Perhaps coming as no surprise, the Miami Heat have waived Yante Maten ahead of his August 1st contract guarantee date. Maten is one of several players on non-guaranteed minimum contracts on the roster, but he’s likely the only one to be waived ahead of this August deadline.
Derrick Jones Jr.’s entire $1.6 million contract becomes guaranteed on August 1st, but the Heat balked at trading him in the four-team sign-and-trade deal that brought Jimmy Butler to South Beach, so it’s unlikely they will want to lose the super-athletic 22-year-old for nothing by waiving him.