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Trade Breakdown
MIA: Eric Gordon
HOU: Duncan Robinson, Haywood Highsmith, & 2023 Top 10 Protected 1st
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Why Miami Does This?
Main reason, future cap flexibility. Eric Gordon’s $20M next season is non-guaranteed, which means he’s basically an expiring contract. The Heat will need money off the books during the 2023 offseason in order to resign Tyler Herro long term & other guys like Gabe Vincent & Max Strus. Yes, it comes at the price of a 1st, but that’s absolutely necessary when you’re swapping a 4 year contract with an expiring one.
In the meantime, Eric Gordon is a better player than Duncan & can give Miami super valuable minutes as either a starter at the SF position or a 6th man. He shot a career high from deep last season at 41.2%. The Heat can definitely use that type of 3pt shooting if they’re letting go of Duncan in a trade. EG also has a good amount of playoff experience & can certainly help Miami out in the postseason as a vocal leader.
Other Roster Moves
Sign Eric Bledsoe
Resign Markieff Morris
Sign Nemanja Bjelica
Heat Ideal Starting Lineup:
Lowry, Herro, Gordon, Butler, & Adebayo
Backup Five:
Vincent, Oladipo, Martin, Strus, & Dedmon
Rest Of Bench:
Bledsoe, Jovic, Morris, Bjelica, & Yurtseven
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Why Houston Does This?
In order to attain the 1st round pick they desire for Eric Gordon. Most people, including myself, don’t believe Eric Gordon is worth a first individually for his talent. But if Houston is taking on a bad contract in return, then yes a first sounds fair in that regard, especially since it’ll be in the deep 2023 draft class.
Now I definitely understand why Houston fans may not like this. Duncan Robinson is a on bad contract over the next four years. But if you take a closer look at it, the only player Houston needs pay in the next couple of seasons is Kevin Porter Jr. And luckily, the Rockets will have over $20M in expiring contracts to allow themselves to sign KPJ long term & still stay under the luxury line. Then after three seasons, Duncan will be an expiring contract & much easier to trade, just in time for Jalen Green & Alperen Sengun to receive their new long term deals. For the time being, Robinson can be a nice player off the bench with his excellent 3pt shooting & non-stop ball movement.
Other Roster Moves
Waive Trey Burke
Waive Haywood Highsmith
Waive Sterling Brown
Waive Marquese Chriss
Waive Boban Marjanovic
Rockets Ideal Starting Lineup:
Porter Jr, Green, Eason, Smith Jr, & Sengun
Backup Five:
Washington Jr, Christopher, Robinson, Tate, & Garuba
Rest Of Bench:
Nix, Matthews, Martin Jr, Nwaba, & Fernando
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