Miami Heat: Has Miami been smart in trading their first-round picks?

Nemanja Nedovic

This was another pick that was involved in the James trade. It must be admitted though, after seeing the players that were selected with the picks that the Miami Heat traded, it should make the fans feel better.

The above photo says it all. The guy that the team essentially traded isn’t even in the league anymore and even when he was playing in the league, his showings weren’t anything to get excited about. In fact, they were so unimpressive, it’s not really even worth going into great detail about this choice.

The Miami Heat 100 percent made the right choice to trade this pick in order to land LeBron and that is no question. Even if you take a look at the other players that were selected in the second round, there aren’t many of those players that would necessarily even be considered good role-players. There was one player that was selected just one pick after Nemanja Nedovic that has had a semblance of success, Allen Crabbe, who still isn’t quite a star by far even though Portland and Brooklyn were willing to pay him like one.