The Heat have trimmed their roster to the league maximum of 15 players ahead of Tuesday's season opener against the Celtics.

Miami released guards Da'Sean Butler and Patrick Beverley.

Butler was one of the team's three second-round picks this past June and he had been recovering from knee surgery after tearing his ACL while playing with West Virginia in the NCAA tournament.

Beverley, a second-round pick in 2009, spent last season playing in Greece after the Heat acquired him in a draft-night trade.