That trade is looking more like addition-by-subtraction for both teams. A shit swap.
Consider:
-Justise Winslow still has not played a minute for Memphis.
-Solomon Hill still has not played a minute for Miami.
-Memphis cut Dion Waiters the day of the trade.
-Memphis traded James Johnson to Minnesota the day of the trade.
-Andre Iguodala has seen his minutes shrink and his old ass further down the bench as each game goes by.
-Iggy had sat out the entire season with Memphis.
-Jae Crowder has been by far the most productive of the three players the "Heat" got in the trade.
The big benefit to Miami is salary cap relief now and going forward. You have to match salaries in a trade if you're over the cap as Miami at least was, but it is weird that, as regards the players involved, the trade was exchanging your unwanted for their unwanted.
Consider:
-Justise Winslow still has not played a minute for Memphis.
-Solomon Hill still has not played a minute for Miami.
-Memphis cut Dion Waiters the day of the trade.
-Memphis traded James Johnson to Minnesota the day of the trade.
-Andre Iguodala has seen his minutes shrink and his old ass further down the bench as each game goes by.
-Iggy had sat out the entire season with Memphis.
-Jae Crowder has been by far the most productive of the three players the "Heat" got in the trade.
The big benefit to Miami is salary cap relief now and going forward. You have to match salaries in a trade if you're over the cap as Miami at least was, but it is weird that, as regards the players involved, the trade was exchanging your unwanted for their unwanted.
