The Heat and Washington Wizards have held preliminary discussions about a sign-and-trade for Wizards restricted free agent point guard Steve Blake.
Such a scenario would eliminate the need for Miami to wait a week to see if the Wizards would match a Heat offer. Miami could slot Blake into a $1.9 million trade exception acquired last season in a deal with Charlotte.
But the teams have not agreed to a deal, and the Heat continues to consider other backup point guard options, including free agent Gary Payton
I'd let you guys take him for free at this point, so anything we could get in return -- even if it's just a small trade exception -- is fine by me. I think he'd be a good fit in Miami, where he could get the Damon Jones role of standing around the arc and bombing threes.