In the 2024-25 NBA season, sharpshooting veteran Norman Powell had a career year with the Los Angeles Clippers. In the 2024-25 NBA season, Utah Jazz hard-hat-and-lunch-pail forward John Collins was injured and on the trading block.

With the addition of Powell to the Heat, Miami is getting an efficient scorer, which will provide a boost to their backcourt heading into next season. Throughout his 10-year career in the NBA, Powell has played for three NBA franchises including the Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Clippers.

The Clippers traded guard Norman Powell to the Miami Heat in a three-team trade in which the Clippers acquired forward John Collins from the Utah Jazz.