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John Collins to Clippers in three-team trade involving Norman Powell
Shams Charania: BREAKING: The Clippers, Jazz and Heat have agreed to a trade that sends Norman Powell to Miami, John Collins to Los Angeles, and Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson and a 2027 Clippers second-round pick to the Jazz, sources tell ESPN.
Shams Charania: Miami is acquiring a major scoring punch in Powell while the Clippers find a dynamic lob threat. Both Powell and Collins are coming off strong seasons. Utah has turned Collins' expiring deal into an asset in the form of a second-rounder in return.
Should the Wolves surpass the first apron, they will not be able to acquire players via sign-and-trades, use trade exceptions from previous years (such as the $8,780,488 million one still outstanding from the Kyle Anderson sign-and-trade last July), or use the Bi-Annual exception at all. If they use the MLE, they will be limited to the taxpayer-sized portion (currently projected to be worth $5,685,000), and in trades, they will not be allowed to take back more than 100 percent of the salary they send out. If they do use the taxpayer MLE, the second apron will become a hard cap.
In the aftermath of Cleveland’s four-game sweep over Miami in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs, Heat reserve Kyle Anderson was asked what changed in the final two games — back-to-back Cavaliers blowouts by a combined 92 points, making it the most lopsided playoff series in history. “You want my honest answer? I don’t mean to throw shots at anybody. ... But they look like a better team without Garland on the floor,” Anderson told reporters. “Now I don’t know the numbers or anything but I think it played more into their favor once Garland wasn’t on the floor. They were able to dictate the tempo and get more stops on defense, it’s harder for us to score.”
Kyle Anderson on Cavaliers: They looked like a better team without Darius Garland on the floor
Kyle Anderson said the Cavs “looked like a better team without Garland on the floor. They were able to dictate the tempo and get more stops. I’m not saying they’re better without Garland.... He’s a really good player.”
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Tim Reynolds: Kyle Anderson is available for the Heat tonight.
Kyle Anderson downgraded to questionable for Game 4 against Cavs
Anthony Chiang: The Heat has added Kyle Anderson to its injury report for Game 4. He’s questionable with an illness after waking up today sick.
Kyle Anderson has only been with the Miami Heat for two months, but the veteran forward has already earned Heat coach Erik Spoelstra’s trust and respect. “I think one of the things I’ve learned about him is he is a great competitor,” Spoelstra said of Anderson ahead of Wednesday night’s matchup against the Chicago Bulls at United Center to begin an important late-season two-game trip. “Winning is what matters to him, not stats or not anything else that a lot of young players are concerned about when they come into this league. It’s just about winning. He’s a throwback in that regard. So he’s tough, he competes, he thinks about winning, and it kind of simplifies his decisions. He’s not clouded in the mind. He’s just a very good basketball player.”
The feeling is mutual, as Anderson has been impressed with Spoelstra since the Golden State Warriors dealt him to the Heat on Feb. 6 as part of the Jimmy Butler trade. “I love it,” Anderson said when asked about his initial impressions of Spoelstra. “The details in preparation, how competitive he is, his competitive spirit is crazy. I’ve been wanting to learn from him from a coaching standpoint of how he gets his guys to play hard for him, whether he has to get on somebody or build them up. I just watch how he goes about that stuff. It’s really cool to see.”
Anderson, 31, has averaged 9.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, three assists and one steal in 22.9 minutes per game off the bench over this eight-game stretch, shooting 53.3 percent from the field. Most importantly, Anderson’s play has led to positive results with the Heat outscoring opponents by a dominant 23.8 points per 100 possessions when he has been on the court during the past eight games. “I just can’t say enough about Kyle,” Spoelstra said, continuing to praise Anderson. “Kyle is a winning basketball player. He really is. He’s an unorthodox player, so you have to view him differently. His skill set is not a traditional skill set. But if you can embrace what he does, he can unlock a lot of different strengths out of our team. “I just love what he brings. He’s a competitor. I think above anything else, he competes and winning really matters to him. He competes on both ends. He’s a two-way basketball player and he does a lot of different things that impact the game.”
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Nicknamed “Slow-Mo” as an 11-year-old for his deliberate style of play, Anderson has used his methodical approach to make his way into the paint for 27 of his 32 made field goals since joining the Heat. “I don’t do it intentionally,” Anderson said of his slow style. “It’s just how I’ve always played the game. I grew up playing against a lot of kids who were faster and stronger than me, and I had to find a style of play that worked for me and how I can combat their quickness and not being as athletic. So it always worked for me.”
Nonetheless, as is his upbeat persona, Anderson sees a fit with the Heat, which matters considering he is under contract for two more seasons, albeit with 2026-27 non-guaranteed. “I feel like I can fit anywhere,” he said. “I’ll be able to figure it out and I think I’m smart enough to see how things are done and be able to do them at a high level.”
“The day the trade went down, I heard Detroit, I heard Toronto,” Anderson recalled, “and then I just kind of shut everything off and told me agent, ‘Call me in the morning and let me know what team we’re going to.’” Anderson had just one important stipulation, as he waited to see where his next NBA home would be. “I just wanted to make sure I was going somewhere where I’m appreciated and wanted,” Anderson said. “I didn’t want to go somewhere where the front office doesn’t really want me. So yeah, I just wanted to get on top of that.”
Heat brass made sure to let Anderson know they valued his game and wanted him. Heat president Pat Riley and coach Erik Spoelstra called Anderson to deliver that message. “That meant a lot,” Anderson said before the Heat opened a four-game homestand on Wednesday night against the Atlanta Hawks at Kaseya Center. “Just letting me know they were happy to have me. That’s all I needed to hear. I didn’t want to go somewhere where I wasn’t really wanted.”
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