Any long shot chance of Josh McRoberts voiding his Heat contract was eliminated Tuesday when agent Mike Conley told The Miami Herald that McRoberts will exercise his opt-in and return to the Heat for $6.021 million next season.
The Heat likely will renew efforts to try to trade McRoberts in an attempt to create additional salary cap space but similar efforts were unsuccessful last summer.
McRoberts, who signed a four-year, $22 million deal with the Heat during the summer of 2014 (when LeBron James left), has played in only 17, 42 and 22 games with the Heat in his first three seasons.