UNDATED (AP) — Dion Waiters is staying with the Miami Heat.
A person with knowledge of the situation says the shooting guard has accepted a four-year, $52 million contract.
Waiters averaged 15.8 points in 46 games for the Heat last season, a shade below his career high set with Cleveland in 2013-14. He was a key figure as Miami went 30-11 in the second half after losing 30 of its first 41 games.
The Heat went 27-19 when he played, 14-22 when he did not.
Elsewhere in the NBA:
— The Warriors have deepened their reserve pool by working out a one-year, $5.2 million contract with veteran Nick Young. He averaged 13.2 points in 60 games for the Lakers last season before declining the player option in his contract.
— Cavaliers reserve forward Richard Jefferson says he will return to the club for his 17th NBA season. Jefferson averaged 5.7 points and 2.6 rebounds in 79 games for the Cavs, serving mostly as a backup for LeBron James.
— The Knicks have signed guard Frank Ntilikina (tee-lih-KEE’-nuh), the eighth player taken in the NBA draft last month. The 18-year-old averaged 5.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 18.5 minutes in 31 games last season for Strasbourg in the French Pro A league.
— The Mavericks have signed first-round pick Dennis Smith Jr., who averaged 18.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 6.2 assists as a freshman at North Carolina State last season. Smith was taken with the ninth pick in the draft.
–No word on the status of Memphis Grizzlie defensive star Tony Allen. Allen, a free agent, may be moving on to another team. The Boston Celtics are still trying to fill their roster reportedly are interested in Center Marc Gasol. But there is no word from Memphis.
