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Welcome to NBA signing day! With the NBAs free agency moratorium ending today at 12:01 p.m., the Heats trade for two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and the free-agent signing of three-point shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr.
can soon become official.
Please keep checking back throughout the day.
Well add updates on the top.
Two-team deal The Heat and Bucks did not expand the two-team trade that will send Antetokounmpo to the Heat for five players (including Tennessee center Nate Ament, who was drafted by Miami), three future draft picks (including 2031 and 2033 first-rounders) and one pick swap (in 2030) to the Bucks.
The deal will be announced later Monday.
As we noted in this space last Tuesday, the Heat never considered offering a draft carrot to try to dump Nikola Jovics four-year, $62 million extension, which kicks in this season.
The Heat has no tradable first round picks at the moment anyway.
Hardaway news A week after Tim Hardaway said that his son would not wear his old jersey number with the Heat, plans have changed.
Hardaway Jr.
will wear No.
10 after all, as Heat radio voice Jason Jackson disclosed Sunday and a source confirmed Monday.
Hardaways No.
10 jersey will be the first jersey number to be used after being retired.
A news conference with Hardaway is expected in the days ahead.
There is no news conference with Antetokounmpo in the next couple of days; hes traveling.