Miami Heat adds former Georgetown forward Greg Whittington

The Miami Heat agreed to terms with former Georgetown forward Greg Whittington on a one-year, non-guaranteed deal after he impressed the team in Summer League.

Whittington, 6-8, averaged 9.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks for the Heat in Summer League, playing 24.5 minutes per game, on average.

He averaged 12.1 points and 7 rebounds for Georgetown during the 2012-13 season before sustaining a torn ACL. He was later dismissed from the team in November 2013 for academic reasons, and a transfer to Rutgers fell through.

He traveled with the Knicks’ D-League affiliate in Westchester County last season but did not play because he re-aggravated the knee injury. He then went undrafted in June.

“He’s been great for us,” Dan Craig, the Heat’s Summer League coach, said in July. “You can do a lot with him. You can switch him on the perimeters, he can rebound, protect the rim for you, and he can bust out and create breaks so he adds a nice dimension.”

With the addition of Whittington (which was first reported by RealGM.com but not announced), the Heat has 18 players under contract — including four with non-guaranteed deals: James Ennis, Keith Benson, Corey Hawkins and Whittington — the last three of which could end up on the Heat’s D-League team in South Dakota.

Teams can keep up to 20 players in training camp but no more than 15 during the regular season.

This story was originally published September 1, 2015 at 5:58 PM with the headline "Miami Heat adds former Georgetown forward Greg Whittington."