The fact that Jovic is doing well against one of the weakest fields, in terms of NBA talent, that this tournament has had just means that maybe he is a piece of the trade that brings some value. Still the minimum the Heat should have to give up to get Dame is a good return from a third team for Herro, Jaquez, Jovic, and their picks in 2024 (they'll have to work out freeing that up with OKC) 2028 and 2030 without protections. We should not have to take on some shitty contract like Ducan Robinson either.
I've already posted this a bunch of different ways but the trade should be Dame and Nurk for Lowry's exiring, Jovic, Jauquez, '24, '28 and '30 FRPs and the best return we can get from a third team for Herro. That's the trade that needs to happen. I don't think anyone should be petty about it. I really hope Joe has canvased the league finding out what value we could get for Herro and I hope the Heat front office has done the same, intending all of that value to go to us. I think both teams are playing a stupid game of chicken, obviously it's far more stupid for Miami because I don't really see it hurting us but it could definitely backfire on them. That being said, if I was Joe I would be trying to see what the very best version of the above deal is and decide if I can move forward with that.
Maybe Miami isn't offering what I'm saying is the least they have to in order to get this done or maybe Joe doesn't think that the deal I like is a fair deal for our team. In that case the stalemate makes sense from our side but if we're holding things up because of pick swaps or some shit like that or just because we can, I think that's dumb.