You only do this if you think the value of the Heat '23 first is more than Markkanen (and even then you have to consider that Robinson's contract is likely 2 more years than the obligation to Markkanen). I don't.This ain’t a rumor but I don’t wanna start a thread about this and wasn’t sure where else to tuck the thought.
Would the Heat be interested in Duncan Robinson + draft stuff for Markkanen? Like, maybe Jovic, ‘23 1st, Strus (routed to Lakers)?
I'm not sure what you're thinking of with the Lakers, but you need to consider:
- Jazz can't take any more salaries than Robinson for Markkanen before reaching the luxury tax (which the hard cap prevents). They only have about $1.9 million to play with, if I'm understanding right and Robinson is about half a million more than Markkanen already. So Jovic could not come back (unless the Jazz took care of the space issue in another way).
- Markkanen can't be aggregated yet (though maybe there's a way to pull off a multi-team trade without that?)