Miami Heat striker Duncan Robinson is one of the longest players in the team as he has spent his entire seven -year playing career in the NBA on this stage with the organization. His future with the heat, however, seems to be very much in the air at this juncture and much of the reason for that has to do with his contract.
Five reasons for Greg Sylvander sports revealed that the heat has a curious option for Robinson’s contract with this Offseason. First, Robinson has early termination of termination in his contract which he could agree to before June 29, but the hope is that he will not. Given that Robinson does not use his early termination option, the heat will have to decide to either keep him in the board and pay him about $ 20 next season or waive him and pay him only about half that amount.
“So Duncan can just terminate the contract about 6/29,” Sylvander wrote through Discord. “Which he probably won’t do. So if he doesn’t end the contract, Miami has to make a decision to keep him $ 20 million or waive him and pay only $ 10 million. What I didn’t know was … they can tell him this dissatisfaction if both sides wanted to stay.”
Robinson remains one of the leading 3-point shooters in the NBA where he shot 39.3 percent from a 3-point range on 6.5 attempt 3s per race in the normal period 2024-25. Still, he has long been one of three horse in the sense that he does not bring everything so much else on the table of offenses, so it is debatable whether he is worth coughing nearly $ 20 million for the next season.
Perhaps an extension of a contract for Robinson from the heat on the smaller annual salary was the best action for both parties, as even though Robinson could not be worthy of how much money he heals now, he is still a precious piece of Miami supporters and has been for a long time now.
Hopefully Robinson will still play for the Heat at the beginning of the season 2025-26 and help Miami have a jumping campaign after a disappointment 2024-25 campaign. Heat won only 37 of its 82 games in the usual season and traded striker Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors in the middle of the campaign.
Plus, the temperature did not have a chance against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the opening traffic in the NBA 2025, where they were swept and lost three of four games with more than 20 points.