The Miami Heat’s surprising 2019-20 season represented a developmental success story. Taken with the 14th overall pick, Bam Adebayo blossomed into an All-Star in his third season. Another late lottery pick, Tyler Herro, made the All-Rookie Second Team.
And two undrafted players, Duncan Robinson and Kendrick Nunn, grew into starters. Derrick Jones Jr., another undrafted player, went from a player the Phoenix Suns waived into a solid defensive wing.
The losses of Jae Crowder and Jones Jr. in free agency last year opened an opportunity for 2019 second-round pick KZ Okpala, who spent most of his rookie season with the G League’s Sioux Falls Skyforce.