The Miami Heat wouldn’t mind trading point guard Terry Rozier. But other teams have a say in that, and from the sounds of things, those teams are saying they’re not interested.
According to Ethan Skolnick of SI.com and the Five On The Floor podcast, the Heat have tried trading Rozier — to no avail.
“(T)he Heat have been actively shopping the expiring final year of Rozier’s contract (worth $24-26 million depending on incentives) for just about anything, but specifically frontcourt help,” Skolnick wrote. “They have found no takers. Other teams saw Rozier’s dramatic decline as well: including a lot of overdribbling into bad shots.”
Rozier, 31, averaged 10.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 64 games last season. It was his worst year, numbers-wise, since he was a reserve playing less than half the game with the Boston Celtics in 2018-19.
He has also been linked to a gambling investigation, as Skolnick noted.
“Also, while Rozier was cleared by the NBA for any role in a fantasy sports and gambling scandal tied to his tenure with Charlotte, prior to joining the Heat, the FBI launched its own investigation,” Skolnick wrote. “There is no timetable on when that investigation will conclude. Until it does, one league insider told Five Reasons Sports that Rozier is considered ‘toxic’ in a trade.”
Multiple reports say the Heat have recently worked out veteran free agents in their search for frontcourt help. The list includes center Kai Jones and big man Trey Lyles.
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Cavs could use another strong experienced vet ball handler, for the playoffs. No pushover, physically. How many of our young fragile team can say that? We lost physicality at the PG spot with TJ’s departure. We will add to it if we play Tyson at PG a lot, my primary hope. But Tyson is useful in other spots too, and more of that physical guard competence on the roster, Rozier could certainly help.
Come on home, Terry. Ohio pride will help get us over the top. Feels like our championship opportunity window is just starting to open.
Disregard the panic move suggestions (the LeBron next year if we don’t win this year talk is ridiculous). Stay the course.. Include these tweak moves that top organizations make. It’s singles and walks win games, it’s not just swinging for the fences in desperation.