Miami Heat Receive: C Myles Turner, SAS 2023 2nd Round Pick (Top-55 Protected, via IND), MIA 2025 2nd Round Pick (via IND)
Indiana Pacers Receive: G/F Duncan Robinson, MIA 2023 1st Round Pick (Unprotected)
The Miami Heat always seem to be in contention in the Eastern Conference and no matter what happens in the playoffs this season, they will remain a championship contender in the East.
With Max Strus, Caleb Martin and Gabe Vincent emerging as key scoring weapons on the bench this season, as well as Tyler Herro likely cementing himself as the 2021-22 NBA Sixth-Man of the Year, Duncan Robinson’s role with the team has changed dramatically.
Trading him now and getting out of his long-term contract not only opens up the door for the Heat to add another high-level talent to their roster, but it allows them to possibly remain under the tax line for the 2022-23 season, a key goal of this front-office.
In this trade with the Indiana Pacers, there will definitely be questions about how the Heat will make a frontcourt of Bam Adebayo and Myles Turner work, but if they can line up next to each other, Miami will be the best defensive team in the league.
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Both Adebayo and Turner are two Defensive Player of the Year candidates and with both Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry being elite-level defenders, teams will be lucky to even get a basket or two in the paint against this team!
Shipping a first-round pick to Indiana, one of a few draft picks the Heat actually have, may seem like too much to give up, but it takes a lot to win a championship in the NBA nowadays and this is certainly a championship-level move for the Miami Heat.
As for Indiana, trading Myles Turner is looking more and more likely to happen this offseason.
It seems like this has been the narrative for quite some time, but Turner was expected to be moved ahead of the 2022 NBA trade deadline before suffering a season-ending foot injury.
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Entering the final year of his contract, Myles Turner has seemed to play his final games in a Pacers’ uniform, making him one of the best available trade targets in the offseason.
