{"id":455125,"date":"2025-08-12T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=455125"},"modified":"2025-08-12T20:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:00:07","slug":"kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reported yesterday, Kai Jones has been invited to the Kaseya Center for a workout with the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

The big man \u2014 who, according to some rumors<\/a>, has a verbal agreement with Virtus Bologna<\/a> \u2014 will remain in Florida at least through Thursday, per Barry Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jackson wrote:<\/p>\n

“Kai Jones is spending four days working out at Kaseya Center this week as the Heat evaluates whether to sign the veteran power forward\/center. One involved source said the Heat long has shown an appreciation for Jones\u2019 skill set but is merely \u201ckicking the tires\u201d to see if signing him would be something worth considering”<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The former Texas standout is hoping for another shot in the NBA, and the Heat would indeed be an ideal landing spot given their long track record of reviving careers of undrafted players and former first-round picks under Erik Spoelstra\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n

However, the team\u2019s current salary situation could pose a hurdle. Miami has 14 standard NBA contracts totaling approximately $189.2 million \u2014 about $1.6 million above the Luxury Tax threshold. That\u2019s a relatively small gap that could be cleared by moving any player before the trade deadline, but the figure would rise further with another signing.<\/p>\n

According to several team reporters, the front office plans to carefully evaluate all options before adding a 15th player to the roster.<\/p>\n

With four years of NBA experience, Jones is no longer eligible for a Two-Way contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jones is no longer eligible for a Two-Way contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":455032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,399,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[407,175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-455125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-nba","category-serie-a","rumors-basket-rumors","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"\nKai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist - Sportando<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist - Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jones is no longer eligible for a Two-Way contract.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-12T18:00:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/kai.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"756\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dario Skerletic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Sportando\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Sportando\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dario Skerletic\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dario Skerletic\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc170d2dd59254ef27b20a20b728cd0\"},\"headline\":\"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-12T18:00:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":247,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/kai.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"EuroLeague\",\"NBA\",\"Serie A\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist - Sportando\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/kai.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-12T18:00:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/kai.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/kai.png\",\"width\":756,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"kai jones\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sportando\",\"description\":\"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sportando\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/logo-pink.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/logo-pink.png\",\"width\":70,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Sportando\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Sportando\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Sportando\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/sportando\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc170d2dd59254ef27b20a20b728cd0\",\"name\":\"Dario Skerletic\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/68195eea3df2f4cc1c992acb5d182d4e87c305c1a8bb6948975543c0b63f651f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/68195eea3df2f4cc1c992acb5d182d4e87c305c1a8bb6948975543c0b63f651f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/68195eea3df2f4cc1c992acb5d182d4e87c305c1a8bb6948975543c0b63f651f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dario Skerletic\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/author\\\/darioskerletic\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist - Sportando","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist - Sportando","og_description":"Jones is no longer eligible for a Two-Way contract.","og_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/","og_site_name":"Sportando","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sportando","article_published_time":"2025-08-12T18:00:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":756,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/kai.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Dario Skerletic","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Sportando","twitter_site":"@Sportando","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dario Skerletic","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/"},"author":{"name":"Dario Skerletic","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc170d2dd59254ef27b20a20b728cd0"},"headline":"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist","datePublished":"2025-08-12T18:00:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/"},"wordCount":247,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/kai.png","articleSection":["EuroLeague","NBA","Serie A"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/","name":"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist - Sportando","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/kai.png","datePublished":"2025-08-12T18:00:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/kai.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/kai.png","width":756,"height":576,"caption":"kai jones"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kai-jones-works-out-with-heat-while-virtus-bologna-rumors-persist\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kai Jones Works Out with Heat While Virtus Bologna Rumors Persist"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/","name":"Sportando","description":"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#organization","name":"Sportando","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/logo-pink.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/logo-pink.png","width":70,"height":70,"caption":"Sportando"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sportando","https:\/\/x.com\/Sportando","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sportando"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc170d2dd59254ef27b20a20b728cd0","name":"Dario Skerletic","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68195eea3df2f4cc1c992acb5d182d4e87c305c1a8bb6948975543c0b63f651f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68195eea3df2f4cc1c992acb5d182d4e87c305c1a8bb6948975543c0b63f651f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68195eea3df2f4cc1c992acb5d182d4e87c305c1a8bb6948975543c0b63f651f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dario Skerletic"},"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/author\/darioskerletic\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/kai.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455125"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=455125"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=455125"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=455125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}