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On Wednesday, Sham Sharanya said on the Pat McAfee show that the Miami Heat are monitoring Kyrie Irving.

Sham said Miami had one first-round pick eligible to be traded, and his sense is that it's probably not enough.

Now, why exactly does this rumor have legs again all of a sudden? Well, let's start with the contract.

This season, he's on the books for $39.5 million, and he has a $42.4 million player option for the 2027-28 season.

That's a long runway, and a contract like that is the first thing every front office checks.

This season, he's averaging 18 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals a game in four games.

A healthy start on a long contract, playing well with another team's name attached, that's all it takes for a front office to call, and a call is not exactly a trade.

Now, one report from this week says the Mavericks have no desire to move on from Kyrie.

Another says that it could change if Dallas falls out of the Western Conference playoff picture.

A lot of people walk through, and one of them is Miami walking through, but they're not buying it just yet.

Then Ethan Skolnick said this on The Interest, saying, quote, I think we've both heard he's interested in playing down in Miami.

On Wednesday, Sham Sharanya said on the Pat McAfee show that the Miami Heat are monitoring Kyrie Irving.

Sham said Miami had one first-round pick eligible to be traded, and his sense is that it's probably not enough.

Now, why exactly does this rumor have legs again all of a sudden? Well, let's start with the contract.

This season, he's on the books for $39.5 million, and he has a $42.4 million player option for the 2027-28 season.

That's a long runway, and a contract like that is the first thing every front office checks.

This season, he's averaging 18 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals a game in four games.

A healthy start on a long contract, playing well with another team's name attached, that's all it takes for a front office to call, and a call is not exactly a trade.

Now, one report from this week says the Mavericks have no desire to move on from Kyrie.

Another says that it could change if Dallas falls out of the Western Conference playoff picture.

A lot of people walk through, and one of them is Miami walking through, but they're not buying it just yet.

Then Ethan Skolnick said this on The Interest, saying, quote, I think we've both heard he's interested in playing down in Miami.
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