Heat match Nets' $50 million bid, retain Tyler Johnson
The Miami Heat made a significant commitment to their youth movement Sunday, matching the Brooklyn Nets' four-year, $50 million offer sheet to retain guard Tyler Johnson.
Faced with a "poison pill" element in the contract that calls for salaries of nearly $20 million in each of the final two seasons, the Heat nonetheless decided to move forward with the development of a player they landed as an undrafted free agent out of Fresno State in 2014-15.