{"id":361351,"date":"2026-08-03T10:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361351\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:28:29","slug":"still-room-for-keshad-johnson-with-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361351\/","title":{"rendered":"Still room for Keshad Johnson with Miami Heat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: When are the Heat going to sign their own free agents? Haven\u2019t seen anything about Keshad Johnson. \u2014 Sandy.<\/p>\n

A: Keshad Johnson remains an interesting case study, considering all the time he has spent around Heat players as well as in South Florida this summer. For now, it appears that the preference is to sign a pair of contributing veterans into the two remaining standard roster spots they plan to fill ahead of the season. However, Keshad remains an option for a Heat two-way contract, should he choose to accept such a deal after playing on a standard deal. So, for now, as with much regarding the Heat, it remains a holding pattern. It appears as if the Heat will wait on players they have targeted<\/a>, feeling no rush into action with the start of camp still nearly two months away.<\/p>\n

Q: We have to be patient. I remember that trade that brought Jae Crowder and Andre Iguodala, plus the one that brought Jason Williams, Antoine Walker and James Posey. \u2014 Robert\u00a0<\/p>\n

A: Hmm, patience? What a concept. Again, there is plenty of time to get plenty done. Plus, LeBron James pushed the typical NBA offseason back<\/a> by about two weeks. But as you note with Crowder-Iguoldala, not all business and spending has to come immediately or even before the start of the season. When you are hard-capped, as the Heat stand, every dollar regarding payroll matters, as an exhaustable supply.<\/p>\n

Q: The reason the Heat won\u2019t succeed is bad karma: Bam Adebayo and Erik Spoelstra gaslit and sabotaged Kel\u2019el Ware. The young man was totally innocent, trying to do his best for the team, trying to be as good as he could, yet he was lied to and told he had a bad motor, that he purposely played poorly.\u00a0 \u2013 Vip.<\/p>\n

A: Or he was coached hard and pushed hard by the team\u2019s captain and coach. If Kel\u2019el Ware comes to fully find his way in the NBA, don\u2019t be surprised if he refers back to how his start with the Heat set him on such a course. No one sabotaged anybody. Instead, they tried to maximize the talent of a player who was and remains an intriguing prospect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Q: When are the Heat going to sign their own free agents? Haven\u2019t seen anything about Keshad Johnson.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17325,114,123,125,2490,16151,124,2295,110],"class_list":["post-361351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-ask-ira","tag-latest-headlines","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-heat","tag-miami-heat-blog","tag-miami-news","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}