The Miami Heat’s worst-kept secret is Terry Rozier’s availability. The Heat have been trying to trade Rozier all offseason, but nothing has come to fruition. For the last seven months, Rozier has been linked to a federal gambling probe dating back to 2023, when he was still with the Charlotte Hornets. According to new details […]
After trading away Haywood Highsmith to the Brooklyn Nets, the Miami Heat signed Dru Smith to a three-year, $7.9 million contract on Saturday. Smith, who’s going to be 28-years-old in December, is coming off back-to-back serious knee/lower leg injuries. In 2023-24, he suffered a season-ending ACL injury after just nine games, while suffering a torn
Last week, the Miami Heat ducked under the luxury tax by trading Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets for a heavily protected 2026 second-round pick. The move was quite confounding. The Nets’ 2026 second was top-55 protected, so if the Nets were one of the league’s five-best teams, the Heat
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The Miami Heat have made a series of (questionable) decisions over the last 72 hours. On Friday, the team traded Haywood Highsmith plus their 2032 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a heavily-protected second-round pick. It reeked of poor asset management. Though the upside was that it got the Heat below the
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Last October, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra called then-second-round rookie Pelle Larsson an “elite role player” and a “plug-and-play”-type player. The Arizona alum was one of the best glue guys in college basketball and parlayed that into a successful first few months with the organization last summer. But while Larsson, 24, found ways to
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Find someone who loves as much as the Miami Heat organization loves Dru Smith. In case you may have missed it, the Heat signed Smith to a three-year, $7.9 million deal on Saturday — one day after freeing up another roster spot in the Haywood Highsmith trade. Smith, who will turn 28 in December, has
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The Miami Heat have signed guard Dru Smith to a three-year contract, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported Saturday. The deal is worth $7.9 million, according to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto. According to the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson, only the first year of the contract is guaranteed. He’s the 14th player on roster after the
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In case you may have missed it, the Miami Heat traded forward Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a top-55 protected 2026 second-round pick. So, that pick likely won’t convey, barring something completely unforeseen, thus meaning the Heat essentially dumped Highsmith’s salary for nothing in return. The
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The Miami Heat have traded forward Haywood Highsmith and their 2032 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets for a protected 2026 second-rounder, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported on Friday. Highsmith, 28, recently underwent meniscus surgery and was entering the final year of his contract at $5.6 million. Charania notes in a separate tweet
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The 2025-26 Miami Heat schedule has officially been released! What are our immediate takeaways from the Miami Heat’s full 82-game slate, as they look to rebound from their worst season in a decade? You like Magic? For the second consecutive season and the 5th time over the last nine seasons, the Miami Heat will open
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