not Terry. The guy still has enough good games and has skills no one else has. Why not trade Duncan or give away Love. Or take away our GLeaguers. K Anderson is a B player, better than some we have on our roster, about even with HH (HH better defense, KAnderson better offense), but HH still has upside, so let Anderson go if you have to.
Anyway, whatever we do, we have fully recovered with Wiggins and Mitchell. We now have a competitive team, there is life post Jimmy.
Great move getting mitchell, I wanted him when he came out of the draft, has a dog mentality, and perfect for heat culture. He still only 26, and spo will turn him into a POA beast. Went to raptors blog and a lot of them wanted to keep him. Just not enough money to go around. This defense funna go crazy. Also stop sleeping on the godfather, he still got something left in the tank, while pushing 80.
Yes, I am one who deserves to be eating appropriate crow, and am now giving the old man his props. He did quite well in a difficult situation.
Ha! We’ve all tasted crow at various times. It comes with sports fandom.
Yes sir, and it’s ok…Riley has his faults, but he’s did as good as we could hope for. We got younger, and don’t think we’re done yet making moves. I would like to see him trade away dunc and rozier If possible, but I think they will be here for at least 1 more season..lastly I think Riley is doing well retooling. he will probably make one last run at a championship before retirement. The key is the 2026 free agency.
In Riley We Trust. He didn’t turn this into one of the premiere franchises by accident. 😉
DeAndre Hunter to the Cavs
Good for them, but I don’t like that since it makes them better 😉
But I prefer the Cavs doing well in playoffs over the like of Boston or New York.
Wow that team looks even more scary. I guess hawks got another incoming rebuild.
A little over an hour left. If a team is in the middle of negotiations and inform the front office and they can go past 3.
wrong mitchell close but no cigars
Our defense is going to be sickness. Teams will really hate playing us. Muahahaha!
Windy just reported now that when Miami asked for Durant, Suns made a “massive request, picks, young players.” Suns now taking calls on Durant from others who might be more willing to give up farm.
This has been the wildest trading period ever, as far as I can remember.
adam silver trying to trump the super bowl
So many previous trade periods where very little happened, real snoozers. This has been crazy. As for sb, not a fan of either team, but I do hope KC loses.
Love this move. Exactly what this team needs off the bench and opens up buyout market. Spo will get the best out of him.
I totally agree! To explore the buyout market, they still need to move players as we have no available roster spots. I’ve seen Anderson, Highsmith, and Rozier mentioned. Two hours to go! But as of now, the return of Wiggins, Mitchell, Anderson, and a first round pick (though we sent out 2 second rounders too) is as much or more than we could have hoped for.
Yeah I keep forgetting Anderson got stuck in Miami. That will blow thing sup a bit, though he is a useful player. Not good, not bad, but can play minutes if needed.
They call him slow mo for a reason, another decent ball handler, and jack of all trades player. Also holds teammates accountable.
Yes, a point guard, very good defender. To replace Hayward in starting lineup?
Wiggins is replacing Hayward in the starting lineup, hopefully mitchell can be pg, so ty can slide to sg.
a point guard?
Yes, he is and poa defender.
yes, starting caliber based on track record no.i remember him from sac didnt really notice him to much.terry is such a mystery been a good player his whole career gets down here been pretty bad few good games way many more clunkersthe way pelle defended maxey was so impressive .think he might be a brunson maxey stopper.that block of maxey going to the rim was beautiful
We have some young studs. They just need playing time. This season is going towards the development of Ware and JJJ. Get them in a playoff series. Will be JJJ’s second which builds that confidence they need