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原標題：Heat considering multiple options with Lowry. Where things stand and
        what makes sense
        (熱火隊正考慮 Lowry 的去留。目前進展如何、哪些作法較為合理？)

來源：https://is.gd/gWT6wf

作者：Barry Jackson


原文＋翻譯：

Kyle Lowry’s Heat contract is due to pay him $29.7 million next season in
the final season of a three-year deal. In reality, Lowry could end up costing
the Heat tens of millions of dollars more than that, because of salary-cap
implications. And that has the Heat considering multiple exit avenues with
the veteran guard.



According to two sources, the Heat has been giving thought to potentially
using the waive-and-stretch provision on Lowry if Miami is unable to trade
him, though a firm decision on that has not been made. That waive-and-stretch
mechanism would allocate his remaining cap hit equally over three seasons.



In other words, if the Heat goes the waive-and-stretch route, Lowry would
have a cap hit of $9.9 million each of the next three seasons instead of
$29.7 million next season, which would be his cap hit otherwise.

換句話說，如果熱火隊決定使用延伸條款來攤提並裁走，蘿莉在未來三年的薪資上限將各
達九百九十萬美元，而不是單一賽季的二千九百七十萬美元（即他一年的薪資上限）。

The upshot of that: Miami’s 2023-24 salary cap commitments would shrink from
$178.5 million to $158.5 million, below the $165 million tax line and the
$182.5 million second apron, a threshold that carries significant
restrictions, including the inability to sign buyout players who were making
more than $12 million from the team that released them. That extra
flexibility could allow the Heat to re-sign guard Gabe Vincent in the days
ahead without paying an enormous tax.

好處：



The downside of waiving and stretching Lowry: The $9.9 million cap hits in
2024-25 and 2025-26 would be burdensome, especially because the particularly
onerous restrictions of surpassing the second apron take effect a year from
now. That option will be moot if the Heat includes Lowry in a potential trade
for Portland guard Damian Lillard — who has not asked for a trade — or
another transaction. But the decision must be made this summer, because the
waive-and-stretch provision can only be used before Sept. 1.

壞處：



If the Heat keeps Lowry beyond Sept. 1, Miami would need to hope that his
contract could be parlayed into assets, perhaps at next February’s trade
deadline should he remain on the roster that long. At this past season’s
trade deadline, the Lakers appreciably upgraded their team by parlaying
Russell Westbrook’s expiring contract — the one that paid him $47 million
last season — into three helpful rotation players.



With D’Angelo Russell and Malik Beasley averaging 17.4 and 11.1 points per
game, respectively, after their acquisition, and Jarred Vanderbilt
contributing 7.2 points and 6.7 rebounds, the Lakers had the needed depth to
ride LeBron James and Anthony Davis to the Western Conference finals, where
they were swept by Denver. (Rui Hachimura, also acquired before the trade
deadline in a different deal, also helped.)



The path that would most benefit the Heat — aside from Lowry being used in a
Lillard deal — would be finding a team that has the cap space to absorb Lowry
’s contract while sending the Heat a lesser player making much less money.
That path seems unlikely because the teams with cap space seemingly could use
their space on more appealing options than Lowry. Five teams have more than
$30 million in cap space: Houston at $60.9 million, San Antonio at $38.6
million, Sacramento at $35.6 million, Indiana at $32.2 million and Detroit at
$30 million.



（下面是在不使用延伸條款的情況下，其他可能可以跟進蘿莉薪資的球隊，本文不翻譯）

If the Heat doesn’t include Lowry in a trade involving Lillard — and if
Miami bypasses using the waive-and-stretch provision on him by the end of
August — here would be some teams that hypothetically could be a match for
Lowry under certain circumstances:

- Los Angeles Clippers: Power forwards Marcus Morris (due $17.1 million) and
Robert Covington ($11.7 million) would be a cap match for Lowry if the
Clippers want a veteran point guard. This would make sense if the Heat gets
Lillard, especially if Caleb Martin is sacrificed in the deal. But the Heat
likely would need to throw in a sweetener for the Clippers to consider. The
Heat also could give the Clippers tax relief by taking the last two years of
Terance Mann’s deal ($10.5 million, $11.4 million).

