This is especially true for someone like Norman Powell, who comes off of a career year as a starter with the Los Angeles Clippers. But when Powell found out that LA shipped him to the Miami Heat in a complex three-team trade that also included the Utah Jazz,

As part of a three-team trade with the Los Angeles Clippers and the Utah Jazz, the Heat is acquiring veteran guard Norman Powell from the Clippers, a league source confirmed to the Miami Herald on Monday. The Heat is sending center Kevin Love and forward Kyle Anderson to the Utah Jazz to acquire Powell.

The trade, Norman Powell said Wednesday, came as a shock. But what comes next with the Miami Heat, the 10-year veteran said, won’t be an issue at all.