The Miami Heat need help. NBA trade season should offer no shortage of options for roster reinforcements. But the higher the Heat aim—and given their struggles against good teams, they should be shooting for the stars—the more painful the trade cost becomes.
The Heat have just two first-round picks to offer, meaning they'd likely need to pull from their young core to land one of Pat Riley's preferred whales. And that means this is a perfect time to plot out the lay of the land by ranking Miami's five most coveted young players by their perceived trade value.