what LeBron James decides<\/a>, since that would have an impact on both the Heat\u2019s remaining cap space and the number of potential roster spots available. (If Bronny James were to be part of a LeBron package deal, which is not necessarily the case, that could leave the Heat without any available roster space, since only two additional spots are likely to be filled at the moment, in order to maintain flexibility under the hard cap.) Second, it comes down to money. Klay Thompson is due $17.5 million this coming season from the Mavericks. So if he were to work out a buyout, it likely would have to be with enough of a giveback for Dallas to give consideration. If the Heat were to have a chunk of their mid-level available to cover the cost of a Klay giveback in a Dallas buyout, it could make such a scenario more palatable. Then there is Bradley Beal, who walked away from a $5.6 million player option from the Clippers. So would he, too, need to know there is enough left from the Heat\u2019s mid-level to cover the cost of bypassing that final season on his Clippers deal? Considering the Heat need someone to command attention at the 3-point line, if all elements were equal, I would think the Heat preference, in order, would be: Thompson, Beal, DeRozan. But all things are not equal. Also, don\u2019t sleep on a possible buyout and signing with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.<\/p>\nQ: Can we get our first rounder back from the Hornets now?\u00a0 \u2013 Jason.<\/p>\n
A: It is interesting how the NBA is allowing this Kawhi Lenard-Aspiration investigation to take as long as it takes, while they washed their hands of the Terry Rozier investigation, allowed the Rozier trade from the Hornets to the Heat, and then after the fact decided a second-round pick from Charlotte was sufficient restitution. What the Heat needed then is what the NBA is doing now with Lenard and the Clippers, is making \u201c4imprint sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: Ira, is that common, for a second-round pick to have so much success at summer league the team brings him back?\u00a0 Why not give him as many reps as possible? What\u2019s the point of not leaving him there to play? \u2013 Justin.<\/p>\n
A: First, while the party line is having seen enough, there likely is more at play. First, Ryan Conwell was held out of Monday night\u2019s loss to the Cavaliers<\/a> with hip soreness. Beyond that, when counting the camp the Heat held prior to the California Classic, it already has been two full weeks of work with the summer roster, even before the final two games in Las Vegas. Often, in fairness to those who have worked with the team with only minimal playing time, the final two games of summer league often are when they are given their showcases, whether for camp tryout contracts elsewhere or to be seen by scouts from the G League or overseas. There is still plenty for Ryan to show the Heat, with the Heat\u2019s offseason workout program at Kaseya Center to resume soon enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Q: Ira, who would be your choice to add among Klay Thompson, Bradley Beal and DeMar DeRozan? \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[57285,49,48,4245,8224,57286,459,82],"class_list":["post-805768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ask-ira","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-latest-headlines","tag-miami-heat","tag-miami-heat-blog","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}