Heat sign Emeka Okafor
The Heat made some moves right before the regular season began on October 29th, the Heat announced the signing of center Emeka Okafor. Okafor was rumored for awhile to possibly be joining and having interest in Miami early in the offseason. it seems that Okafor has recovered from the injury that kept him out for most of last season. The 32-year old shall hopefully provide a nice plug at the center spot for the Heat. It's also now possible for Miami to now run a semi-big lineup... Chalmers/Wade/Deng/Bosh/Okafor, it'll have to be seen how he transitions to the roster though.
Okafor's contract is 1-year/2.70M. For a free agent right before the regular season begins that's not too shabby. It's likely Okafor wanted to skip preseason considering he's been there so many times over, it will be intriguing though to see how the Heat allocate the minutes now though.
In order to make room for Okafor, the Heat cut C Justin Hamilton.