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So the real math here is that if Lowry is not part of a superstar deal, such as the one the Heat attempted to make over the summer with the Trail Blazers for Lillard, then his money off the books in the offseason becomes the money to potentially keep impending free agents Caleb Martin and Haywood Highsmith on the books. Kyle Lowry’s expiring $29.7 million contract: This only stands as attractive to an acquiring team if the Heat are willing to take on additional long-term money. 8 NBA trading deadline now just three weeks away?

But there still is Danilo Gallinari and others who could help fit gaps, with contracts below that $12.4 million limitation. So last year’s Kevin Love move could not have been made this year. No, the buyout market will not be what it once was for the Heat, the Heat limited, because of their position against the luxury tax, to bought-out players earning no more than the league average of $12.4 million. When the possibilities are the level of Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, even Goran Dragic or Jimmy Butler, you jump in both feet first.īut when you have successfully mined the developmental pipeline and maximized the buyout market, you don’t trade for what could make you better you wait for what will make you better. That is not how it has worked here for years. Terry Rozier also could entice.īut asset management dictates prudence, proactively pouncing when the moment is right, rather than taking so many chips off the table that subsequent packaging becomes problematic.Ī small move now, at, for argument’s sake, the cost of Luka Doncic later? Yes, there appear to be ample ancillary possibilities, including Jerami Grant and Malcolm Brogdon if Joe Cronin has restored his phone service in Portland. Yes, Dejounte Murray is an intriguing case study.