One of the first things you look to when thinking about a trade in professional sports, and especially for the Miami Heat, are the salaries. How will they align? Which team or teams are taking on the most salary?
Can said team afford to pay said salary and potentially add more pieces? How will this effect the salary cap moving forward?
These are all pertinent questions, and even more so when talking about a player such as Blake Griffin. Over the next three seasons, Griffin has an elevating salary of $34 million, $36 million, and almost $39 million dollars in the final year of a 5-year, $173 million deal he signed before leaving the Los Angeles Clippers.