It just doesn't stop... Miami Makes 2 more signings

It just doesn't stop. The Miami Heat just made two more signings, definitively ending their run this offseason and filling out the entirety of their roster. I'm here to break down who these two players are, what the expectations are for them, and what this means for this Heat organization going forward, closing out this offseason. We'll break down all of that on this episode of Heat Digest, but first, please do remember, scroll down and smash that subscribe button if you're a part of the large percentage watching this video not currently subscribed to the channel. We do appreciate all the love and support, so thank you guys tremendously for everything, but now let's get back to it and break down the information. We're going to start with a tweet from Barry Jackson, a very credible Miami-based beatwriter that we cite all the time on this channel, as he tweets, Now, if you don't know who Ian Sheflin is, he did play for this summer league team in Miami, and he's a bigger body, to say the absolute least, and if you really want to know who he is, he went to Clemson University, and he was a two-sport athlete. Yes, he played basketball. He is a forward, particularly a power forward. 8.5 rebounds can block a shot, can alter a shot, and the kid can move a little bit despite being a bigger body because he played tight end for the Clemson Tigers for the entirety of his college career, basically a two-sport athlete the entirety of his run in college playing at Clemson for all four years, and if you look at the underlying numbers for this young man, at least in the basketball world, he wasn't that bad, like progression year after year, minutes gone up year after year, and with that, the stats went up, ending his career as a senior with the University of Clemson, or Clemson University, excuse me, averaging 12.5 points, what is it, just under a block per game, just under a steal per game with just under three assists and 9.5 rebounds while shooting 74% from the free throw line, that is important because a lot of the big men in college transferring to the NBA cannot shoot from the free throw line. If you look at his two-point percentage numbers, 55%, 34% from behind the three-point line for a total collection of 49.5% from the field on nearly 10 attempts per game. The kid was getting the job done, again, as a two-sport athlete, that is really, really impressive. Now, the second tweet that we got from Barry Jackson immediately following that tweet about Ian Sheflin was this, per source, he has agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal with Ezra Asar as well, though it hasn't been signed, that would give the Heat the maximum 21 players, leaving no room for anyone on the street, D'Angelo Russell, Ryan Nemhart, etc., unless Miami cuts Gardner, but that doesn't seem likely, or Richards, or former Jazz guard Mbang, or another Exhibit 10 guy, Trey White is reportedly returning to Kansas. Now, before we get to the rest of the news, we do have to thank our sponsor for this video, Kalshi. 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Now, we'll go to the stats before we look at the Miami Heat Summer League roster, he's played his first two years at Eastern Carolina in the AAC Conference, and again, the numbers were good, definitely got off to a much hotter start than Shefflin, 10 points his freshman year, 11.5 his sophomore year, and the shooting percentage is actually really good, 56%, 51% from the field, and then if you look at the three-point percentage specifically, he didn't shoot any his freshman year, which is crazy, despite averaging nine points in just 22 minutes per game, and only seven field goal shots per game. Sophomore year, again, there's a bit of a progression, junior year, he then moves to the Big 12 and plays for the Utah, or for Utah, 12.5 points, five rebounds in just under one assist per game, he is different, because he looks like a guard, but when you watch him play, he is all of a power forward, and the dude is terrifying, he plays a very physical, rough brand of basketball, where he lives in the painted area, yes, he can catch the ball inside the three-point line, give you one dribble move, a quick spin, a quick jab, and go the other direction, and he's able to finish amongst contact very, very effectively, and it's interesting how Miami's doing this with the contracts they're giving out. The last two guys in Assar and Sheflin are both bigger guys, they are both big men, particularly power forwards that play that position specifically. The whole conversation this offseason, and with this 15th and final roster spot, has been about the guard position. Yes, you have Fontecchio and Wiggins backing up the power forward position with Giannis and Bobby Portis, and even Klay Thompson there in the depth, so you can understand why they're definitely going to need more depth there, but you have to realize, Nikola Jovic is someone that's not mentioned at that position, at least on the ESPN depth chart, that is certainly going to find opportunities to play there when it is required. Obviously, a bam in Bobby Portis, I can understand why they definitely want more depth there, because of how this team is basically constructed right now, after that first set of depth, like, you really are playing guys out of position, and you're running a much smaller lineup. Now, for Assar, this final year, again, going from Utah in his junior year to then USC in the Big 10 his senior year, averaging 15 points per game, 6.5 rebounds, and just under two assists, and again, the shooting percentage is extremely good on 8.5 shots per game, in just under 30 minutes per game, 58% does not shoot point to three point shots. He lives in the paint, and if he's not there when he catches the ball, he has very good quickness and agility to get to the paint rapidly, and if you foul him, it doesn't matter. The dude is built like a concrete block, and he's able to finish amongst it, and now, if you look at the Miami Heat roster for the NBA Summer League that took place earlier this year in July, you see a lot of names that we know, Trey Donaldson, Myron Gardner, Jameer Young, Ryan Conwell, Trevor Keels, who's now with the Washington Wizards, but then you go down to the bottom, Ian Sheflin there at the bottom, as well as Ezra Assar, Trey White, someone else that was mentioned in that Barry Jackson tweet that mentioned earlier, he's going back to Kansas to play basketball. Hopefully, he'll be drafted again next year, and his overall potential and just desire will go up a bit more after playing another year in college, but right now, this is how things look for this Miami Heat camp roster. You have 14 standard contracts, which is really the guys rounding out the entirety of the Miami Heat roster. You have three two-way guys in Donaldson, Vlad Golden, and Kashaw Johnson, and then finally, you have three Exhibit 10 contracts, which are basically tryout contracts in Javon Hadley, Bez Embang, and Ian Sheflin. Now, this was posted just before Assar was allegedly signed to the Exhibit 10. Again, based off the information that we know from Barry Jackson, they had agreed to an Exhibit 10, but it had yet to be signed, so it was not officially posted like Ian Sheflin on the Miami Heat Twitter page, so hopefully in the day in the next day or two when you guys are watching this, as I'm recording this at six o'clock in the morning on September 26th, and you guys are watching this probably at 3 or 4 p.m. by the time it goes out, there's probably going to be made official note that he is a part of this team, but with that being said, the Miami Heat don't have the ability to go out there and sign someone like a D'Angelo Russell, which again, that video is already live. Obviously, I recorded it, posted it, went to bed, woke up, and now I'm recording this video just to find out the Heat have signed players elsewhere to other types of contracts rather than going out and getting that veteran guard that seemed very likely for them to do based off the other information that we had learned earlier and so, as you're watching this, it probably has been made official at this point for Azhar Asar or excuse me, Ezra Asar, so we'll see if that's the case. It should be based on just because it just hasn't been signed officially yet, but by the midday tomorrow, it definitely should be. If it's not, we'll bring you updates breaking it all down, but again, let me know down below your thoughts and opinions on these moves by the Miami Heat. Do you like the idea of going out and acquiring a bunch of depth at the big man position? And if you're wondering where Mo Bamba is when they did that trade, it was specifically for their G League assignments. It was not for the NBA level. So, that's it for this episode of Heat Digest. I will see you guys on the next one.