{"id":5185,"date":"2024-09-28T07:41:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T07:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5185"},"modified":"2024-09-28T07:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T07:41:44","slug":"heat-notes-rozier-questions-jovic-christopher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5185","title":{"rendered":"Heat Notes: Rozier, Questions, Jovic, Christopher.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Terry Rozier<\/strong>\u00a0spent the past five months recovering from a neck injury that prevented him from suiting up for the\u00a0<strong>Heat<\/strong>\u2018s first-round playoff series against the Celtics. As\u00a0Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald writes, Rozier\u00a0 has been cleared for five-on-five play ahead of his first training camp with Miami.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I\u2019m still the same old Terry when I play,<\/em>\u201d Rozier said. \u201c<em>Whatever happened in the past, I won\u2019t let it affect how I play. \u2026 I\u2019m going to play how I play. But nothing affects how I go now. I\u2019m still myself, so I feel good.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The neck injury was first listed as stiffness, but according to Chiang, further tests revealed more \u201cconcerning results\u201d that forced Rozier to the sidelines for an extended period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I mean, for me just playing fully and then to go to not and having to miss the playoffs, you get to questioning like, \u2018Damn, could this possibly be the end for me?\u2019<\/em>\u201d Rozier said. \u201c<em>But obviously, I\u2019ve been blessed with a really great body and I\u2019ve been able to recover. So I\u2019m going back to the drawing board and do this [thing] again.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rozier has two seasons left on his current contract and is owed $24.9MM this season. Rozier admitted it was difficult to be off the court for so long, especially after ramping up his production toward the end of last regular season. In his final 10 appearances, he averaged 18.8 points with a .500 3PT% on 7.4 attempts per game.<\/p>\n<p>We have more from the Heat:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Like Rozier, third-year forward\u00a0<strong>Nikola Jovic<\/strong>\u00a0spent much of his summer recovering from an injury.\u00a0In a separate Miami Herald story, Chiang explores Jovic\u2019s health ahead of the season. The third-year forward, who admitted his ankle injury slowed his offseason plans, was impressive in his 38 starts last season, averaging 8.4 points per game on .445\/.400\/.711 shooting, but he hopes to get even better in 2024\/25. \u201c<em>I would say the thing I was working on the most was probably just when I have a mismatch in the low post,<\/em>\u201d Jovic said. \u201c<em>When I have small guys on me, I just have to punish them, and that\u2019s going to be something that\u2019s going to help our team a lot.<\/em>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>In a\u00a0two-part\u00a0series, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald answers 15 questions about the Heat\u2019s upcoming season. Of note, Jackson writes that the Heat aren\u2019t worried about losing\u00a0<strong>Jimmy Butler<\/strong>\u00a0next season for nothing even if he opts out of his contract to become a free agent. Brooklyn and Houston are two teams who make sense for Butler on paper, but Jackson writes that both would have to jump through hoops to acquire him. While that\u2019s certainly possible, Miami could explore sign-and-trade options in a worst-case scenario. In the meantime, the two sides are motivated to make this season a memorable one.<\/li>\n<li>Former Rockets first-round pick\u00a0<strong>Josh Christopher<\/strong>\u00a0received a two-way contract from the Heat after an impressive summer league and\u00a0Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel writes\u00a0that the 6\u20195\u2033 guard is appreciative of the opportunity. \u201c<em>I think they\u2019ve given me the cheats codes [to] being successful,<\/em>\u201d Christopher said. Miami has a history of making the most of overlooked two-way\/training camp players, helping turn the likes of\u00a0<strong>Duncan Robinson<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Max Strus<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Caleb Martin<\/strong>\u00a0into quality role players. Christopher\u2019s former first-round pedigree makes him a different kind of player than the Heat have taken chances on in the past \u2014 he\u2019ll join recently signed\u00a0<strong>Nassir Little<\/strong>\u00a0as recent first-round picks still looking to deliver on their pre-draft potential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terry Rozier\u00a0spent the past five months recovering from a neck injury that prevented him from suiting up for the\u00a0Heat\u2018s first-round playoff series against the Celtics. 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