Kendrick Nunn has scored the third most points to start an NBA career in the past 25 years.

The 24-year-old Nunn, who scored 28 points against the Hawks on Thursday, has scored 112 points over his first five games in the league.

Only Jerry Stackhouse and Kevin Durant have scored more points than Nunn to start their career. 

Nunn, who went undrafted in the 2018 NBA Draft, signed a 3-year, $3.1 million deal with the Heat over the summer. 

Pat Riley was "visibly angry" with both James Johnson and Dion Waiters, sources told Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald.

Waiters and Johnson will not accompany the team for a weekend road trip against the Bucks and Timberwolves.

Waiters complained about playing time following a preseason game against the Rockets. Waiters also skipped a mandatory weigh-in last week.

Johnson failed to meet the team's conditioning standards involving body fat. 

Jimmy Butler will be out for the next two Miami Heat games due to the birth of his child.

Butler, who sat out on opening night, will miss road games against the Bucks and Timberwolves.

He is set to make his Heat debut on Tuesday against the Hawks. 

Jimmy Butler missed the Miami Heat's 120-101 win over the Memphis Grizzlies due to "personal reasons."

Erik Spoelstra added that “everything’s fine” and there was no reason for further concern.

The Heat also won without Dion Waiters, who was suspended for the opener due to detrimental team conduct. 

The Miami Heat suspended Dion Waiters for the season opener due to conduct detrimental to the team.

"There were a number of unacceptable incidents this week, culminating with his unprofessional conduct on the bench last night" said Pat Riley in a statement. 

The Miami Heat signed Chris Silva and Daryl Macon to two-way contracts.

The team also waived Kyle Alexander, and guards Davon Reed, Skyler Flatten and Bubu Palo.

The Heat now have 14 players on their roster, with one opening. 

Erik Spoelstra compared Jimmy Butler's unselfish approach and focus on winning to LeBron James.

“I think it’s really rare for a star player. In that regard, he reminds me of LeBron [James]. He is so aware and mindful of his teammates and he wants his teammates to play well and be in rhythm, even at the expense of his own offense. He’s not looking at how many shot attempts he gets or how many points he’s scoring. He really just cares about the bottom line: Are we winning or not? Are we doing the right thing to put our team in position to win?" said Spoelstra on Wednesday. 

Butler said his focus during preseason was getting teammates up to speed to the pace of the game at the expense of his own stats.

Butler is averaging 8.5 points on 7.5 shots in the preseason.

“Pass the ball, guard. I want everybody else to get used to the game, especially the young guys ... When the time presents itself, I’m comfortable more than anybody. I’m just out here trying to get everybody else comfortable, man. We’re going to need everybody in this long season," said Butler. 

The Miami Heat have signed guards Skyler Flatten and Bubu Palo. 

Flatten played his entire collegiate career at South Dakota State, appearing in 33 games (all starts) as a senior last season and averaged 15.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.24 steals and 36.5 minutes while shooting 51.7 percent from the field, 44 percent from three-point range and 68.3 percent from the foul line. 

Palo, who has played five seasons with the Heat’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, including on the 2016 G League Championship team, appeared in 40 games (25 starts) last season with the Skyforce and averaged 13.2 points, 4.5 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 31.4 minutes while shooting 45.7 percent from the field, 44 percent from three-point range and 83.2 percent from the foul line.

The Miami Heat have waived guards Jeremiah Martin and Mychal Mulder.

Martin, who was originally signed by the Heat on July 11, appeared in one preseason game with Miami totaling a steal in 5:41 minutes of action. He also appeared in six Summer League games (two starts) with Miami and averaged 5.0 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.16 steals and 19.1 minutes while shooting 43.5 percent from the field.

Mulder, who was originally signed by the Heat on September 16, appeared in two preseason games with Miami totaling two points and a rebound in 15:19 minutes of action.

James Johnson made his return to the Miami Heat after getting kicked out of the team on September 30th for failing to meet their conditioning standards.

"It was Day 1 of earning my respect back. That's the only emotion I had, is earn my respect back ... It's good to be back home. I got exactly what I needed; I got exactly what I needed to hear. Hopefully I can put it all behind me after this," said Johnson.

Johnson missed two weeks of practice, along with two out of the Heat's first five exhibition games.

Jimmy Butler was excited by Johnson's return.

“It’s great to have that guy back. He plays basketball the right way.”