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Your Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed Mychal Mulder to a two-way contract. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Additionally, the HEAT has waived Kyle Guy.

Mulder has appeared in 10 games (nine starts) with Miami’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, this season averaging 17.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 35.1 minutes while shooting 50.4 percent from the field and 44.3 percent from three-point range. Earlier this season, he appeared in 15 games (two starts) with the Orlando Magic and averaged 3.7 points and 1.4 rebounds in 13.0 minutes of action.

Mulder, who previously signed with the HEAT on September 16, 2019, appeared in two preseason games with Miami before being waived on October 15. He has now appeared in 82 career NBA games (11 starts) between Orlando and Golden State averaging 5.7 points, 1.4 rebounds and 14.2 minutes. He has also appeared in 144 career G League games (121 starts) between the Windy City Bulls and Skyforce averaging 13.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 32.5 minutes.

Guy, who was signed by the HEAT to a two-way contract on January 17 after previously signing two 10-day contracts on December 30 and January 10, appeared in 19 games with Miami this season averaging 3.9 points in 9.8 minutes of action while shooting 40 percent from the field. He also appeared in six G League games with the Skyforce averaging 15.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 29.4 minutes.

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HEAT SIGN MYCHAL MULDER TO TWO-WAY CONTRACT

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Gameday Rundown: Warriors Wednesday

Your Miami HEAT announced today that have signed guard Javonte Smart to a two-way contract. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Smart, who was originally signed by Miami on September 10 and waived on October 15, has appeared in 11 games (all starts) this season with the HEAT’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, averaging a team-leading 21.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.73 steals and 37.1 minutes while shooting 41.9 percent from the field and 78.1 percent from the foul line. Earlier this season, Smart signed a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks, appearing in 13 games (one start) averaging 2.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 12.3 minutes of action.

Smart previously appeared in six Summer League games with the HEAT and averaged 5.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and a total +10 plus/minus. He shot 80 percent (4-of-5) from the foul line, dished out multiple assists five times and scored in double-figures twice. Smart played three seasons at Louisiana State, becoming just the seventh player in school history to record at least 1,200 points, 300 assists and 111 steals. Among the Tiger’s all-time lists, he finished 11th in assists, 12th in three-point field goals made, 23rd in steals and 31st in points. In his final year as a junior, Smart started in all 28 games and averaged 16.0 points, 4.0 assists, 3.7 rebounds, 1.25 steals and 35.0 minutes while shooting 46 percent from the field, 40.2 percent from three-point range and 85.7 percent from the foul line. He was named to the All-SEC Second Team and the All-Louisiana First Team after leading the conference in three-point field goal percentage and minutes per game. His 70 made three-point field goals were the 13th-most for a single-season in school history.

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HEAT SIGN JAVONTE SMART

Your Miami HEAT announced today that have signed forward Haywood Highsmith to a 10-day contract. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Highsmith, who was previously signed to a 10-day contract by the HEAT on December 30, appeared in four games with Miami totaling 12 points, five rebounds and a block in 41:34 minutes of action while shooting 50 percent (4-of-8) from the field and 57.1 percent (4-of-7) from three-point range. He has also appeared in 17 G League games (11 starts) with the Delaware Blue Coats this season and averaged 13.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.24 steals and 29.8 minutes while shooting 49.4 percent from the field and 39.3 percent from three-point range.

After spending four seasons at Wheeling University from 2014-18, Highsmith signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, splitting the season between the Sixers and their G League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats. Highsmith appeared in five games with the 76ers in 2018-19 totaling nine points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal while shooting 40 percent (4-of-10) from the field. Additionally, he has appeared in 106 career G League games (76 starts) over three seasons, all with the Blue Coats, averaging 11.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.18 steals and 29.6 minutes while shooting 43.5 percent from the field.

