Dion Waiters did not play in an NBA basketball game in 2018.
The last game he played in was on Dec. 22, 2017, when he hurt his left ankle in the Heat’s win over the Mavericks. He then underwent season-ending surgery on Jan. 22 to repair instability and a preexisting navicular bone fracture in the ankle.
Waiters has been out ever since.
But after rejoining the Heat in practice two weeks ago and traveling to Sioux Falls, S.D., for two “training camp-like” practices with the Heat’s G League affiliate last week, Waiters began 2019 with positive news.