Heat Land James Harden
Heat Receive:
James Harden
The Heat will have a significantly better offense following this deal. There is a condition here. Harden has a player option this summer. The Heat would need him to sign it and agree quickly to an extension. If they don’t have the assurance that he’s willing to make a long-term commitment, they can’t sacrifice Adebayo to rent him for a season. Assuming that holds, this is a good deal. The Heat would need to replace Adebayo at cost. Assuming they can find a cheaper defensive big, they should be a better team next year.
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Heat Offseason Moves
Trade Duncan Robinson, Victor Oladipo, and 2 FRPs for Myles Turner
Re-sign Kevin Love for 1 year / Minimum
Sign James Harden for 3 years / $105,000,000
Re-sign Gabe Vincent for 2 years / $11,000,000
Re-sign Max Strus for 3 years / $30,000,000
Re-sign Omer Yurtseven for 2 years / $9,000,000
Miami Heat Potential Rotation
PG James Harden
SG Tyler Herro
SF Jimmy Butler
PF Kevin Love
C Myles Turner
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PG Kyle Lowry
SG Gabe Vincent
SF Max Strus
PF Caleb Martin
C Omer Yurtseven
76ers Receive:
Pascal Siakam
For the Sixers, this is all about convincing Joel Embiid to stick around. That may not be an easy task. It’s been suggested that if Harden does leave, Embiid may not be far behind. The Sixers surely would prefer to avoid fielding a trade request from their perennial MVP candidate. Acquiring Siakam may just do the trick. For starters, Embiid and Siakam are close. Landing one of his best friends in the league may do enough to appease the big man. Of course, that’s not enough reason to do the deal on its own. Luckily, the pair make basketball sense together too.
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76ers Offseason Moves
Pick Up Tyrese Maxey's Team Option
Re-sign Shake Milton for 2 years / $17,000,000
Sign Austin Rivers for 1 year / Minimum
Philadelphia 76ers Potential Rotation
PG Tyrese Maxey
SG De'Anthony Melton
SF Tobias Harris
PF Pascal Siakam
C Joel Embiid
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PG Shake Milton
SG Austin Rivers
SF Danuel House Jr.
PF PJ Tucker
C Montrezl Harrell
Raptors Receive:
Bam Adebayo
Siakam and Scottie Barnes are somewhat redundant as big, two-way playmaking wings. By contrast, Adebayo is one of the most versatile defensive big men in the NBA. He’s also a deft passer who’ll make up some of Siakam’s playmaking.
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Raptors Offseason Moves
Draft Brice Sensabaugh (10th)
Pick Up Scottie Barnes's Team Option
Pick Up Precious Achiuwa's Team Option
Pick Up Malachi Flynn's Team Option
Re-sign Gary Trent Jr. for 4 years / $68,000,000
Re-sign Jakob Poeltl for 4 years / $56,000,000
Re-sign Will Barton for 1 year / Minimum
Toronto Raptors Potential Rotation
PG Scottie Barnes
SG Gary Trent Jr.
SF OG Anunoby
PF Chris Boucher
C Bam Adebayo
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PG Malachi Flynn
SG Will Barton
SF Brice Sensabaugh
PF Thaddeus Young
C Jakob Poeltl