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Willie Reed to opt out of contract, become free agent

The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted today that backup center Willie Reed will decline his player option and become an unrestricted free agent this off-season.

Miami's Willie Reed will decline his player option and become an unrestricted free agent, league sources tell @TheVertical.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 1, 2017

The former Brooklyn Net who played admirably for Miami this year told the Sun-Sentinel’s Ira Winderman that he hopes to stay with the Heat. Heat executives have a couple options for finding the money to re-sign Reed -- Miami can either use some of their expected $37 million in cap space or the $4.