First of all, the heat draft Yaxel Lendeborg. This allows for an instant contributor off the bench. He can play 4 for us and even flex the 5 if he really needs to. (If we end up including this piece for giannis Im alright with it)
Then, the heat get their whale with Giannis Antetokoumpo. Then they spend the rest of their offseason shaping up the contender that they are building. BTW THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A 2033 FRP (and maybe a 2026frp) BEING SENT TO MILWAUKEE ASWELL BUT THEY DONT HAVE IT ON THE SITE YET.
After acquiring giannis and gary trent the heat look to add more shooting in the starting lineup by swaping davion and donte divincenzo. This allows for the heat have multiple near 40% 3pt shooters around giannis in wiggins, norm, and donte. I think it makes sense for minnesota as they have been in need for a true pg. davion leads the league in assist to turnover ratio which would be great for a minnesota lineup that lacks playmaking. They also wont skip a beat defensivley as davion will provide lockdown defense for them.
I wasn't able to do it on this site but then we extend jaime and pelle. we would most likley sign jaime to a 15m/year contract and pelle to a 10m/year contract both over 4 years after their deals expire
Finally, we sign kelly olynyk (or looney) as a backup big. Olynyk most likely wont be in the rotation consitently as we can just play small. Olynyk may prove to be pivotal if injuries in the front court start loading up. He's essentially a backup plan. If its looney I can see him getting real rotational minutes as a rebounding threat. He would play a scaled down mitchell robinson role. I just would avoid playing looney and Giannis together as they are both non shooters. Both I would be fine signing anywhere from a $3-6m contract.
Im pretty sure that this all works financially even with all the extension kicking in.
**Final Lineup (if we don't draft yaxel then put gary trent jr at backup sg and slide pelle to sf and jaime to pf)
Pg: Donte DiVincenzo/Kasparas Jakucionis/Dru Smith
Sg: Norman Powell/Pelle Larsson/Gary Trent Jr.
Sf: Andrew Wiggins/Jaime Jaquez Jr./Myron Gardner
Pf: Giannis Antetokounmpo/Yaxel Lendeborg
C: Bam Adebayo/Kelly Olynyk/(could play giannis at 5 for some stretches of the game as well)
I think this lineup has everything and is a contender
LMK what you thing about it and GO HEAT!! 🔥🔥