Heat Involved in Trades?

Some more rumors coming down the wire

There are a couple of players that seem to pop-up - or are resurfacing - in a possible trade scenario with the Heat. These players all serve needs for the Heat and some have been linked with the Heat while others are more speculative at this point.

Steven Blake

Blake was dealt to Denver from Milwaukee this past week. Yet, a rumor lingers that he is being dangled for the Cavs $2.1M trade exception. Miami did inquire about Blake before he was dealt to Denver, and being from Miami himself, Blake would have been an ideal choice to get PG minutes behind Williams. Yet, Miami may be able to still take a stab at brokering a trade with Denver if they can pony up on the trade exception deal the Cavs are bouncing around.

Corey Maggette

Yes, he is still an option apparently. As recently as this past week, according to insiders, Randy Pfund was at a Clippers game scouting out Maggette. The Clippers have not recieved any offers that they were expecting, and could just give up and hold on to Magette. Maybe Miami can still convince them otherwise...

Chris Webber

His announcement will come this week, probably Monday, after he officially clears waivers. The Heat have their $5.2M exception to burn, but they won't have to burn all of it as their prorated portion would be only $1.3M for the rest of the season. The Heat's competition, the Lakers and Pistons, could only muster up $1.2M at this time; so it stands that the Heat will have the best financial offer in place.

Marko Jaric

Yes, the one and only. Apparently he is not happy in Minny and is following AI's footsteps in demanding a trade. Minny doesn't have much use for him, since he is eating up a paycheck with a 6 year, $38M dollar bench-warming career. Miami, however, needs another PG and could utilize Jaric's services - but the numbers would have to match to make a transaction happen. Hmmm...I wonder who the Heat would ship off...

Eddie Jones

The captain. The heart of the Heat teams of the latter to post Riley era. He might be coming on back. According to sources in Memphis, West is going to waive EJ and set him free - since he is in the last year of his contract and not seeing any floor time. The Grizzlies have no real use for him right now, being so far away from postseason contention. Smells like another Heat reunion...