{"id":611044,"date":"2026-02-19T05:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/611044\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:33:37","slug":"heat-make-2-roster-moves-what-does-it-mean-going-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/611044\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat Make 2 Roster Moves, What Does It Mean Going Forward?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Miami Heat<\/a> made two roster moves today. How do the moves affect the Heat<\/a> the rest of the year and in the future? Plus, Tyler Herro<\/a> is reportedly nearing a return.<\/p>\n

Heat Makes 2 Roster Moves: What Does It Mean for the Present and Future? Plus, Good News On Injury Front?<\/p>\n

Miami now theoretically has a full complement of players. Early this afternoon, the Heat promoted Myron Gardne<\/a>r from his two-way contract. NBA Insider Chris Haynes<\/a> reported that Gardner will receive a three-year deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiami Heat and swingman Myron Gardner have reached an agreement on a three-year deal, his agent Jake Cohen of Iconic Sports Management tells me,\u201d Haynes tweeted. \u2018The undrafted rookie earns a standard deal after playing stellar on a two-way contract.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gardner, who joined the Heat this summer, has shown improvement over the last two months. After seeing action in eight games over the first two-plus months, Gardner has seen time in 18 contests since the calendar turned to 2026. He averages 4.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, and one assist in 10 minutes with shooting splits of 46.4\/40.0\/76.6. He has scored in a double-double four times and produced one double-double.<\/p>\n

Gardner has earned the respect of Erik Spoelstra<\/a> and his teammates due to his energy and high motor. The 24-year-old also brings physicality and versatility, capable of guarding 2 through 4. He is also a solid rebounder and can score on all three levels.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Gardner] providing value right now,\u201d Spoelstra told Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald<\/a> after the Heat\u2019s win against the Sacramento Kings on January 20. \u201cHe was given some opportunities because of injuries. Now he makes you raise your eyebrows and watch the film a little more closely, and that\u2019s what you want. Make me watch you and make me play you, and you do it with your actions. I really like what he\u2019s done. His energy is contagious. The guys like playing with him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Stephen Lew, Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Heat made two roster moves today. How do the moves affect the Heat the rest of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[500,7,1200,144,295,189,3881,30690,6,2248,30919,492],"class_list":["post-611044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-heat","tag-andrew-wiggins","tag-basketball","tag-erik-spoelstra","tag-heat","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-miamiheat","tag-myron-gardner","tag-nba","tag-pelle-larsson","tag-trevor-keels","tag-tyler-herro"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116095671951535474","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}