The Miami Warmth have acquired guard Terry Rozier in a commerce with the Charlotte Hornets for Kyle Lowry and a protected 2027 first spherical decide.
Rozier has appeared in 30 video games (all begins) with the Hornets this season averaging 23.2 factors, 6.6 assists, 3.9 rebounds, 1.07 steals and 35.5 minutes whereas taking pictures 45.9 p.c from the sector and 84.5 p.c from the foul line. He’s averaging profession highs this season in scoring common, assists per sport, subject purpose proportion, subject targets made per sport and free throws made per sport. He has scored in double-figures in each sport this season, besides one, posting 29 double-digit scoring video games, together with 21 20-point video games, six 30-point contests and one 40-point efficiency, recording a season-high 42 factors and eight assists on December 29 at Phoenix, together with eight three-point subject targets within the sport, turning into simply the third participant in NBA historical past to achieve every of these minimums whereas not registering a single turnover. He recorded 5 40-point video games as a member of the Hornets, the fifth-most in group historical past and completed with 20 25-point, 5-rebound, 5-assist video games, the fourth-most in group historical past. Rozier led the group in assists a team-high 20 occasions this season, in factors a team-best 13 occasions, in steals seven occasions, blocks on 4 events and rebounds as soon as. He has dished out a career-high 13 assists three separate occasions and at present ranks fifth in fourth quarter scoring common amongst all gamers this season.
On January 8 vs. Chicago, he posted 39 factors and eight assists, connecting on seven three-point subject targets and a career-high 12 free throws to develop into the primary participant in NBA historical past to achieve every of these minimums with out recording a single turnover. Earlier this season, he averaged 28.0 factors and 10.6 assists whereas taking pictures 40 p.c from three-point vary and 90 p.c from the foul line throughout a five-game stretch from November 30 by way of December 11, turning into the primary participant with at the very least these averages over any five-game mark in franchise historical past. Rozier began the season scoring at the very least 20 factors in six-straight video games, his longest such streak to start a season in his profession and the second-longest 20-point streak to start out a season in Hornets historical past. Moreover, previous to becoming a member of the Hornets, Rozier performed 4 years in Boston, making the postseason every season, together with two journeys to the Jap Convention Finals.
Lowry performed two and a half seasons in Miami, serving to the HEAT to the Jap Convention Finals in 2022 and the NBA Finals in 2023, showing in 155 common season video games (142 begins) averaging 11.4 factors, 5.8 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 1.05 steals.
