{"id":523385,"date":"2026-01-07T21:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/523385\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:29:23","slug":"miami-heat-encouraged-to-strike-trae-young-trade-by-ex-nba-all-star-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/523385\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Heat encouraged to strike Trae Young trade by Ex-NBA All-Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat encouraged to strike Trae Young trade by Ex-NBA All-Star<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Trae Young saga is expected to get sorted out soon, resulting in the All-Star getting traded away from the Atlanta Hawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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While all signs are pointing to Young having a desired destination already, the ex-NBA All-Star Jeff Teague wants all parties to consider a deal between the Hawks and the Miami Heat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking at the Heat\u2019s 20-17 record, Teague believes that a little shakeup could do wonders for the team. He\u2019s convinced that swapping out Tyler Herro for Young would be a valuable move for Miami.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIf you trade him for Trae Young, you get a way more efficient\u2014I don\u2019t want to say efficient because he\u2019s not efficient right now\u2014but you get a way more dynamic playmaker,\u201d Teague explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Bam, you got a certified bucket, and now you got another dynamic player with Powell, Wiggins is a playmaker. They don\u2019t have a point guard, no disrespect to Davion Mitchell, he\u2019s playing good this year, he\u2019s doing his thing, but there\u2019s a difference between him and Trae Young.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teague argues that Herro doesn\u2019t add any defensive value to the Heat, which has always been a major concern for Young as well. However, when you pair offensive games, he believes Young\u2019s value is clearly higher than Herro and Mitchell in the areas the Heat could improve.<\/p>\n

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Last year, Herro put together his first All-Star season. He averaged 23.9 points while shooting 37 percent from three. Young produced 24.2 points per game, while knocking down 34 percent of his threes. He also led the league in assists per game with 11.6, clearing Herro\u2019s 5.5 per game.<\/p>\n

Both players are having down years in their own way, with injuries affecting their availability. Teague seems to think a fresh start could be beneficial for both.<\/p>\n

While the Heat were rumored to have interest in Young early on, they haven\u2019t really been relevant in his market as the situation reaches a point of no return for Young in Atlanta. The latest update from ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania suggests that the Hawks are getting a nudge from the star guard to send him to the Washington Wizards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The situation is a work in progress, but the Hawks seem likely to get it resolved soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Heat encouraged to strike Trae Young trade by Ex-NBA All-Star originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3778],"tags":[208,7,491,144,3403,295,189,3881,6,494,492,468,3681],"class_list":["post-523385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-miami-heat","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-basketball","tag-davion-mitchell","tag-heat","tag-jeff-teague","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-miamiheat","tag-nba","tag-trae-young","tag-tyler-herro","tag-washington-wizards","tag-wiggins"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115855947566380893","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}