With Thursday’s NBA trade deadline now in the past, the Heat moved forward. Not much different than it looked a few days ago, but different.
The Heat didn’t make a move on deadline day, but Wednesday’s trade that sent Tyler Johnson and Wayne Ellington to the Suns in exchange for forward Ryan Anderson was enough to shake things up for a group that had mostly remained intact for the better part of three seasons.
“I think no one on this team expected for us to be together for three years,” forward James Johnson said after Thursday’s practice in Sacramento.