Miami Heat
2025-26 was kind of a disaster for the Miami Heat. They finished 10th in the East with a 43-39 record and were then ousted in the No. 9 vs. No. 10 play-in game by the Charlotte Hornets. On a related note, the Heat used 27 different starting lineups this season and didn’t have a full, healthy 18-man squad until the end of the season.
Acquiring Holiday would allow Tyler Herro to play off the ball, which is where he is more efficient. Similarly, Davion Mitchell is better coming off the bench, averaging 15-20 minutes per game.
Wiggins, who has a player option at $30.1 million, is coming off one of the lowest-scoring seasons at 15.4 points a game, though he shot 47.5% from the field and made 2.0 threes a game at a 41.4% clip. He produced two double-doubles and scored 20+ points on 14 occasions. Meanwhile, Jaime Jaquez Jr. had his most productive season this past year, finishing second in 6th Man of the Year voting.
Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks are in a rebuild but it is possible, with Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flag, that they could make a run for a spot in the Play-In Tournament. Holiday would give the Mavericks another ball handler, taking some of the workload off their two stars. The Mavs project to be $16 million under the cap this summer, though they own two first-round picks — a top-10 lottery pick and Oklahoma City’s (No. 30).
Proposed Trade
Mavericks get:
Jrue Holiday
Trail Blazers get:
2026 first round pick (No. 30 overall)
-or-
Mavericks get:
Jrue Holiday
2027 second round pick
Trail Blazers get:
Klay Thompson
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