Celtics-Heat trade pitch lands Tyler Herro in Boston for multiple players

There are still a few blockbuster trades that could be made around the NBA over the next few weeks to months before training camp, and the Boston Celtics could be involved in them. 

The Celtics, looking to save money, might look to get creative in a few different deals. In a recent proposal from Matt Moore of FanSided, they'd accomplished that in a trade with the Sacramento Kings and Miami Heat. The Celtics would be moving on from Anfernee Simons and Sam Hauser, but they'd be returning Tyler Herro. 

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Boston Celtics get: Tyler Herro

Miami Heat get: DeMar DeRozan, Sam Hauser, negotiable draft pick compensation

Sacramento Kings get: Anfernee Simons

“Miami ducks the Tyler Herro extension to add DeRozan as a forward playmaker star, aiming for a full reset next season when he’s expiring or the year after. They pick up shooting with Hauser as kind of a fill-in for the shooters they had in 2023 (Gabe Vincent, Max Strus, etc)...

“The Celtics take on Herro who gives them the best player in the trade. He’s an expiring, which is complicated. He plays the same position as White, which is complicated. He arguably plays the same position as Brown, which is complicated. But it’s turning Jrue Holiday into Tyler Herro, which is pretty great, and Herro would absolutely roast in that system,” he wrote.

It remains uncertain what the Heat wants to do, and that's likely the biggest question in this trade. If they want to move on from Herro, they could view Simons as a potential replacement. 

They're both somewhat undersized guards who create their own shots at an above-average level, but Herro is likely the better player at this stage. 

Adding DeRozan could also intrigue them, as well as that draft capital.