FRIDAY, 12:58am: The deal is official, the Heat announce via press release. Miami also sends a 2019 second-round pick and cash to Charlotte as part of the trade.
THURSDAY, 9:11pm: The Heat and Hornets have agreed to a trade that will send No. 24 overall pick Shabazz Napier from Charlotte to Miami, tweets Marc Stein of ESPN.com. Miami will send the 26th and 55th overall picks in tonight’s draft plus a future second-rounder to the Hornets, according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com (Twitter link).
And all because Lebron wanted him.