{"id":84571,"date":"2025-07-31T08:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=84571"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:53:57","slug":"report-heat-wouldve-had-to-attach-draft-capital-in-smart-rozier-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=84571","title":{"rendered":"Report: Heat would\u2019ve had to attach draft capital in Smart-Rozier swap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heatnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25851408_168403910_lowres-860x573.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Marcus Smart\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, the Miami Heat explored trading guard Terry Rozier for defensive ace Marcus Smart before the latter was bought out by the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Heat seemingly would have had to give up more than just Rozier in such a move, per Five Reasons Sports\u2019 Greg Sylvander.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Had more to do with attaching draft capital https:\/\/t.co\/i9EqC7mYJn<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregSylvander\/status\/1950293561758400826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1950293561758400826%7Ctwgr%5E7b52394a0d99b034edc3a0492b000eee0e89e217%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fheatnation.com%2Frumors%2Freport-heat-wouldve-had-to-attach-draft-capital-in-smart-rozier-swap%2F<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Heat would have had to attach<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregSylvander\/status\/1950302436972757159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1950302436972757159%7Ctwgr%5E7b52394a0d99b034edc3a0492b000eee0e89e217%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fheatnation.com%2Frumors%2Freport-heat-wouldve-had-to-attach-draft-capital-in-smart-rozier-swap%2F<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fischer reported that the Heat couldn\u2019t come to an agreement that Smart, now a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, was a clear upgrade over Rozier. Sylvander\u2019s reporting adds a bit of context to the story.<\/p>\n<p>Smart is a far more accomplished defensive player than Rozier at the highest level, but he\u2019s also a historically streaky scorer who\u2019s shot just 38.8 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from deep in his pro career up to this point.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, Smart has been plagued by injuries ever since he was traded away from the Boston Celtics following the 2022-23 season. He has suited up in a combined 54 games in his last two seasons in the league and was limited to 34 with the Memphis Grizzlies and Wizards a season ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat find themselves in a conundrum with Rozier in the sense that he\u2019s on the heels of his worst NBA season in quite a while and is also set to be paid a lot of money in the 2025-26 campaign. He is slated to earn over $26.6 million in the coming season before he hits unrestricted free agency in the summer of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It seems well within the realm of possibility that Rozier will be a member of a different team when the 2025-26 season starts up in light of how his first full season in a Heat uniform panned out. However, to this point, the team evidently hasn\u2019t been able to move him in a satisfactory way.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Miami\u2019s move to acquire him midway through the 2023-24 campaign has not aged well. The Heat traded guard Kyle Lowry and a first-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Rozier, who was a strong scorer during his Hornets stint before hitting a wall with Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, the Miami Heat explored trading guard Terry Rozier for defensive ace Marcus Smart before the latter was bought out by the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":84572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84571","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>Report: Heat would\u2019ve had to attach draft capital in Smart-Rozier swap - 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=84571\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report: Heat would\u2019ve had to attach draft capital in Smart-Rozier swap - 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