LAS VEGAS — When it comes to a two-way contract for the coming season, Miami Heat center Vlad Goldin remains in limbo, but also in control.The Heat allowed their Monday deadline to pass without withdrawing the qualifying offer that has been in place for the former FAU Final Four center who went undrafted out of Michigan in 2024.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhat it means is that Goldin retains the right to accept a two-way contract from the Heat at any point, while also retaining the right to seek a standard deal elsewhere.Two-way contracts pay half of the minimum salary of standard contracts, making the two-way salary for 2026-27 at $678,882.Goldin currently has a $91,000 guarantee in place on his Heat qualifying offer, the largest guarantee allowed on a two-way deal.Players on two-way contracts can be active for up to 50 of the regular season’s 82 games, typically spending the remainder of the season in the G League. Players on two-way contracts are ineligible for the playoffs.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGoldin appeared in nine games for the Heat last season, playing 24 minutes. In 24 appearances last season for the Heat’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Skyforce, the 7-footer appeared in 24 games, averaging 11.3 points on .608 shooting, 7.1 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots.His play during the ongoing summer league largely has been uneven, coming off a Monday night performance in a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ summer roster when he shot 0 for 6 and closed with four points, eight rebounds, three blocked shots and three turnovers.“This is all part of Vlad’s development,” summer-league coach Wayne Ellington, the Erik Spoelstra assistant, said after the loss to Cleveland that dropped the Heat to 1-2 in the Las Vegas NBA Summer League. “This whole summer league, this is all part of his development. He’ll continue to get better.”Prior to Monday night’s game, former Heat captain Udonis Haslem, currently a player-development executive with the team, addressed Friday’s scuffle between former Heat guard Tyler Herro and Heat captain Bam Adebayo, when Adebayo allegedly made contact with Herro.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“I’ve talked to both of them,” Haslem said. “I don’t have any takeaway on it. I mean, I felt like it was blown out of proportion, felt like it was made bigger than what it was.”Haslem said he does not expect fallout from Adebayo’s blow to Herro when the Heat play Herro’s Milwaukee Bucks this coming season. Herro was dealt in the trade the Heat landed Giannis Antetokounmpo.“It’s a lot of time that they’ll have to figure things out before the season comes around,” Haslem said.Herro told ESPN he is moving on.“Honestly, I’m just trying to move past all of it,” Herro said. “I’m focused on Milwaukee and building something special. They obviously just traded the greatest player in their history, so we want to come in and help continue what they’
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