Ty Jerome Trade Talk: Could Miami Heat Make a Move?

As we know, teams would love, if they can, to sell high. If you have a player that is outperforming, you know, exceeded expectations and your team might not necessarily be going somewhere, you want to trade him because then you're going to get more than you ever thought you could out of him. Enter Ty Jerome into the conversation. yeah, because John John doesn't want to have this conversation. Well, Well, we're going to have at least a brief one because look at that Ty Jerome. Look at his reaction, everybody. You know, and he can look over there. But right now he's looking up at the most improved player standings and Ty Jerome is all the way up top there. That's what he's looking at right now. For very good reason. So if Memphis starts falling back to earth, which it already looks like they're kind of starting to do, but Ty Jerome is still delivering, hey, if some team needs another guard and needs points, guess what? They're suddenly going to possibly give up a first round pick to Memphis for a guy who's making half of Josh Hart money. And Ty Jerome is that type of guy. So, I mean, let's say, you know, in the case of Miami, if we're using them as this example, and they can't afford Kyrie Irving, and they can't do anything with that, well, what type of pieces could they try to put together to bring Ty Jerome over to Miami? And Memphis will be like, sure, we'll take more picks. We're super young. We know we're rebuilding. We're building around Cam Boozer. Why not? Hey, Miami. That's the type of player you could see trade. Hey, Miami. Darius Garland's available at some point Anyways, John. Oh, my God. John, what do you think? Ty Jerome to Miami if the Kyrie thing falls through? That's your guy, Ty Jerome. So fascinated by his scoring. Ty Jerome has been in the NBA for seven years. Yeah. Okay. And he just learned how to play. Yeah. That's it. It was good at the end of the last one. The Memphis Grizzlies had to bottom out so hard that they are proving my point that if you give any NBA player the right amount of shots, they can look like Ty Jerome. This is not a diss to Ty Jerome. This is the tip of the cap to every player in the NBA. If you put Ty Jerome on the Miami Heat, he becomes Mario Chalmers. Oh, come on. He was the point guard for a championship team. Yes, yes, yes. But this is what I'm saying. I'm not dissing Ty Jerome. I'm not dissing Mario Chalmers. There are roles for players in the league. If you put him on the Miami Heat, how much, what's his usage rate? Watch how it plummets. Watch how it plummets. Because Giannis is holding the ball. Giannis ain't holding it. Bam is holding it. When Bam ain't holding it, you know who else is shooting it in three seconds? Klay Thompson. But you know who won't care about that? The Memphis Grizzlies with the first-round pick they got in return for them. But my point is, if you're across the league and you think after seven years Ty Jerome's now the guy and you give away a first-round pick for Ty Jerome, you're a moron and they should fire you. John, how excited were you when Mario Hezonja came back to the league? And he's actually looking pretty good, by the way. Right, because he's a good player, but he was mediocre at best and then left for... X amount of years. So, I mean, you're saying Ty Jerome's been around for seven years. Hezonja's been gone for nearly seven years. And you guys welcome him with open arms. But look at the role Mario Hezonja is playing. Ty Jerome is succeeding only because he has the ball. Mario Hezonja went away, went over to Europe, learned how to play off the ball. ...came back, because remember, he was a high draft pick. Yes, he was. Drafted by Orlando, I know very much. He thought he was going to be the next Manu Ginobili. When they realized... This ain't it. He went, redefined his game, became a role player, and that's why he's back in the NBA, flourishing, still talking like he's Manu Ginobili, but nonetheless, flourishing in the role that he's being asked to play, similar to what Ty Jerome is doing. The Memphis Grizzlies are like, yo, you all we got. Make sure the young guy gets shot, and then you get shot. And that's it.