The Miami Heat have signed rookie guard D.J. Stewart.
Stewart, who went undrafted in the 2021 NBA Draft, has been playing for the Heat at Summer League, including two games played at the California Classic in Sacramento where he averaged 7.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.00 steals while shooting 42.9 percent from the field and totaled a +14 plus/minus.
He faces an uphill battle when it comes to making the Heat’s regular season roster.
Stewart played two seasons of college basketball at Mississippi State In 64 games (50 starts) for the Bulldogs, he averaged 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists in 32.4 minutes per game, on 42.5% FG shooting.
He finished his college hoops career with 792 career points, the 11th-most by an MSU player during their freshman and sophomore seasons, and was named to the All-SEC Second Team last year after scoring 528 points, the sixth-most by a sophomore in school history, while also becoming just one of 11 players nationally to score at least 500 points and dish out at least 100 assists.
Additionally, the two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection scored a season-high 32 points against Dayton on December 12 to become just the 13th sophomore in school history to post a 30-point game since 1954 and was the only player in program history to record three consecutive 20-point games during NCAA/NIT postseason play after doing so from March 20 – March 27.
