Jae Crowder is clear regarding what he wants, but getting it is another story. Having traded up long ago to get out of Phoenix, the veteran forward hopes to move on to another team with aspirations, and as Jake Fischer reports in Yahoo Sportshas as preferences the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks.
The Florida and Georgia organizations are equally interested in the player; however, the price that they have imposed from Arizona is for the moment unattainable, since they will not settle for picks of the draft, but they want players who can help them win now.
Such determination by Phoenix almost completely removes the Heat from the equation (for now). Journalist Zach Lowe from ESPN He stresses that it is very difficult for Miami to find a salary equivalent to Crowder before Caleb Martin, Victor Oladipo and Dewayne Dedmon are available to be included in a transfer, something that will not happen for a few months. Given this scenario, Pat Riley is not in a hurry and seems willing to wait in case the desired player
Regarding Atlanta, they do have players to convince the Suns, but the most appetizing for them, De’Andre Hunter, is off the table. Despite this, Shams Charania of The Athletic commented recently that talks are quite advanced.
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