Overview
- On July 1 the Heat finalized a sign-and-trade deal sending Duncan Robinson to the Detroit Pistons on a three-year, $48 million contract.
- Robinson invoked his early-termination option on his final guaranteed season with Miami to secure a more favorable starting salary.
- The Heat acquired Detroit’s Simone Fontecchio on a one-year, $8.3 million contract as part of the exchange.
- The transaction lowers Miami’s cap, luxury tax, and apron obligations and keeps the team below the NBA luxury tax threshold.
- Robinson returns to Michigan, where he starred at the University of Michigan before joining the Heat as an undrafted free agent and becoming their franchise leader in three-pointers.