MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami Heat made a trade on Wednesday the team hopes will relieve a logjam in its rotation.
The Heat is sending Tyler Johnson and Wayne Ellington to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for veteran Ryan Anderson.
In the move, Miami saves around $8 million in luxury tax.
Johnson’s contract pays him just over $19 million for this season and next season before he becomes an unrestricted free agent.
Anderson makes slightly over $20 million this season but his dead cap number drops to $15.6 next year.
Ellington becomes an unrestricted free agent after this season.