The Mia­mi Heat seem­ing­ly pri­or­i­tized off­sea­son flex­i­bil­i­ty and old­er prospects over NBA lin­eage when it came to fill­ing out their sum­mer ros­ter in the wake of Thursday’s draft.

So it’s off to the Los Ange­les Lak­ers for Scot­ty Pip­pen Jr., the undraft­ed Van­der­bilt guard, and on to the Toron­to Rap­tors for Ron Harp­er Jr., the undraft­ed Rut­gers guard, both of their fathers NBA cham­pi­ons with the Chica­go Bulls. Also head­ed to the Lak­ers’ sum­mer ros­ter is undraft­ed LSU cen­ter Sha­reef O’Neal, the son of Heat cham­pi­onship cen­ter Shaquille O’Neal, who had a pre-draft work­out a week ago at FTX Arena.

Instead, with their two two-way con­tracts already filled, by in-sea­son addi­tions Javonte Smart and Mychael Mul­der, the Heat took a more method­i­cal approach with the play­ers added for their off­sea­son ros­ter that will com­pete in sum­mer leagues in San Fran­cis­co and Las Vegas.

In the hours after the Heat select­ed Ser­bian big man Niko­la Jokic at No. 27 with their lone pick of the draft, the Heat reached agree­ments on try­out con­tracts with numer­ous undraft­ed players.

St. Bonaventure’s Jalen Adaway: A 6‑foot‑5 senior guard who start­ed his col­lege career at Mia­mi of Ohio. Adaway, 25, aver­aged 15.3 points this past sea­son, shoot­ing .376 on 3‑pointers.

Uni­ver­si­ty of San Francisco’s Jama­ree Bouyea: A 6–1 22-year-old fifth-year senior who scored 36 points in this year’s NCAA Tour­na­ment against Mur­ray State, aver­ag­ing 17.3 points this past sea­son, at .367 on 3‑pointers.

Oak­land University’s Jamal Cain: A 6–7, 23-year-old senior for­ward who pre­vi­ous­ly played four sea­sons at Mar­quette before emerg­ing as the Hori­zon Con­fer­ence co-Play­er of the Year, when he aver­aged 19.9 points and 10.2 rebounds.

UNLV’s Bryce Hamil­ton: A 6–4 23-year-old guard who is com­ing off a first-team All-Moun­tain West sea­son after aver­ag­ing 21.9 points as a senior.

St. John’s Aaron Wheel­er: A 6–9 23-year-old for­ward who spent his first four col­le­giate sea­sons at Pur­due before aver­ag­ing 10 points and shoot­ing .385 on 34-point­ers as a senior.

Texas Tech’s Bryson Williams: A 6–8, 24-year-old senior for­ward who spent his first two sea­sons at Fres­no State and then two more at UTEP before fin­ish­ing up at Texas Tech. He is com­ing off a sea­son when he aver­aged 14.1 points, shot .417 on 3‑pointers.

In addi­tion, the Heat also are expect­ed to fea­ture Jovic, Mul­der, Smart, mid­sea­son addi­tion Hay­wood High­smith and cen­ter Omer Yurt­sev­en on their sum­mer roster.

The Heat have yet to announce whether any play­ers from their G League affil­i­ate, the Sioux Falls Sky­force, will join their sum­mer ros­ter, but big man Mic­ah Pot­ter, who thrived with the Heat’s sum­mer ros­ter last sea­son and then was pro­duc­tive in Sioux Falls, opt­ed for a sum­mer invi­ta­tion from the New York Knicks.

As for those with South Flori­da ties, undraft­ed Uni­ver­si­ty of Mia­mi guard Char­lie Moore took a sum­mer deal with the Detroit Pistons.

Sum­mer ros­ters tend to be flu­id, with play­ers often lured else­where by guar­an­teed mon­ey or two-way contracts.

While NBA teams are lim­it­ed to 20-play­er ros­ters dur­ing the off­sea­son, play­ers on sum­mer ros­ters, oth­er than those hold­ing NBA con­tracts, do not count against that total.

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