{"id":41571,"date":"2021-08-02T18:29:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T22:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=41571"},"modified":"2021-08-02T19:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T23:01:01","slug":"miami-heat-kyle-lowry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2021\/08\/02\/miami-heat-kyle-lowry\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Heat Land Kyle Lowry in Sign and Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;(Player name) signed with the (Full Team Name) (Day of the Week). The two sides agreed to a _-year contract worth $_ million, or $_ million per season. This contract ties him down through the (year) season.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:11009,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:[null,2,0],&quot;16&quot;:10}\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lowryky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Lowry<\/a><\/strong> has agreed to a sign and trade deal that will send the 36-year-old to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/heat\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Miami Heat<\/a>. ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news during the early hours of Free Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyle Lowry to sign a three-year deal with the Heat via sign-and-trade with Toronto, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinceGoodwill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@VinceGoodwill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From B\/R x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericanExpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AmericanExpress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cbbVwFdYOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/cbbVwFdYOw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1422317956785074177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Miami Heat Land Kyle Lowry in Sign and Trade<\/h2>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;(Player name) signed with the (Full Team Name) (Day of the Week). The two sides agreed to a _-year contract worth $_ million, or $_ million per season. This contract ties him down through the (year) season.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:11009,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:[null,2,0],&quot;16&quot;:10}\"> The 3-year contract ties Lowry down through to the 2024-25 season where the veteran will turn 39-years of age. He will make approximately $90 million, according to Wojnarowski.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Over his _-year NBA career ___ has played for the __, __ and __. He has put up _ points and _(best remaining stat) per game for his career. He was originally drafted in the _ round, _overall of the _ NBA draft by the _. Last season he scored _ points and _ (stat) for _ the (Full Former Team Name). Add any other details of the deal.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:11009,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:[null,2,0],&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Over his illustrious 15-year NBA career, Lowry has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/grizzlies\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/rockets\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Houston Rockets<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/raptors\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Raptors<\/a>. After struggling early in his career, the six-time All-Star found a home in Toronto where he spent nine great seasons. He solidified himself as the greatest Raptor in history following their historic Championship run in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Over his _-year NBA career ___ has played for the __, __ and __. He has put up _ points and _(best remaining stat) per game for his career. He was originally drafted in the _ round, _overall of the _ NBA draft by the _. Last season he scored _ points and _ (stat) for _ the (Full Former Team Name). Add any other details of the deal.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:11009,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:[null,2,0],&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Despite Toronto&#8217;s disappointing 2020-21 campaign, Lowry had a solid season. In 46 appearances, he averaged 17.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 7.3 assists on 43.6 percent shooting, 39.6 percent from three, and 87.5 percent from the line. Lowry was a part of countless rumors all last season and appeared destined to be dealt with before the deadline. However, General Manager Masai Ujiri couldn&#8217;t find a deal that properly represented Lowry&#8217;s value, keeping hold of him until the offseason.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Miami Heat Push All the Chips In<\/h3>\n<p>For the Miami Heat, they receive a tremendous upgrade at the point guard position. The Heat lost a lot of games when franchise star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/butleji01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Butler<\/a> <\/strong>sat, thus Lowry offers Miami a settling presence. Additionally, they can return Tyler Herro back to his more suited sixth man role as the focal point of the offense.<\/p>\n<p>Lowry has expressed a strong interest in playing alongside Jimmy Butler in the past and finally joins him in South Beach. The two veterans form a formidable backcourt that who&#8217;s styles appear to complement each other while playing stifling defense.<\/p>\n<p>While the Toronto Raptors and its fan base is sad to see Lowry go, it&#8217;s a tremendous win for Miami who are setting themselves up nicely for a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"GWpZpJPMRoVjcj6WeO6lSA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1169223636\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'GWpZpJPMRoVjcj6WeO6lSA',sig:'Uv5QvvCVB1v6DpukrUCvpRu7w2KwakUUI3eFiW1Y9vo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1169223636',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Lowry has agreed to a sign and trade deal that will send the 36-year-old to the Miami Heat. ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news during the early hours of Free Agency. Kyle Lowry to sign a three-year deal with the Heat via sign-and-trade with Toronto, per @VinceGoodwill From B\/R x @AmericanExpress https:\/\/t.co\/cbbVwFdYOw &mdash; Bleacher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3477,"featured_media":41592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1608,62,14],"tags":[4250,319,297],"class_list":["post-41571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heat","category-basketball","category-nba","category-raptors","tag-heat-featured","tag-kyle-lowry","tag-nba-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Zach Kircher","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}