{"id":1859,"date":"2025-06-27T08:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/vlad-golding-signs-two-way-nba-contract-with-miami-heat\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:52:26","slug":"vlad-golding-signs-two-way-nba-contract-with-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/vlad-golding-signs-two-way-nba-contract-with-miami-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlad Golding signs two-way NBA contract with Miami Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-551103\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Following the conclusion of the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft on Thursday night, the Miami Heat <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1938427622624792880\">signed<\/a> center Vlad Goldin to a two-way contract. The signing makes Goldin the second big man from the 2024-25 Michigan men\u2019s basketball team to get a shot in the league, following forward Danny Wolf\u2019s selection in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Wolf and Goldin both joined the Wolverines out of the transfer portal for the previous season, creating a 7-foot duo that became the impetus of their run to the Sweet Sixteen. Wolf\u2019s athleticism and Goldin\u2019s touch around the rim allowed them to share the court effectively, fulfilling first-year coach Dusty May\u2019s vision to be able to give opponents a unique look night in and night out.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/sports\/college\/university-michigan\/wolverines\/2025\/01\/30\/michigan-basketballs-vlad-goldin-hasnt-seen-his-family-in-5-years\/77845937007\/\">goal<\/a> of playing professionally in the NBA and not overseas, Goldin showcased himself in May\u2019s system, leading Michigan in scoring and accruing All-Big Ten First Team and Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/vlad-goldin-named-big-ten-tournament-most-outstanding-player\/\">honors<\/a>. After his fifth and final season of college basketball, the Heat\u2019s signing of Goldin unequivocally validates his decision from a year ago to follow May, his longtime coach, from Florida Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>After he played one rather forgettable season at Texas Tech, Goldin subsequently garnered national attention with the Owls. Through a Final Four run and another NCAA Tournament berth his junior and senior seasons, respectively, Goldin proved himself to be a great college player.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Now, after Goldin\u2019s seamless leap from mid-major FAU to the Wolverines helped turn around Michigan, the Heat believe that his game has developed enough to compete at the highest level.<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the conclusion of the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft on Thursday night, the Miami Heat signed center Vlad Goldin to a two-way contract. The signing makes Goldin the second big man from the 2024-25 Michigan men\u2019s basketball team to get a shot in the league, following forward Danny Wolf\u2019s selection in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1213,2068,2070,1136,770,472,2069,2067],"class_list":{"0":"post-1859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-contract","9":"tag-golding","10":"tag-heat","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-signs","14":"tag-twoway","15":"tag-vlad"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1861,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions\/1861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}