greg4012 wrote:Porzingis def scares me with his injury history, but damn that would be a sweet pairing next to Bam. I always thought he would opt out to seek a new deal this offseason (since he had his best and healthiest season). With that, I didn't think he was realistically in play for us. But, this news is encouraging.
Either way, I believe Washington entering a rebuild (which is the smart play for them) is very likely key for Miami being able to make moves to improve the roster without being absurdly price gouged (our outbid).
Miami trading Lowry, Herro, Duncan, and Oladipo plus 2-3 FRPs for Porzingis and Beal makes our squad extremely potent. It's also somewhat realistic considering (a) Porzingis is a 1-year rental before hitting free agency--he legitimately may be impossible to keep and (b) Beal has a no trade clause and is widely considered to be an albatross contract.
Vincent - Dragic - developmental prospect
Beal - Martin - vet min/developmental prospect
Butler - Martin - Highsmith
Bam - Jovic/Crowder
Porzingis - Vet min
Depth will be depleted, but that's the best and most balanced starting 5 in the league and realistically provides a reliable 8-man rotation
Porzingis or Beal would really help Miami but what you're talking about in that package might get you Beal, Miami definitely won't be getting both.
Porzingis wants to be a scorer, a scorer closer to the basket, outside of his injury issues, this was one of the issues Dallas had with him pairing up with Luka, Porzingis wanting to bring defenders near the basket leaving less room for Luka to attack. Spoelstra would make Butler, Bam and Porzingis work well, you'd have better defense, better rebounding and better scoring. His TS% in Washington has been the first season he's went over 60% TS%.
Beal... if Miami can find another starting PF, Beal is the VET offensive outside scorer they've been needing. He had a dip in the 21-22 season but for 4 of the last 5 seasons he's been the #1 option of a bad team and still putting up league average or better ORTGs and a TS% of around .580. Team him up with Spoelstra and I think he has much more efficient years with the Heat, you could run the offense through Beal and Bam for the first 3 quarters letting Butler play off the ball, making his cuts, somewhat saving his energy and near the end of the game Butler can go all out as the #1 with Beal able to space the floor with him... that is if Beal isn't already dominating the game, in that case you stick with Beal.
Both Porzingis and Beal have some power here, Porzingis opting in means either he's not getting what he wants from Washington in an extension or he just wants to play somewhere else because he sees the rebuild coming. Beal has the only no trade clause giving him a TON of power to say where he will go and with that, force Washington to take less in a trade or having to keep him and not really rebuilding. It's a great situation for Miami to try to acquire a difference maker because both would be that for Miami.
