{"id":82968,"date":"2025-07-26T08:50:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T08:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82968"},"modified":"2025-07-26T08:50:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T08:50:33","slug":"nba-rumors-heat-almost-traded-one-ex-celtics-guard-for-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82968","title":{"rendered":"NBA Rumors: Heat Almost Traded One Ex-Celtics Guard For Another"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-1500w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-01\/250130-Terry-Rozier-vl-347p-e04f73.jpg\" alt=\"Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier under investigation in federal sports betting  probe\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Both guards played under Brad Stevens in Boston<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleHeaderDetails\">\n<p>Colin Keane 14 Hours Ago2 Min Read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2041757\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The Miami Heat are, by all indications, trying to trade Terry Rozier.<\/p>\n<p>Rozier, 31, is on an expiring contract and is set to earn $26.6 million this season, per Spotrac. Recent reports on Rozier revealed that Miami is struggling to find suitors for the former Boston Celtics guard, who is a career 18.1 points per 36 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>However, new intel from NBA insider Jake Fischer of \u201cThe Stein Line\u201d revealed the Washington Wizards recently spoke with the Heat about acquiring Rozier. According to Fischer, Washington and Miami discussed the framework for a trade that would have sent Marcus Smart to the Heat and Rozier to the Wizards.<\/p>\n<p>The complete details of the trade proposal were not communicated by Fischer, although he also noted the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks were among the teams who spoke with Washington about Smart.<\/p>\n<p>Smart, of course, ultimately signed with the Los Angeles Lakers on July 22, approximately 48 hours after the Wizards and Smart reached a buyout agreement.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Smart joining the Lakers sent many Celtics fans \u2014 including The Ringer\u2019s Bill Simmons \u2014 into a tizzy. However, Smart joining the Heat may have been even more jarring, especially with Boston and Miami having faced off in key postseason matchups in recent years. Had Rozier been involved in a Smart-Heat deal, the reactions from Celtics Nation would have been even spicier.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The dust has settled on the Smart sweepstakes, and he\u2019ll be playing alongside LeBron James and Luka Don\u010di\u0107 in 2025-26. Meanwhile, the Heat are likely still working the phones to move Rozier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Heat reportedly had discussions with another team that would have resulted in a trade featuring two former Boston Celtics guards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":82969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBA Rumors: Heat Almost Traded One Ex-Celtics Guard For Another - News 365<\/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:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82968\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NBA Rumors: Heat Almost Traded One Ex-Celtics Guard For Another - 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