{"id":156997,"date":"2025-08-28T16:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=156997"},"modified":"2025-08-28T16:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:54:01","slug":"buyout-heat-veteran-terry-rozier-increasingly-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/28\/buyout-heat-veteran-terry-rozier-increasingly-likely\/","title":{"rendered":"Buyout For Heat Veteran Becoming Increasingly Likely"},"content":{"rendered":"

he loses minutes<\/a>Whether because of the allegations surrounding him or just the way things have played out since he was dealt to the Miami Heat, they\u2019re determined to divorce Terry Rozier<\/a>. What that\u2019s looked like so far is his inclusion in trade talks<\/a> and near exclusion from the rotation. The fact that recently acquired defensive-stopper Davion Mitchell<\/a> had panned out so well<\/a> only put him in a more precarious position. The Heat have even gone so far to draft a popular playmaking ball-handler<\/a> in former Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, they\u2019re thinking about just buying him out.<\/p>\n

Buyout For Heat Veteran Terry Rozier Becoming Increasingly Likely<\/h2>\n

\u201cMiami still hopes to part with<\/a> veteran guard Terry Rozier even though there is said to be scant trade interest in the 31-year-old,\u201d The Stein Line insider Jake Fischer reports. \u201cRozier is scheduled to make $26.6 million this season and the Heat are said to have some interest in buying him out. To be clear, though, no buyout appears imminent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Oct 15, 2024; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (2) dribbles the basketball as San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones (33) defends during the third quarter at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s amazing to think Rozier was once one of the more heralded guards. As recompense, he signed a four-year, $96.3 million contract with the Charlotte Hornets in 2022. He\u2019s now set to make a healthy $26.6 million in what\u2019s the final season of that contract.<\/p>\n

Not So Fast<\/h3>\n

Rozier is arguably at the lowest point of his career. As Miami\u2019s the only place where he\u2019s been a letdown, he could maybe<\/em> draw MLE-level offers in free agency. Yet, his situation is complex enough<\/a> to warrant hesitation on his part.<\/p>\n

Giving up too much money from what could be his last windfall?<\/p>\n

No. Rather than jump into those negotiations, Rozier has a more lucrative option, even if he loses minutes<\/a>. Not that he\u2019s guaranteed to get signed or playing anywhere else.<\/p>\n

So far as the Heat are concerned, it\u2019s not too late to hope that he can boost his value. In a what have you done for me lately<\/em> league, playing well at the right time could leave as strong of an impression as playing poorly at the wrong time. For a contending team, adding a resurgent Rozier on a half-season rental could sound quite appealing.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Jim Rassol-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

he loses minutesWhether because of the allegations surrounding him or just the way things have played out since he was dealt to the Miami Heat, they\u2019re determined to divorce Terry Rozier. What that\u2019s looked like so far is his inclusion in trade talks and near exclusion from the rotation. The fact that recently acquired defensive-stopper […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":157015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1608,62,3],"tags":[4975,297,4774,427],"class_list":["post-156997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heat","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-nba-contracts","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-rumors","tag-terry-rozier"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156997"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157017,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156997\/revisions\/157017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}