The Heat will have interest in Kyle Lowry in free agency, but they’ll face plenty of competition for the veteran point guard, who will have a high asking price, according to Barry Jackson and Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. A source in touch with Lowry tells the Miami Herald that the 35-year-old is expected to seek a guaranteed three-year contract worth $30MM per year.
Lowry may not ultimately achieve that goal, but he seems likely to get at least $25MM per year, per Jackson and Chiang. The Herald duo suggests a reunion with the Raptors isn’t considered particularly likely for Lowry, but he’s expected to draw interest from the Sixers, Lakers, Mavericks, and Pelicans, as well as the Heat and Knicks.
As Jackson and Chiang outline, the Heat could theoretically open up enough cap room to offer Lowry about $85MM over three years if they waive or renounce several veterans who are free agents or who have non-guaranteed salaries. They could retain RFAs Duncan Robinson and Kendrick Nunn in that scenario, but would otherwise be limited to the room exception and minimum-salary contracts to fill out the roster.
A sign-and-trade for Lowry is another possibility and wouldn’t necessarily require the Heat to part ways with so many veterans, but the Raptors would have to approve the compensation in any deal. Miami remains unenthusiastic about including Tyler Herro in any sign-and-trade for Lowry, according to The Herald.
Here’s more on the Heat:
- If things don’t work out with Lowry, count on Spencer Dinwiddie to be among the Heat’s top targets, according to Jackson and Chiang. Chris Paul could also be an option for Miami if he opts out, though that’s likely a longer shot.
- If Bradley Beal were to request a trade, the Heat are among the teams that would appeal to him, per The Miami Herald. However, Beal isn’t available for now and Miami wouldn’t be able to offer many draft assets if he does land on the trade block.
- Goran Dragic isn’t likely to return to the Heat on his $19MM+ team option, but the club would have interest in re-signing him at a lower price point, according to Jackson and Chiang. Miami would also be interested in re-signing free agent forward Trevor Ariza.
To trade for Beal
Is this Heat offer enough?
Duncan Robinson $18m
Nunn $10m
Herro
Achiuwa
Can’t offer Dragic because of salary matching
Heat have no pick to offer
That’s an awful trade. Wizards can do much better than that.
Actually, they probably can’t..Even if they get a top 5-10 pick, the pick ain’t likely to be better than Herro.
PLUS, they’d be getting a solid, young versatile big in Achiuwa, a scoring threat off the bench in Robinson, AND then Nunn who could be a spark plug off the bench and is a versatile, young guard hisself…
They wouldn’t get better then that in any deal, talent wise…
Atlanta can offer Reddish, Hunter, Okongwu and multiple picks. Plus Robinson band Nunn would have to agree to be sign and traded. They don’t have to accept that. Zero chance Heat get Beal.
Wizards will ask john collins from the hawks
What happened to Oladipo? Indy totally lucked out with him turning down their $80M offer in 2019.
According to New York post
Rockets asking price for Oladipo was
1 good young player AND
at least 2 first round picks
My translation for “at least”
If Knicks have lottery picks, it would be 2 Firsts
If Knicks don’t have lottery picks, it would be 3 Firsts
Do you ever stop? Why don’t you focus on what you’re going to change your name to the next 2-3 times before the season starts.
Miami would be a good spot for Lowry. They have a lot of options for how to change their roster. I think they have an outside chance of getting John Collins if Miami doesn’t have to go the max route.
There’s zero chance they get Collins without offering him the Max and Atlanta would still probably match.
Heat should make Lowry the 85 mm offer with their cap space. They don’t have the assets for a S&T, and Robinson and Nunn are the only cap holds worth keeping in any event.
I’d rather Dinwiddie or DeRozan as opposed to giving Lowry 3 years. We still got Dragic. Don’t think it’s smart to give Lowry more than 2 years.
I agree Stretch. I love Lowry’s game, but he’s going to be an albatross in Year 3 or sooner. Dinwiddie is so underrated.
K-Low is good, but I would struggle to give him 25-30 when he was in his peak, now definitely wouldn’t hit the double digit for him, that just me but his age is a very negative factor.
Still waiting on options and non guaranteed contracts, but obviously, besides health, and just not going cold against a team that didnt necessarily play great defense against them, and kind of lucked out on certain guys missing bread and butter looks, the Heat need to address someone that can guard the guard spot, another wing piece, which especially matters depending on Andre Iguodala and/or Trevor Ariza, another piece at the 4 that can defend, and preferably knock down shots,and if they can have some size that would be helpful, and a big that can space the floor, and hopefully give them adequate defense to replace Olynyk, especially after not using Bjelica in a matchup they needed him in, for whatever reason…
Obviously depends on what happens with their young guys, and who they potentially trade/dont keep. Curious what they do with guys like Achiuwa and Okpala, besides the obvious guards. Those guys could go in a trade, and they weren’t used for some reason in a matchup where they may have been useful, so moving them or not, those positions may be more important than they already are. I personally would still consider trading Tyler Herro, as I would have a few months ago. If o had to keep 1 of him or Nunn, I would keep Nunn, but depends on what either could get in a trade, or who else they might grab, and if they keep Dragic. I really want Dragic to end his career with the Heat, so I’ll be really sad if he goes, but it might depend on what else happens
I really hope they dont lose Duncan Robinson. He is extremely important. You can probably find a way to either spread out that shooting, or maybe develop other pieces, but I feel like he is very valuable, and I wouldn’t want to trade him for anything but specific valuable pieces. Hopefully they can offer him enough to take away the risk of someone giving him a wonky deal, outside of just money, that makes it tough to match. The Heat has Max Strus on a 2 way deal, and he is interesting to potentially fill some of that spot, but I think it’s worth keeping Duncan Robinson barring a really significant roster change. Hopefully something in the 4 year/$68 million range is doable
Not necessarily in order, but I could see a few of these guys being real options/potential targets, assuming status. Some of those guys are obviously easier to get…I personally doubt Kawhi Leonard moves, but obviously he would change a lot of the scenarios. That being said, I think the same needs would still exist, so the idea of lower cost options at those spots could be nice. I would imagine the Heat would also consider retaining flexibility, as not offering years may have cost them this year, so they could be holding out for someone worth going after to give that up. It’s been said time and time again, but going into last offseason, they needed to keep at least 1 of Crowder and Derrick Jones jr, and they lost both, and not for lack of offering money, but b/c of years, which is unfortunate b/c those guys would have been movable if necessary
Paul Millsap is still an obvious target, among others, Serge Ibaka could be nice if he leaves the Clippers. If Marc Gasol became available, he would be so perfect, but I doubt he leaves the Lakers. Chris Paul, Kyle Lowry, Josh Hart, Tony Snell, Torrey Craig, Josh Richardson, Sterling Brown, Rudy Gay, Justise Winslow, James Johnson, Solomon Hill, Frank Ntilikina, Shaq Harrison, Lonzo Ball, Isaac Bonga, Kelly Olynyk, Noah Vonleh, Bobby Portis, Harry Giles, Thon Maker, Frank Kaminsky, Moe Wagner, Dwight Howard, Jeremiah Martin, Kris Dunn