The Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets will face off in the NBA’s Play-In Tournament on Tuesday, but Bill Simmons thinks there should be some added incentive to win the game.
Simmons suggested on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” that the loser of the game should have to take back disgraced guard Terry Rozier. Rozier played for both teams before his arrest for his role in an illegal gambling ring.
“I had an idea for this. Charlotte-Miami winner advances to the 8-9. Loser has to take Terry Rozier back,” Simmons joked. “He’s actually at the game. He’s hanging above the arena like how WWE does the Money in the Bank belt. Terry Rozier’s just in a strap hanging from the arena and after the game gets lowered down and rejoins one of the two teams.”
Bill Simmons crazy idea for the Heat vs Hornets play in matchup 😳
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The NBA won’t find this funny, but plenty of others did. Rozier played for the Hornets from 2019 to 2024, when he was traded to Miami. He spent a season and a half with the Heat before his career essentially ended with his arrest, and Miami waived him earlier this week to officially cut ties with him.
The winner of Tuesday’s game would face the loser of the game between the 76ers and Magic for the right to take on the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the playoffs. Rozier’s future, for better or worse, will not be part of the outcome.
