08 Aug 2023 14:56:05
Five Team Blockbuster Deal

Miami Heat receive:
* G Damian Lillard ($45.6M, 4 yrs)
* F Marcus Morris Sr. ($17.1M, 1 yr)
* '25 lottery-protected 1st (from OKC,viaMIA)
* '27 & '29 least favorable protected 1sts (via POR)

Philadelphia 76ers receive:
* G Tyler Herro ($27.0M, 4 yrs)
* G Norman Powell ($18.0M, 3 yrs)
* F Robert Covington ($11.6M, 1 yr)

Los Angeles Clippers receive:
* G James Harden ($35.6M, 1 yr)
* F P.J. Tucker ($11.0M, 2 yrs)
* F Furkan Korkmaz ($5.3M, 1 yr)
* F Daniel House ($4.3M, 1 yr)

Portland Trail Blazers receive:
* G Kyle Lowry ($29.6M, 1 yr)
* F Nicolas Batum ($11.7M, 1 yr)
* F Jaime Jaquez Jr. ($3.5M, 4 yrs)
* F Nikola Jovic ($2.3M, 3 yrs)
* '24, '28, & '30 unprotected 1sts (via MIA)
* '28 unprotected 1st (via LAC)
* '27 & '29 more favorable protected 1sts (via MIA)

Oklahoma City Thunder receive:
* '26 unprotected 1st (via MIA)
* '26 unprotected 2nd (from MIA, via LAL)

Analysis:
* Heat form their big 3 in Jimmy, Dame, & Bam while keeping Caleb Martin in the fold.
* Clippers form their big 3 in Kawhi, Harden, & George while keeping Terence Mann in tack.
* 76ers trade their disgruntled star for a young and hungry 20 pt scorer in Herro, & two other solid rotation pieces with Norm and RoCo.
* Blazers get back five first round picks (including Jaime Jaquez Jr.) for Dame to kick-start the rebuild around Scoot and Simons. They also get another promising prospect in Jovic plus major cap flexibility for the future.
* Thunder turn their protected pick from Miami into an unprotected pick and get an additional second rounder in the process for helping Miami facilitate this blockbuster.

1.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 16:09:30
A future Lakers 2nd is not enough to entice OKC to drop the protections on the 2025 Miami owes.

OKC has plenty of draft picks and doesn't need more. Plus the difference between a late 10's pick versus a late 20's pick is way more than a future second.

2.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 21:07:06
There's absolutely no way does Miami can receive picks or swap rights when they are getting Dame for that package.

3.) 09 Aug 2023
09 Aug 2023 17:04:28
ArcticX: Miami is giving their 26 first to get back their 25 first so they can send out more picks to Portland. And the swaps in this deal are the ones they’re sending to Portland, they just put in the bad part of the swap in the Miami section.

So they’re really not receiving anything in this.

4.) 10 Aug 2023
10 Aug 2023 17:30:34
something that seems to get missed constantly - using "unprotected" on picks that will obviously be at the end of the first round to give a perception of more value is laughable. Let's compare the 30th pick in a draft (1st round) with the 31nd pick in a draft (2nd round) . Not a large difference in value. So based on value alone, Miami's picks will be nearly 2nd rounders.