Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry Deserves Our Patience And Time To Get Right
Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry Didn’t Have A Great Postseason, But There’s A Reason
Yes, his playoff averages of just 7.8 points, 4.7 assists, and 3.6 rebounds were below average and not becoming of the future Hall Of Famer, but you also have to take into account his hamstring injury.
An injury he played through, to the tune of a huge performance in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals where he hit the biggest shot of the game, but it’s a hamstring. It’s the type of injury that only time can heal, where you don’t know how it will feel from day to day, and where one small tweak can start the recovery process all over.
We have to be fair. When he was right, again, he delivered.
He just wasn’t right physically after tweaking the hamstring in the first round, while his personal issues throughout the season only probably served to hinder him from being able to stay in the best shape he could.
You can’t blame him, totally—you just can’t.
With that, Lowry has earned patience from the fans. A lot of people are pondering if the Heat should be looking to move on from Lowry, but that wouldn’t be the best thing.
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For a guy that still shows that he has the goods when right and that added a dynamic to the team with his ability to push the pace and get easy early buckets, you have to give him a shot to come back in his best condition, shape, and frame of mind.
That’s just the honest and fair truth. He’s earned patience, at the very least.