October 3
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Free-agent Shaun Livingston is within hours of joining the Miami Heat. The former Los Angeles Clippers point guard will meet with Heat management Friday, at which time he is expected to be added to the roster. The Heat, which currently has the NBA maximum of 20 players in training camp, will have to make a minor personnel move to create roster space. Agent Henry Thomas said earlier this week that Livingston was "leaning toward Miami." Since then, Heat President Pat Riley tried to downplay an imminent deal, but Livingston's South Florida arrival offers a clearer picture. The addition of Livingston likely will lead to another significant transaction, with Riley vowing to keep his team from ..."
October 1
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Heat president Pat Riley said the team remains interested in ex-Clippers point guard Shaun Livingston but that his signing is a "dead issue" at this point because the Heat's roster is full. The Heat is just $415,000 below the luxury-tax threshold and so is not willing to add another player. With undrafted free agent Jason Richards (knee) out for the season, it essentially means the Heat will fill just 14 of 15 roster spots for active players during the regular season. That leaves no room right now for Livingston. "The whole thing is predicated on freeing up a roster spot," Riley said Tuesday. "We have got 15 roster spots, so the injury to Jason Richards in August did some things to us from ..."
September 30
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Lacking a definitive answer at point guard, the Miami Heat could be moving toward an agreement with Shaun Livingston, the former Los Angeles Clippers first-round pick. Livingston had been weighing interest from the Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Heat. "At this point, he is leaning toward Miami, but he has not signed anything," agent Henry Thomas said Monday night. Sidelined since a devastating knee injury in the middle of the 2006-07 season, the 6-foot-7 playmaker was not retained as a free agent this summer by the Clippers, who drafted him directly out of high school with the No. 4 overall selection in 2004. While Livingston had recent workouts with the 'Wolves and ..."
September 23
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Still without the long-term security he had sought upon last season's acquisition from the Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat forward Shawn Marion said today he would not allow that issue to diminish his enthusiasm for Saturday's start of training camp. "We're still talking and negotiating, and it is what it is right now," said the versatile forward, who will earn $17.8 million this season. "Right now, my focus is on playing." Marion joined Heat guard Marcus Banks, his former Suns teammate, in front of the Miami-Dade courthouse at a team promotional event that included shooting games and interactions with the lunchtime crowd. Marion said the start of camp in many ways would be a fresh start, even ..."