This thing just crossed my mind.
I’m wondering whether or not it’s possible that other teams will start to be hesitant to sign ‘Heat-grown’ players in the offseason, because of the culture - kind of thinking like it would be more of a situational or a system kind of thing. Many of the players the Heat sign were long shots to have an NBA career to begin with.
The organization has signed many players through the years that were undrafted free agents. A large part of the players have flourished; Duncan Robinson, Gabe Vincent, Max Strus, Caleb Martin and Haywood Highsmith have all been very impactful for the Heat.
Many of the players that played a good contract year, went on to sign bigger contracts and a lot of the players didn’t meet their value. Kendrick Nunn, Jae Crowder, Gabe Vincent and PJ Tucker for example.
Does this sound any reasonable or am I just a fucking idiot?
I think Caleb and Highsmith will have a decent market, 3 and D wing demand will never go away that’s why I hope they’ll come to a deal with Highsmith once he’s extension eligible