Miami Heat
Brooklyn Nets Receive: G Kyle Lowry, G/F Duncan Robinson, G Tyler Herro, 2023 First-Round Pick (MIA), 2027 First-Round Pick (MIA), 2028 First-Round Pick (Swap – MIA), 2029 First-Round Pick (MIA)
Miami Heat Receive: F Kevin Durant
There’s also a significant stumbling block involved in a Durant-to-Miami deal. The Miami Heat can’t send the Bam Adebayo to the Brooklyn Nets.
If they could, this deal might have gotten done weeks ago.
Unfortunately for both sides, a rule in the CBA doesn’t allow teams with a player on a max rookie extension to trade for another player on one. With Ben Simmons on the Nets, Adebayo is stuck in South Beach. With that in mind, is this the right deal for the Nets?
Your answer to that question probably rests on your assessment of Tyler Herro. If you’re bullish on his star potential based on his time with the Miami Heat, you’ll prefer this to the Toronto Raptors deal.
On the other hand, if you see Herro as something closer to a perennial Sixth Man of the Year candidate, you may prefer to go another route.
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Ultimately, that will be Brooklyn’s decision to make. The Miami Heat are draft poor, and low on desirable young players outside of Adebayo and Herro. Without adding a third team, this is the best they can offer the Nets.
