[Scotto] Teams interested in signing Haywood Highsmith, Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Hornets, Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors

“Teams with significant cap space, including the Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Hornets, Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs, and Philadelphia 76ers, are expected to register interest in Highsmith once free agency begins, league sources told HoopsHype…Several teams with non-taxpayer mid-level exceptions available, such as the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, and potentially the Golden State Warriors depending on the futures of Klay Thompson, Chris Paul, and Andrew Wiggins are also expected to show interest in pursuing Highsmith, league sources told HoopsHype.”

Highsmith is a 6'7 wing who shot 39% from 3 last year. Good 3&D role player and would be a solid get for anyone

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88%

DMD612

God damn, the whole fuckin league

binokyo10

I bet Shanghai Sharks wants him too.

PlayBey0nd87

LOL!!!!

iCOULDbewr0ng

I will only be salty if he signs with another team that offered a similar contract Miami can offer other than that, go chase that bag

Ironman2131

Same. I hope we keep him, but if someone offers more than the Heat can, so be it.

ReviewGuilty5760

This djj all over again

jratner7

Thank you for your services, Haywood

Zero0Mystery

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OblivionNA

Have a feeling Keshad Johnson is gunna fill the Highsmith role eventually

rice-guardian

With a crazy ass vertical nonetheless

lomasturbasmeng

they just keep losing them

Verumsemper

Losing them is the point, that is why you keep your developmental system going. Paying them would defeat the entire goal of the developmental program, cheap role players.

Seref15

That hasn't panned out recently though. Our developmental pipeline kind of dried up. Our only two long term projects have been Jamal Cain and Orlando Robinson--Cain is gone and ORob is meh. It's not like 2021-2023 where we had Gabe, then Max, then Caleb, then Highsmith all lined up and contributing.

Given that they immediately handed 2 Two-Way contracts after the draft to new prospects, whoever we had in the pipe apparently wasn't yielding results.

Verumsemper

I give you Alondes Williams, 6'4 and 210 lbs. Shot 37% from three in the G -league while setting scoring records. Also has improved his defence. Plus Gabe gave way to Richardson, up and down year but serviceable. Also Those three were not needed as much because Jovic and JJJ are ready to contribute. You then add in Cole Swisher and I think they are good. I am disappointed in Cain maybe leaving but everyone doesn't always work out.

Seref15

Cole Swider has gotten like 10 total minutes of non-garbage time play. Every time Spo tried to play him he got the hook in like 3 minutes.

I don't know if Alondes got even one minute of non-garbage time play last season.

This is what I mean about no one in the pipeline. In 2021, Gabe had been on the roster for a year already and was getting rotational minutes. Max was getting his first rotational minutes, and had a couple games scoring 20+. You could see them growing into real players. We haven't seen that with the current crop of G-Leaguers.

And re: Richardson as a PG, no. Richardson is not a point guard, and every time we tried to use him as one we would lose like 6-8 seconds of shot clock because he's incredibly slow to set up and our offense would look terrible. Our offense started looking better after Richardson lost ball handling responsibilities after the Rozier trade.

simonlyw

But JJJ and Jovic? Not via the G-league but still part of the development pipeline. Undoubtably they're not going to find and successfully develop role players every season from the G, but they seem to be in a pretty good spot in terms of cheap development projects.

BossKingGodd

The heat will find another undrafted, unpolished diamond. It’s what they do.

Ironman2131

The Heat spend two years developing these guys so they're ready to go when the previous one leaves. There are a couple of interesting guys on the roster, but none offer the defense that Highsmith does (they're more in the mold of Duncan Robinson).

But at this point, the previous rookies like Jovic and Jaime, along with Josh Richardson, can fill most of those minutes.

lomasturbasmeng

and that will not be enough to do anything of substance

they will raise his value

and they will let them walk for nothint

Esjay_954

All they do*

bird720

what's the point of finding and developing all these "diamonds in the rough" if they all leave for nothing 😕

bullbutler

The Dragon

Having them play for you for almost no cost?