Winderman on Birdman Returning: 'Lowest Percentage' of Those Rumored to Be Traded
Asked the percentage of Chris Andersen returning to the Miami Heat, and the Sun Sentinel's Ira Winderman didn't waver.
"I'd say lowest percentage of any regulars we're talking about being dealt," Winderman said on the Marc Hochman Show with Zach Krantz, "because let's face it, a $5 million guy in the Heat's tax bracket costs about $20 million against the tax. And when you look at how they're gonna play, if Whiteside comes out there's a very good chance Amar'e Stoudemire goes in and if Chris Bosh goes out there's a very good chance -- at least for now -- Josh McRoberts goes in. So when you talk about fifth string and your big men and you still have Udonis Haslem because he's never leaving, then I think you really have to consider Birdman sort of superfluous at $5 million.
"The economics are a factor also."