Former IU middle Thomas Bryant, who lately declined his participant possibility with Miami, is rejoining the Warmth on a one-year contract.
Based on Ira Winderman of The South Florida Solar Sentinel, Bryant’s choice to decide out after which signal with the Warmth resulted in wage cap financial savings for the franchise:
“Bryant over the weekend had opted out of the second 12 months on the two-year contract he signed with the Warmth final summer season,” Winderman wrote. “The machination of opting out of the $2.8 million possibility 12 months after which returning on a one-year, $2.8 million deal resulted in a decreased hit of about $800,000 towards the Warmth’s 2024-25 wage cap, primarily based on how minimum-scale cap hits are accounted.”
The 26-year-old Bryant performed in 38 video games for the Warmth final season and made 4 begins.
The seven-year NBA veteran averaged 5.7 factors and three.7 rebounds in 11.6 minutes per sport. Bryant shot 57.7 p.c from the sphere and 87.2 p.c from the free throw line.
Bryant will likely be teammates with Kel’el Ware, the No. 15 choose in final month’s NBA draft. Ware lately signed his rookie contract with the Warmth.
Over his seven-year NBA profession, Bryant holds averages of 9.5 factors, 5.4 rebounds, and one help in 267 video games. He’s performed for the Los Angeles Lakers, Washington, Denver and Miami.
The No. 42 choose within the 2017 NBA draft, Bryant has earned $31.3 million in his skilled profession.
A 2015 McDonald’s All-American, Bryant performed 69 profession video games at Indiana below Tom Crean. He helped lead the Hoosiers to an outright 2016 Large Ten championship as a freshman.
He began each sport at Indiana and averaged 12.2 factors, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks.
TB again with the squad ??
The Miami HEAT have formally re-signed middle Thomas Bryant – https://t.co/3DGom7jqSS pic.twitter.com/wxxFYvR7Uu
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) July 4, 2024
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