The Miami Heat were up against an end-of-season deadline to fill out their full roster complement of 14 players coming into Tuesday. This was complicated by the fact that they released Rodney McGruder on Sunday following their loss to the Toronto Raptors in an effort to get under the luxury tax and the repeater tax.
As it happened, everything worked out just the way the Heat hoped. In order to get under the luxury and repeater taxes, McGruder would have to be signed by another team before the end of the season, even though he will not be playoff eligible.