While there is a mutual interest between the Miami Heat and two-time All-NBA Second Team wing DeMar DeRozan as Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson reported, there remains a significant hurdle in completing a deal.
Despite the shrinking market for DeRozan, the six-time NBA All-Star is still seeking more than the non-taxpayer midlevel exception, according to Bleacher Report/TNT’s NBA insider Chris Haynes.
“So a team is going to have to get really creative if they want to try to offer DeRozan something more than the midlevel exception,” Haynes said on the #ThisLeague Uncut podcast on July 2. “With a sign-and-trade, you get a three-year deal. I know DeRozan will probably be amenable to taking on a one-year deal. But I just don’t see him taking the full midlevel exception, which is that $13 million.”
the Heat on its way to approaching the first apron, they only have the $5.2 million taxpayer midlevel exception and veteran minimum contracts at their disposal to sign DeRozan.
The only way they can land DeRozan is via sign-and-trade or offloading some salaries to open up the necessary cap room to sign the former Chicago Bulls star more than the non-taxpayer full MLE even on a one-year deal.
GettyMiami Heat president Pat Riley speaks during a ceremony to honor Shaquille O’Neal as he has his number retired during a game between the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2016.
While there is a mutual interest between the Miami Heat and two-time All-NBA Second Team wing DeMar DeRozan as Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson reported, there remains a significant hurdle in completing a deal.
Despite the shrinking market for DeRozan, the six-time NBA All-Star is still seeking more than the non-taxpayer midlevel exception, according to Bleacher Report/TNT’s NBA insider Chris Haynes.
“So a team is going to have to get really creative if they want to try to offer DeRozan something more than the midlevel exception,” Haynes said on the #ThisLeague Uncut podcast on July 2. “With a sign-and-trade, you get a three-year deal. I know DeRozan will probably be amenable to taking on a one-year deal. But I just don’t see him taking the full midlevel exception, which is that $13 million.”
With the Heat on its way to approaching the first apron, they only have the $5.2 million taxpayer midlevel exception and veteran minimum contracts at their disposal to sign DeRozan.
The only way they can land DeRozan is via sign-and-trade or offloading some salaries to open up the necessary cap room to sign the former Chicago Bulls star more than the non-taxpayer full MLE even on a one-year deal.
The work is cut out for Heat president Pat Riley to weave his magic anew.
DeRozan declined the Bulls’ two-year offer worth $40 million annually, according to NBC Sports-Chicago’s K.C. Johnson in April. His market has already shrunk with the rebuilding Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz as the only teams left with more than $20 million in cap room.
