Exchange of shooters between Detroit and Miami. The two teams agreed on a sign-And-Trade to send Duncan Robinson to the pistons. In return, the Heat receives the Italian winger Paolo Banchero Simone Fontecchio.
Alert, Pat Riley finally finished his nap and made a move for his team this summer. It took a scorching heat to get him out of his den. Unfortunately, it may not be the most convincing move in the Godfather today, since he separates from his chief fireworks against a player who seems inferior to him, at least on paper. D-ROB initialed a $ 48 million contract out of three seasons with the Heat, before being immediately sent to Motor City, probably to take Thune initially intended for Malik Beasley, mired in a dark sports betting affair.
🚨 Duncan Robinson spins in pistons against Simone Fontecchio!
Well, we can at least say that Pat Riley no longer sleeps. https://t.co/xfklsowhx
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) July 1, 2025
For Duncan Robinson, it’s a homecoming. Indeed, he who went to the college of Michigan returns this time as a NBA player. He will bring an extremely reliable shoot (39.7% in career), but he will also have to prove that he is able to exist in another game system than that of the Heat, known to enhance a lot of No-Names and to explode them. Robinson was one when he arrived in the NBA, he is no longer one today, and at 8 mile, we will necessarily have expectations for the second recruit of this free agency after Caris Lever.
Regarding the Heat, this move proves that Pat Riley is well awake. As we said, on paper, the Heat does not come out of it with a player who was running at 5 points on average this season and without any pick. But if there is a franchise on this earth capable of giving a career to Simone Fontecchio, it’s Miami. To see what Erik Spoelstra will be able to do transalpine, but the coach cannot always do miracles. Well at least, there is the climate we will say …
