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Okaro White was the D-League player the Heat signed to a 10-day contract this week, but he’s not the only intriguing NBA prospect on the Sioux Falls Skyforce roster. “Briante Weber and Keith Benson. Hands down, they are NBA players,” White said. “It’s just funny how it works here. Even last year with the team they had with the kind of players they had, no one got a call up but Briante. But hands down. Seeing it in practice and seeing it in games, hands down Briante is an NBA player and Keith Benson. I think it’s only a matter of time.”
The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed guard Luis Montero and waived Keith Benson. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Miami must cut its roster to the regular-season maximum of 15 players by Monday’s deadline. With 15 guaranteed contracts and five non-guaranteed contracts on the roster, the easy route for the Heat would be to keep their 15 guaranteed players to avoid spending any dead money. But coach Erik Spoelstra insists it’s not that easy. “I’m not looking forward to this weekend,” Spoelstra said after Monday’s practice. Who are Miami’s five non-guaranteed players? Guards Rodney McGruder and Briante Weber, centers Keith Benson and Vashil Fernandez, and forward Okaro White.
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Under the NBA's "affiliate-player" rule with the D-League, Whittington, Benson and Weber are expected to be signed by the Skyforce. Recently released Heat guard Corey Hawkins also is expected to transition to the Skyforce as a designated Heat affiliate player, with NBA teams allowed to designate up to four such players. Such players must finalize their 2015-16 D-League commitments by Thursday. Because Kelley played with the Skyforce two seasons ago, he is considered a "returning-rights player" and also would be under Skyforce control if he were to elect to play in the D-League this season.
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The only remaining player on a partially guaranteed contract is guard Tyler Johnson, who had 50 percent of his $845,050 2015-16 salary guaranteed on Aug. 1. Otherwise, forward James Ennis has a opening-night guarantee deadline for his entire 2015-16 salary, with recently added free agents Keith Benson, Corey Hawkins and Greg Whittington guaranteed until Jan. 10.
The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed center Keith Benson. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Benson has spent the past two seasons playing professionally in Belarus, China, Lithuania and Estonia while previously playing in Italy and the Philippines.
The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed center Keith Benson. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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