Heat, Clippers, Jazz Rosters, Salary Cap After 3-Team Trade Featuring Powell, Collins
While the biggest dominoes of the NBA offseason appear to have fallen for the most part, the trade mill continues to churn.
ESPN's Shams Charania reported Monday the Miami Heat, Los Angeles Clippers and Utah Jazz lined up a three-team swap. Here's a breakdown of who got what from the deal:
Miami Heat: Norman Powell
Los Angeles Clippers: John Collins
Utah Jazz: Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson, 2027 second-round pick (via LAC)
And here's what each team's payroll looks like for 2025-26 when accounting for the transaction:
Bam Adebayo, C: $37.1M
Tyler Herro, SG: $31M
Andrew Wiggins, SF: $28.2M
Terry Rozier, PG: $26.6M
Norman Powell, SG: $20.5M
Haywood Highsmith, F: $5.6M
Nikola Jovic, SF: $4.4M
Kel'el Ware, C: $4.4M
Jaime Jaquez Jr., SF: $3.9M
Kasparas Jakučionis, G: $3.7M
Pelle Larsson, SG: $2M
Keshad Johnson, PF: $2M
Vladislav Goldin, C: Two-Way
Kawhi Leonard, SF: $50M
James Harden, SG: $39.2M
John Collins, PF: $26.6M
Ivica Zubac, C: $18.1M
Bogdan Bogdanović, SG: $16M
Derrick Jones Jr., SF, $10M
Brook Lopez, C: $8.8M
Nicolas Batum: SF: $5.6M
Kris Dunn, PG: $5.4M
Kobe Brown, PF: $2.7M
Jordan Miller, SF: $2.2M
Cameron Christie, SG: $2M
Seth Lundy, SG: Two-Way
Trentyn Flowers, F: Two-Way
Patrick Baldwin Jr., SF: Two-Way
Lauri Markkanen, PF: $46.4M
Kyle Anderson, PF: $9.2M
Ace Bailey, SF: $9M
Kenyon Martin Jr., SF: $8M
Taylor Hendricks, PF: $6.1M
Cody Williams, SG: $5.7M
Walker Kessler, C: $4.9M
Keyonte George, SG: $4.3M
Kevin Love, C: $4.2M
Walter Clayton Jr., PG: $3.9M
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, SG: $3.7M
Kyle Filipowski, PF: $3M
Brice Sensabaugh, SF: $2.7M
Isaiah Collier, PG: $2.6M
Jaden Springer, PG: $2.3M
John Tonje, SG: (Contract TBD)
Elijah Harkless, PG: Two-Way
This trade offers Collins another fresh start following two solid if unspectacular years in Utah. He averaged 16.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game and was a 53 percent shooter across 108 appearances.
By playing off Kawhi Leonard in Los Angeles' frontcourt and having James Harden feed him passes in the pick-and-roll, perhaps the 27-year-old forward can elevate his game to a new level before he hits free agency.
Beyond what Collins could give them on the court, the trade provides the Clippers with a little more breathing room financially.
From the Heat's perspective, flipping Love and Anderson for Powell is a great piece of business.
The 32-year-old averaged a career-high 21.8 points with L.A. in 2024-25, and he matched his personal best in assists (2.1 per game). A 39.8 percent three-point shooter, he'll also be a boost to a squad that was in the middle of the pack in that regard.
In general, Powell should be a more valuable piece than Love and Anderson would've been in the aggregate for Miami.
With the Jazz in the midst of a rebuild, neither player may be long for Salt Lake City, either.
Love seems to understand his role in Monday's trade, and it's hard to picture him ever playing for Utah. A buyout would be pretty cheap, or he could simply retire altogether.
With their youth movement underway, the Jazz will want to ensure No. 5 overall pick Ace Bailey gets plenty of minutes along with Kyle Filipowski, Taylor Hendricks and Brice Sensabaugh. That makes Anderson's role a little murky.
Teams can occasionally lean too much on younger players, which hinders their development by not having enough experienced veterans in the locker room. Perhaps Anderson is intended to occupy that spot.
If not, Utah can probably flip him to a contender at some point down the road.
