{"id":77838,"date":"2025-07-10T06:47:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=77838"},"modified":"2025-07-10T06:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:47:38","slug":"heat-notes-powell-clutch-shooting-cap-space-d-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=77838","title":{"rendered":"Heat Notes: Powell, Clutch Shooting, Cap Space, D. Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-439023\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/07\/Heat_Duncan_Robinson_%28cropped%29.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Robinson - Wikipedia\" \/><\/p>\n<p>July 9th 2025 at 6:12pm CST by Arthur Hill<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Norman Powell<\/strong> called it a \u201cchildhood dream\u201d to play for the <strong>Heat<\/strong> during an introductory news conference conducted via Zoom on Wednesday, writes Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald. That dream was realized on Monday when the Clippers agreed to send Powell to Miami as part of a three-team trade that also included Utah. Powell wasn\u2019t exactly expecting to be dealt after a career-best season, but it wasn\u2019t a complete surprise.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to think at first,\u201d<\/em> he said.<em> \u201cIt has been a crazy last couple of weeks, from talking to [Clippers general manager] <strong>Lawrence Frank<\/strong> at my exit meeting and what they were telling me. It was something I knew was a possibility, from them communicating teams were interested, inquiring about me. But it was made to seem like it wasn\u2019t a high possibility of it happening and they valued me and wanted me to be a Clipper and we were going to figure out \u2026 extension talks.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Powell\u2019s love for the Heat comes from being a fan of <strong>Dwyane Wade<\/strong> while growing up. He believes he has the work ethic to fit right into Heat culture and said he can provide scoring punch in whatever role he\u2019s given.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI see myself as a plug and play,\u201d <\/em>Powell said.<em> \u201cI see myself as a key guy, a one, two option that can help carry a team to win. \u2026 I\u2019ve always seen myself as a go-to guy that can help carry a team, help a team win. I don\u2019t have a big ego of \u2018I have to be the main guy.\u2019 I want to win.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s more from Miami:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Powell should help the Heat improve their clutch shooting, which cost them several games last season, Jackson states in a separate piece. Miami posted the league\u2019s worst record in close games after January 1 and ranked in the bottom two for shot-making in clutch situations throughout the entire season. Jackson notes that Powell was 12th in the league in clutch three-point shooting among players with at least 10 attempts, going 7-of-14.<\/li>\n<li>The trade won\u2019t have an immediate effect on the Heat\u2019s cap space beyond next season, Jackson adds. Powell has a $20.5MM expiring contract, while <strong>Kevin Love<\/strong> also had an expiring deal and <strong>Kyle Anderson<\/strong>\u2018s $9.4MM salary for 2026-27 was non-guaranteed.<\/li>\n<li>Powell represents a clear upgrade from <strong>Duncan Robinson<\/strong>, who was sent to Detroit in a sign-and-trade deal, contends Ira Winderman of The Sun Sentinel. Winderman views Powell as a more complete offensive threat than Robinson, who is primarily an outside shooter. He adds that it would have cost close to $20MM per season to keep Robinson, so there\u2019s not much salary difference in acquiring Powell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norman Powell is realizing a &#8220;childhood dream&#8221; by joining the Heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":77841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1730,2538],"class_list":["post-77838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-duncan-robinson","tag-norman-powell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heat Notes: Powell, Clutch Shooting, Cap Space, D. 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