In a move that takes the team below the punitive NBA luxury tax, the Miami Heat are trading forward Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round draft choice to the Brooklyn Nets.

The Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets have come together on a surprising trade in the latter weeks of the NBA offseason. ESPN's Shams Charania has reported that the Heat have sent forward Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round draft pick to the Nets in exchange for a protected 2026 second-rounder.

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.