The Miami Heat have reportedly traded center Hassan Whiteside to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for center Meyers Leonard and forward Maurice Harkless. As solid as the deal already looks on paper, the trade will be able to free up the necessary cap space to take on incoming All-Star Jimmy Butler.
Just hours after the Miami Heat were able to reportedly acquire Butler from the Philadelphia 76ers in a sign-and-trade deal yesterday, everything seemed on the verge of collapsing after the Dallas Mavericks apparently backed out of a deal to acquire Goran Dragic.