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HEAT SIGN HAYWOOD HIGHSMITH

-No. 5 on the all-time wins list, regular season, with 1,210 victories
-No. 2 on the all-time wins list, postseason, with 171 victories
-Eleven-time Coach of the Month
-Three-time Coach of the Year
-Nine-time All-Star Game Coach
-Started with the Los Angeles Lakers as an assistant coach from 1979-1982
-Promoted to head coach before the 1981 season at 36-years old, winning 50 games – his lowest win total in nine seasons with L.A. – and going 12-2 in the playoffs en route to an NBA Championship
-Won four titles with the Lakers, including back-to-back in the 86-86 and 87-88 seasons
-Became head coach of the New York Knicks in 1991, improving the team 12 wins over the previous year as the Knicks ran off 223 wins in four seasons, including an appearance in the NBA Finals in 1993-94
-Joined the Miami HEAT as head coach and team president in 1995, trading for Alonzo Mourning before his first season began and winning 61 games in his second year after acquiring Tim Hardaway at the previous trade deadline.
-Stepped back from head coaching for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, returned in 2005-06 and won the NBA Championship
-Final season as head coach was 2007-08, finishing his coaching career with five championships, nine trips to the NBA Finals, a .636 winning percentage in the regular season, averaging 50.4 wins and .606 win rate in the playoffs
-In Riley’s nine seasons with Los Angeles, the Lakers had an average Offensive Rank of 1.7 and Defensive Rank of 8.5
-In four seasons with New York, the Knicks had an average Offensive Rank of 16.2 and Defensive Rank of 1.25
-In 11 seasons with Miami, the HEAT had an average Offensive Rank of 18.5 and Defensive Rank of 8.2.
-All put together, Riley’s teams had an average Offensive Rank of 11.8 and Defensive Rank of 7.2 across 24 seasons

While Spoelstra's still-in-progress resume reads as such:

-No. 24 on the all-time wins list, regular season, with 642 victories and counting.
-No. 8 on the all-time wins list, postseason, with 85 victories and counting.
-Nine-time Coach of the Month
-Two-time All-Star Game Coach
-Started with the Miami HEAT as a Video Coordinator in 1995
-Promoted to Head Coach in 2008
-Won 90 games in his first two seasons, making the playoffs in each of them
-From 2010-2014, made four consecutive trips to the NBA Finals and winning championships in 2012 and 2013
-In 2016-17, took a HEAT team that started 11-30 to a 30-11 finish.
-In 2019-20, a season that was paused due to global pandemic and resumed in the Orlando bubble, made his fifth trip to the NBA Finals
-Made the playoffs in 10 of his first 13 seasons, winning 59.1 percent of his game in the regular season and 59.4 percent of his postseason matches to date
-Finished Top 10 in Defensive Rating eight times, while finishing Top 10 in Offensive Rating five times
-Spoelstra's teams have had an average Offensive Rank of 13.2 and an average Defensive Rank of 9.4

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Pat Riley And Erik Spoelstra Named To Top 15 Coaches In NBA History

NBA All-Star Voting 2021 has begun and will conclude on Saturday night, Jan. 22 at midnight ET, giving fans the opportunity to vote for the NBA All-Star Game starters via the NBA App, NBA.com and Twitter.

 Throughout the voting period, fans may submit one full ballot each day via the NBA App and NBA.com/vote, as well as vote for up to 10 unique players per day on Twitter.  All current NBA players will be available for selection.  Five “2-for-1 Days” will allow fans to have their votes count twice on Dec. 25, Jan. 7, Jan. 13, Jan. 17 and Jan. 20 through the NBA App, NBA.com and Twitter voting platforms. The first 2-for-1 Day on Christmas Day will be from 11 a.m. ET until midnight ET.  The next four “2-for-1 Days” will be designated from 12:01 a.m. ET – midnight ET. 

Fan voting updates will be shared on Thursday, Jan. 6, Thursday, Jan. 13 and Thursday, Jan. 20. TNT will reveal this season’s NBA All-Star Game starters, including the two team captains, on Thursday, Jan. 27 during TNT NBA Tip-Off.  TNT will also announce the reserves, as selected by NBA head coaches, on Thursday, Feb. 3 during TNT NBA Tip-Off.  

