11:12am: Garrett’s signing is official, the team announced in a press release.
8:01am: The Heat will sign Kansas guard Marcus Garrett to a two-way contract, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal was confirmed by his agent, Mike George of One Legacy Sports Management.
Garrett had been expected to sign an Exhibit 10 contract with Miami shortly after the draft, but the deal was delayed while he changed agents. Now that his new agency is in place, the team opted to have Garrett fill one of its two-way slots.
The 22-year-old played for the Heat during Summer League, averaging 8.8 points and 4.6 rebounds in five games in Las Vegas and Sacramento. He also showed off his defensive skills with 2.8 steals per night.
Once the signing is complete, Miami will have 16 players under contract heading into camp, with rumored deals still looming for Javonte Smart, Micah Potter and RJ Nembhard. The Heat are planning an open competition for the other two-way opening.
That is the most fascinating stat line ever… I mean 14.5 PPG, 1.9 BPG & 2.5 SPG in 3 games!!!
Never seen numbers like that, right?
I mean he scored 43.5 points, blocked 5.7 shots & stole 7.5 balls!
Oh, well… now they don’t say he played 3 games… thumbs up to the editing team, better late than never, right?
I’d like to know how many games he played…
I think he played 2 in Sacramento and 2 in Vegas, but cant remember for sure
Many thanks for the info formerlyz!
Now makes more sense, but really the only way to have a stat line like that is with a minimum of 8 games! :-)
As Heat DNA as it gets, but still salty they also lost Jarreau for the other spot. That 2nd spot should go to Smart or Nembhard at this point. DJ Stewart likely gets through to Sioux Falls. For the f ok nal canp spot, I think Tyson Carter should be invited, or someone from somebody else’s summer league team, preferably at guard/on the wing. I would have a better example, but my list of summer league players somehow got deleted a couple of days ago in a really sad way, and now I have to go back and rewatch a lot of stuff, and am kind of deflated about it…
I dont think Potter needs to be invited to camp, while I do think he is someone they’ll get to Sioux Falls. They already grabbed Yurtseven. I would prefer a more established floor spacing big, if they’re going to go that route, but if they do fill their last roster spot, which it doesnt look like they’re going to do, a wing/guard multiposition option is what they should be looking at, which is why that 2nd two way/final training camp spot needs to be someone at one of those positions