The trades of Napier and Dragic saved the Heat about $9 million in luxury tax payments and $3 million in team payroll.
For NBA fans, the last few days of July are quiet. But the Miami Heat have been busy at work to trim the roster and avoid luxury tax payments for the 2015-16 season. Within the last 24 hours, Miami has traded Shabazz Napier and Zoran Dragic, the brother of the now handsomely-paid Heat point guard Goran Dragic, and waived Henry Walker. The salary dumps of Napier and Zoran Dragic saved the Heat about $9 million in luxury tax payments and $3 million in team payroll.