NBA.com voting page at NBA.com/vote: Fill out one full ballot per day (per day is defined as once every 24 hours) on NBA.com/vote from a desktop or mobile browser. Fans can select up to two guards and three frontcourt players from each conference when choosing starters.NBA App: Access the ballot and vote through the app, which is available on Android and iOS. Fans can fill out one full ballot per day, and select up to two guards and three frontcourt players from each conference when choosing starters.Twitter: Twitter users with public accounts can tweet, retweet or reply with a hashtag of an NBA player’s first and last name (#FirstNameLastName) or Twitter handle, along with the hashtag #NBAAllStar. Each tweet may include only one player’s name or handle. Fans may vote for 10 unique players per day.

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NBA All-Star Voting Is Here!

Erik Spoelstra has been named Assistant Coach for the 2022-24 USA Men’s National Basketball Team. He joins a staff led by head coach Steve Kerr with fellow assistant coaches Monty Williams and Mark Few. Spoelstra will help lead Team USA training camps, and if qualified, will return to the Philippines for the 2023 FIBA World Cup which also includes games in Japan and Indonesia from August 25 through September 10 and the 2024 Summer Olympic Games held in Paris from July 26 through August 11. He previously served as head coach of the 2021 USA Select Team that trained with and against the 2020 U.S. Olympic team that won gold in Tokyo.

 Spoelstra, who is currently in his 14th season as head coach of the Miami HEAT and his 27th as a member of the organization, is the all-time winningest coach in franchise history. He has guided the HEAT to a pair of NBA championships, five conference titles, seven division titles and 10 postseason appearances, having never missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons. He led the team to four consecutive NBA Finals appearances from 2011-14, just one of five coaches to accomplish the feat, joining Hall of Fame coaches Pat Riley, Red Auerbach and K.C. Jones, as well as Steve Kerr. He holds the franchise regular season records for victories, winning percentage and games coached as well as postseason records for victories, winning percentage, playoff series won and games coached. He has recorded three 50-plus winning seasons, including a franchise-best 66 wins in 2012-13 and has currently recorded 710 career wins (625 regular season &amp; 85 postseason) with Miami, the fifth-most by a head coach with a single franchise in NBA history. He has now coached 1,062 regular season games and is just the third coach in league history to coach 1,000-plus games with only one franchise for his entire career, joining Gregg Popovich and Al Attles. Additionally, Spoelstra has earned eight NBA Eastern Conference Coach of the Month awards and was a 2017 Co-Michael H. Goldberg Coach of the Year honoree by the National Basketball Coaches Association.

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Spoelstra Named Assistant Coach For Team USA

Your Miami HEAT have signed D.J. Stewart. 

Stewart has appeared in six Summer League games (three starts) with the HEAT, including two during the California Classic in Sacramento where he averaged 7.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.00 steals while shooting 42.9 percent from the field and totaled a +14 plus/minus, helping Miami to a perfect 2-0 record.

Stewart played two seasons at Mississippi State, appearing in 64 collegiate games (50 starts) for the Bulldogs averaging 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 32.4 minutes while shooting 42.5 percent from the field. He finished with 792 career points, the 11th-most by an MSU player during their freshman and sophomore seasons. He was named to the All-SEC Second Team last year after scoring 528 points, the sixth-most by a sophomore in school history, while also becoming just one of 11 players nationally to score at least 500 points and dish out at least 100 assists. He finished as only one of three players in the conference to rank in the top 15 in scoring average, assists per game, steals per game, 20-point games, assist-to-turnover ratio, field goal percentage and free throw percentage. Additionally, the two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection scored a season-high 32 points against Dayton on December 12 to become just the 13th sophomore in school history to post a 30-point game since 1954 and was the only player in program history to record three consecutive 20-point games during NCAA/NIT postseason play after doing so from March 20 – March 27.