New Orleans Pelicans Receive: G Tyler Herro, C Omer Yurtseven, G/F Duncan Robinson, 2023 First-Round Pick (MIA), 2026 First-Round Pick (MIA), 2028 First-Round Pick (MIA)
Miami Heat Receive: F Zion Williamson
Similarly, this deal will come down to how highly the Pelicans’ front office is on Tyler Herro. At 22, the current Sixth Man of the Year candidate still has star potential. At the same time, you’d have to be irrationally high on him to suggest he had the same ceiling as Zion Williamson.
This is exactly why the Pelicans are again receiving draft capital here. They’re also getting less of it than they do in the other packages. There are two reasons for that. The first one is that the Heat have fewer picks to spare. On the other hand, they’re also giving up the young player with the most trade value in this piece in Herro.
Omer Yurtseven isn’t a mere throw-in. This season, the 23-year-old rookie has been a pleasant surprise, averaging 15.2 points and 15.0 rebounds per 36 minutes. He has the potential to be a longstanding rotation player in the NBA.
Robinson is mostly a salary matcher. With Herro and Yurtseven both on modest rookie deals, the Pelicans are forced to eat his questionable contract in this exchange. He’s still flashed the potential to be an elite floor spacer in the NBA, even if he was having a down year in 2021-22.
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Still, this trade is highlighted by Herro and three first-round picks from the Pelicans’ perspective. If their asking price is a young star and draft capital, they will struggle to do much better.
