Miami Heat Receive: G Jordan Poole, F Jonathan Kuminga, 2029 First-Round Pick (GSW)
Golden State Warriors Receive: G/F Jimmy Butler
Meanwhile, any team preparing for the future should look at the Warriors. Their last decade has been an absolute best-case scenario.
How did the Warriors do it? Did they tank? Did they trade all of their best players for a mountain of draft picks and eventually select a super team from the lottery?
They did not. The Warriors kept it simple. They drafted well, and they developed well.
In time, their solid process resulted in the decade’s most dominant force.
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That doesn’t mean every team needs to follow that procedure. There are plenty of ways to build an NBA contender.
Does this deal set the Heat up to build one?