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Miami Heat: Sign-and-trade packages for Jimmy Butler

By Duncan Smith

MIAMI, FL - APRIL 9: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler #23 of the Philadelphia 76ers exchange jerseys following the game on April 9, 2019 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - APRIL 9: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler #23 of the Philadelphia 76ers exchange jerseys following the game on April 9, 2019 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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BROOKLYN, NY – APRIL 10: Goran Dragic #7 of the Miami Heat handles the ball against D’Angelo Russell #1 of the Brooklyn Nets on April 10, 2019 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Scenario No. 1

The Sixers would likely look to acquire a package with a couple of young players, a veteran and a draft pick. In Goran Dragic, Josh Richardson and Bam Adebayo, they would tick off each box.

Over the past few years, the Sixers have struggled to produce anything close to a pure point guard, somebody who can stretch the floor and provide shooting along with capable ball-handling, and Dragic would fill that role more than adequately.

Richardson could fill the now vacated wing role that Jimmy Butler would be leaving, and Adebayo could single-handedly repair the massive deficit of depth on the Sixers roster behind Joel Embiid. While Boban Marjanovic can be a tremendous asset at times in specific matchups, he struggles to play the kind of minutes load the team needs when Embiid gets nights off or needs a blow.

This trade leaves the Miami Heat a bit short on the salary requirement, however. The Heat would be receiving back $32.7 million in salary, and only sending out about $32.8 million. There are a variety of ways this could be rectified, including waiving Derrick Jones Jr. and either Yante Maten or Duncan Robinson, all of whom have minimum non-guaranteed salaries, or including them in the trade.

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