Nassir Little Signs 1-Year Contract With Miami Heat
The Miami Heat made a late move in the final days of the offseason, adding Nassir Little to their roster.
Nassir Little is taking his talents down to South Beach. As reported by Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, Nassir Little signed a 1-year deal with the Miami Heat for the 2024-25 NBA season. Little, who last played for the Phoenix Suns, has signed for a currently undisclosed fee, and will presumably report to training camp next week.
Nassir Little is coming off a middling season with the Phoenix Suns. Playing a small role coming off the bench, Little averaged 3.4 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 0.5 assists while playing about 10 minutes a game for the Suns. Little seemed to contribute well with the minutes he was given, but he isn’t a player that will excite Heat fans in a big way.
A late first-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, Little played for the Portland Trail Blazers for the first four years of his career, where he seemed to show signs of promise alongside Damian Lillard. By the 2021-22 season, he looked like he was preparing to take a leap, having come off his best season with the franchise.
In the 2021-22 NBA season, Little averaged 9.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game, and was rewarded with a four-year, $28 million contract extension by the Blazers. But an injury the following year would halt his development, and would also spell the end of his Blazers tenure.
