If the Heat keeps Butler past Feb. 6 and he opts out, Miami could either use a $14 million midlevel exception and a $5.1 million bi-annual exception or use about $13 million in cap space (which swells to $23 million if Robinson is released early this summer).

Terry Rozier, 30, is in the midst of having one of the worst offensive seasons of his career with the Miami Heat. Read more here!

Terry Rozier's 3-point, effective field goal and true-shooting percentages would the second-worst of his career, if the season ended today.

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Heading to bench Friday

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Rookie Kel’el Ware scored 25 points to match his season high, Duncan Robinson added 21 on 5-of-7 3-shooting and the Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs 128-107 on Sunday.

The Heat run a controlled pace with the basketball and thrive on playmaking, boasting a Top-10 assist-to-FG ratio, which has spiked even higher during this road trip. Rozier is averaging 4.4 assists over those past five games while also being clocked for 5.5 potential assists per contest in that span.

Rozier finished with 20 points (7-14 ... the veteran guard during his first full season with the Heat, as he's bounced in and out of Miami's starting lineup all year long. Across 17 outings ...

With Thursday marking the one-year anniversary of what could go down as one of the worst trades in the Miami Heat’s 37 seasons, it also stands as a

Even as Jimmy Butler wants out, even as the Miami Heat want him out, the reality is that there might not be an easy out . . . as the NBA counts down to the 3 p.m. Feb. 6 NBA trading deadline. So as uncomfortable as those three games were over the past week,

Jimmy Butler wants to leave the Miami Heat. The organization seem keen on ending this saga before the trade deadline. The Phoenix Suns appear to be the only team seriously interested in acquiring him.