Miami Heat Receive: Cameron Johnson, Buddy Hield, Jonathan Kuminga, Ziaire Williams, a 2025 first-round pick (via Golden State) and a 2027 first-round pick (via Golden State)

Miami Heat Lose: Jimmy Butler, Pelle Larsson and a top-10 protected 2030 first-round pick

The sample size is too small for definitive takeaways, but the Miami Heat are plus-8.1 points per 100 possessions when Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo and Nikola Jović are all on the floor without Jimmy Butler.

The foundation for a younger, less volatile team is already in place. And Miami can use whatever Butler trade it finds as an opportunity to simply build on that.

This deal certainly does.

Heat fans will balk at the team giving up a first, but buzz around the league suggests Brooklyn wants multiple picks for Cameron Johnson. Miami might even be able to justify rerouting one of those Golden State firsts to get the Nets on board with this.

The rangy, 6’8″ Johnson is averaging 19.5 points, 3.3 threes and a career-high 3.0 assists, while shooting 43.6 percent from deep. Having him as a floor-spacer around Herro and Adebayo’s two-man game will make it significantly tougher to defend the primary action. Throw Buddy Hield on the other wing, and opponents would be crazy to pack the paint.

Of course, that all may be burying the lede a bit here. Not only is Miami getting multiple potentially helpful veterans and netting one first-round pick, but it also gets the best young prospect in this deal.

Jonathan Kuminga’s inconsistency as a shooter and defender has been a common source of frustration for Warriors fans, but he’s a dynamic athlete and finisher with plenty of untapped upside.

A core with him, Herro, Adebayo and Jović would keep the Heat in the mix for playoff spots for the foreseeable future.