NBA insider drops a BOMBSHELL...

The most recognizable NBA insider just dropped an absolute bombshell on the Pat McAfee show involving this Miami Heat team and their potential. Plans at the NBA trade deadline. I'm here to break down the newest conversations involving this Heat team and all-star level point guard, potential Hall of Famer, Kyrie Irving. We'll break down the quotes and comments from Shams, the likelihood this trade could actually take place this season, as well as if this is even a remotely good idea for this Heat team based off what we have witnessed through the first five NBA games. We'll break down all of that on this episode of Heat Digest, but first, please do us a favor, scroll down and smash that subscribe button, make sure you're staying up to date with everything Miami Heat. We do appreciate the love and support, and again, we can't do any of this without you guys, so again, thank you, but now let's get to it and break down the news and how Shams has tied Kyrie Irving to this Miami Heat organization. Again, as we've had this conversation multiple times over the last span of months involving the Heat and Kyrie Irving and whether or not they would actually go out there and attempt to make a blockbuster trade to acquire him. And the reason being is because of the conversation at the point guard position. Now, we'll break down the quotes first, but we do have to highlight why. Replacing the current point guard De'Veon Mitchell would not be the greatest idea and also adding someone like Kyrie Irving instead of De'Veon would just make things a lot more difficult than what we've already witnessed and the Heat are 1-4 through this point in the NBA season. Things have been difficult to say the absolutely. So let's first start with the quotes and then we'll break down the rest of the conversation. So he opened up with, quote, I'm sure. Knowing the Heat, they're going to be monitoring Kyrie Irving. This all started because Darius Butler on the Pat McAfee show, former NFL player, played DB safety corner. Very good at what he does, but he is a Heat fan. He is from the South Florida area, and he was questioning what is going on with this Heat team and if we could see Kyrie Irving land in Miami. Shams makes it abundantly clear that the Heat are definitely going to be checking in on Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks if things continue not to go well in Dallas and if Dallas wants to go in a polar opposite direction rather than holding on to a 34, 35-year-old Kyrie Irving who's still elite at the game of basketball but doesn't really fit the time frame of the Dallas Mavericks. Now, he would also go on to say there's a slew of teams now that are monitoring Kyrie Irving, so it's not just the Miami Heat. Basically, the... Championship aspiration type of teams are monitoring Kyrie Irving, and for good reason. If you go out and fill a guard position, the point guard position specifically, with someone like Kyrie Irving and you are already in a position to make a run at an NBA championship and the way your team is constructed could take on someone like Kyrie, especially if you needed an offensive boost. Why would you not go out there and make the trade to go all in at this point in the season, or at least at the deadline of this up and coming season to then make a run at an NBA championship? Now, before we get to the rest of the news, I have to thank our sponsor for this video, Kalshi, as Kalshi is the best. You can use the link down in the description or in the pinned comment. Use promo code DIGESTNBA when signing up. 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And this has been the conversation that has surrounded the Miami Heat and Kyrie Irving ever since we started having these conversations over a month and a half ago, as this is not the first time we have discussed Kyrie Irving potentially landing in Miami. Shams would go on to point out that the Miami traded away three first-round picks and a swap and other assets, obviously, Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasper Siakuchonis, and then all of those draft picks and draft compensation to Milwaukee in order to get Giannis Antetokounmpo. And that is not crazy. Giannis is one of the best players in the world. We're seeing it through the first five games of this NBA season. He is dominant. He's lights out. He's unstoppable. But now, with that being said, the way this Heat team is constructed, what assets do you have available to then give up to get someone like Kyrie Irving without further handicapping your team? Shams is going to say, I believe they have one first-round pick, if eligible, to be traded. Is that enough to get Kyrie Irving? My sense is probably not. So, Shams making it abundantly clear that the price tag on Kyrie Irving is going to be astronomical, to say the least. Despite him being 35 years of age and having a pretty hefty contract at this stage of his career, he's going to be in a position where not only do you have to give up a lot to get him, But you are going out to get someone who's in. Really the final year of his deal because next year is a player option so he could opt out or he could opt in and again you'd be paying a 42 and a half million dollar price tag next year for someone who will be 36 years of