The Miami Heat added some forward depth Friday when they signed former No. 2 overall pick Derrick Williams to a one-year, $5 million deal, per Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical.
Williams later tweeted confirmation he was Miami-bound.
This comes after Wojnarowski reported Williams “passed on his $4.6 million player option for the 2016-17 season” with the New York Knicks and elected to test the open market as a free agent.
Williams entered the league in 2011 out of Arizona. He played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Sacramento Kings and Knicks in his first five seasons and has developed into a solid scorer.
Although he hasn’t lived up to the superstar expectations that often accompany a top-two draft pick, he does have impressive athleticism and can contribute on the glass as a 6’8” forward. Williams is also versatile enough to play the 3 in bigger lineups and the 4 in smaller ones that rely more on quickness.
He earned second-team All-Rookie honors in 2011-12 and followed that up with career highs in points (1 ...
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