Sources told ESPN that the Miami Heat, Los Angeles Clippers and Utah Jazz have agreed to a three-teamh trade that sends Norman Powell to Miami, John Collins to Los Angeles, and Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson and a 2027 Clippers second-round pick to Utah.
ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on X: “BREAKING: The Clippers, Jazz and Heat have agreed to a trade that sends Norman Powell to Miami, John Collins to Los Angeles, and Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson and a 2027 Clippers second-round pick to the Jazz, sources tell ESPN.”
Powell, 32, was the second-round pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. He is signed through next season, and is set to make $20.4 million in 2025-26. Last season with the Clippers, Powell averaged a career-high 21.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game over 60 starts. The 10-year veteran averaged 13.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game over the first 617 appearances of his career.
Collins, 27, was the No. 19 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft; last month he exercised his $26.5 million player option for the 2025-26 season. Over 40 appearance last season with the Jazz, Collins averaged 19 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 blocks and 1.0 steals per game. The eight-year veteran averaged 16 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists and a block per game over the first 472 appearances of his career.
Love, a five-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA selection, is set to earn $4.1 million in 2025-26 – the final year of his contract. Last season with the Heat, Love averaged a career-low 5.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game over 23 appearances; and through the first 17 seasons of his career, the 36-year-old averaged 16.2 points and 10 rebounds through the first 17 seasons of his career.
Anderson, 31, is set to earn $4.1 million in 2025-26, the final year of his contract. He averaged 5.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game over 61 appearances last season, and over the first 11 seasons of his career,, he posted 6.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and a steal per game.
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