An NBA trade idea sending Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Terry Rozier from the Miami Heat to the Portland Trail Blazers has been created.
NBA writer Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Heat and Trail Blazers:
Portland Trail Blazers receive: Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Terry Rozier
Miami Heat receive: Jerami Grant, Shaedon Sharpe, Robert Williams III and a 2029 first-round pick (most favorable of POR, BOS and MIL)
The Heat lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the 2025 playoffs in five games, while the Trail Blazers missed the playoffs again.
Herro appeared in 77 games for the Heat last season. He averaged 23.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists.
Jaquez Jr. played in 66 games for the Heat last season. He averaged 8.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
Finally, Rozier appeared in 64 games for the Heat last season. He averaged 10.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists.
Herro will make $31 million in 2025-26, Jaquez Jr. will make $3.9 million and Rozier will make $26.6 million in the final year of his contract.
“If Portland opens the season in convincing fashion and sits firmly in the playoff race by the time Herro is ready to return from foot and ankle surgery, it could make an aggressive move for the All-Star scoring guard,” Buckley wrote. “The Blazers need an offensive focal point—they didn’t have a 20-point scorer last season and only finished with two players averaging better than 15 points—and they might have enough defensive protection in the frontcourt to cover for Herro’s biggest weakness.
“Since his game works both on and off the ball, he shouldn’t have trouble slotting alongside Jrue Holiday, Scoot Henderson and Damian Lillard, whenever he’s ready to return. Herro’s shooting efficiency would check a big box for this bunch, as the Blazers ranked 26th in shooting percentage from all three levels last season.
“The Blazers would also get their crack at reviving Jaquez, whose skills and smarts landed him on the 2023-24 All-Rookie first team. They’d get nothing more than money-matching out of Rozier, but thankfully his $26.6 million salary expires after this season, so there would be some financial relief (and wiggle room if they wanted to extend Herro’s pact, which runs through 2026-27). Shedding Williams would also free up more developmental minutes to split between Donovan Clingan and Yang Hansen.”