NBA Rumors: Latest Trade Buzz on Goran Dragic and Iman Shumpert

NBA basketball re-entered our lives on Tuesday night.

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the New York Knicks, 117-88, and the San Antonio Spurs knocked off the Golden State Warriors, 129-100.

Just because live action is back doesn’t mean the trade rumblings have quieted around the league, though.

Below we discuss two situations to monitor.

Goran Dragic

According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, the Miami Heat are not actively looking to deal point guard Goran Dragic.

Per Stein, who cited hearing “this warning more than once this month,” the Heat could decide to make the 30-year-old southpaw available if the team gets off to a slow start. With Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh no longer in town, that’s a serious possibility.

Of Miami’s first 13 games, only two appear easy—home against the Sacramento Kings on Nov. 1 and on the road versus the Philadelphia 76ers on Nov. 21. The Heat see the Spurs twice and also get the Oklahoma City Thunder, Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards, among others.

Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders reported on Oct. 18 that the Heat discussed a deal that would’ve sent Dragic to Sacramento for Darren Collison and Rudy Gay.

Per Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Head coach Erik Spoelstra told Dragic directly that the rumor had “no truth.”

“Spo came over and did that today,” Dragic said, per Winderman. “He just said those rumors, they’re not true.”

That’s pretty telling from Spoelstra—it’s clear he wants Dragic running his …

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