Moves made by the Miami Heat #2: Signing Kyle Lowry
This deal turned the Miami Heat into actual title contenders. Kyle Lowry, Jimmy Butler, and Bam Adebayo will be one of the best big threes in the NBA.
Lowry brings championship experience to a Heat team that desperately needed an infusion of just that. His veteran leadership will also help them this year.
Before this past season, Lowry was an All-Star for six straight years in a row. He will be able to help Butler lead the team as a ball-handler and playmaker.
He will be the best point guard the Heat have had in a long time, outside of LeBron James, if he counts as a point guard. This sort of addition is severely underrated.
Though Butler spent most of last year acting as the primary ball-handler, having an actual point guard will be extremely helpful. Now, Lowry can handle most of the ball-handling responsibilities while Butler focuses his attention elsewhere.
Lowry’s shooting will also be crucial to the success of the Heat. Last season, Miami was one of the worst three-point shooting teams, but hopefully, Lowry can help turn that around.
He was nearly a 40% shooter from deep last year. Meanwhile, the Heat were in the bottom half of the league in three-point percentage.
Signing Lowry was a great move by Pat Riley, and the Heat will be a better team because of it. His skillset is exactly what Miami needed.