{"id":49349,"date":"2025-04-03T06:54:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T06:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=49349"},"modified":"2025-04-03T06:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T06:55:07","slug":"194-million-superstar-reportedly-has-heat-among-preferred-trade-destinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=49349","title":{"rendered":"$194 Million Superstar Reportedly Has Heat Among Preferred Trade Destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207874575-e1743660313693.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207874575-e1743660313693.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207874575-e1743660313693.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207874575-e1743660313693.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"$194 Million Superstar Reportedly Has Heat Among Preferred Trade Destinations\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Photo by Scott Taetsch\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Erik Spoelstra, Miami Heat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Miami Heat will enter the offseason with a superstar-sized hole in their rotation. Kevin Durant is heading into the summer with a sizeable portion of the NBA fanbase and media expecting him to be traded.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania, Durant sees Miami as a preferred trade destination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Suns and Kevin Durant would work together on any trade,\u201d Charania said. \u201c\u2026Back at the NBA trade deadline, there was a list of teams where there was mutual interest with Kevin Durant. That\u2019s Minnesota, New York, Houston, San Antonio, Miami. Those are the types of team, from my understanding, that had interest then and I expect them to be in the mix in the offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miami will undoubtedly face competition in any pursuit of Durant. However, he\u2019s the type of player who would instantly fill the void left behind by Jimmy Butler. He would also easily slot next to Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, both of whom have been on an incredible run in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the Heat have enough tradable pieces to be a legitimate contender to acquire Durant will remain to be seen. After all, the Phoenix Suns will likely be encouraging a bidding war for their top star. Still, if the Heat wants to bounce back into contention ahead of next season, Durant is the fastest way to achieve that goal.<\/p>\n<p>Durant will be entering the final year of his $194 million deal next season. As such, any trade for the superstar will likely need assurances that he will re-sign with the franchise.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Celtics HC Praises Heat\u2019s Approach in Win<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, April 2, the Heat secured an impressive win over the Boston Celtics. During his postgame news conference, head coach Joe Mazzulla praised the way Miami approached the game and executed their game plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiami did a great job opening up the floor and putting pressure on the rim,\u201d Mazzulla said. \u201c\u2026We obviously fouled some jump shooters\u2026They did a good job with their ball pressure and physicality. Credit to them, they\u2019re playing well right now, and I thought they played better than us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Heat have won their last six games. Erik Spoelstra\u2019s team are starting to show signs of gelling, with Kyle Anderson, Davion Mitchell and Pelle Larsson all impressing over the past week or two.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Heat Fan Favorite Could Return to the Organization<\/h2>\n<p>According to Ethan Skolnick of Five Reasons Sports, Goran Dragic could be re-uniting with the Heat during the summer. The former point guard is expected to join the organization in some capacity ahead of the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoran\u2019s been around the organization a lot lately, and I expect him to be part of the organization next year,\u201d\u00a0Skolnick said on a April 1 podcast.\u00a0\u201cI think that\u2019s the way that this is trending. Also, I talked to Goran last year, and he said he wanted one year to kind of get his life where he wanted it, and then probably want to be with the Heat organization. You see him everywhere now \u2014 he\u2019s doing community events and all that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dragic could help pass his knowledge onto the young guards in the Heat\u2019s rotation. Since he left the franchise, Miami has struggled to find its point guard of the future. Terry Rozier is the latest to try and fail at securing that spot long-term. It remains to be seen whether Dragic will join the Heat in some capacity. Furthermore, there has been no reporting on his potential role.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Taylor is a basketball reporter covering the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns for Heavy. He has also written for CelticsBlog, USA Today, Yardbarker and FanSided. Adam has a bachelor\u2019s degree in creative writing from Open University. More about Adam Taylor<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Heat News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The superstar forward is expected to be available during the summer and reportedly views the Miami Heat among his preferred landing spots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":49351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>$194 Million Superstar Reportedly Has Heat Among Preferred Trade Destinations - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=49349\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"$194 Million Superstar Reportedly Has Heat Among Preferred Trade Destinations - 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