{"id":863493,"date":"2026-09-28T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863493\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:00:08","slug":"should-miami-heat-have-found-a-way-to-retain-jahmir-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863493\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Miami Heat have found a way to retain Jahmir Young?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: Ira, am sad to see Jahmir Young go. He\u2019s a scorer and they need scoring. So why not a two-way, since he\u2019s better than Vlad Goldin? \u2013 Mitch.<\/p>\n

A: First, sometimes it\u2019s about a player seeking alternate options, which Jahmir Young could find with his G League rights now transferred to the Lakers\u2019 affiliate. Beyond that, the development process is about knowing when to commit and when to move on. In addition, the Heat have plenty of scoring; it\u2019s just a matter of making that scoring work. And this is not just about being better than someone already on the roster, but a matter of determining whether the fit works. This very much is a live-in-the-moment season for the Heat. And if there is a better two-way option than Vlad Goldin<\/a>, then the Heat assuredly will move in that direction.<\/p>\n

Q: What is the upside for the Miami Heat with Dennis Smith Jr.<\/a>?\u00a0 \u2013 Stuart.<\/p>\n

A: The upside at the moment is being able to have a veteran presence with the G League roster. Considering Dennis Smith Jr. is not expected to be with the Heat for the start of training camp, do not overstate him in any way competing in camp with Dru Smith or Tre Donaldson for rotation minutes or even a roster spot. This appears more a matter of having a break-open-in-case-of-emergency option in the Heat realm.<\/p>\n

Q: What about Ezra Ausar? \u2013 Bobby.<\/p>\n

A: Really, this is what is being asked on the eve of training camp? Ezra Ausar, the undrafted big man out of Southern Cal, will remain in the process of being shifted to the Heat\u2019s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Think of it as Ezra being this preseason\u2019s Dain Dainja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Q: Ira, am sad to see Jahmir Young go. He\u2019s a scorer and they need scoring. So why…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[71475,2558,8173,71476,355,99],"class_list":["post-863493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ask-ira","tag-latest-headlines","tag-miami-heat","tag-miami-heat-blog","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}