Miami Heat: Ranking the 3 best trades of the last 5 years

By Jack Simone | Sep 20, 2021

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While the Miami Heat haven’t been the most active team on the trade market in recent years, they have still made their fair share of moves. Since 2017, they have completed 12 trades.

However, two of them were technically sign-and-trades, so they don’t really count as trades. Still, that means the Heat have done 10 trades in roughly the last five seasons.

It’s impossible for them to have won every trade they have completed, but Pat Riley has done a fairly good job. Most of the trades Miami has done have been solid.

What are the best three trades Pat Riley has made in the past five years, not including sign-and trades? Who did the Miami Heat give up and who did they get back?

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Best Miami Heat trades in the last 5 years: 3. Josh McRoberts

Admittedly, this trade is far from flashy. It involves two players who didn’t really do much in their NBA careers, as well as money and a pick.

However, it is for that reason that the Miami Heat won this deal. They dealt AJ Hammons to the Mavs in exchange for assets that they could actually use.

Hammons would only play in the NBA for one season, meanwhile, the Heat got some cash, as well as a future draft pick. That’s a win, even if it may not seem like it.

Obviously, Josh McRoberts didn’t end up doing much in Miami, but he did spend three years with the team. That alone is more of a contribution than Hammons ever made in Dallas.

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