OAKLAND -- Turns out, it was the Golden State Warriors who were the first NBA team to give Tyler Johnson a shot.

The Heat's second-year guard, born and raised in the Bay Area, earned himself "a scholarship" to Warriors basketball camp when he was 12 years old. He did so with the following letter.

The Warriors kept it and followed Johnson ever since, watching him star at nearby Fresno State and now as a valuable weapon off the bench with the Heat.