IN THE LANE

TYLER’S TIME: Speaking of former Heat guards, Tyler Johnson is embracing his opportunity to join the Nets at Disney after falling out of favor and being released by the Phoenix Suns in February. “You find, as you go on your NBA journey, that some places work for you and some places don’t,” said Johnson, who goes from his $19.2 million salary with the Suns to about $212,000 for the resumption with the Nets. After signing a four-year, $50 million offer sheet with the Nets in the 2016 offseason and having it matched by the Heat, Johnson was dealt to the Suns by the Heat at the 2019 NBA trading deadline in a tax-savings move. “Unfortunately, it didn’t work out,” Johnson said on a videoconference call from Disney of his Phoenix tenure. “But fortunately I’m here. I find myself in a position where I can have a little bit of redemption.” All while fully appreciative of the offer sheet extended in 2016 by Nets general manager Sean Marks, the former Heat center. “My mom still says Sean is one of her favorite people of all time,” Johnson said. STILL HOPING: Then there is former Heat guard Mario Chalmers, who, at 34, still is hopeful of an NBA return. “I just feel like with my resume, I’m a proven winner,” he said in an interview with HoopsHype. “I’m not a bad guy in the locker room. I’m not a jerk. So I just feel like for me to not even get a chance and not even get a workout or nothing like that, it’s a little disheartening.” Chalmers, who won championships with the Heat in 2012 and ’13 but then suffered a serious Achilles injury with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2016, has been out of the NBA since the end of the 2017-18 season. He questioned the approach of a league that had previously so stressed the importance of veteran leadership. “I just feel like if I was an NBA GM or somebody that’s running an NBA team, I would want a couple of vets on my team, just to make sure my young guys are following suit and not doing too much off the court,” Chalmers said.

LEARNING CURVE: As expected, former Heat center Hassan Whiteside had plenty to say during his media video interview from Disney. And, yes, he said, it has been about more than his video gaming and Snapchat posts. “Trying to learn Spanish now,” he said. It is a somewhat slow process. “Piquito,” he said. “I’ve learned a little bit.” There also is the ongoing search for nourishment on the bubble campus. “It’s tough when you’re a bigger guy,” he said. “I gotta have a lot of food.” He said there never was thought of bypassing the quarantine challenge of Disney. “It wasn’t a difficult decision for me,” he said. “I’m used to facing adversity. I’ve played everywhere. I played overseas, I played in China, I played in the G League. I mean, I’ve played everywhere.”

FAMILY TIES: After serving as an assistant coach under one-time Heat guard Penny Hardaway at the University of Memphis, former Heat forward Mike Miller put family first this past week, agreeing to become coach at Houston High School in Germantown, Tenn. There, he will coach sons Mason Miller and Mavrick Miller. Mason is listed by the top prospect in Tennessee in the Class of

2021, by 247Sports. “The opportunity to coach these kids is going to be an awesome experience,” Miller said in a statement issued by the school. Miller’s 17-season NBA tenure included two stints with the Memphis Grizzlies. NUMBER $3,898,000. Price for the home just outside of Oakland, California, put on the market by Heat forward Andre Iguodala. Iguodala joined the Heat in February, agreeing to a two-year $30 million extension, with only the first year guaranteed. He won championships in Oakland with the Golden State Warriors in 2015, ’17 and

’18. The home, in Lafayette, California, features five bedrooms and five bathrooms. It is more than 5,700 square feet, built in 2004.