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MIAMI – The Miami Heat will be adding 3-point insurance to their training-camp roster with an agreement with former Los Angeles Lakers forward Cole Swider.
The agreement, an Exhibit 10 contract, can only become finalized once the Heat add a 14th player under standard contract. The Heat currently have 13 such players: Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro, Kyle Lowry, Caleb Martin, Kevin Love, Josh Richardson, Duncan Robinson, Haywood Highsmith, Nikola Jovic, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Orlando Robinson and Thomas Bryant.
Swider could provide insurance in case the Heat’s 3-point shooting is further depleted. The Heat already have lost 3-point shooters Max Strus and Gabe Vincent in free agency this offseason, with Herro, Lowry and Duncan Robinson potentially in play for a trade for Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard.
Swider went undrafted out of Syracuse in 2022 and spent last season on a two-way contract with the Lakers, appearing in seven NBA games. He then was waived last month.
Swider shot .425 on 3-pointers during summer league, after shooting .425 on 3-pointers last season in the G League. Swider split his college career between Syracuse and Villanova, shooting a combined .381 on 3-pointers over those four seasons.
An Exhibit 10 contract allows a team to provide a nominal guarantee for training camp, able then to either sign such a player to a standard contract, a two-way contract or funnel him to their G League affiliate, which in the Heat’s case is the Sioux Falls Skyforce.
The Heat have a similar Exhibit 10 agreement in place with undrafted USC forward Drew Peterson, who also stands as a 3-point option after a solid summer-league run with the Heat last month in Sacramento and Las Vegas.
The Heat currently have two of their three available two-way slots filled with guards Jamaree Bouyea and Dru Smith, but those spots remain fluid, leaving open the possibility of Swider and/or Peterson being moved into such a role.
Still undecided by the Heat is the status of forward Jamal Cain, who spent last season with the Heat on a two-way contract. Cain remains unsigned, with the Heat with the right to match outside offers.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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