Toronto Raptors Receive: F/C Bam Adebayo, G/F Caleb Martin
Miami Heat Receive: F/C Pascal Siakam
Of course, there’s value in a huge bundle of draft capital. There’s a reason it’s become the fashionable package to receive for a star.
For one thing, a team is normally surrendering picks into the distant future. Here’s the thing about the distant future – nobody can predict it. Those are valuable assets because of what they could be.
Moreover, the draft is arguably the most reliable way to acquire talent. In building through the draft, teams can land players who are cost controlled for a while. Typically, they foster some loyalty with those players by virtue of the fact that they selected them, too.
At the same time, young players normally take some time to develop. General managers can be patient, but fans and owners often feel differently.
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With that in mind, there’s some value in simply shaking up the roster instead of blowing it up.
Is this the right shake-up for Miami?
