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How Much Could Tyler Herro Match Donovan in Utah?

Jingled said:
If we trade Donovan, I'd want it to be to a team that can give us some lottery picks...any picks the Heat trade will be in the mid-late 20's.
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Who knows.

Butler is going to age out at some point. Maybe he changes team. Maybe Donovan leaves to NYK when his contract is up. The Heat are a very good franchise, but slip ups can happen. They have a year where there arent any big name FA's out there that want to switch teams and all they have is Donovan, they could be bad by 2027
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Who knows.

Butler is going to age out at some point. Maybe he changes team. Maybe Donovan leaves to NYK when his contract is up. The Heat are a very good franchise, but slip ups can happen. They have a year where there arent any big name FA's out there that want to switch teams and all they have is Donovan, they could be bad by 2027
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In any rebuild trade we would be wise to grab far out firsts from teams that assume they will always be good... those tend to become more valuable than you think.
 
That's a pretty solid trade package. Especially if we can get picks and other useful pieces like Strus and Yurt7. Ideally if you trade your franchise player, you'd wanna get a young star who you can build your franchise around like SGA for OKC or Hali for Pacers. Not sure Herro is franchise player material like these guys but that's about as close as you can get
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
So the Salt Lake Tribune put together some trades ideas and one of them was Donovan for Herro/Robinson/Strus/Yurtseven/Tucker/27th pick this year/2024 Heat Pick/2027 Heat Pick.

Obviously I want better picks, but it got me thinking: How much different are Herro and Mitchell really?

If we gave Herro all the touches and opportunities that Mitchell got in Utah, could he match Donovan? How close could he come if he didnt? Could he potentially do better (he is 22 to Don's soon to be 26)?

Even without changing the roster up (which Utah would assuredly do) you would have this team:

Conley/Butler/Forrest
Herro/Clarkson/Robinson
O'Neale/Strus
Bogey/Tucker/Gay
Gobert/Yurtseven

That team is going to be a top 5 offense again, and the better depth (PJ Tucker would be huge in the playoffs) will lead to better defense. You could also make more "win now" moves to shore up the roster (replace at least 2 of Clarkson/Conley/Bogey) to improve the defense. The pick at 27 could net you a solid player. Maybe someone like a Jake Laravia. Maybe Jalen Wilson is still available. Possibly a Beachamp/Liddell/Terry/Braun
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I am afraid Duncan Robinson would be included before tucker as tucker has a player option and his next contract will be his last.
 
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