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Former Ram, Briante Weber, Called Up by Miami Heat for NBA Playoffs

Briante Weber steals the ball from Butler's Roosevelt Jones in a blowout win (84-52) at the Siegel Center (2013)
Briante Weber steals the ball from Butler’s Roosevelt Jones in a blowout win (84-52) at the Siegel Center (2013)

Ira Winderman of the Florida Sun Sentinel is reporting that the Miami Heat have signed a multi year deal that would have former VCU Ram, Briante Weber, on their roster for the remaining regular season games and into the playoffs.

The Miami Heat have reached a multi-year agreement with D-League point guard Briante Weber to join the team for the closing week of the regular season and then to be on the team’s playoff roster, a source familiar with the negotiations confirmed Saturday to the Sun Sentinel.

In addition to adding the 6-foot-2 defensive-minded point guard for the balance of the season, the agreement also will retain Weber for the Heat’s summer-league team.

Weber, 23, who has helped push the Heat’s NBA Development League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, in to the playoffs, recently completed a 10-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies before returning to the Skyforce, who on Friday night advanced to the second round of the D-League playoffs.

Read Ira Winderman’s entire article here. Heat add D-League point guard Briante Weber for playoff roster

Michael Hagan is a '04 VCU Graduate (Mass Comm) and a lifelong Richmonder. He also is a full time commercial & video producer. His favorite VCU ...