It has been quite the summer for Tyler Johnson.
In the definition of an up-and-down summer, the 23-year-old is about to enter his second season with the Miami Heat. A little over a month ago during a summer league game on July 8th in Orlando, Johnson suffered a fractured jaw while fighting through a normal screen play.
The injury required surgery and has prevented the young guard from practicing on the court. Johnson spoke for the first time since the impairment while participating in the NBA Rookie Transition Program in New York on Wednesday:
“I had two plates put in.