Snapshot
| Field | Read |
|---|---|
| Team/role | Miami Heat rookie SG; developmental movement/spot-up shooter |
| Draft/contract | No. 37 in 2026 after Miami traded up; three-year standard deal reported |
| 2025-26 college baseline | Louisville: 18.8 PTS, 4.8 REB, 2.7 AST, 1.1 STL in 30.9 MPG; .410 FG, about .345 3P, .830 FT on very high three-point volume |
| Base role | 6 NBA MPG in the exact-240 model; likely G League/developmental time outside it |
| Category identity | Future threes/points; limited immediate assists/stocks |
2026-27 median projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 6 | .410 | .820 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Why this shape
- Miami moved from No. 41 to No. 37 to acquire him, a meaningful signal for a second-round rookie but not a guarantee of opening-night minutes.
- The Heat's own film study describes dynamic off-ball shooting and clean mechanics while noting only 32.3% on-dribble shooting and a high-usage college role.
- He scored 21 in his first Summer League game, then 16 on 6-of-18 with seven rebounds, three assists and a steal in the next, per NBC's fantasy news log. That is useful evidence of confidence and variance, not NBA-role proof.
- Hardaway, Larsson and Fontecchio are established shooting-wing competitors. Conwell's path opens if Miami chooses development over veteran floor spacing.
Format outlook
- Nine-category: not draftable in normal redraft; add only after a sustained 18+ minute role.
- Points: waiver watchlist because his early NBA contribution is likely scoring-dependent.
- Dynasty: late second/third-round rookie pick or deep taxi stash; the shooting gives him a clearer NBA skill than an all-around fantasy ceiling.
- Ceiling archetype: high-volume threes specialist who can reach 12–14 points in a 22-minute role.
Range and watchpoints
- Ceiling: breaks camp in the rotation, reaches 15–18 MPG and makes roughly two threes per game.
- Median: 45 NBA appearances around six minutes, with substantial development outside the NBA rotation.
- Floor: nearly full developmental/G League season if the veteran wings stay healthy.
- Summer signal: a July 15 r/heat post relayed that Miami sent him home early because it was satisfied with his work. Treat this as a report lead/community relay until the team publishes the reasoning.
Sources
- NBA 2026 draft profile — accessed 2026-07-18.
- NBA draft team profile: Miami — 2026 draft transaction record.
- Official Heat film/fit analysis — 2026-06-24.
- Official Heat signing post on Instagram — 2026-07-01.
- Miami Herald contract/rookie feedback — 2026-07-01; reported three-year structure.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Four college seasons at four schools, with the shooting improving as the level of competition rose.
| Season | School | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | South Florida | 32 | 18.5 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | — | .340 | .300 | .820 |
| 2023-24 | Indiana State | — | — | 16.6 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .480 | .410 | .860 |
| 2024-25 | Xavier | — | — | 16.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.3 | .450 | .410 | .830 |
| 2025-26 | Louisville | — | 30.9 | 18.8 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 1.1 | .408 | .345 | .832 |
Across 138 college games (all but 11 as a starter) he averaged 14.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists, and he was All-ACC second team as a senior at Louisville. Per-game minutes for the Indiana State and Xavier seasons were not verified and are omitted rather than estimated. Draft: 2026, round 2, pick 37, Oklahoma City Thunder; rights traded to Miami, which signed him to a reported three-year deal worth about $1.36 million in year one.
Conwell has never appeared in an NBA regular-season game. His only professional action is the 2026 Summer League, where he opened with 21 points and followed with 16 on 6-of-18 shooting with seven rebounds, three assists and a steal before Miami sent him home early.
Durability: Nothing to report. He played all 32 games as a freshman and started nearly every game of a four-year college career with no significant reported absences.
Trajectory: The résumé is a movement shooter who put up 40%-plus from three across two mid-major and Big East seasons, then took a volume-and-difficulty step up at Louisville and shot 34.5% doing it — a real skill, with the caveat that his efficiency fell as defenses got better. Miami paid a small price to move up for him and gave him a standard multi-year contract rather than a two-way, which is a signal, but Hardaway, Larsson and Fontecchio all occupy the shooting-wing minutes ahead of him. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if injury or a trade clears two of those veterans and Miami decides to develop rather than sign a replacement, which would put him in an 18-to-22-minute three-point specialist role.
Career sources: Wikipedia · NBA.com draft prospect page · NBA.com Heat signing release · South Florida roster page · Sports Illustrated draft report
Open questions
- Does Conwell's summer performance translate into an opening-night rotation audition?
- Can he finish and defend well enough to survive when the jumper misses?
- Does Miami use him as a pure wing shooter or develop more on-ball work in the G League?