Miami Heat: Best trade ever made with the Boston Celtics
By Jack Simone
Miami Heat trade history with the Boston Celtics
The most recent trade these two teams made was a fairly boring one. The Miami Heat traded Zoran Dragic and a 2020 second-round pick (Skylar Mays) to the Celtics for a 2019 second-round pick.
The 2019 second Miami got in return was top-55 protected, so it did not convey. However, considering neither Dragic nor Mays would ever suit up for Boston, this trade is pretty much a wash.
Though this three-team trade may look like a lot considering how many moving pieces there are, few of the players actually panned out for any team. From the perspective of the Miami Heat, Toney Douglas only played 27 games for them.
However, none of these players played more than 42 games with their new teams, even the draft picks. The deal may have been a doozy in terms of assets being moved, but in hindsight, it was fairly boring.
Wow. Just when the three-team trade seemed like a lot to look at, this five-team trade rears its ugly head. Luckily for Miami Heat fans, they somehow managed to get the best end of the deal in this scenario.
They landed by far the best package of players in Antoine Walker, Jason Williams, and James Posey. Meanwhile, the only other players to make a significant impact on his new teams were Rasual Butler and Eddie Jones in Memphis.
This trade is the most insignificant of the bunch for the Miami Heat. The only reason Chris Wallace was technically “traded” is because the Heat received a second-round pick from the Celtics so his contract with them could end.
Wallace was the Director of Player Personnel in Miami before signing with the Celtics as their new general manager, with the Heat receiving a second-round pick so his contract could be ended early. As for the two second-round picks, neither ever played an NBA game.
Finally, a trade that deals with actual NBA players that played in the league. This deal, made in 1992, was a very simple one that send Sherman Douglas to the Boston Celtics and Brian Shaw to the Miami Heat.
Unfortunately, for the Heat, they got the bad end of the deal in this one. Each player spent their best years with the Celtics, and Douglas actually ended up improving mightily once he got to Boston.
The first-ever trade these two teams made technically occurred before the Heat were even a team. It was around the time of their entrance into the league and dealt with the expansion draft.
Boston wanted to hold onto Dennis Johnson, so they traded the Miami Heat a 1988 second-round pick to ensure they would not select him. Miami picked up Sylvester Gray with that pick, who played 55 games in South Beach.