Reacting to the breaking news that the Miami Heat traded Haywood Highsmith to the Brooklyn Nets. Plus, Hoch learns something new about the defending Premier League Champions.
00:00Go ahead. So a lot of this shocked me. I actually thought, first of all, I thought I had walked into hell because I walked away during the commercial break and I came back to Solana and Appel talking about Pella Larson.
00:12And I'm like, so I looked down at the calendar, you know, on the bottom of my computer because I thought, wow, I've been in a coma.
00:21It must be January if someone's talking about Pella Larson.
00:25And no, it's still only August 15th. And I said, why are you guys talking about Pella Larson?
00:32I actually thought Solana was joking when he said Haywood Highsmith was traded because Solana's talked about him as if he is honestly, you know, on the cusp of being big three worthy.
00:47And so Solana, tell us what has transpired here.
00:51Yeah, this is tough, man. Haywood Highsmith traded along with a 2032 second round pick, according to Shams Sharanya.
01:002032?
01:012032 second round pick to the Brooklyn Nets.
01:05And in return, they get...
01:062032?
01:08You can now trade 2032 draft capital.
01:13So the Heat send out a 2032...
01:15That's going to be Trump's fifth term.
01:17They valued him!
01:24Well, no joke.
01:26So, and the Heat get back.
01:27A protected, protected 2026 second round pick from the Brooklyn Nets.
01:33The Heat, we know that they don't want to be a team operating above the tax.
01:37This would have been the third consecutive year.
01:39And by the way, you understand that with this particular roster makeup.
01:43Not only that, if you're a repeater tax team, third consecutive year, the penalties are...
01:49Oh, they increase?
01:50Are hard, like they're harsher.
01:52So the Heat don't want to operate as a team above the tax.
01:57But I am surprised that they just dumped, literally dumped Haywood Highsmith for nothing.
02:04They get nothing in return.
02:06He was making around $5 million.
02:08They were $1.4 million above the tax.
02:11So they dropped $4 million or so, give or take, below the salary cap.
02:16So, I mean, they literally dumped him.
02:18I thought they really liked him.
02:21No, Solana really liked him.
02:23I think that's where I got a complaint.
02:25The Heat did like Haywood Highsmith, man.
02:27I hate to inform you.
02:28They loved him because they dumped him.
02:30I usually dump people I love.
02:32Well, I mean, listen, man.
02:34The Heat have gone out.
02:36They drafted Kaspris Yakuchonis.
02:39They have Andrew Wiggins.
02:40They're going in a different direction, obviously.
02:42But I don't know what to tell you.
02:43They did like Haywood Highsmith.
02:45This dude was starting for them in the Eastern Conference Finals in back-to-back seasons.
02:50When everybody thought he was just a random guy off the street.
02:53They loved H.
02:56Okay.
02:57I loved H.
02:58I'm a little confused by this Bournemouth-Liverpool game because the cherries are wearing blue.
03:05I have the same thought.
03:06A little cutesy.
03:07Luckily, we're wearing blue.
03:09I'm a big Bournemouth supporter.
03:11But I'm getting a little confused as to who I'm rooting for because I'm used to looking up and assuming Bournemouth is wearing red.
03:19Right, but they're playing Liverpool, who are famously red, at home.
03:25No one knew that, though.
03:27Nobody knew that Liverpool wears red?
03:30Nobody knew that?
03:30No.
03:31Okay.
03:32What'd they do?
03:32They won the coin flip to get to wear red because no one's...
03:36No one even knew Liverpool had a team.
03:38The only thing anybody knows about Liverpool is where the Beatles were formed.
03:42We do this with these players, Salata, but I have to look up stats when he's like, they're a big part of the team.
03:5474 games, 25 minutes a game, 6-3-1.
03:59No, no, he's not a great player.
04:01You have to look beyond the stats sometimes, Crowder.
04:04What do I need to look at?
04:06How much philanthropy is he?
04:07Yeah, Appel nailed it.
04:09Intangible.
04:09He's an amazing philanthropist.
04:11Did he give back?
04:12Was he going to the Boys and Girls Club?
04:15Come on.
04:15Get under the text.
04:16Is Liverpool an expansion club?
04:19You can't measure heart on a stat sheet, Crowder.
04:22Great point.
04:23And you know what heart starts with?
04:25What letter?
04:26A-H.
04:27Wow.
04:29Wow.
04:30Man, we don't know what we do out there 6-3-1.
04:33This segment is my literal nightmare.
04:35This segment is my literal nightmare.
04:41Liverpool.
04:44Liverpool.
04:52Scoreless, by the way, in the 11th minute.
04:56By the way, Funky Buddha, I mentioned this a couple days ago.
