{"id":41319,"date":"2025-07-05T17:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/41319\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T17:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:46:08","slug":"vlad-goldin-discusses-signing-two-way-deal-with-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/41319\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlad Goldin Discusses Signing Two-Way Deal With Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viewed as a potential second-round pick heading into last month\u2019s draft, former Michigan center Vladislav Goldin<\/strong><\/a> didn\u2019t hear his name called, making him an unrestricted free agent. He quickly agreed to sign a two-way contract with the Heat<\/strong>, a move that became official<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n

According to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald<\/a>, the 24-year-old Russian said he didn\u2019t work out for the Heat leading up to the draft because the team didn\u2019t have a second-rounder and he thought he\u2019d be selected. While he drew interest from other teams, Goldin was happy to land with Miami.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I talked to my agent and he explained to me how things are going, he explained to me that we\u2019re probably going to sign a two-way and we\u2019re probably going to look for the best opportunity,\u201d Goldin said. \u201cThen Miami came into the conversation and that was the best option I could dream about.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody knows about Miami and how they develop their players and they give chances to young players. It\u2019s something that they\u2019re known for. So it wasn\u2019t the hardest decision of my life, but there were different options.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goldin started his college career at Texas Tech and then played three years at Florida Atlantic before finishing up at Michigan. His time at FAU gave him a level of familiarity with the Heat, Chiang writes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve kind of been around Miami because they had training camp at Florida Atlantic,\u201d said Goldin. \u201cSo that\u2019s something that we\u2019ve been watching, to be honest, all their practices and how they practice and how they act. It was definitely something that taught me and taught probably a lot of guys on that team \u2014 how the NBA looks like and what it takes to be in the NBA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could watch it from the stands. So the only thing we could do was watch and take pictures after.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goldin is expected to make his Heat debut on Saturday afternoon against San Antonio when Miami plays its first summer league game at the California Classic, Chiang notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viewed as a potential second-round pick heading into last month\u2019s draft, former Michigan center Vladislav Goldin didn\u2019t hear…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[293,62,67,132,68,17838],"class_list":{"0":"post-41319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us","13":"tag-vladislav-goldin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114801880880396240","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}