For as much as the Miami Heat’s offseason deserves to be lauded, it also includes a pair of risks not being talked about nearly enough: The departures of Duncan Robinson and Haywood Highsmith.
After spending seven years in Miami, Robinson was shipped off to the Detroit Pistons in a sign-and-trade that landed Simone Fontecchio’s expiring contract. Meanwhile, in their most confusing move of the summer, the Heat attached a 2032 second-rounder to Haywood Smith’s own $5.6 million expiring deal, and sent him to the Brooklyn Nets so that they could skirt the luxury tax, while signing Dru Smith.