Podcast: A frustratingly quiet trade deadline, and what’s next for Kyle Lowry and Heat
It was a frustratingly quiet trade deadline for the Miami Heat, which ultimately just unloaded Dewayne Dedmon and couldn’t make any real additions for the stretch run.
Is it time to freak out? On a new episode of the Heat Check podcast, David Wilson and Barry Jackson, a Heat columnist for the Miami Herald, talk through just how the Heat got here and what an uneventful week means for Miami’s postseason potential.
More or less, it all has the Heat stuck in a bit of a holding pattern.
Of course, there wasn’t a lot Miami really could do. Kyle Lowry and Duncan Robinson, who’s big contracts were the center of attention ahead of the deadline, have both been injured and it seems there wasn’t much of a market for either guard. The Heat aggressively pursued their options, only Miami was unable to find a move worth making.
What’s next for Lowry and Robinson? The Heat now needs to get the most out of them in the next few months and these same talks will start all over again in the offseason, especially with Lowry, who will be entering the final year of his three-year, $85 million contract.
The deadline wasn’t all bad for Miami, either. The Brooklyn Nets’ decision to finally trade away superstars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant means there’s one less team standing in the Heat’s way of another run to the NBA Conference Finals. Miami will now scour the buyout market to try to find someone to help the Heat compete with the Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers.
To wrap things up, Wilson and Jackson tackle some actual on-court topics, including the Heat’s penchant for playing close games, and what recent losses to the Bucks and Denver Nuggets tell us about Miami’s ceiling.
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