After originally preferring to hold its second two-way contract for training camp, the Heat changed its mind this weekend and gave a two-way deal to undrafted Georgia power forward Yante Maten.
The Heat offered Maten a less appealing standard exhibit 10 contract two weeks ago, a deal that would have given him $50,000 guaranteed and about $35,000 if he failed to make the Heat but was instead assigned to Miami’s G-League affiliate in South Dakota.
Instead, the Heat decided to give Maten a more lucrative two-way contract when faced with the possibility of losing him to another team.