Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier is not expected to receive most of his $26.6 million salary from this past season, according to a motion filed Wednesday. As Rozier awaits trial on federal charges connected to his alleged involvement in an NBA betting scheme, the paperwork titled, “Defendent Terry Rozier’s Motion to Modify Conditions of Pretrial Release” was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. An arbitrator in late May ruled that Rozier breached his contractual obligations to play for the Heat, according to details included in Wednesday’s motion, and that Rozier must forfeit most of his $26.6 million salary with the Heat from this past season. Despite Rozier being with the Heat for only one game this past season in its season-opening road loss to the Orlando Magic on Oct. 22 (he did not play in that contest) before he was arrested at the team’s Orlando hotel the next morning, Rozier was technically on the Heat’s roster for almost the entire season. Miami kept his sizable salary on the books in hopes of using his expiring salary to facilitate a trade ahead of February’s NBA trade deadline, but the Heat couldn’t find a deal and ultimately ended up waiving him in the final days of the regular season in April to open a spot on its roster for a potential playoff run. Rozier’s salary counted toward the Heat’s payroll against the salary cap, luxury tax and aprons this past season, limiting what Miami could do to its roster throughout the course of the schedule. The fact that Rozier now needs to forfeit most of that salary does not impact the Heat since the ruling was made in the offseason, and Miami was already below the luxury tax threshold at the end of this past season. The Heat finished last regular season in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and was eliminated in the play-in tournament before getting to the playoffs. Miami missed the playoffs this past season for the first time since 2019. “On February 2, 2026, an arbitrator determined that the NBA’s administrative suspension required the Heat to pay Mr. Rozier’s full base salary,” according to the motion filed Wednesday by Rozier’s attorney, Jim Trusty. “Almost immediately, the NBA/Miami Heat decided against making full payments, which led to a second round of arbitration in early April. This time, the NBA’s position was that the no-contact provisions and travel limitations had rendered Mr. Rozier unable to comply with his contractual obligations. “On May 20, 2026, the arbitrator ruled that, despite being placed on administrative suspension, Mr. Rozier was still required to report to the Heat’s training facility for the 2025-2026 season. The arbitrator found that Mr. Rozier’s failure to report constituted a breach of his contractual obligations, and that he must forfeit most of his salary for the 2025-2026 season.