Much like Dion Waiters and James Johnson, NBA journeyman and sharpshooter Wayne Ellington is in the midst of a career year that wasn’t ever supposed to happen.
Waiters, Johnson and Ellington were all signees in the wake of the devastation left by Dwyane Wade’s unexpected exit from Miami. They were simply outcasts brought in for what remained of the Miami Heat’s salary cap space. Johnson received a one-year deal worth $4 million, Waiters got two years for around $6 million (with a player option for next year) and Ellington, playing for his seventh team, received a two-year deal worth $12 million with a team option for next season.