[Shams] The Miami Heat are trading center Dewayne Dedmon and a second-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs
The Miami Heat are trading center Dewayne Dedmon and a second-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 7, 2023
by Zuexy
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This is it. The only move we’re making this deadline
Bye felicia
YES
Champs confirmed
we are free . But watch this be the only thing we do .
edit: so was it just to free up a roster spot ? and second round pick to do it ?
Thank god he’s gone
Well that opens a spot for Orlando Robinson and another minimum player if we want.
And nothing of value was lost
The bad man is gone.
Please be for Jrich
THE +/- GODS HAVE HEARD US
In all seriousness, while he sucked this season, I’ll never forget the stretch from when we picked him up off the couch in that dreaded 2021 season to sometime last season after he got injured where he was a genuinely good backup center for us.
Edit: was reminded we signed him as opposed to traded for him
Go home to your family now, Mechanic.
… What do we get for our pick and Dedmon? Just out of his contract?
I liked Dedmon, but it’s for the best
Good riddance.
Changing my YES to a cheapass Arison… till i see a 2nd move
Are seconds usually that much more useful than the undrafteds we’ve been able to find?
Even if it’s for a bag of chips, we won the trade.
Trust in Pat
I love trading picks away to save arison money, can’t wait to do it this offseason
genuinely going to miss the guy
of course he’s fallen out of favor and he’s played himself out of the rotation but last year watching him do all the little things right and be **exactly** what was needed as a backup big was awesome
hope he plays his way into another contract in san antonio
If it’s just to open a spot, they can just ask Haslem to retire early. He is really taking a very needed spot.
That’s it, that’s the “trade deadline acquisition”
For?
THERE IS A GOD!!
Did they really have to trade a second round pick to get rid of him?
Signed Dedmon only to have to attach a second round pick to dump him after half a season lmaooo
I kind of hate that we had to give up a second just to get rid of Dedmon. If we make no more moves to get additional assets, it’s pretty bad pick management on the part of Riley because we have so few seconds to begin with. I was hoping that we gave Dedmon that deal to package him in a trade for a quality player, not give up an asset to dump him half a season later.
This is legit the equivalent of trading Dedmon for a bag of Cheetos, and we had to include a pick to do it LMAO
https://www.reddit.com/r/heat/comments/vokpok/charania_free_agent_center_dewayne_dedmon_has/iedpq7i/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
Vindication.
SMH I remember getting downvoted in the summer for saying Dedmon’s contract was one of the worst moves we coulda done. But people were saying it made sense for trade reasons. Here’s the trade we held out for. Just gave away a second rounder for jokes. Pat is cooked, what the fuck was the point of bringing him back in the first place?
Shoutout dedmon anyway. He’s been a bum this year but he was good when he came in. The heat once again didn’t know when to call it quits and paid the guy only to dump him for tax reasons 6 months later. Sounds like us
For what?
He was heaven-sent his first year, he’s just gotten worse and worse, good riddance.
Dedmon Pack
LFGGG
I used to pray for moments like this 🙏
I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS
Wait so what did we get in return?
Holy shit I’m finally free, he’s off my team, in awe. Actively convincing my work to let me have to day off so I can drive him to the airport.
So did we at least get back cash considerations or what? Literally giving away a pick to dump this garbo player we could have just not signed
this is clearly not a 1 off trade. For anyone trying to do trades on the trade machine, it was super hard to do it while not increasing our potential luxury tax bill. by doing this trade, we have a much bigger wiggle room that allows us to take on a little more salary then giving out in another trade without worrying about the luxury tax. If a team we are dealing with is in the luxury tax as well, this allows our offer to become more appealing because not only can we get the player we want, but we can also potentially help alleviate another teams luxury tax bill as well. Given that any team we will be dealing with is probably a seller at the deadline, their luxury tax obligations are probably something they are trying to lower as part of any deal, so this is just the start, but a nice first deal that is almost assuredly going to be used to help facilitate and set up the next deal prior to the deadline.
Hate to see all the dedmon hate. I haven’t been around much this season, but people are soon to forget how a season before he was a great backup center and enjoyed having him on the team.