{"id":154983,"date":"2025-08-15T15:47:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=154983"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:47:48","slug":"heat-agree-to-stunning-trade-with-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/15\/heat-agree-to-stunning-trade-with-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat Agree To Stunning Trade With Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning move, the Miami Heat have traded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/highsha01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haywood Highsmith<\/a> and a 2032 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick, per ESPN senior insider Shams Charania.<\/p>\n<h2>Heat Agree To Stunning Trade With Nets<\/h2>\n<p>Highsmith, a five-year NBA veteran, has spent the last four seasons with the Heat after a two-year hiatus. In that time, he\u2019s become one of Miami\u2019s key players, renowned for his perimeter defense. Indeed, among NBA fans, Highsmith is known as \u201cThe Locksmith\u201d due to his ability <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/heat_muse\/status\/1777797230113558748?s=46&amp;t=wi4lwy44ptAPzCOfNGn4lw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to <em>lock up<\/em> his man<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brooklyn has remained active in trade conversations as the league&#8217;s only team with remaining significant cap space, and takes Highsmith in with an unprotected second-rounder. Nets have also acquired two 1sts this offseason to add to the most 1st and 2nd round picks in the league. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pnjlseX4SN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/pnjlseX4SN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1956431008661733504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><del datetime=\"2025-08-15T19:05:39+00:00\"><\/del><\/p>\n<p>For a franchise like the Heat, he seemed like the perfect fit. He helped them maintain their defensive foundation, he took every possession seriously and he had a low-maintenance personality. In fact, Miami had signed Highsmith to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/28301\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a two-year, $10.8 million contract<\/a> last offseason. Given that he got his foot in Biscayne Bay with a 10-day contract, that was a real vote of confidence.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Haywood Highsmith | All Steals | 2024-25 season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ZuB5OTF7Wo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To be clear, Highsmith does have his flaws. At the offensive end, he\u2019s limited to scoring off of 3s and turnovers. He\u2019s not particularly prolific beyond the arc, topping out at 1.2 3-point conversions per game. However, he\u2019s worked diligently to become more efficient and has made 38.8 percent of his 3s the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, when he was said <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/16\/haywood-highsmith-trade-eligible\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">to be off-limits<\/a> ahead of the 2024-25 trade deadline, it tracked. If those rumors were true, it\u2019ll be interesting to find out what made them change their mind though. As it happens so often, it could\u2019ve been a move made with their payroll and future moves in mind. Due to the hype building around the 2026 NBA Draft class, they could have a wishlist of projected second-round prospects.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word On The Haywood Highsmith Trade<\/h3>\n<p>All that can be said for certain is that the Heat didn\u2019t become a better team today.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_130897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130897\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-130897\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25766103_168402036_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III (10) dribbles the basketball as Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith (24) defends during the first quarter at Kaseya Center.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25766103_168402036_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25766103_168402036_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25766103_168402036_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25766103_168402036_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25766103_168402036_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25766103_168402036_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25766103_168402036_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-130897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mar 25, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III (10) dribbles the basketball as Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith (24) defends during the first quarter at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Brooklyn did.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does Highsmith fortify their forward depth, he\u2019ll help them play the gritty defense that Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez wants. Frankly, he\u2019s arguably their top 3-and-D wing, so he could even become a full-time starter. This probably isn\u2019t a season-long rental either. Because they gave up a draft pick to acquire him, he will more than likely be re-signed when his contract expires next summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning move, the Miami Heat have traded Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick, per ESPN senior insider Shams Charania. Heat Agree To Stunning Trade With Nets Highsmith, a five-year NBA veteran, has spent the last four seasons with the Heat after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":154986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1608,6,62,3],"tags":[49252,98,1382],"class_list":["post-154983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heat","category-basketball","category-nets","category-nba","category-news","tag-haywood-highsmith","tag-nba-draft","tag-nba-trade"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154987,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154983\/revisions\/154987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}