It turns out college basketball’s big scandal does have a small connection to the Miami Heat.
According to an ESPN report Friday morning, former Heat center Willie Reed has filed a $13.5 million arbitration claim with prominent NBA agent Andy Miller, alleging he was defrauded.
Reed, who signed a one-year league minimum deal $1.5 million with the Clippers this summer after the Heat drafted rookie Bam Adebayo and went in another direction with its frontcourt, filed the claim in part because Christian Dawkins, one of the 10 people arrested on federal corruption charges Tuesday, advised Reed to turn down a preliminary three-year, $15 million deal by the Heat early in the free-agency juncture with the promise of a bigger pay day elsewhere.