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00:00I was reading some Ask Ira, Ira Winderman in the Sun Sentinel.

00:06And there seems to be kind of a prevailing notion amongst Heat fans, which is why Heat?

00:14Like, why would you make Kal-El Ware and Niko Jovich untouchable?

00:20And Ira, no, it was Barry Jackson.

00:22Let me read you this tweet from Barry Jackson.

00:24I thought this was a fairly astute tweet.

00:29Let me find it.

00:29Barry Jackson from the Miami Herald.

00:32He says, if Ware and Jovich are viewed by the Heat as simply too valuable to trade for anyone

00:45except an in-his-prime perennial all-star, then I don't know how they can add a clear-cut

00:53number one to pair with Bam and Hero.

00:57And he's right.

00:58So if you're the Heat, you don't want to give up Bam or Hero.

01:03But you're also saying a couple guys on the team who are young, we're not giving them up

01:10either.

01:11But we need someone to pair with Bam and Hero.

01:14But you can't have our young guys, the ones who are valuable.

01:19So just give us someone.

01:23And Barry Jackson's saying, how are you going to, if those are your parameters, again, by the way,

01:29I'm not making the case that the Heat should have made a deal for KD.

01:32But I do understand where the frustration would be.

01:35And I understand what Barry Jackson's saying there.

01:37If they're untouchable for an aging perennial all-star, and the only way you'd give them up

01:44is for a current, young, perennial all-star, who, who, how?

01:53It, it, like, doesn't happen.

01:55What are your, what are your assets?

01:59Well, when I come, you've got Bam and Tyler.

02:02But when I come to you, when I come to you, like Phoenix did, okay, hey, this is a place KD wants

02:08to be.

02:09We want to help him out.

02:10What do you have for us?

02:13Hey, with Highsmith and Pella Larson, like, really?

02:17What, what are you willing to give me?

02:19What are your assets?

02:20The first round picks?

02:22Not until 19, I mean, 2094?

02:25Like, what, what are we willing to give up?

02:27Do we have anything?

02:30By the way, Kalel Ware, Barry Jackson tweeted out, we'll be at the Heat draft party 7 p.m.

02:35this Wednesday at the Kaseya Center.

02:40We'll be doing a show live from there, by the way, Tobin and I.

02:45What?

02:47Solana, let's be honest.

02:48I know you have your attachment to the Heat.

02:50But Jovic and Ware are, they could, they could be a number, they could be a one, two, or

02:55three on the championship team.

02:57Well, I don't think you could say definitively anything about Kalel Ware.

03:01I don't know.

03:02You know, it was a small sample size.

03:03It was fun.

03:04It was fun as hell.

03:05When he was playing in there, dude was out of the rotation completely for the first,

03:11what, 60% of the season.

03:13And then he was starting.

03:14And all of a sudden he was the favorite to be rookie of the year.

03:17So I don't know.

03:19No, I don't think Nikola Jovic is going to be a one, two, or three on a title team.

03:23But it doesn't mean he's not going to be very good.

03:25Man, I just don't think that he wanted to pay Durant at that age.

03:29I think that was it.

03:31The weird thing is, though, Pat Riley said in the postseason press conference, we have

03:35no problem taking on an aging veteran.

03:38That doesn't scare us off at all.

03:40So he kind of gave conflicting stories there.

03:44Well, maybe Kevin Durant was not the aging veteran that he had in mind.

03:48I mean, Russell Westbrook.

03:50I don't know.

03:50I think we all just assumed it was Kevin Durant and maybe in his mind it wasn't.

03:56But because he said those comments, guys, when I'm reading prior to this trade going through

04:01the difference between the Heat getting Kevin Durant or not and Phoenix accepting the terms

04:08was Kalil Ware, I thought in the back of my mind, yeah, that just doesn't sound right

04:12to me.

04:12There has to be something more, a pick.

04:15Maybe it was Tyler Hero, you know, or maybe it was a collection of all the guys.

04:19But to see this reporting where they didn't even offer Ware or Nikola Jovic seems weird

04:26based on what Pat Riley told us.

04:28I don't think they wanted Kevin Durant.

04:30I wanted them at a bargain basement price.

04:34But they weren't going to get them.

04:35Hawk, look at the haul that Phoenix sent to Brooklyn for Kevin Durant.

04:41And then fast forward to now and Phoenix Suns fans are going to say, we gave up that entire

04:47haul, including McCall Bridges, who helped the New York Knicks get to the Eastern Conference

04:52finals and all those picks that Brooklyn now has to end up with Terry Rozier, Andrew Wiggins,

05:00the 20th overall pick this year.

05:03And Heywood Highsmith and Jaime Hawkins Jr.

05:06Like Phoenix Suns fans, you want to talk about giving up?

05:10That would have been insane.

05:12Yeah, but they were.

05:13Weren't they done with that roster anyway?

05:15Like it didn't go anywhere.

05:17But Hawkins, they're not.

05:18Look at the move that they just made.

05:20Look, you can argue night and day whether you think Dylan Brooks or Jalen Green are going

05:24to help you be competitive.

05:26But the Phoenix Suns clearly wanted to remain competitive.

05:28And look, they have Devin Booker.

05:30They have Bradley Beal.

05:32And then they just added Jalen Green, who's a 23 year old with all-star potential.

05:37They got a top 10 pick.

05:39And they have Dylan Brooks, who can help any team with his defense and shooting ability.

05:45That's a good team.

05:46Are they going to win a title?

05:47They'll know.

05:48But that's still a good team.

05:50Yeah.

05:54Good team.

05:55Assets and liabilities.

05:56That's what life is based on.

05:57Business is based on.

05:59I think our assets are not assetting.

06:02No, they are.

06:03Bam Adebayo and Tyler Hero are your two best assets.

06:05And then you have the B-level, which is Klowair and Niko Jovic.

06:10But they're probably a package deal, right?

06:13Like you move both of them, you can be in the conversation.

06:16You move one of them, you're on the cusp of the conversation.

06:21Bro, the Heat did not want Kevin Durant, man.

06:23You know what they say.

06:24First one in sets the market.

06:28Who says that?

06:29Well, I heard you say it, and I don't know.

06:33I don't know why.

06:35Because the guy was just telling you he's a fan of the show.

06:38But regardless, 5 o'clock Funky Buddha Happy Hour is coming up.

Heat made Ware & Jovic 'untouchable' in Durant trade talks - Solana thinks Miami FO didn't want KD

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