Heat have multiple contracts to help match. There are multiple players on the Spurs that can be had for very little. On February 16, Adam Clutch tweeted, “The Heat have expressed interest in trading for Rudy Gay, per sources. According to 5 Reasons Sports Network’s NBA Insider, Miami are interested in trading for San Antonio Spurs power forward Rudy Gay. Ed Arnold of the Memphis Business Journal has a great breakdown of the Grizzlies’ salary before and after the trade of Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddadi to the Toronto Raptors a couple weeks ago. The Heat, sitting near the bottom of the Eastern Conference with an 11-16 record, are suffering from the fact that they never found a true replacement for Jae Crowder. In order to replicate their success from last season and make another successful run at the NBA Finals, they need to obtain a big forward. If it seems like the Miami Heat is linked to a new trade nearly every day, it’s because the franchise desperately needs to shake up their roster and quickly. Rudy Gay #22 of the San Antonio Spurs shoots a free throw during the second quarter of a game against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on Novemin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rudy Gay agrees to a deal with the Utah Jazz (Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports) After retaining Mike Conley Jr., the Utah Jazz wasted little time in continuing to restock the cupboard, as both Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania have reported a two-year, 12 million pact between the Jazz and versatile forward Rudy Gay.
