Nearly 24 hours prior to the 3 p.m. EST trade deadline on Feb. 10, the Miami Heat have traded forward KZ Okpala to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a 2026 second-round pick, the team announced Wednesday.
OFFICIAL: The Miami HEAT have acquired a 2026 second round pick from the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for KZ Okpala.
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) February 9, 2022
The Heat and Thunder also agreed to amend the protections of the Miami’s first-round pick that it owed to Oklahoma City in 2023, pushing it back to a 2025 first-round protected pick (that would turn into a 2026 unprotected pick if not conveyed), the team also announced via press release.