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Front office may have used this calculated strategy to re-shape Heat roster

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Pat Riley made one thing clear during his end of season press conference: he was prioritizing health and availability in roster decisions moving forward. The moves that followed shortly after lined up to that new proposed strategy that Riley iterated. The first order of business was landing the whale in Giannis Antetokounmpo. In doing so,

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Addition of Nick Richards provides the rotation depth that was never addressed one year ago

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When the Miami Heat finally addressed their 14th roster spot with the signing of Nick Richards, they added an athletic and traditional backup big into their revamped depth chart. At 28 years old, Richards is coming off a 2025-26 season with averages of 5.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game in just under

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Heat are “monitoring” Victor Oladipo’s comeback with one open roster spot remaining

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After the Miami Heat’s recent free agent additions of Klay Thompson and Nick Richards, there remains just one final open standard roster spot out of the possible 15 to fill. In recent years, the Heat have opted to leave that last spot open heading into the season— in the event another quality rotation player gets

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Klay Thompson gives Heat more flexibility with pay cut, signing made official

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After ESPN’s Shams Charania broke the Klay Thompson-Miami Heat news on Friday, the signing was made official late on Sunday. Thompson officially cleared waivers following a buyout with the Dallas Mavericks, leading to a new two-year $11.5 million deal with a player option with the Heat. The contact reportedly comes out to a roughly $5.6

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Klay Thompson to sign with Heat after officially securing a buyout

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No more waiting around, no more hypotheticals, no more speculation… Klay Thompson will officially be a member of the Miami Heat. ESPN’s Shams Charania was the first to break the news via X on Friday afternoon that Thompson is “expected to sign with the Miami Heat after he clears waivers upon a contract buyout with

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Heat have 3 likely different scenarios to finish off their offseason work

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The 2026 NBA offseason is nearing its conclusion, and the Miami Heat secured the first and biggest headline acquisition of the summer with their Giannis Antetokounmpo blockbuster deal. However, with just over a month from training camp, Miami’s work is still incomplete. They have been operating with three vacant standard roster spots for several weeks

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Weighing the pros and cons for Heat to trade Nikola Jovic for Klay Thompson

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One of the NBA rumor mill’s worst kept secret is that the Miami Heat have significant interest in acquiring Dallas Mavericks’ sharpshooter Klay Thompson. However, the Heat’s interest in the veteran guard has been lingering for a long time, with zero clarity to follow. The hold up? Thompson is still under contract for one more

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Should the Heat explore bringing back this newly available ‘3 and D’ player?

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The Miami Heat have deliberately chosen to take the patient approach to fill out the final two-three standard roster spots to conclude their offseason work. Ideally, Miami is hoping for this patience to ultimately net them Dallas Mavericks’ sharpshooter Klay Thompson— who is still under contract and hasn’t shaken free yet to secure a rumored

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Former Heat All-Star reveals surprising details about his free agency departure 

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When Norman Powell began his Miami Heat tenure last season, he looked like a quality veteran scorer to keep around. Unfortunately, that didn’t end up being the case— as Powell left the Heat as an unrestricted free agent this summer to sign a two-year $44 million deal with the Chicago Bulls. Miami acquired the 33-year-old

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Another leap from this young Heat guard could be the lineup boost that they need

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One of the most underrated rotation pieces to this revamped Giannis Antetokounmpo-led Miami Heat team is Davion Mitchell. And he’s primed for another leap in his game. Mitchell was acquired by Miami in the aftermath of the Jimmy Butler trade back at the 2024 trade deadline. He is coming off his first full season with

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