By Ira Winderman | Sun-Sentinel.com A small signing today by the Miami Heat could nonetheless wind up paying dividends next season. The Heat signed free agent Yakhouba Diawara away from the Denver Nuggets with the hopes of landing the type of defensive stopper the team has lacked in recent seasons. Diawara, a 6 foot 7 native of Paris, was signed for the remainder of the Heat's mid-level salary-cap exception, a guaranteed contract worth about $800,000 for next season, as part of a two-year deal. It is the latest move in a high-volume bid to upgrade a team that went a league-worst 15-67 last season, coming on the heels of Tuesday's signing of journeyman swingman Bobby Jones. This week's additions of Diawara and Jones leave the Heat with 15 players under contract, when also including centers Mark Blount, David Padgett and Joel...
[read full story]
Your Web Site
