Reports: Miami Heat TRADE for Terry Rozier | CBS Sports

Reports: Miami Heat TRADE for Terry Rozier | CBS Sports

Breaking news in the NBA where the Miami Heat are trading Kyle Lowry to the Hornets for their guard Terry roier according to multiple reports Charlotte also is receiving a protected first round pick in 2027 from Miami the 29-year-old Rosier started his career with the Celtics and has spent the past

Five seasons in Charlotte he will replace the 37-year-old Lowry who has struggled this season averaging just eight points a game and recently fell out of the starting lineup so you take a look at the deal of how it pans out with the heat trying to pick up some new

Pieces to get them a push towards a hopeful playoff run bringing in the offense of Terry roier and sending away Kyle Lowry along with a draft pick and we’ll see what the Hornets decide to do with Lowry moving forward bringing in our coach and NBA expert Avery Johnson and Coach first off

Just your initial reactions on the heat being the latest team to make a move here and bringing in roier and some offense yeah Zach significant win for the Miami Heat uh when you can bring in a Terry roier who’s going to add instant offense uh into this team that struggled

Offensively you know scored you know couldn’t score 90 points against Orlando Magic but uh Terry Rosier is a guy that can play on the ball off the ball he’ll pair well well with Jimmy Butler Tyler hero um this guy can be a scoring machine at times and his especially at

The end of shot clocks uh when the Miami Heat can struggle to score uh when teams basically try to deny Tyler hero the ball or Force Jimmy Butler to pass the basketball he’ll be another outlet for Jimmy Butler but he’ll also be a guy that you can run your offense through

Whether this pick and rolls isolations you needed in the playoffs this team is a team that’s trying to stay out of the playing uh tournament this year and try to finish at six or above and Terry roier gives them the luxury to try to accomplish that goal I spent four years

In Charlotte covering T Rosier and I know how well he was respected in that locker room there in Charlotte how do you think he might translate over to Miami and the culture that they have going on to kind of integrate himself now this is going to be a

Totally different culture this is a 180 because you’re dealing with a team with Charlotte that’s not going anywhere fast uh this team is struggling uh premel Jordan during Michael Jordan’s ownership time and now post uh Jordan um so this team’s got to take a very hard look at where they’re going now you’re

Going to one of the most organized uh franchises in professional sports that really has a tough uh no foolishness type culture uh you know he’s got to really make sure that he works on his body because he’s got weigh-ins every day and you got you know the Godfather

Pat Riley looking down they just gave Eric sper basically a new uh 10-year uh contract so he has stability there this team has been to the Finals over the last several years so this is a total 180 in terms of the way you practice prepare for games and how serious this

Team is about winning and trying to get back to the finals uh so this is uh this is going to be a little bit of a culture shot for Terry Rosier so give him a week or so and uh I think he’s going to adjust because he really wants to win

Yeah the Heat team could certainly use the offense that Terry provides averaging a career high 23.2 points per game shooting 43% from the field this is a Heat team that’s averaging the fifth fewest points per game in the League this year when you take a look at the

Standings and where they sit out in the Eastern Conference right now right in the middle of the pack of trying to make sure that they can make the playoffs and avoid the play in we’ve seen the Knicks have a trade bringing in OG we’ve seen the patri with Pas lakum uh how does

This help the Heat and their ploy to avoid the play and with this trade I think it helps because they’re going to be fighting with the Knicks and the Pacers pretty much for the rest of this year and we’ll see you know if the Knicks has another move in them in terms

Of what they’re going to do around the trade deadline the Pacers acquiring Pascal cakam I I man that was a huge um trade and I think that’s going to be a success especially on the defensive end we know how well the Indiana Pacers can score the basketball but they got bigger

Stronger more experience with adding cakam um and and trading Bruce Brown so I think they’re going to be fighting it out for that sick spot between all three of those teams but this definitely improves the Miami he chances of trying to stay six or high probably does not

Help the Hornets chances of trying trying to make any type of noise down there at the bottom of the Eastern Conference when you bring in Kyle Lowry and also get a draft pick what do you think Buzz city does with Lowry do they buy him out or how do they go about this

Zach I I agree with you uh that suggestion that uh I can’t see Kyle LS staying on this roster I can see a buy out here maybe you see the Lakers get involved with this opportunity uh or a team like the you know the m bucks uh

Could use some backup point guard help but yes I definitely see uh Kyle Lowry getting bought out I don’t think he’s going to spend one second in a Charlotte uh uniform uh so let’s keep our eyes on that for the Hornet fans out there who are just looking for any sense of

Something to grab on to for some hope for the future does this trade do anything to help you feel better if you’re a horness fan you feel absolutely worse today unfortunately because uh you know Terry Rosier was a very competitive player uh but you know

This team is a 10- win team right now they’re probably not going to win more than 20 games I don’t know what the path is moving forward what’s what’s the strategy what’s the vision um you know are you g to build it through the draft are you gonna sign some strategic guys

Free agency we know K Kelly UB who’s now with the uh Philadelphia 7 Sixers he spent some time there we’ve seen players get in trouble off the court and suspended for a vast amount of the you know last season so I don’t know what the path is there you know from a head

Coaching standpoint are you going to continue to move forward or you g to change your your your coaching staff I I don’t know what the vision is of this franchise and I’m not sure they know what it is as of today so we’ll see are you going to build your team around lamel

Ball he hasn’t really been able to stay healthy uh you know he’s got to be a little bit more disciplined uh on the court especially on the defensive end because this is not an NBA Las Vegas summer league this is the NBA regular season so I like to see him play a

Little bit more of a a disciplined game a lot of question marks uh for the Charlotte uh haunteds and we’ll see what happens with them moving forward I know those folks in Charlotte they want something good so maybe one day in the future they will get it but for now our

Very you know what’s you know what’s good about North Carolina right now what’s good the North Carolina toy heels UNC number three team in the Country Coach you know they’re trying their best to make some waves and make the people out there happy with the Hoops out there in North Carolina Avery

Johnson thank you so much for joining in with us here with that breaking news of the Miami Heat acquiring Terry roier to help bolster that offense and as they try to stay clear of that cut offline for the playin tournament and move their way up the standings they’re their tied

With the Pacers both at 24 and 19 now they bring in roier patri bringing in some help with Pascal cakam should be a interesting finish to the season as we get to the second half and Beyond

Avery Johnson joins CBS Sports HQ to discuss the Miami Heat trading for Terry Rozier. The Hornets will receive Kyle Lowry and a 2027 first round pick.

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