{"id":478494,"date":"2026-01-12T12:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=478494"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:17:37","slug":"miami-heat-stuck-with-terry-rozier-deal-as-nba-awaits-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/miami-heat-stuck-with-terry-rozier-deal-as-nba-awaits-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Heat stuck with Terry Rozier deal as NBA awaits evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1797\" data-end=\"2058\">The <strong data-start=\"1801\" data-end=\"1815\">Miami Heat<\/strong> are not in position to terminate <strong data-start=\"1849\" data-end=\"1867\">Terry Rozier\u2019s<\/strong> contract right now, and the key issue is not cap mechanics.<br data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"1930\" \/>As reported, the <strong data-start=\"1947\" data-end=\"1954\">NBA<\/strong> has not been granted access to the evidence expected to be used in the federal case involving Rozier.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2060\" data-end=\"2336\">Without that material, the league reportedly lacks grounds to overturn its prior findings and move to void the deal, as it did with <strong data-start=\"2192\" data-end=\"2209\">Jontay Porter<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"2210\" data-end=\"2213\" \/>Miami has therefore operated as if the contract remains viable and chose not to waive Rozier ahead of his guarantee date.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2338\" data-end=\"2675\">That decision guarantees his full <strong data-start=\"2372\" data-end=\"2390\">$26.64 million<\/strong> salary for <strong data-start=\"2402\" data-end=\"2413\">2025-26<\/strong>, foregoing smaller cap and roster benefits mentioned in the report.<br data-start=\"2481\" data-end=\"2484\" \/>Rozier has not played since October following an arrest on federal gambling charges and league leave, yet Miami views his expiring salary as a possible trade tool if an opportunity emerges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami cannot void Terry Rozier\u2019s contract while the NBA still lacks access to evidence in his federal case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":372525,"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":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-478494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Miami-Heay.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478494","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\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478494"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=478494"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=478494"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=478494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}