04:59Funky Buddha, you can watch Friday and Monday Premier League games, the 3 o'clock games, at Funky Buddha, the taproom in Oakland Park.
05:07So, if you're on your way now, running a little bit late, may I recommend the Yucatats?
05:16Have a bull.
05:17Number 12 hawk on AFC Bournemouth is American, Tyler Adams.
05:26Yeah, that's my guy, Tyler Adams.
05:28Yeah.
05:30Some might call him the Haywood Heisman of the Premier League.
05:33He's not.
05:36Nope, he's still on the team.
05:40He's not.
05:41So, that is the big breaking news from Shams Sharanya.
05:47I'm shocked by that.
05:48But I guess he sheds salary.
05:50But that wasn't even, like, I mean, I think everyone knew that they wanted to get under the tax, but did anyone think that Haywood Heisman would be the casualty?
05:59No, because he doesn't make a lot of money.
06:02I thought, truthfully, going into this season, if they were going to make a move prior to the deadline, which they have until February to get underneath the tax, it was going to end up being Andrew Wiggins.
06:13In my opinion, it was going to end up being Andrew Wiggins.
06:16They were going to offload him to a team that needed some.
06:18Could this be a harbinger of something bigger happening?
06:21Well, it could be, but, I mean, they're more flexible now, being underneath, operating as a non-salary cap team, as a non-first apron team.
06:34But they didn't exactly stockpile picks here.
06:37They got a protected 2026 second-round pick.
06:41Right.
06:42I'm just surprised.
06:44And look, Crowder, I'm not kidding.
06:45Haywood Heisman is a, his ceiling is backup role player.
06:51I'm not kidding.
06:52He, truthfully, he is.
06:53No, no, no, but you need guys who fill a role on a team.
06:57He happened to fill that role expertly with the Heat.
07:01He was starting.
07:02100%.
07:03And the problem is, Hawk, I think the Heat are going in a different direction.
07:07They want to give Jovic the minutes.
07:10They want to give Jakuchonis the minutes.
07:12But I still expected the Heat to be able to get more for Haywood Highsmith.
07:18As silly as that sounds after you read those numbers, he's still a serviceable defender and three-point shooter.
07:26Like, he can hit shots from the wing, and he's a really good elite, I'd even say, wing defender.
07:32There's teams who need guys like that on the cheap, by the way.
07:36And the Heat had to trade him along with their own second-round pick.
07:41And in return, all they got back was a protected second-round pick.
07:45That's why I'm so shocked here.
07:46It's not that they traded Haywood Highsmith.
07:48You know, the difference between the Heat being a playoff team or not this season is not going to fall on the shoulders of Haywood Highsmith.
07:54It's that they traded a 3-and-D player, which there's always room for that on a team somewhere, and they had to get rid of their own second-round pick to get one that's protected in return.
08:05I'm shocked by that.
08:07I thought, Haywood Highsmith, and maybe I'm off here.
08:09You know, maybe I'm using my Heat glasses.
08:11Could have gotten something a little bit better in return.
08:14They couldn't, Stellana.
08:16It's not like the whole thing we say nobody's overpaid.
08:19You're worth what somebody will pay you.
08:21Right, the same thought.
08:23Pat Riley didn't go out to the Dollar Tree and scream, we have a wing who wants to wing at the Dollar Tree.
08:30I'm sure he shopped Haywood Highsmith around, and the best offer they got for Haywood is Haywood and a 30-37 pick back for a protected 26.
08:41That's what he's worth what the other teams would pay him, and that's where your value of him has to be higher because you just saw what it is.
08:50First-rounders, I mean, come on.
08:53What are we doing here?
08:54You kind of lose all your leverage if you're Pat Riley if you make it known that you want to get under the luxury tax.
09:00So you kind of handicap yourself there where you can maybe get back for Highsmith, no?
09:06I mean, obviously.
09:07Well, I shouldn't say obviously.
09:09I think that's probably what he was worth.
09:10There's no playoff team last year that was a Haywood Highsmith away from winning.
09:20Would you call him an elite closeout defender or something?
09:23An elite perimeter wing defender?
09:26He is.
09:28He is.
09:28He's an elite wing defender.
09:31You just said that?
09:34The Indiana Pacers could have used some help on the perimeter defending literally the plethora of wing players.
09:41You think Haywood Highsmith?
09:42Yeah, that's my thing.
09:44Haywood Highsmith would have beat Oklahoma City.
09:49This has become my literal help.
09:49This Eggman has now become my literal help.
09:51I own that take.
09:52If the Indiana Pacers had Haywood Highsmith, they would have won the NBA title last season.
09:58It's all yours.
09:58Some outraged texter texts in, check yourself.
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