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Heat granted $4.7M disabled-player exception after Leonard injury

Shams Charania of The Athletic reported Tuesday that the NBA has granted the Miami Heat’s request for a $4.7 million disabled-player exception after Meyers Leonard suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in January. Disabled player exceptions are worth half of the injured player’s salary.

The Heat have been granted a disabled player exception worth $4.7M for the season-ending loss of Meyers Leonard, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Miami has until April 19 to use the DPE.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 23, 2021

The Heat have until April 19 to use the exception, and Miami also has a $7.