The Miami Heat are currently in the middle of the pack in the Eastern Conference with their 29-24 record so they may be active in the trade market in an effort to separate themselves. The Heat may be looking to add a few small pieces at the deadline but they could also be looking to unload some salary. A player the Heat would potentially want to unload is Josh McRoberts but his trade market is extremely slim, according to Bobby Marks of The Vertical.
The Heat are currently over the luxury tax and are on pace to be the first team to ever have to pay the repeater tax, which every team wants to avoid. This is a huge reason they made the Mario Chalmers trade earlier in the year and a big reason they have been trying to trade Chris Andersen since training camp. McRoberts is another option to unload for the Heat to get under the tax but it appears he will be an extremely tough player to move.
McRoberts signed a four year $22 million deal with the Heat before last season but his year plus tenure has been riddled with injuries. McRoberts is a very good guy to have on your team because he does so much but teams reportedly don't want to trade for him because they worry about his health. The 28-year-old forward has two more years left on his contract and both are guaranteed so the only way the Heat would be able to unload him would be with other assets which Miami happens to be very limited in.
Andersen is the guy the Heat will likely have to trade if they want to get under the tax because he is at least on an expiring contract. Andersen likely won't help out any teams on the floor but at least he won't be on anyone's books beyond this year.
McRoberts has appeared in just 25 games this year after playing in just 17 a season ago. The ninth year man out of Duke is averaging just 3.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game this year and is a shell of the player he was in Charlotte before moving down to South Beach. Since trading him seems all but out of the question the Heat have to hope that McRoberts can find some sort of health so that he can at least contribute something over the next two years of the contract.
