LOS ANGELES _ The Miami Heat have made an aggressive move ahead of Thursday's NBA trade deadline with a trade for championship forward Andre Iguodala.
According to multiple reports, including ESPN, the Heat were able to secure the services of the 36-year-old defensive stopper over aggressive pursuits by the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers and other suitors.
ESPN reported that the Heat then agreed to a two-year, $30 million extension with the former Golden State Warriors champion.
Among the potential Heat permutations for Iguodala are the Heat's Justise Winslow and Dion Waiters.
Dealt in the offseason by the Warriors to the Memphis Grizzlies as part of the Warriors' cap machinations, Iguodala was given permission by the Grizzlies to remain away from the team until an agreement on a landing spot could be found, and has yet to play this season.
That now will come in the heat of the Eastern Conference playoff race.
With the Heat operating under a hard salary cap after the offseason addition of Jimmy Butler in a sign-and-trade agreement, the Heat cannot take in more in salary than what they send out in any trade.
The Grizzlies had set the asking price for Iguodala as a young prospect or draft choices or a combination. Because of previous deals, the Heat were unable to include a first-round pick in any deadline deal.
Iguodala fills a void the Heat have been dealing with for more than two months, the period that Winslow has been sidelined with what the Heat have been listing as a lower-back bone bruise.
Iguodala is on the books for $17.2 million in the final year off the three-year, $48 million contract he signed with the Warriors in the 2017 offseason. Without the extension, he would have become an unrestricted free agent in July.
Iguodala had threatened to sit out the season if not able to get to a destination of choice.
As is typical on the eve of the trade deadline, the wide net of Heat President Pat Riley was also said to include interest in Oklahoma City Thunder forward Danilo Gallinari, according to ESPN.
