Heat to offer Dragic in excess of 5-years, $80M

Miami trying to keep point guard

MIAMI – The Miami Heat will be making a strong push to keep point guard Goran Dragic.

According to a report by ESPN's Marc Stein, Miami will offer Dragic in excess of 5-years and $80 million.

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The Heat acquired the former All-NBA third-team guard from Phoenix on the trade deadline in February.

Only the Heat can offer a 5-year deal to Dragic.

During his end of the year news conference, Heat President Pat Riley expressed confidence that he'd be able to get a deal done.

The Heat are able to offer Dragic a deal that would exceed $100 million.

Teams that would offer Dragic four-years are capped at $85 million.


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