Miami Heat Receive: G Malcolm Brogdon, F TJ Warren
Indiana Pacers Receive: G Tyler Herro, G Goran Dragic, F KZ Okpala
In this particular NBA trade scenario, the Miami Heat would take on $33.4 million in total salary for the 2021-22 season between Malcolm Brogdon ($21.7M) and TJ Warren ($12.6M). Brogdon will be entering the third year of a four-year, $85 million contract while Warren is set to enter NBA free agency next offseason.
The Miami Heat would need to accept the team-option for both Goran Dragic ($19.4M) and Tyler Herro ($4.0M) before being able to execute this particular NBA trade scenario. Both of which will surely what the team decides to do.
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The net result from a salary cap perspective for the Pacers would be the clearing of roughly $9.1 million in spending. For a small market team that is already over the cap, that’s an important element of context to take into careful consideration. Goran Dragic will be playing on an expiring deal and if they choose to not retain him, that would net another $19.4 in cap space cleared for 2021-22.
Let’s take a look at whether this NBA trade scenario would make sense for both the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat from their individual perspective.
