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 The Heat re-signed Wade to a multi-year contract on Tuesday. The
32-year-old All-Star guard will make at least $15 million per
season, ESPN reported.
Riley touted the addition of Deng as "one of the most important free
agent signings that we have ever had in the history of the
franchise." The Heat did not disclose contract terms, but previous
reports put the deal at two years and $20 million.
Haslam agreed to a two-year deal worth $5.6 million, according to
the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
The Heat also announced the signing of forward James Ennis. Acquired
in a trade during the 2013 NBA Draft, Ennis spent last season
playing in Australia.
 The Houston Rockets signed Joey Dorsey to a two-year, $2 million
contract to replace Omer Aski as center Dwight Howard's backup,
according to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Rockets also reached an agreement on a one-year contract with
former Milwaukee Bucks forward Jeff Adrien for the veteran minimum,
the Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday.
Dorsey, 30, has not played in the NBA since 2011. In parts of three
NBA seasons, he averaged 2.6 points and 3.8 rebounds in 61 career
games.
Adrien was traded to the Bucks from Charlotte in February and proved
productive in Milwaukee during the remainder of the 2013-14 season,
averaging 10.9 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. In 53 games between
the two teams last season, he averaged 6.8 points and 5.8 rebounds.
The Memphis Grizzlies re-signed guard Beno Udrih to a multi-year
contract on Tuesday.
 The team did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Udrih
averaged 4.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 41 games for
the New York Knicks and the Grizzlies last season.
Free-agent forward Kris Humphries is headed to the Washington
Wizards after reaching agreement on a three-year, $13 million deal,
Yahoo Sports reported Tuesday.
The Wizards were in the process of completing a sign-and-trade deal
with the Boston Celtics that allows Humphries to come in below the
team's salary cap, according to the Yahoo report.
The Dallas Mavericks confirmed Tuesday that All-Star forward Dirk
Nowitzki and forward Chandler Parsons signed contracts with the
team.
The Mavs did not release details, but Nowitzki's deal was believed
to be three years and $25 million, according to multiple reports.
Parsons, a restricted free agent, signed a three-year, $46 million
offer sheet with the Mavericks last Thursday that the Houston
Rockets declined to match.
 The 36-year-old Nowitzki has played all 16 of his NBA seasons with
Dallas, leading the Mavs to the 2011 title.
Parsons spent three seasons with the Rockets and averaged 14.1
points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 213 games,
including 207 starts.
The Chicago Bulls decided Tuesday to use the amnesty clause with
Carlos Boozer that could allow the veteran forward to go to the
highest bidder.
The move was expected after the Bulls signed free-agent forward Pau
Gasol last weekend. The amnesty provision allows the Bulls to pay
Boozer next season without counting against their salary cap. He is
scheduled to make $16.8 million in 2014-15.
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In four seasons with the Bulls, Boozer started 280 games and
averaged 15.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
Swingman Thabo Sefolosha officially joined the Hawks on Tuesday when
Atlanta completed a sign-and-trade deal with the Oklahoma City
Thunder.
Atlanta sent Oklahoma City the draft rights to power forward
Sofoklis Schortsanitis, and the Hawks received Sefolosha and the
draft rights to Giorgos Printezis.
Sefolosha, who averaged 6.3 points and 3.6 rebounds last season, and
the Hawks previously reached agreement on a three-year, $12 million
contract, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
When LeBron James announced Friday he was returning to Cleveland, it
was widely speculated that free agent Mike Miller would follow. The
former Miami Heat teammates are now together again after Miller
agreed to a reported two-year, $5.5 million deal with the Cavaliers.
ESPN reported that Miller turned down a three-year, $12 million deal
from the Denver Nuggets and an offer from the Houston Rockets to
take the Cavs' less lucrative offer.
The Oklahoma City Thunder signed free agent point guard Sebastian
Telfair. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The team also agreed to a multi-year deal with forward Grant
Jerrett, according to Real GM.
Telfair, 29, spent last season playing for Tianjin Ronggang in
China, where he averaged 26.1 points, 6.0 assists and 2.0 steals.
The 29-year-old has averaged 7.4 points, 3.5 assists and 1.6
rebounds during nine seasons with Portland, Boston, Minnesota, the
Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland, Phoenix and Toronto.
The Bulls are set to trade Anthony Randolph to the Orlando Magic
along with two second-round picks in exchange for the rights to
Milovan Rakovic, according to USA Today.
The trade amounts to further clearing of salary cap space for the
Bulls.
Rakovic of Serbia is not expected to join the NBA, but including him
in the deal satisfies the NBA requirement that each team receives
something in a trade.
The Phoenix Suns announced guard Ishmael Smith was waived. Acquired
from the Milwaukee Bucks last offseason, Smith averaged 3.7 points,
2.6 assists and 1.8 rebounds in 70 games.
(Editing by Larry Fine)
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