Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said when the team sat out the NBA trading deadline, other than to offload Dewayne Dedmon’s contract, it was not with any knowledge of the impending signing of Kevin Love.
“First you go through the trade deadline and see if there was anything that makes sense,” Spoelstra said, with the Heat opening a three-game trip Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks, “and there really wasn’t. And then you’re just hopeful, you’re not really sure of who’s going to get bought out. And you hear rumors.
“This one was a little bit of a surprise. And then when Kevin became available or at least there was possible discussion about it, everybody was all in on it. It was a no-brainer. The fit just makes a lot of sense for all of us.”
