Miami Heat: With Justise Winslow Limbo, Is A Reunion In Order?
Then he was traded during the NBA Bubble season. Though the guys that he was able to help land the Miami Heat were a major part of what they were able to get done that season, it was bittersweet knowing that a guy that had once held so much promise, was now out of the door.
Though slow and methodical there too, one thought that he was starting to find his way in Memphis. As stated though, he might find himself as a cap casualty there too.
Jack Williams Of Beale Street Bears actually sums it up perfect here.
"There was still plenty of upside in keeping Winslow around — he’s not going to finish with a bottom-10 Player Efficiency Rating for two years in a row, so if the cap space is there, why not keep him around? That was the general mood around Memphis for the past few weeks. Now, a slight issue has risen. You know that cap space that I was talking about in the last paragraph? With the addition of Eric Bledsoe and Steven Adams, who has a larger contract than Jonas Valanciunas, there won’t be any room left for Winslow’s slow-moving experiment. Even if Memphis cut Bledsoe, he would cost $3.9 million against their budget. Adams doesn’t have the worst contract in the world, but he’ll be getting paid about $17 million in the upcoming season. After that, he’ll be getting $18 million. Valanciunas would have only cost Memphis $14 million, which would have allowed for the Grizzlies to potentially accept Winslow’s option."
With Winslow, seemingly, on his way out of Memphis too, it begs of one question. Should the Miami Heat research a Justise Winslow reunion?