Some wheeling and dealing tonight in the NBA draft! Not by Miami, of course; I think Miami has done one draft day deal in its history or in Pat Riley’s tenure. Good ol’ Riles doesn’t like the draft, which is good since he sucks at it. Riley doesn’t like rookies on affordable contracts; he wants savvy veteran rejects from other teams who make $10 million a year. That’s what Riley likes.
Whereas Phoenix tonight traded one of the aforesaid types, Solomon Hill (4.3 points, 3 rebounds per game, $12 mil per year), plus the 8, 17 and 35 picks tonight plus plus a future second round pick to ATL for the 4 and a first next year, to relieve cap space;
Whereas PHX also offloaded TJ Warren (18 ppg, though, pretty damn good; $11.75 mil/yr) and 32 tonight to Indiana for CASH;
Whereas PHX also traded Dario Saric (10.6, 5.6, 1.6, only $2.3 mil per (PHX, what are you doing?)) and the 6th tonight to MINN for the 11;
Pat Riley prefers to stand pat.
Whereas Phoenix tonight traded one of the aforesaid types, Solomon Hill (4.3 points, 3 rebounds per game, $12 mil per year), plus the 8, 17 and 35 picks tonight plus plus a future second round pick to ATL for the 4 and a first next year, to relieve cap space;
Whereas PHX also offloaded TJ Warren (18 ppg, though, pretty damn good; $11.75 mil/yr) and 32 tonight to Indiana for CASH;
Whereas PHX also traded Dario Saric (10.6, 5.6, 1.6, only $2.3 mil per (PHX, what are you doing?)) and the 6th tonight to MINN for the 11;
Pat Riley prefers to stand pat.
