The NBA appears to be holding off a decision to eliminate the one-and-done rule until the 2022 draft, which would be good news for the Heat, writes Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald. That would mean Miami wouldn’t miss out on a potential bonanza in the 2021 class with the top college prospects and high school seniors both available. The Heat are the only team that have traded their 2021 first-rounder, sending it to Phoenix in the Goran Dragic deal. The Suns moved it to the Sixers this summer as part of the package to acquire Mikal Bridges.
Jonathan Givony of ESPN recently reported that teams have been told by league executives that no change in the one-and-done rule will occur prior to 2022. The Heat haven’t appealed to the league to make the change in any particular year, Jackson adds.
Jackson shares more from Miami in the same story:
- At least one unidentified team offered a first-round pick to Miami in exchange for Josh Richardson during the offseason. The Heat turned it down and have no plans to part with Richardson, who is entering the first season of a four-year, $42MM extension. The team also prefers to hang onto Dragic, Kelly Olynyk, Bam Adebayo, James Johnson and Justise Winslow.
- Dwyane Wade has less than two weeks to make a decision before camp opens, but at least one Heat official believes he wants to play this season. Wade has been on vacation in California, but will return to Miami tomorrow to open a restaurant with Udonis Haslem, who has been part of the recruiting effort to get Wade to return.
- Haslem said his “love for the organization” and his teammates was behind his decision to return for a 16th season. “If I was looking for playing time, I could have gone someplace else or played in China or something,” he said. “But at the end of the day, would it have made me as happy as being around this organization and being around these guys? No, I don’t think it would.” Haslem saw minimal action last season, averaging about five minutes per night in 14 games.
Man Haslem is getting so much press. You would almost think this guy is LBJ.
Too true, I have heard more of him this summer than I had in many years, or actually ever.
If they are going to make a change to the draft, they really should announce it prior to any picks even being eligible to be traded. Because trading a first round draft pick in a regular year is not the same as trading one in a year with two classes at the same time. I understand that values can change over time based on how good a team is going to be, but this is a different situation. This is a situation where in theory the #20 pick in a double draft is as valuable as the #10 pick in a regular draft. Teams should know that fact before the asset is traded.
That being said, if they do a double draft they should really expand the draft for that season to at least 3 rounds, if not 4 to accommodate the larger pool.
That’s what they are doing, holding off on the changeover. Initially it was to be sooner.
Going 3 rounds would be a good idea.