Miami Heat Keep Two Hardship Guys Around, Kyle Guy And Chris Silva

With the Miami Heat getting healthier, it has been determined they no longer need most of the 10-day hardship guys that they brought in.

With the league allowing teams to bring in guys on 10-day deals and an unlimited amount of 10-day deals this year as opposed to only two per player per team in a normal year, with the Covid situation and the NBA‘s health and safety protocols, teams were allowed to bring in guys as needed in accordance with the guys that they lost as they went into said protocols.

With the Miami Heat getting healthy though, they no longer have a need for all of the 10-day guys that they initially signed over the last few weeks.

Among those guys though, there are two that will remain with the team for now.

While the absence of Markieff Morris has been a thing to watch for some time now, it seems that he now finds himself inside the NBA’s health and safety protocols himself.

While there has been a need for a body, if not Morris’s own, to fill the void left by his absence, the technicality of it now being protocol-related is what allows them to do this. Also and be clear, the Miami Heat will take advantage of every avenue they have to keep a leg up.

This is one of those avenues, as they haven’t had him in an active capacity for a few months.

Miami Heat Keep Two Hardship Guys Around, Kyle Guy And Chris Silva

While Morris’s situation is one thing, the more straightforward of the two is that of Marcus Garrett’s. He is simply still in the protocols.

On the surface, those are the biggest two reasons why Chris Silva and Kyle Guy will remain with the Miami Heat. Slightly below that initial and obvious reasoning though, there is more.

Simply put, what they’ve been able to do in their initial 10-day pacts has a ton to do with why they were the two, in particular, chosen to remain. Playing the best ball of his pro career, Kyle Guy proceeded to step on the floor of the big stage to, not only, answer questions but remind the people.

He has always been able to shoot it and score the ball. That’s what made him a top recruit coming into college at UVA.

He proceeded to put that ability on display in the big leagues with the Miami Heat, while also showing a few other things. He’s a more than capable defender at his position, while he does have the natural ability to make plays for others.

You’ll never confuse him for Kyle Lowry or Chris Paul, but he’s more than capable of slotting in as your point guard for a few minutes or so.

When it comes to Chris Silva, there is no explanation needed.

Miami Heat Still Have Guys In Protocols, But Keeping Them Bigger Than That

Chris Silva knows he isn’t the most talented on the floor, depending on what you call “talent” though and to that natural order of what are considered “stars”. He doesn’t have all the ball skills in the world, is what that means.

However, he does something better than most other guys in the league and on the face of the planet, when you consider that these are the best of the best athletes in the world. Chris Silva will outwork almost anyone.

It’s cliche, in itself, but also not cliche when you look at it. Chris Silva often finds himself in the middle of the ruckus or the fray, only to find himself coming out on top at the end.

He, routinely, finds himself in positions where he shouldn’t win or come out on the other side successful but does. That’s because he’s willing to leave it all on the line on every possession— and does.

That’s how he initially landed with the Miami Heat out of South Carolina, how he stuck for as long as he did, how he ended up back here and contributing in this situation among a slew of more talented or bigger guys (Aric Holman), and why he’s one of the two guys they are keeping around.

It isn’t a coincidence. So, while they are down a few guys at the moment while they are in protocols, these guys earning the right to stay is bigger than just that.

They’ve shown things in their tenures, though short ones. Hopefully, you can find a way to keep both Silva and Guy in your developmental programs beyond these deals— if not a regular two-way roster spot for one of them.