The post NBA rumors: Nets gave Heat ultimatum on Haywood Highsmith trade appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Miami Heat surprised their fanbase with their latest trade. Following a letdown season, the team dealt Haywood Highsmith and an unprotected 2032 ...

Yesterday, the Brooklyn Nets made a decision to further complicate their current roster situation by sending a—virtually useless—second-round pick to the Miami

Did the Miami Heat allow money to get in the way when it came to re-signing Dru Smith and trading Haywood Highsmith?

Sean Marks, flush with room under the salary floor, acquired an unprotected 2032 second-round pick from the Heat by absorbing the expiring contract of power forward Haywood Highsmith, a source confirmed Friday.

Assuming Highsmith is with the team going into the season, it would be crazy if a player of his caliber were left out of the rotation.

The Heat announced Friday that Highsmith underwent successful surgery to repair a meniscal tear in his right knee. He sustained the injury during a recent offseason training session in his hometown of Baltimore. The 35-minute procedure was performed by Heat team physician Dr. Harlan Selesnick on Friday at Doctors Hospital Surgery Center in Miami.

The Brooklyn Nets still have one month before training camp, but here are updated jersey numbers for Nolan Traore, Danny Wolf, and Haywood Highsmith.

Brooklyn was already facing questions regarding roster cuts, but a trade with the Miami Heat gives the team yet another player, raising more uncertainty.