{"id":72927,"date":"2025-06-25T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=72927"},"modified":"2025-06-25T06:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:50:49","slug":"heat-pick-up-johnsons-option-give-qos-to-mitchell-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=72927","title":{"rendered":"Heat Pick Up Johnson&#8217;s Option; Give QOs To Mitchell, Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-435012\">June 24th 2025 at 3:39pm CST by Luke Adams<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3408,h_1917,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_heat\/01jfwnyp294tx893vw0r.jpg\" alt=\"Heat Could Sign Free Agent With Interest In Miami Following Dru Smith's Injury\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <strong>Heat<\/strong> have completed a series of roster moves, according to reports from Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald and Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Those moves are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercised their team option on <strong>Keshad Johnson<\/strong> ($1,955,377).<\/li>\n<li>Issued a qualifying offer to <strong>Davion Mitchell<\/strong> ($8,741,210), making him a restricted free agent.<\/li>\n<li>Issued a qualifying offer to <strong>Dru Smith<\/strong> (two-way), making him a restricted free agent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Johnson, who celebrated his 24th birthday on Monday, played a limited role for the Heat as a rookie, appearing in just 16 games and logging 98 total minutes at the NBA level. However, he impressed in the G League, with averages of 17.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists in 35.1 minutes per game across 32 appearances for the Sioux Falls Skyforce. The undrafted rookie earned a promotion from his two-way contract to the standard roster in December.<\/p>\n<p>While some team options remain non-guaranteed after they\u2019re exercised, that\u2019s not the case for Johnson, whose $1.96MM salary for 2025\/26 is now fully guaranteed. He\u2019s on track to be eligible for restricted free agency during the summer of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell, a former ninth overall pick who has always had a reputation as a tenacious defender, earned his qualifying offer by emerging as an offensive weapon during the second half of the \u201924\/25 season.<\/p>\n<p>After being traded from Toronto to Houston, the 26-year-old averaged 10.3 points and 5.3 assists per game with a .504\/.447\/.702 shooting line in 30 regular season outings for the Heat. He was even better in the postseason, making 59.3% of his field goal attempts and 52.0% of his three-pointers with averages of 15.2 PPG and 6.5 APG in six play-in and playoff outings.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell, who ranks 28th on our top-50 free agent list, will have the option of accepting his $8.7MM qualifying offer, which would set him up to become an unrestricted free agent in 2026. However, he\u2019ll likely explore a multiyear deal with the Heat or another team. If he signs an offer sheet with a rival suitor, Miami would have the opportunity to match it.<\/p>\n<p>Smith had his 2024\/25 cut short due to a torn Achilles, but has always been a Heat favorite and will apparently have the opportunity to return on another two-way contract. He was the only one of three Miami two-way players to receive a qualifying offer \u2014 it doesn\u2019t appear <strong>Isaiah Stevens<\/strong> will get one, while <strong>Josh Christopher<\/strong> was ineligible for a QO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami has exercised its team option on Keshad Johnson while issuing qualifying offers to a pair of restricted free agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1726,2411,2416,2417,2412],"class_list":["post-72927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-davion-mitchell","tag-dru-smith","tag-isaiah-stevens","tag-josh-christopher","tag-keshad-johnson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heat Pick Up Johnson&#039;s Option; 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