The trading deadline is more likely to be a time of additional salary dumping for the Heat, who still can trade off Toney Douglas' $1.6 million salary as long as he is not packaged with another player or deal Roger Mason Jr., who has spent recent weeks inactive.
The Heat, in fact, could trade Douglas or Mason for nothing in return to a team with cap space while also including as much or more cash than the amount Douglas or Mason are due for the balance of the season, just as cash was thrown into the Joel Anthony deal with the Celtics.