age. I believe I could be wrong by a year or two but this year you'd be paying 39 and a half. The way this Miami Heat cap room is currently sitting Miami's already in a difficult spot. You look at the finances here, they are already in a very difficult spot. We all know they only have 14 guys on this roster because they want to be in the buyout market, assuming that Zach Levine, Drew Holiday, various others could potentially be bought out by their respected teams close to that NBA trade deadline, which could result in contenders going out and getting these players with cheap contracts because they're already being paid or have been bought out by their previous team. Getting Kyrie Irving would take an arm and a leg, and Miami potentially doesn't have a first-round pick to go out and trade for him, so what does that mean? Well, you'd have to give up players to get him, and if Miami went out there and made a trade, this is the wrong graphic, give me one second, give me one second, that is, that's the current Miami Heat depth chart, but if you were to go out there and make that trade, and you could use that first-round pick, it would not look like this. It would have to be Jovic and Wiggins or... Wiggins and Mitchell in order to get Kyrie Irving plus that first round pick but Miami right now doesn't seem like they're going to have that first round pick because of their record and also there is a rule where the NBA teams in the NBA cannot have consecutive years without a first round pick. Miami wouldn't have a first round pick for two years if they traded this potential first round pick and they only have this first round pick if it's 1 through 14. Probably not going to happen if we if everything goes to plan with the Heat team based off how they are currently constructed It's not going to be a 1 through 14 pick So Miami really we can guess in the odds are Miami will not have a first-round pick. So if they trade it There, it's just not going to work. There's no way this is going to work. So if you give up the assets, this trade would not work for Dallas because they'd be taking on too much money. But if you traded someone like Wiggins and Jovic, that could work. But we've heard, we've, we've had this conversation. Dallas does not want Nikola Jovic. Miami was interested in trading Jovic for Klay Thompson. They were not interested. They were willing to buy out Klay Thompson rather than taking on Jovic's deal. Jovic hasn't done anything through five games to make you think he's even remotely close to being. Being worth that contract that he got just offseason ago. Like this is Miami's in a position where they absolutely there's no way they're going to be able to make this trade. And if you do give up someone like De'Veon Mitchell, who's been playing outstanding through this point in the year, look at your depth at that point. You have Kyrie as a starting guard. You have Drew Smith following up. Ryan Conwell's listed as a shooting guard. I moved him to the point guard because he has that ability. But then at the two guard, you have. Hardaway and Thompson, who have been streaky, to say the absolute least. Hardaway's coming off his best game of the year, without a doubt. Larson will be starting at the three, which isn't a problem because he's playing great. But the depth is gone. You have Gardner, Fontecchio, who can play the three or the four. Giannis and Portis rounding out the fourth position. And then Bam and Nick Richards rounding out the five. The depth is absolutely diminished if Miami does make this trade. And puts Miami in a very interesting situation. Not only in the sense of finances, because after this trade, they'd only have one million and some change. So going out and getting anyone, whether it's in the buyout market or not, would be basically impossible in the sense of adding depth. So you'd have to bring up two-way guys, let them play. Again, they'd have to either get standard contracts at the bare minimum, or you'd have to let them play down the G League. And then once they get up to Like, the back half of the season, let them play as definitive bench pieces for the remainder of that season. Again, it could be more than 40 games, but again, the last 40 games of the NBA season could end up working out, and going into the playoffs would be very, very tricky. So, Miami, yes, in a tough spot. Is it likely this trade actually happens? No. Do I think they should do it? Absolutely not. De'Veon has been playing out of his mind. His price tag's a lot cheaper. He's in the final year of his two-year deal. And he's playing the role you absolutely need. Complementary scorer that can get hot, can give you 18 to 22 points per game if the shot is falling. And also, he's a walking 7 to 10 assists per night while playing elite defense, something that Kyrie Irving is not going to bring to the table for this Miami Heat team. Let me know down below, what are your thoughts and opinions? Do you think, yes, add Kyrie to Bam and Giannis, even though that construction of Bam and Giannis hasn't worked outside of one game, the most recent game last night? Or, no, keep the depth and the very lackluster amount of picks they do currently maintain. Let me know down below your thoughts and opinions, and I will see you guys on the next episode of Heat Digest.