Miami Playoff Push Miami/Memphis

[Hoppy1]

Miami trades Herro, Jovic
Memphis trades Smart/Aldama

On paper Jovic is the better player.
Miami gets a tough nosed defender who is in the mold of Butler.
Grizzlies get a shooter to play next to Morant next year.

[BBallFreak]

Miami trades Herro, Jovic
Memphis trades Smart/Aldama

On paper Jovic is the better player.
Miami gets a tough nosed defender who is in the mold of Butler.
Grizzlies get a shooter to play next to Morant next year.

They have Bane. Why are they trading for Herro?

[psman2]

Smart is our packup PG and Ja insurance and big enough to play a lot at SF. He offers us a lot of flexibility and the POA defender we need due to Ja deficiencies. Herro would be locked in as Bane's backup and doesn't really have the PG skills to cover for Ja. This makes no sense for Memphis at all.

[SkyHook]

Wow, that’s bad for Memphis.

[BBallFreak]

Smart is our packup PG and Ja insurance and big enough to play a lot at SF. He offers us a lot of flexibility and the POA defender we need due to Ja deficiencies. Herro would be locked in as Bane's backup and doesn't really have the PG skills to cover for Ja. This makes no sense for Memphis at all.

Correct, and as much as it makes sense for Miami, it really doesn't. We need a compliment to Bam far more than we need wing depth when we have Rozier, Richardson, Robinson, Martin, Butler, Jaquez, and Highsmith, and that's excluding Herro. That's a lot of depth when our frontcourt is essentially Bam and Love (with Jovic traded).

I don't see it for either team but especially not for Memphis.

[VaDe255]

Wow, that’s bad for Memphis.

[jayjaysee]

Asking for Aldama back is a nice shot..

I think you need a third team, but most (all?) teams would prefer Smart over Herro IMO. So it’s pretty tough to fix.