NBA Trade Rumor: Blockbuster Sends 3 Future Hall of Famers To Miami Heat

With all the talk of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Trae Young, they might not be the only All-Stars dealt by the trade deadline. How about a wild off-the-board blockbuster that would shake up the NBA big-time, by sending not one, not two, but THREE future Hall of Famers to the Miami Heat?

Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report has proposed this doozy that would see five former All-Stars swap places:

Miami Heat receive:

Kawhi Leonard
James Harden
Chris Paul

Los Angeles Clippers receive:

Tyler Herro
Andrew Wiggins
Kasparas Jakučionis
Terry Rozier
2030 first-round pick
2032 first-round pick

Kawhi & Harden would head to Miami in this proposed blockbuster

This hypothetical deal would get the Heat back into the superstar business. Since trading Jimmy Butler last season, the team has been somewhat 'vanilla.' Especially for a Pat Riley group. The Heat are certainly hanging around in the Eastern Conference playoff chase, at 20-16, and as Buckley notes, if everything broke right with this deal (i.e. good health and motivated stars), they could be the toast of the East.

"Miami has manufactured a fully loaded supporting cast, it just needs the right stars to support," writes Buckley. "This deal would deliver two without forcing the Heat to dismantle what they've built. There are some painful sacrifices here, obviously, but they'd still be all over a deal that netted multiple stars without costing any of Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Pelle Larsson."

And in case you're wondering, yes, Chris Paul is still on the Clippers official roster, despite being chucked off the team about a month ago.

Clippers could pull a huge reset with this proposed deal

As for the Clips, they're nowhere close to being a playoff contender (12-22), but yet, they've for some reason resisted trading off their iconic stars. "At some point, you can't just ignore being body-checked over and over again by reality," writes Buckley.

Moving on from the massive financial commitment to Kawhi, and the $62 million or so still owed to Harden through the end of next season, would allow the Clippers to get out from under the current onerous team, and get a fresh new start with a couple of easier-to-manage stars and some nice first round picks in the future.

"If the franchise was ever ready to accept its fate, this would be a welcome pivot toward something different," writes Buckley. "Herro might be a bit polarizing, but he's still All-Star-productive when healthy."