Trae Young’s trade saga might have a happy ending if he ends up on the Miami Heat, according to Bill Simmons.
The Atlanta Hawks seem to be at a crossroads after six seasons with Trae Young as their franchise star, as the team has regressed each year for the last three seasons. With Young’s name being brought up in trade rumors, The Ringer’s Bill Simmons shared an interesting destination for Young’s next team: The Miami Heat.
“Trae for Herro and [Duncan] Robinson and Miami’s pick in the draft. They’ll have to draft the guy and then trade him. And then their 29 unprotected first, and that’s the trade.”
Simmons shared the rationale behind why he thinks the Heat should target Young.
You basically turn them into Herro and Robinson and some assets, and then if you’re Miami, you keep Butler. You have Bam, Trae, and Heat Culture—just the kind of guy who is a warrior. It would just seem like the kind of trade I’d be like, oh man, and then the more I look at him, I’m like, oh [expletive], that might actually have been a good trade for them. I don’t know why, but I like him in Miami for some reason.
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Bill Simmons Thinks Trae Young Should Be Traded To The Miami Heat
Trae Young’s trade saga might have a happy ending if he ends up on the Miami Heat, according to Bill Simmons.
ISHAAN BHATTACHARYAJUN 11, 2024
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The Atlanta Hawks seem to be at a crossroads after six seasons with Trae Young as their franchise star, as the team has regressed each year for the last three seasons. With Young’s name being brought up in trade rumors, The Ringer’s Bill Simmons shared an interesting destination for Young’s next team: The Miami Heat.
“Trae for Herro and [Duncan] Robinson and Miami’s pick in the draft. They’ll have to draft the guy and then trade him. And then their 29 unprotected first, and that’s the trade.”
Simmons shared the rationale behind why he thinks the Heat should target Young.
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“You basically turn them into Herro and Robinson and some assets, and then if you’re Miami, you keep Butler. You have Bam, Trae, and Heat Culture—just the kind of guy who is a warrior. It would just seem like the kind of trade I’d be like, oh man, and then the more I look at him, I’m like, oh [expletive], that might actually have been a good trade for them. I don’t know why, but I like him in Miami for some reason.”
The Heat have been one of the weakest offensive teams in the NBA over the last two seasons. They can’t cite prior postseason success as a proven blueprint for their methods because it has ended with a Finals loss each time.
Miami knows they need a major guard scorer, which is why they relentlessly pursued a trade for Damian Lillard and then acquired Terry Rozier in February.
Trae averaged 25.7 points and 10.8 assists this season. He would transform the Heat’s offense, but if he plays the same defense like he does on the Hawks, he will not be able to fit into their system. It’d be a stylistic challenge for coach Erik Spoelstra, but if he could pull it off, there’s no available point guard on the market that’s better than Young.
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