Miami Heat Trade For Norman Powell In 3-Team Deal | Current Roster Improves! More Moves to Coming?

Miami Heat Trade For Norman Powell In 3-Team Deal | Current Roster Improves! More Moves to Coming?

Hey, welcome on in guys. Tobin here with you and thanks for checking out the channel. Hope you’re doing well there. If you guys could subscribe, that’d be great and appreciate you stopping by. So, in the midst of the radio show today, which you guys can go watch my live reaction to this happening on the 56WQM YouTube page, uh we stream live, myself and Leroy Horde every single weekday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. But in the midst of the show today, we got action, Jack. The Miami Heat were in the midst of a three-team trade that ended up with the Heat acquiring Norman Powell from the LA Clippers. And that was in exchange for in a three-way deal, the Heat sent out Kevin Love and Kyle Anderson. And the Jazz sent John Collins, West Palm Beach’s own, to the Clippers. And I believe the Clippers, I think, sent a second round pick. And that was your three-teamer, the Miami Heat, acquiring Norman Powell from the LA Clippers, who was on the last year of a deal. There was a lot of fodder that the 32-year-old shooting guard uh wanted an extension, and the Clippers a little squeamish about paying that and instead he was on the market for a team that was looking to change some things after having a good regular season last year. the Clippers not exactly having the postseason success that they wanted to. Probably because they got somebody like James Harden on their team. That’s just me. Um, but this definitely came as a uh as a surprise. I mean, I think uh in the midst of all of us talking about the Bradley Beal thing and the Damen Lillard thing, this one just kind of popped up in uh in the in in the wee hours of this morning and was just like, “Oh.” And it’s like I almost don’t know how to react just because it’s been so long to a significant summer acquisition. And I was like, “Wow, they actually did it. They did something.” And they did something I think everybody’s pretty pumped up about. And you know, you add somebody of Powell stature who, you know, gave the Clippers last year a career-high 21.8 eight points per game, but has been just a prolific three-point shooter. And those are two things that the Miami Heat, I mean, they needed that like a like a fish needs water to breathe, dude. Like, they needed that so bad. And they needed it injected into their veins. And for them to be able to get Norman Powell, whatever the situation ends up being with his contract and whatever the hell his role may be, um, to do that for Kevin Love and Kyle Anderson, two guys who one probably was not going to play and the other guy, if he was playing, probably something went wrong with one of the young guys, is an absolute gem of a trade for the Miami Heat. Pat Riley and the front office. They did it. They pulled one off. Very impressive. Now, the thing I’m going to be interested in seeing with this, I think it speaks to a couple things. One, we already talked about Miami needed some some some injection of offensive talent onto this team. And Powell definitely brings that. They needed to replace some of the shooting that they did not have with Duncan Robinson. The question to me now is where do they go from here? Now, is this the move before another move? Is this the first of a series of moves? Or is this just, hey, this is our big acquisition? Because if it is their big acquisition, if the Miami Heat go into this and there’s maybe just a roster shaving, which by the way, this this move did open up a roster spot. So, if there is going to be that safe hub for Damen Lillard, who wants to be on the Miami Heat, um, they do have that ability to now sign him. It could also mean, hey, maybe they like somebody on the summer league squad. Maybe they get to a point where they’re worried about somebody poaching away Vladen or poaching away somebody else on the summer league roster. So, now they have that ability and flexibility as well. Um, so it could mean a, you know, possibly the dame thing is out there still, but this certainly, you know, eradicated any Bradley Beal pursuit. And you saw some of the reports that were out there afterwards from uh, Ethan Skolnick, from Barry Jackson, that the Heat didn’t really have Bradley Beal on in their temperature. And and look to be fair while Bradley Beal his highest of heights have been better than Norman Powell right now as you’re talking about importance to a team. This guy very arguably could have been an all-star last season. I mean he really you know especially in a I mean it was it’s a very tough conference to make. It wasn’t easy. might have made it. He might have made the All-Star team, but you know, for him to uh to just be gotten for what the Heat gave up, which was no draft equity, no nothing. Uh Kevin Love and his Instagram jokes. Great great clubhouse guy, great locker guy. Hey, fun times. Kevin Love and Kyle Anderson who was on the Heat for three seconds as part of the Jimmy Butler trade. and you, you know, put yourself in a better cab situation as far as like, you know, Kylie Landers, I think, was non-g guaranteed last year, so I don’t think it was neither of these guys were too daunting, but you’re also not, you’re bringing in a way more productive player, and you’re not sinking in more cost. I don’t really know what the criticism of this trade could be because it honestly gives you a lot of levers you could pull with the Heat. Um it’s going to be interesting to see what do they do with him because at his age he did get a taste of starting a lot this year after his first couple of years where he was right there for six man of the year with the LA Clippers. He started all 60 of his games this season. Some talk of hey should they had but they felt you know like with their health situation and Kawawaii coming back should they have done that? Should they have brought him back or should they put him back on the bench? Is that where he’s best served? So, with the Miami Heat, is this going to be a situation where you have a guy, as prolific as he is, do you just want to inject the Heat lineup with more shooting, more offense? Where does that put DaVon Mitchell? Does DaVon Mitchell, should he be out there shooting um and and providing uh providing, you know, the defense that you signed