Trade Radar · open rumor · Wednesday, October 14 · 2 d ago

Southeast Notes: Richards, George, Black, Isaac, Ejiofor

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The Heat have a hard decision to make — should they retain center Nick Richards, who has a non-guaranteed deal? His $3.1MM salary becomes fully guaranteed if he’s on Miami’s roster on opening night unless the guarantee terms in his contract are amended before then, Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald notes. “I just take […]

Confidence

43%

Reporter starting tier	45	unattributed report
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−2	2 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Nick Richards

Heat · C · 5.8 pts · 5.1 reb · 0.3 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $2.45M · expiring

Miami Heat

$209.1M · above the first apron · 15 contracts · cap sheet

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