OCTOBER 13: The Heat have officially waived Garrett, Mulder, Robinson, and Bouyea, while converting Smith’s Exhibit 10 contract to a two-way deal, the team announced today in a press release.
OCTOBER 12: The Heat will convert Dru Smith to a two-way contract, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Miami plans to waive Marcus Garrett, Mychal Mulder, Orlando Robinson and Jamaree Bouyea, according to Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press (Twitter link). Mulder, Robinson and Bouyea are expected to join the team’s G League affiliate in Sioux Falls after they clear waivers. Garrett, who suffered a fractured right wrist, will stay in Miami to rehab the injury.
A 24-year-old shooting guard, Smith signed with Miami last year after going undrafted out of Missouri. He spent the season in Sioux Falls and was part of the Heat’s Summer League team.
After signing an Exhibit 10 contract with the Heat this offseason, Smith won the competition for a two-way deal with a strong preseason, including a 15-point performance Monday against the Rockets. In four games, he averaged 8.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 17.3 minute per night.
Miami filled its other two-way slot on Sunday by converting Jamal Cain‘s Exhibit 10 contract. The Heat currently have 13 players on their roster with fully guaranteed contracts, plus Haywood Highsmith, who has a partially guaranteed deal.
This is what I speculated, and then when they lost Fays, and Garrett got hurt again, it was a foregone conclusion. Good for him. As I’ve said, I really liked him in summer league last year, and he definitely has improved, and I think he would have been hard to try to hide again.
Really controls the pace as a PG, and seems to be in all the right spots; just knows how to play. Guards 1-3 positions, has improved his shooting, and if that shooting is consistent, he is a very useful player with that versatility. When you watch him, you can tell he has a high basketball IQ beyond his age
Hopefully Marcus Garrett can get healthy quickly, and doesnt ha e to deal with the situation as he did last year. Such a big fan of thos dude, and is especially incredible to watch in person, as a monster defensively. They kept Oladipo and Lowry which made it questionable if theyd still keep him, and had he not been hurt, I dont know they could have managed to stash him again, so hopefully when he comes back, they can still keep close ties b/c I really wouldn’t want to lose him
Could be a prospective backup PG down the road, since the HEAT could lose Vincent to free-agency next offseason.
Ya, I’ve said the same thing. I think the only reason they were able to hide him all of last year was his knee injury. He offers a little more versatility than Vincent, and if they can hold hom until next year, I see him taking that spit when Vincent leaves, as you said
Bouyea should end up getting looks woth some teams as a potential scoring guard that knows how to play. He is a little further along than Javonte Smart, in my opinion, while they have some similarities. He reminds me a little of Reggie Jackson. He competes, and understands angles, and does a better job of involving his teammates than a couple of similar guards they’ve had in summer league these last couple of years