Sources: Heat acquiring Rozier for Lowry, choose

The Miami Heat are acquiring Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier for guard Kyle Lowry and a secure 2027 first-spherical choose, sources told ESPN on Tuesday morning.

The deal lands the Heat a proficient scoring guard who’s having one of his finest NBA seasons — averaging 23.2 parts and 6.6 assists a game.

The Hornets (10-31) — who are initiating build to amass future resources old to the Feb. 8 exchange lower-off date — will get a lottery-secure choose in 2027 that becomes unprotected in 2028, sources stated.

Charlotte is discussing other offers on its veteran players old to the exchange lower-off date and plans to continue gathering resources, sources told ESPN.

The Hornets will work to pass Lowry, 37, onto one other crew earlier than the lower-off date, but making an try discovering a deal for him and his $29.6 million expiring contract, he would perhaps at last turn correct into a contract buyout candidate, sources stated.

The Heat will establish $15.4 million in luxury tax on the exchange and produce a $6.4 million exchange exception.

Under contemporary ownership in Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin, the Hornets are planning to invent around young players LaMelo Ball and rookie Brandon Miller and secure up draft resources and young players in possible offers.

With the Heat 24-19 and sixth in the Jap Conference, Rozier, 29, offers them some more dynamic guard play and hope that he can reduction them break one other flee in the Jap Conference playoffs this yr and beyond.

ESPN’s Bobby Marks contributed to this characterize.