him up to do? Or do you just add starting back court is going to be two guys who could absolutely just light it up from downtown between him and Tyler Herro? neither really a true point guard um or is there something else coming? You know, I think that’s the other thing. Does this signal that the Miami Heat now having some wiggle room of having what Norman Pal can bring to the table, does this signal that there’s going to be a move for Andrew Wiggins out the door? Um this is more bringing in a veteran. So, you now have somebody kind of in the age range of Andrew Wiggins bam. I think this this thankfully I think we’ll silence a lot of the trade bam on a bio talks that surfaced over the weekend and we talked about that in a in a previous video. But I think when you bring in a guy like uh like like Norman Powell like I think that that signals no we’re going to try something here. We’re going to take some kind of a swing here which finally they did man. I mean, finally they put something on the uh they put something together that at least is like, oh, we can actually say, hey, the Heat got better. The Heat did not get worse. There’s no subtraction here. There’s no caveat if they just are as they are. At least they you now have a tangible thing on your roster where you’re like, “This is why we’re going to be a little bit better this year finally.” You don’t have to talk yourself into it. doesn’t have to be a a you know pep talk on the on the summer league stuff because like look summer league is a couple of games. I’m not writing any obituaries on anybody’s rookie seasons yet. But there’s nothing that’s happened over the first couple of games that’s been like, “Oh yeah, we’re totally going in this other direction where we’re going to be comfortable with it.” No, they need capable players and they need guys who are going to be uh absolute producers for them. Is there any element though that the Heat are still going to look in the in the regard to trading Andrew Wiggins and completely for a move that may completely clear up their books because that’s the other element of this is that does put them in a position where all right the cap is getting very much in a in a place where it’s getting cleared up. Wiggins. We know that there’s been, I guess, some fodder there. Most of it coming from the LA side that they’ve been looking at him. But Miami doesn’t seem super eager unless they can get their hall. Nothing from the Lakers youth side of things has really popped. So, does this put it in a fold where Miami would trade Andrew Wiggins and then they’re going to start DaVon, Tyler, and Norman? It’s a little bit of a weird fit. You know, you’re you’re talking a very very small one through three there. though Da’Von is a bulldog defensively and you know Powell can is not known as like a defensive stopper but you’re you know obviously adding what you have with them from a from a shooting perspective um you know not having anybody to fill in Andrew Wiggins two-way stuff and then also the possibility of like could you start Nico uh if you do get rid of Andrew Wigan so there’s that possibility as well so the only thing that I wonder with this palletry from a drama standpoint is all right. He’s a guy who wants a contract extension. I’m sure he enjoyed starting last year. Um, putting up the numbers that he did, where are we at with is he thinking he’s coming? I mean, he probably, you know, it’s last year of his deal. So, is he coming here and the Miami is like, “Hey, you start it works out.” No, but you’re going to be in a position to succeed. Or is there the possibility that Miami is eyeballing uh moving off of Tyler and starting him in DaVon and they’re looking at another direction of Tyler Hero and they brought in somebody who can do a lot of the heroike things even though he’s obviously a little older. He’s going to be on the tail end of his prime while Tyler’s just starting to enter that prime. I feel like this reads no. I feel like they’re trying to support Tyler. I think they’re trying to give Tyler and Bam an actual weapon here. So, I don’t think that’s the case. I think if it’s if there’s another move coming, they certainly got to add a little bit more size on the bench, losing love, just somebody capable. Um, and then the Wiggins thing still remaining a thing. I think that’s where it’s leaning more. But obviously, when this all happens, you’re kind of looking at it and you’re like, “All right, is there going to be something else? Is there another shoe to drop here?” Hey, let’s not get greedy. Okay, ridiculous. Let’s get greedy with the way that we’ve been lately. But it felt like just to to to taste that action again, like, oh, we’re starting to get going. We’re making some moves to to to actually try and improve this team. What a concept. And so like look, even if it’s not the sexy name of a Beal or a Kevin Durant or any of that, man, this guy was so damn good last year for his squad and you brought him in for peanuts. For me, it’s just like, all right, that that that I think is going to get everybody’s juices flowing. it it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the end of the moves or that there’s nothing else coming or whatever, but yeah, it is a little bit of a there are still a little bit of like all right, so it’s not like you you did sign your point guard to a multi-year deal, though he’s definitely a guy who could come off the bench and be the defensive bulldog, although it feels like you would want him starting next to those guys. So, what does this mean? Like, where do you where does it where does it go? Because if Tyler’s on the team, obviously he’s starting. He’s, you know, you’re he’s your drafty? He’s one of the faces of your team. So, is Pal cool with like coming here and and being a six-man again? I mean, listen, the guy’s a pros pro. He’s been doing it forever. Um, this is something that he kind of just walted into, you know, this year from his time since he’s left Toronto. A lot of time with the Clippers was being that igniter off the bench. So it’s not like he’s not used to that. So there is some benefit from that. But man, I mean Miami, you know, you just look 40 almost 42% from downtown last year on seven plus attempts a game, you know, just very very exciting. Miami needed this like crazy. Very exciting. Pat Riley getting in the action this

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