The Heat have brought back center Vladislav Goldin on a new two-way contract, according to the NBA’s official transaction log, with Michael Scotto of HoopsHype first pointing it out.
Goldin, 25, arrived in Miami last July on a two-way deal after going undrafted out of Michigan. He spent most of his first pro season in the G League, where he put up 12.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 23.6 minutes per game over 31 games for the Sioux Falls Skyforce, the Heat’s affiliate.
His NBA role was limited. Goldin appeared in nine games for Miami and totaled just 24 minutes.
Still, the Heat kept him in the fold by issuing a two-way qualifying offer last month, which made him a restricted free agent. Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel confirmed on Twitter that Goldin accepted that qualifying offer, effectively locking in another one-year two-way arrangement with a partial guarantee worth $91K.
With Goldin back, Miami has now filled two of its three two-way spots. The other belongs to Tre Donaldson, a rookie free agent guard who spent his final college season with the Miami Hurricanes and finalized his two-way deal with the team earlier in July.
There’s still one opening left, and the Heat can go a couple of different directions with it before training camp. They could add another free agent outright, or they could let the spot play out as an open competition in camp. Any player with fewer than four years of NBA experience who is on an Exhibit 10 contract can have that deal converted into a two-way, and Miami is expected to sign undrafted free agents Tre White, J’Vonne Hadley, and Keyshawn Hall to Exhibit 10 deals.
For now, and before those unsigned Exhibit 10 players enter the picture, the Heat have 14 players under contract: 12 on standard deals, plus Goldin and Donaldson.
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