The Heat aren’t slowing down this offseason.
Just eight days after trading for superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Heat have agreed to a one-year, $6.5 million deal with Tim Hardaway Jr., ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Tuesday.
NBA insiders Marc Stein and Jake Fischer previously reported Hardaway was among the players to receive “priority” interest from the Heat this offseason.
The 34-year-old guard spent last season with the Nuggets, but has bounced around the league between the Knicks, Hawks, Mavericks and Pistons.
After spending three years at Michigan and scoring 13 points per game or more in each, the Knicks took a chance on Hardaway in the 2013 NBA Draft.
Hardaway’s first stint in New York was a mixed bag, as he displayed brilliance from beyond the arc but struggled to be consistent. He averaged nearly 11 points per game over his first two seasons with the Knicks.
He then joined the Hawks for two years before returning to the Knicks for a second stint from 2017-19, where he saw increased minutes despite poor efficiency.
In the Knicks’ woeful 17-65 season in 2018-19, Hardaway averaged a career-high 19.1 points per game despite shooting just 38.8 percent from the field.
Hardaway then spent the next five years with the Mavericks and Luka Doncic from 2019-24, and he averaged between 14 and 17 points per game each season while becoming a solid 3-point shooter.
Following one season with the Pistons, Hardaway averaged 13.5 points per game with the Nuggets last season, though he started just six games.
Hardaway brings much-needed shooting to a forward-heavy team with Antetokounmpo, Bam Adebayo, Bobby Portis and Andrew Wiggins.
After losing to the Hornets in the play-in round, the Heat continue to make moves this offseason in hopes of competing with the Eastern Conference’s best.