LAS VEGAS - For a team without a draft pick, the Heat made the most of two weeks of summer league participation, uncovering a skilled shooter in Duncan Robinson, watching Bam Adebayo develop his post game, admiring Derrick Jones Jr.’s enormous strides before a ankle injury and observing enough encouraging signs to offer contracts to undrafted rookies Daryl Macon and Yante Maten.
Macon, the former Arkansas point guard, and Maten, the ex-Georgia standout power forward, haven’t decided whether to accept offers from the Heat or other teams, according to their agents.
As Chet Kammerer, the Heat’s vice president of player personnel, looks back at Miami’s eight-game, two-city summer sojourn – which ended with Saturday’s 74-72 loss to Boston - this much is clear:
“The most encouraging development over the past two months has been the improved play of Derrick Jones,” Kammerer said.