- Utah: There’s no reason to think the Jazz would try to move off the
reasonable money due Lauri Markkanen, who had a breakout season last year and
is due $17.2 million and $18 million the next two seasons. Utah is reportedly
trying to move point guard Colin Sexton’s contract, but this would be worth
considering for Miami only if the Heat cannot land Lillard. Flipping Lowry
for Sexton (due $17.3 million, $18.1 million, $18.9 million) and Kelly Olynyk
($12.2 in an expiring deal) would work. But Utah’s willingness to take only
Lowry would depend on how eager the Jazz is to dump Sexton’s contract.
Sexton, a 6-1 swing guard, averaged 24.3 points and shot 37.1 percent on
threes in 35.3 minutes per game while making 60 starts for Cleveland two
seasons ago. Last season, he averaged 14.3 points and 23.9 minutes and shot
39.3 percent on threes in 48 games, including 15 starts.

- Toronto: There remains mutual affection and respect between Lowry and the
Raptors. If the Heat cannot get Lillard, it would be worth exploring the
possibility of flipping Lowry and other assets (a first-round pick or Nikola
Jovic) for 6-5 swingman Gary Trent Jr. (17.4 point per game last season) and
power forward Chis Boucher. The salaries line up almost perfectly; Trent will
make $18.6 million in an expiring deal and Boucher $11.7 million. The Raptors
’ incentive? If Toronto determines it cannot or does not want to extend
Trent and if it wants to get out of Boucher’s $10.6 million in 2024-25.
Boucher averaged 9.4 points and 5.5 rebounds last season. He shoots threes
but not at a great percentage; he’s 270 for 908 (33.4 percent) in his
career. Former Heat player Precious Achiuwa also could be an option in this
scenario.

- San Antonio: There are several permutations that could be built around
Lowry’s money, but the Heat would need to motivate the Spurs with draft
picks and/or Jokic or perhaps Martin. Such a package could be built around
swing forward Doug McDermott (on a $13.7 million expiring/10.3 points per
game and 41.3 percent on threes last season) and point guard DeVonte Graham,
who’s due $12.1 million and $12.6 million the next two seasons.

- Indiana: If the Pacers want to rebuild, a package starting with Lowry and
Oladipo’s expiring contracts would be enough – from a cap standpoint - to
land Myles Turner (due $20.9 million and $19.9 million) and Buddy Hield, who’
s on an expiring deal worth $19.2 million. But from a value standpoint,
Indiana would seek far more. If the Lillard pursuit doesn’t materialize, a
case could be made to offer Lowry, Oladipo, Jokic and multiple first-round
picks for that Turner/Hield package. But Indiana likely would be disinclined
to give up on the 2023-24 season before it even starts. And Herro would have
no value to Indiana, with Bennedict Mathurin coming off a very good rookie
season.

If the Pacers start the season poorly, this is one team worth monitoring if
Lowry remains on the Heat’s roster past August. Beyond Lowry, the
sign-and-stretch mechanism also remains an option for Oladipo, whose $9.5
million cap hit could be split instead into $3.1 million cap charges the next
three seasons.

NOTABLE

其他重點

The Heat extended qualifying offers to forward Jamal Cain and center Orlando
Robinson, who finished the season on two-way contracts. Both Cain and Robinson
will play for the Heat’s summer league team next month. The qualifying offers
make Cain and Robinson restricted free agents and gives the Heat the right to
match outside offers for either player. The Heat could give them two-way
contracts again or sign them to standard contracts, a decision that hasn't
been made.



＊根據 Bobby Marks 的說法，他們都擁有鳥權，因此可以在薪資帽之上續約

The Heat must decide by Thursday whether to extend a $2.3 million qualifying
offer to center Omer Yurtseven, a move that would make him a restricted free
agent and give the Heat the ability to match outside offers.

同時熱火隊必須在星期四決定，是否要為中鋒 Omer Yurtseven 提供二百三十萬美元的合
格報價，這樣就能讓他成為受限制自由球員、並給予熱火跟進其他球隊報價的可能性。


短評：

豪華稅的問題，不知何時了... (？)

另外在其他報導中，該記者也提到，熱火隊正在「耐心等待」小李作出決定，而老闆 Pat
Riley 將在自由市場開始前，到南加州與他會面。

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