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Heat get under tax line, trade Haywood Highsmith to Nets for 2nd round pick
Miami Heat traded Haywood Highsmith to Brooklyn Nets, opening two roster spots and saving $5.6 million in salary to reduce luxury tax costs, officials said.
- On Friday, the Miami Heat traded forward Haywood Highsmith to the Brooklyn Nets for a protected 2026 second-round pick, sending a 2032 pick in return.
- Amid salary-cap pressure, the Miami Heat traded Highsmith to the Nets to get under the $1.6 million above the tax line, creating roster flexibility.
- Under the new structure, Miami Heat now have two open roster spots and a $5.6 million trade exception after trading Highsmith, who will earn about $5.6 million.
- With cap space freed, the Miami Heat can sign any player to a veteran-minimum contract regardless of NBA experience, sitting $9.5 million under the first luxury-tax apron.
- Under NBA roster rules, Brooklyn Nets likely must cut two guaranteed-salary players before the Oct. 22 regular season opener.
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NBA: Heat get under tax line, trade Haywood Highsmith to Nets
Miami traded forward Haywood Highsmith to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, a move that gets the Heat under the tax line for this coming season and creates roster flexibility. The Heat are also sending a second-round pick in 2032 to Brooklyn, which is sending a conditional second-round pick in next year’s draft to Miami. READ: NBA: Heat land Norman Powell in three-team trade With Highsmith being moved, Miami now has two open roster spots. Highsmith h…
Former Ohio Valley basketball star Haywood Highsmith traded to Brooklyn Nets
The Miami Heat have traded Wheeling University alum Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round draft pick to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a protected 2026 second-round pick, according to ESPN. Highsmith, who played four seasons for Wheeling before going undrafted in 2018, is well known in the Ohio Valley for his college career and later rise to the NBA. The 27-year-old had his most productive season with Miami in 2023–2024, appearing in 66 g…
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