Most professional sports teams would be outraged if it lost a top minor league prospect without receiving some form of compensation in return – especially if it had invested time and energy making that player better.
But that’s not the way Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said he felt after former point guard Briante Weber signed a 10-day contract Saturday with the Golden State Warriors, who released veteran center Anderson Varejao to make room for the D-League’s top-ranked prospect.
For Spoelstra, this was just another example of how the Heat is continuing to sign undrafted or undervalued players and making them better.