The Miami Heat made their first big trade of the offseason, acquiring Norman Powell in a three-team deal Monday in exchange for Kyle Anderson and Kevin Love. Let’s hand out some trade grades, shall we?!
Clippers acquire John Collins:
Skinny: The Clippers have loaded up in the frontcourt, adding Brook Lopez, Yanic Konan Niederhauser and Collins this offseason. Lopez and Collins can both stretch the floor and, in Collins’ case, add versatility and athleticism to their frontcourt. He averaged 19.0 points and 8.2 rebounds last season on 52.7 percent shooting, including 39.9 percent from 3-point range and 84.8 percent from the free-throw line. I think losing Powell could hurt the Clippers’ spacing more than we may think, but who knows if a Bradley Beal shoe drops in Los Angeles? Regardless, Collins will have to continue his reliable 3-point shooting and rim-running because he’s a poor defender and doesn’t necessarily impact the game if he’s not doing those things.
Grade: B-
Jazz acquire Kyle Anderson, Kevin Love and a 2027 second-round pick:
Skinny: I … am not sure what the Jazz were thinking. Collins has been widely available; he’s a polarizing player who built up more value in Utah. But he’s worth more than Kevin Love, who’s entering his age-37 season and will likely be bought out, Kyle Anderson, a fringe rotation player, and one measly second-round pick. Danny Ainge loves collecting draft capital, but his returns for both Collins and Sexton–widely available players–were very disappointing. I don’t know why they’re lumping themselves into multi-team trades if you’re getting scraps back for a few of your best assets, which was the case here.
Grade: D
Heat acquire Norman Powell:
Skinny: There have been health concerns with Powell, 32, over the last several seasons. But this is a home run for the Heat. They got him for next-to-nothing; Anderson and Love were not projected to be in the top-8 of the Heat’s rotation this season … and Powell’s one of the best 3-point shooters in the entire NBA. He shot 41.8 percent from deep last year and has eclipsed 39.0 percent in eight of his 10 seasons. Though he can also apply rim pressure and provide solid point-of-attack defense. He was the best player on a Clippers team with both James Harden and Kawhi Leonard several times last season. When healthy, he should jell nicely with Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo, among others.
Grade: A
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This is a trade I call the apple landing on your lap.
Go Heat, Go!
I’m just glad to see the Heat do something. Was this the first major move since the Lowry trade?
Hgh… Really?
-Signing Oladipo
-Trading for Rozier
-Jimmy for Wiggins
Like, that last one was basically yesterday.
I’ll give you Oladipo. Rozier was a bust. And they had to be dragged into that Jimmy trade kicking and screaming
Rozier may have hit rock bottom, but his acquisition was a pretty big deal at the time.
What a poor trade by Danny Ainge. His loss is our gain. Frankly, I’m amazed at Ainge’s stupidity.
Who would’ve guessed that Ainge would help out the guy who once told him to stfu 😆.
Lol well Danny ain’t in charge anymore it’s his son Austin ainge trying to clean up daddy mess.
Man, this place just isn’t the same when Duncan isn’t on the team anymore.
But a lot certain types of players, so dont complain.
We already lost Canadian Heat Fan with the Olynyk trade. Are we going to lose you with the Duncan trade?
We lost Rocket Sprocket because of Hassan. 😉
And we lost jnicho because of a certain someone 😆
Dang, we lost some good ones.
I remember Jnicho from the Phoenix days. I think he came over to Heat when I did, after the Dragic trade.
we lost macaroni_overlord after the Mario Chalmers trade
Yes, definitely miss macaroni and these others. Great group.
Memories… y’all. 🙂
In honor of old school HHH, I will spend the entire offseason suggesting the Heat add Michael Beasley to their last roster spot
I dunno, maybe I’ll have to check out the Pistons blog, see what it’s like over there.
Wait, no. There are gonna be Rasheed Wallace fans at the Pistons blog. I couldn’t stand him in the Shaq years. Maybe I’ll just stay here.
Oh stick around. I plan to be checking the Detroit box score to see how he’s doing. Should be a good fit with his Michigan roots.
Oh, I was just joking, I’m not going anywhere. My deep dark secret is that I’m less a basketball fan, and more just a Miami Heat fan who had to learn about basketball to really understand what I’m a fan of.
If tomorrow they announced that the Miami Heat would be converting into a baseball team, with all the same staff and roster just hitting baseballs, I’d… oh geez, I don’t know. Baseball is such a stupid sport. Like, a “perfect game” is literally just two parallel games of catch where only four people total ever even touch the ball. How dumb is that? I guess I’d have to learn to love it, though.
I’m a Heat fan.
A little baseball info. In a perfect game, many people may touch the ball. The perfect game team may themselves score any number of runs. As for the opponent, they may hit the ball all over the field, but as long as the batter is out (fly ball caught, thrown out running to first base, etc) and no one gets on base, it’s a perfect game – 27 straight outs.
I don’t watch it much these days, but growing up in NYC, there’s a lot of history and rabid fans.
I am a south Florida team fan, and a fan of the Heat since the formation was announced. Definitely my favorite team.
I guess it’s going to be a boring day on the trade front. 😛
Who cares what Bill Simmons thinks? The objective is to find better basketball players than what roster currently has while staying under the salary cap. Ultimately everything comes down to profitability where Heat currently rank 11th which I’m sure makes Arizon happy.
I certainly don’t care where the Heat rank in profitability
What is the objective? Is it to build around Bam and Ware instead of Bam and Herro? Should be very interesting times ahead.
I agree. This was a confusing move to me in terms of filling out roster needs. It would be different if he was a primary playmaker. Maybe it’s because he could be had for very little from us and opens up a roster spot for another move…still, was he supposed to be a Duncan replacement?