The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed forward Jason Kapono to an offer sheet. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Kapono appeared in 81 games (14 starts) for the Charlotte Bobcats last season, averaging 8.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in 18.4 minutes per game, while shooting 40.1 percent from the field, 41.2 percent from three-point range and 82.6 percent from the free-throw line. He scored in double-figures on 35 occasions and set many career-highs last season, including a career-high 25 point performance at Detroit on November 21. He also ranked 13th in the league in three-point field goal percentage.
Over the course of his two-year NBA career, Kapono has averaged 6.8 points and 1.8 rebounds in 15.7 minutes per game in Cleveland and Charlotte. He has shot 40.1 percent from the field, 42.4 percent from three-point range and 82.6 percent from the free-throw line.
Kapono was originally drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 31st pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. He was then selected by the Charlotte Bobcats in the NBA Expansion Draft (June 22, 2004).
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Former Michigan State All-American Steve Smith will announce his NBA retirement on Friday, Sept. 30 at the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center on the Michigan State campus. The announcement will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the building named in his mother’s honor. Smith donated $2.5 million to the $7.5 million facility, which when opened in 1998, was the largest gift ever by a professional athlete to any college or university.
A native of Detroit, Mich., Smith scored 13,430 points in 14 NBA seasons, averaging 14.3 points per game. An NBA All-Star in 1998, he won the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 1998 and the NBA Sportsmanship Award in 2002. The fifth pick in the 1991 NBA Draft by the Miami Heat, Smith was named to the 1992 All-Rookie First Team. His career also included stops with the Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trailblazers, San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans Hornets and Charlotte Bobcats. In 2003, Smith earned an NBA Championship ring with the Spurs.
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Sep 25, 2005 10:47 PM EST
"I traded for Jason Williams because we needed a starting point guard," Heat President Pat Riley said Friday.
That trade, of course, was back on Aug. 2, when Gary Payton still was perceived as a big-ticket item in free agency, one seemingly beyond the Heat's grasp.
Now Payton is here. And now the issue could be how Williams reacts to the latest in a career-long string of challenges.
During his final year with the Kings, Williams often lost out on meaningful late-game minutes to Bobby Jackson. Then, over the past three years in Memphis, those same crucial minutes often were spent on the bench in favor of Earl Watson.
Now a future Hall of Famer is waiting in the wings.
"I don't think your best players or most talented or most versatile players will necessarily start," Riley said the day after signing Payton.
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Heat Sep 2005 Archive
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Press Release | Sep 22, 2005
Gary Payton continues his quest for the elusive NBA Championship ring today by signing with Shaq's Miami Heat. He tried to get a ring during the 2003-2004 season with Shaq and the Lakers.
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USA Today | Sep 22, 2005
Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has agreed to a seven-year deal to endorse Converse footwear and apparel, company officials said Wednesday.
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Miami Herald | Sep 21, 2005
Gary Payton flew into Miami late Wednesday and will take a physical and sign the minimum $1.1 million deal on Thursday.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Sep 20, 2005
The Heat bolstered what remains minimal depth at small forward Monday by re-signing Shandon Anderson.
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Press Release | Sep 19, 2005
The Miami Heat announced today that they have re-signed free agent guard/forward Shandon Anderson. Her originally signed with the Heat in November of 2004.
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Sun-Sentinel | Sep 16, 2005
The Heat retains its $5 million midlevel salary-cap exception to add a free agent.
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Sun-Sentinel | Sep 16, 2005
Wizards free agent Steve Blake, a 25-year-old guard who was born in Hollywood and attended Miami High, has been linked to the Heat in a potential sign-and-trade transaction.
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Sun Sentinel | Sep 16, 2005
Heat President Pat Riley warned Wednesday not to dismiss Gary Payton as a Heat free-agent target.
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Miami Herald | Sep 15, 2005
The Heat and Washington Wizards have held preliminary discussions about a sign-and-trade for Wizards restricted free agent point guard Steve Blake.
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Houston Chronicle | Sep 15, 2005
Free-agent guard Jay Williams, the second pick of the 2002 NBA Draft whose career was derailed by a motorcycle accident, worked out for the Rockets on Wednesday, though no contract offer was made or is immediately expected.
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Toronto Star | Sep 14, 2005
Jay Williams has already worked out for the Heat and worked out on Wednesday with the Rockets. His agent expects him to be all the way back by the All-Star break.
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Miami Herald | Sep 13, 2005
Shaquille O'Neal provided an assist to police over the weekend, trailing a man who allegedly assaulted a gay couple before alerting an arresting officer.
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Gary Post-Tribune | Sep 13, 2005
Glenn Robinson's agent has stated that the Heat and Spurs are interested in his client and that he expects to sign a contract within the next few weeks.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Sep 12, 2005
Not only does Heat center Shaquille O'Neal think the team will be fine after a major overhaul of the roster, he predicted the Heat would make the NBA Finals after just missing last season.
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NY Post | Sep 11, 2005
According to a report in the New York Post, A drunken reveler at a magazine bash at the Loews Hotel was knocked out cold by Miami Heat superstar Shaquille O'Neal after the tipsy fellow bumped into Shaq's wife, Shaunie.
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Sun-Sentinel | Sep 11, 2005
In 2003, Shaquille O'Neal convinced Gary Payton to come to L.A. as they believed that there was no way they couldn't win a title together. They may try again this season in Miami.
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Sun-Sentinel | Sep 9, 2005
The Heat is close to finalizing a deal with free-agent forward Shandon Anderson, likely for the veteran's minimum.
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ESPN | Sep 8, 2005
The Miami Heat and the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs will play each other in an extra exhibition game to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief.
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NBA | Sep 8, 2005
The NBA has announced the players that will participate in a charity game on September 11th for victims of Hurrican Katrina.
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Miami Herald | Sep 8, 2005
The Heat have worked out Steve Blake and scheduled workouts with former Bulls point guard Jay Williams and ex-Cleveland guard Dajuan Wagner, sources said.
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Christopher Reina/RealGM | Sep 2, 2005
Antonio McDyess, Sam Cassell, Damon Jones and Nick Van Exel, who all reside in Houston during the off-season, purchased several thousand dollars worth of supplies for citizens who have been forced to relocate to the Astrodome.
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Akron Beacon-Journal | Sep 1, 2005
The San Antonio Spurs were the winners of the Michael Finley derby.
