Philadelphia 76ers: Jimmy Butler sign-and-trade scenarios with the Miami Heat
110. . SF/PG. Miami Heat. Justise Winslow. 2. player
If the Philadelphia 76ers have carte blanche to add any two players from the Miami Heat, Justise Winslow is a perfect 1B to Jason Richardson’s 1A.
Measuring in at 6-foot-7, 220-pounds, Winslow is kind of the yin to Richardson’s yang, but in a way that could be incredibly enticing for a team like the 76ers who are desperately searching for versatility and flexibility in all of their steady contributors.
A college combo forward who shared a Duke backcourt with Jahlil Okafor, Winslow entered the league with incredibly high expectations (nbadraft.net compared him to James Harden), but initially struggled to find his footing as a less-than-dominant shooter.
Though Winslow has slowly transitioned into more of a defensive-focused small forward – recording a career-best 1.90 defensive RPM in 2019 – he’s slowly become a more and more consistent shooter from outside the arc; knocking down 37.5 of his attempts on 3.9 attempts a game.
While adding a solid, versatile swing forward to the Sixers roster alongside Richardson would be an incredibly great move, as you can never have enough 3-and-D wings, Winslow added a new wrinkle to his game in 2019 that makes him exponentially more exciting as a prospect: he started playing point guard.
In a 31 game sample size without Goran Dragic on the court, Winslow played some of his best basketball (more on that here) and looks to expand more as the team’s backup point guard next season.
That is, unless he’s on the Philadelphia 76ers.
As we saw in the Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Toronto Raptors, Brett Brown experimented with playing Jimmy Butler at the point to great effect. While Winslow isn’t as dominant of an iso-ball scorer as Butler at this point in his career, he does have the ability to fill that role to a similar capacity when Simmons is off the court (or in the dunker spot), allowing the 76ers to maintain that wrinkle in their offense.
Sure losing Jimmy Butler would be a tough pill to swallow, but adding a 23-year-old Justise Winslow for $13 million a year through the 2022 season would be a wonderful consolation prize.