The Miami Heat’s decision to ship a 2032 second-round pick and Haywood Highsmith off to the Brooklyn Nets is aging like milk on the surface of the sun.
This is to say: It’s aging quite poorly.
Make no mistake, the move was questionable, as well as confusing, in real-time. It looks even worse following a report from Jake Fischer of The Stein Line that “Brooklyn's phone certainly figures to ring with interest in Highsmith” down the line.
This yet again raises a simple yet salient question: Why did Miami not just trade him, but treat him like a negative asset?