2026 Offseason

[ShelC]

I like Randle, not sure I'd want him on my team but I like him. If McDaniels can fill that void, the Wolves will be in a good spot. Supposedly they turned down Giannis because the Bucks wanted McDaniels.

Glad Randle's out of the west, he always gave us problems.

Riley always wanted Giannis, now he has him. Gotta see how they build the roster around him and Bam.

[TOO]

I like Randle, not sure I'd want him on my team but I like him. If McDaniels can fill that void, the Wolves will be in a good spot. Supposedly they turned down Giannis because the Bucks wanted McDaniels.

Glad Randle's out of the west, he always gave us problems.

Riley always wanted Giannis, now he has him. Gotta see how they build the roster around him and Bam.

If that's true, that's insane. Jaden McDaniels is a nice role player lol, but he's not a deal breaker for a star.

[3TheHardaway]

Windhorst is saying that Miami probably won’t be able to retain Norm Powell as an UFA. They’re going to have a tough time filling out that roster with guard…perhaps there’s a team with redundant 6’5” shooting guards they could reach out to. Do they have any draft capital left to trade?

[Mori Chu]

Pretty surprised that Minny made this trade to dump Randle. I get it that it gives them lots of cap space to re-sign their guys, but Randle averaged 21 ppg for them last year, and he was a major part of their team. I guess they decided he can't be the starting PF on a title team? Pretty wild to basically pay to get rid of him for nothing. That makes them really look like the big losers in the KAT / Randle trade, now that KAT is smoking cigars on a championship parade float. Oops.

[Mori Chu]

So the Giannis trade is finally done. Milwaukee got a decent haul of picks. Not sure how much I like it for Miami. They'll need to put depth around Giannis, particularly shooters and guards. I suppose they can get some of them on the FA market, but can they really put a title contending roster in place? We shall see. I don't feel like they gave up any players that I would be heartbroken to lose. The main loss is all those picks, a lesson we know all too well. And they got Portis, too? That's a pretty good throw-in.

But like, after this trade, would you put the new look Heat ahead of the Knicks? The Celtics? Or even the Cavs? It feels like they'd be 3rd or 4th in the East at best. Let's revisit after they fill out the roster a bit.

[TOO]

This feels like the Suns emptying the clip for KD and then not being able to sufficiently fill out the roster. I don't fear Miami at all.

[Split T]

Windhorst is saying that Miami probably won’t be able to retain Norm Powell as an UFA. They’re going to have a tough time filling out that roster with guard…perhaps there’s a team with redundant 6’5” shooting guards they could reach out to. Do they have any draft capital left to trade?

For real? Powell seems absolutely necessary…is Giannis going to do all the dribbling. They need some perimeter scoring

[TOO]

Norm Powell was tremendous for them and without him and Herro idk who is gonna shoot from the perimeter for Miami.

[Wally_West]

Grayson for Portis swap?

[Mori Chu]

Grayson for Portis swap?

That kind of deal might honestly make sense for both teams. I like Grayson here, but I think we could get more value out of his salary slot. FWIW Grayson makes $16.8m / year while Portis makes $13.5m. Both guys are on 3-year deals. The trade works in the ESPN trade machine.

[carey]

I forget. Can Powell be included with other players in a sign & trade? Something like Green for Powell & Portis?

[Shabazz]

Heat remind me of the 23-24 Suns. Top heavy and about to fill out their roster with a Watanabe, Bate-Diop, Metu poo-poo platter.

It’s not like Giannis or Bam are always healthy either.