{"id":85619,"date":"2024-07-11T20:46:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=85619"},"modified":"2024-07-11T20:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:46:57","slug":"heat-holdup-demar-derozan-trade-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/11\/heat-holdup-demar-derozan-trade-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat\u2019s Holdup In DeMar DeRozan Trade Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Bobby Marks, the Miami Heat\u2019s pursuit of now Sacramento Kings star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/derozde01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeMar DeRozan<\/a> was held up because teams didn\u2019t want to accept <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/robindu01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duncan Robinson<\/a> in a trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would\u2019ve loved to get (DeRozan),\u201d Marks says.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pf2Tm51fKD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/pf2Tm51fKD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oh Yes He Did (@OhYesHeDid24) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OhYesHeDid24\/status\/1811484380822491165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey tried (hard) as heck to get (DeRozan). Nobody wanted (Robinson), no offense. They have one first-round pick to trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Heat\u2019s Holdup In DeMar DeRozan Trade Revealed<\/h2>\n<p>Robinson is coming off of one of his better seasons, averaging 12.9 points per game on 45.0 percent shooting from the field and 39.5 percent shooting from 3. However, he\u2019s all but a one-trick pony on offense with defensive concerns. The 30-year-old also owed $39.3 million over the next two seasons. As a result, his trade value is understandably low.<\/p>\n<p>To that point, when the San Antonio Spurs <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/06\/bulls-star-lands-with-sacramento-kings-through-sign-and-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">helped facilitate the sign-and-trade<\/a>, they acquired a player who could help them in myriad ways. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barneha02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harrison Barnes<\/a> may not be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leonaka01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a>. However, his combination of 3-point prowess, low-post scoring, and on-ball defense is more enticing than Robinson\u2019s relatively one-dimensional impact. His professionalism, experience, and championship experience also benefit the Spurs\u2019 locker room.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, in order to pay DeRozan the salary he wanted, the Heat would\u2019ve had to trade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roziete01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terry Rozier<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/herroty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Herro<\/a>. Rozier ($24.9 million) and Herro ($29 million) will make a fair bit more than Robinson next season. For comparison, DeRozan will make $24.6 million annually in his new deal.<\/p>\n<h3>Was There Another Way?<\/h3>\n<p>Both Rozier and Herro should have been able to generate more trade interest than Robinson as they offer more than the stretch-four on both ends while being efficient themselves. Herro\u2019s also younger than Robinson at 24 years old. However, their injury history would\u2019ve depressed their value.<\/p>\n<p>Rozier would\u2019ve been particularly affected by this, as the 30-year-old missed the 2024 NBA Playoffs <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/09\/miami-heat-point-guard-officially-cleared-from-neck-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">with a neck injury<\/a>. Though he\u2019s played off ball for a substantial chunk of his career, the presence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paulch01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Paul<\/a> could\u2019ve made him even less appealing to San Antonio. Other teams around the league may have had interest in Rozier, like the Utah Jazz. In his days as the Boston Celtics\u2019 lead executive, Ainge was quite than fan of Rozier. Now that he\u2019s the CEO of the Jazz, Rozier may have been on Utah\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the Heat traded for Rozier specifically because they needed a point guard upgrade. DeRozan doesn\u2019t change that. For that reason, it would\u2019ve made more sense for Miami to move Herro. Yet, with teams tip-toeing around the second apron, there are inherent difficulties in doing so.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, without moving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/butleji01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Butler<\/a> himself, DeRozan wasn\u2019t destined to make port in South Beach. Of course, if Butler leaves the Heat empty-handed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/11\/will-jimmy-butler-sign-with-west-playoff-contender-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">as a free agent in 2025<\/a>, Miami might look back on this offseason as a missed opportunity. Nonetheless, if they were able to get DeRozan without giving up a star, it would have been a dream scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the Heat, The Godfather just couldn\u2019t make an offer that couldn\u2019t be refused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Bobby Marks, the Miami Heat\u2019s pursuit of now Sacramento Kings star DeMar DeRozan was held up because teams didn\u2019t want to accept Duncan Robinson in a trade. \u201cThey would\u2019ve loved to get (DeRozan),\u201d Marks says. pic.twitter.com\/pf2Tm51fKD \u2014 Oh Yes He Did (@OhYesHeDid24) July 11, 2024 \u201cThey tried (hard) as heck to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":85622,"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":[1608,16,62,29,34,4721,24],"tags":[350,2803,297,4557,4774,427,1896],"class_list":["post-85619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-heat","category-nba","category-kings","category-spurs","category-trade-rumors","category-jazz","tag-demar-derozan","tag-duncan-robinson","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-nba-offseason","tag-rumors","tag-terry-rozier","tag-tyler-herro"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85619","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=85619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}