AirP. wrote:JLop wrote:AirP. wrote:In this situation Miami would know they've got to pay him to keep him because it's probably his last possible big contract and with that he'll want a solid contract or could move on to a team willing to risk somewhere like a 3 year contract on him. To better handle the tax bill next year Miami should look to move Robinson's contract this season for an expiring that helps the Heat this year(for example, Robinson for Covington or better yet Nance). Waiting until the summer to move Robinson will be more challenging to shed money since a sizable expiring doesn't help that much.
The Heat's situation with Oladipo is very interesting to me, I expect him to be rusty but athletic on offense while being one of the better defenders on the team although maybe Martin is good enough to not worry about that(Martin still needs to be converted to a minimum contract to become playoff eligible this year).
If Chicago weren't playing so well, I would have thought trading Robinson and Herro for Zach LaVine was the plan. It's too perfect that Robinson ($15,560,000) plus Herro ($4,004,280) total $19,564,280 not to be suspicious. Isn't Zach LaVine making $19,500,000 this season? That transaction seems to solve multiple problems at once.
He's also a unrestricted free agent this offseason, he could leave for nothing. Miami would own his Bird Rights but then you're dealing with Butler's, Bam's, and Lowry's big contracts with needing to pay LaVine and Oladipo.
It's quite possible that Miami can hold onto Herro and hope he keeps developing and work with Lowry on his 3rd year to decline it only to resign him over 2 years if he's still good.
It's true, but normally we do those transactions with a prior agreement from the player to sign with Miami. But this is more like an obvious suggestion on my part. The pieces fit together too well not to mention it.
