Luke Babbitt has found a new home.
The last of the Heat’s free agents reached a one-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks on Friday worth $1.9 million according to Basketball Insiders, the league minimum for a player with six NBA seasons under his belt.
Babbitt, 28, started 55 games for the Heat last season and set single-season career highs in games played (68), starts, minutes played (1,065), three-point field goals made (87) and attempted (210), defensive rebounds (129) and steals (20) while shooting 41.4 percent from three-point range.
But he became expendable when the Heat drafted Kentucky big man Bam Adebayo with the 14th pick and then signed former Celtics big man Kelly Olynyk adding plenty of frontcourt depth to the roster to go with all the players the team re-signed.