{"id":777677,"date":"2026-07-04T04:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/777677\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T04:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:51:15","slug":"heat-sign-simone-fontecchio-to-reported-1-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/777677\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat sign Simone Fontecchio to reported 1-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2253866\" class=\"wp-image-2253866 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/simone1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2253866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simone Fontecchio averaged 8.5 points per game last season for Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Heat forward Simone Fontecchio is staying put after signing a reported one-year deal with the team on Friday. Fontecchio shot 37.5% on 3-pointers last year and averaged 8.5 points, 3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game for Miami.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OFFICIAL: The Miami HEAT have re-signed forward Simone Fontecchio.<\/p>\n<p>More info \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FqW0QmCCIR\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/FqW0QmCCIR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4YZkKRE9f\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/j4YZkKRE9f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MiamiHEAT\/status\/2072767559368118438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent Simone Fontecchio intends to sign a one-year deal to return to the Miami Heat, sources tell ESPN. Heat officials worked with Fontecchio&#8217;s agent at Excel Sports Management, Sam Goldfeder, to bring back the shooter who averaged 8.5 points and 37.5% 3-point shooting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/whcTia7Ipo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/whcTia7Ipo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2071974608534634654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fontecchio was a key part of Miami\u2019s bench rotation last season, appearing in 70 games at 16.7 minutes per game. A former standout player in Italy, Fontecchio was traded to the Heat last summer as part of the sign-and-trade deal Duncan Robinson struck with the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simone Fontecchio averaged 8.5 points per game last season for Miami. Heat forward Simone Fontecchio is staying put&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[7,144,295,189,3881,6,92093],"class_list":["post-777677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-heat","tag-basketball","tag-heat","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-miamiheat","tag-nba","tag-simone-fontecchio-free-agency"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116859914590322469","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777677","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=777677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}