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The Heat are trying to trim their salary and luxury-tax bill,
already trading guard Shabazz Napier to the Orlando Magic.
Dragic split last season between the Heat and Phoenix Suns,
appearing in 16 games (one start), averaging 1.8 points in 4.7
minutes. Dragic was acquired by the Heat on Feb. 19, along with
his brother, Goran, in a three-team trade. Goran Dragic signed a
five-year, $85 million deal with the Heat earlier this month.
The Heat also waived forward Henry Walker.
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The Golden State Warriors traded forward David Lee to the
Celtics in exchange for forward Gerald Wallace and guard Chris
Babb.
Lee, 32, played five seasons with the Warriors, averaging 16.7
points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists over 327 regular-season
games. He had his finest season with Golden State in 2012-13,
averaging 18.5 points and 11.2 rebounds in 79 games.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers re-signed restricted free agent guard
Matthew Dellavedova, and traded center Brendan Haywood,
guard/forward Mike Miller and two future second-round draft
picks to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Terms of Dellavedova's contract were not released, but the deal
is for one year and worth approximately $1.2 million, according
to ESPN.com.
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The Indiana Pacers re-signed forwards/centers Lavoy Allen and
Shayne Whittington to contracts.
The team also signed guard/forward Glenn Robinson III and
forward Rakeem Christmas.
(Editing by Gene Cherry)
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