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Heat's shockingly lopsided trade continues to baffle NBA insiders

While NBA transactions typically aim for win-win results that benefit all parties involved, some swaps are clear victories for a certain side.

The Miami Heat were involved in one such transaction earlier this offseason. And while they're more than two months removed now from somehow turning Kyle Anderson and Kevin Love into Norman Powell, insiders still can't believe it happened.

"How exactly did the Heat pull this off?" The Athletic's John Hollinger wrote while discussing this offseason's underrated moves. "...The swap turned a bench player (Anderson) and an end-of-bench player (the current version of Love) into a dynamic scoring threat for last year's 21st-ranked offense.