{"id":353349,"date":"2026-07-27T05:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353349\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T05:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:11:08","slug":"mavericks-reportedly-seeking-klay-thompson-trade-as-miami-heat-emerge-as-top-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353349\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks reportedly seeking Klay Thompson trade as Miami Heat emerge as top candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA offseason is as active as ever with rumors and situations that could define the upcoming season\u2014from the ongoing buzz linking Jonathan Kuminga to the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> to Kawhi Leonard\u2019s completed investigation paving the way for a trade to the Toronto Raptors<\/a>. Now, Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson has taken center stage in trade rumors, with the Miami Heat emerging as a potential destination.<\/p>\n

According to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints, Thompson has not approached the Mavericks to discuss a potential buyout as of yet. Dallas has no reason to want to buy him out and would prefer to find a trade for him, especially since Thompson would need to give up significant money in a buyout.<\/p>\n

That is where the Heat enter the picture as candidates to land Thompson<\/a>. According to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald, Miami \u201ccovets\u201d Thompson, as it remains \u201cquestionable\u201d whether the team would use money from its exception on players like DeMar DeRozan or Bradley Beal.<\/p>\n

The Heat and their interest in Thompson<\/p>\n

With Thompson being the \u201cpriority,\u201d there is no telling what Dallas will do\u2014whether it means buying out the $17.5 million he is owed in the final year of his contract or pursuing a trade, with the latter being the preferred option for the Mavericks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Klay<\/p>\n

Klay Thompson of Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiami\u2019s continued interest in Thompson could be based on optimism that he will become available, but that\u2019s unclear,\u201d Jackson wrote. The Heat are looking to bring in key role players to complement and provide depth alongside Bam Adebayo and Giannis Antetokounmpo, noting that Tyler Herro was part of that trade.<\/p>\n

Last NBA<\/a> season for Dallas, Thompson averaged 11.7 points on 39.3 percent shooting from the field and 38.3 percent shooting from three-point range, starting only eight games after 72 starts the year prior with the Mavericks. Siegel reported that the 36-year-old \u201chas not approached\u201d Dallas regarding a buyout.<\/p>\n

The Heat\u2019s interest in DeMar DeRozan<\/p>\n

Barry Jackson reported that the Heat have spoken with DeMar DeRozan\u2019s camp since LeBron James made his decision, but no agreement is in place, and it remains uncertain whether one will come together at all. The explanation is not a lack of interest in the six-time All-Star, whose game the organization genuinely likes.<\/p>\n

Instead, at least one Heat<\/a> official prefers to \u201cwait out the market\u201d before committing any of the team\u2019s three open roster spots. The financial logic centers on exception money.<\/p>\n

Any competitive offer to DeRozan would eat into the roughly $8 million Miami has remaining, and the front office appears reluctant to spend it while a bigger target stays on the board. There is also a mechanical wrinkle attached to that spending, as using the exception would require the Heat to open the season with 14 players in order to stay beneath its $209 million hard cap, with a 15th addition possible later in the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA offseason is as active as ever with rumors and situations that could define the upcoming season\u2014from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5828,54429,123,125,2490,124],"class_list":["post-353349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-klay-thompson","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-heat","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}