If you want to ask, in the past decade, the league has some excellent point guards, then Kyle Lowry must occupy a position, Lowry entered the league in 2006, is already a veritable veteran, and many players in his same period have faded out of people's attention, but he is still active on the NBA stage. Lowry is not the kind of player who is talented and focused, and his NBA experience can be said to be quite bumpy.
Lowry was selected by the Grizzlies, at the beginning he could not play the main force, just a rotation player in the marginal position, in the third year of the Grizzlies, he only got the opportunity to start, but obviously, Lowry is not the long-term answer of the Grizzlies, in 2008, he came to Houston, I believe that old fans have an impression of the Rockets' lowry, after all, because of Yao Ming's influence, the Rockets' popularity in China was particularly high. At that time, Lowry was very tough to play, not afraid of confrontation on the basket, and pushing fast attack was also a good hand.
However, the Rockets are not lowry's final answer, in 12 seasons, he joined the Raptors, where Lowry can truly realize himself.
During his nine years with the Raptors, Lowry was named to the All-Star six times, the Best Team once, and in the 18-19 season, he led the Raptors to the championship with Leonard, achieving a double harvest of personal and team honors.
However, Leonard has only been in Toronto for one season, he still craves the aura of the protagonist of the big city, and after Leonard left, Lowry still led the Raptors in the playoffs, but eventually stayed away from the championship competition sequence. Lowry still has an unwilling fire in his heart, and now Toronto can't satisfy him, so this offseason, Lowry joined the Miami Heat in a sign-first-and-then-exchange manner.
Lowry nicknamed the small steel cannon, why, because he played hard and decisive, in the Raptors period, he was the kind of lakers who had James and thick eyebrows whenever I wanted to score, who once single-handedly led the team in the absence of Leonard to overturn the Warriors who still had Kudu at the time, and also slashed 33 points to blast the Hammer with James and thick eyebrows.
Lowry combines explosiveness and dribbling skills perfectly, using a strong body to carry the defender during the breakthrough, and when he comes to the basket, he will use delicate techniques to dodge lightly, rigid and soft.
A few years ago, when the Raptors had both Lowry and DeRozan, they were the strongest team in the East and James' biggest opponent, although fans would ridicule Lowry and DeRozan as garbage brothers, but no one would really deny their excellence.
If you talk about the Raptors career, Lowry is more stable than DeRozan, DeRozan is generally the team's scoring king, Lowry is the team's assist king, coordinating the operation of the entire team, at the same time, is also the second most important person in the team, although sometimes very low-key, but when he shoots, absolutely unambiguous, and even once occupied the top point guard in the East.
During the Raptors period, Lowry can be said to be unlimited, he has gorgeous statistics, but also the absolute core of the team, has a high tactical status.
However, lowry is 35 years old this year, and the Heat team not only has an All-Star like Butler who is in the middle of the year, but also a rising star like Hiro, who has very little offensive role in the team, but this does not mean that he is not important to the team, but the way he affects the game is different from before.
First, he put more energy into the defensive end. Lowry's defense is not weak, he has now become the Heat's defensive gate, a vital part of the team's entire defensive system. When defending alone, Lowry can play against ninety percent of the point guards in the league, and few people can break through him directly one-on-one, and his strength is very strong, which will make the offensive players very uncomfortable when fighting. The most critical point is that with the accumulation of game experience, Lowry's current defensive consciousness is also the top of the league, when to appear in what position, he can basically predict in advance, the opponent's organizational tactics are invisible.
The Heat as a whole is a top defensive team, especially like to play unlimited changes of defense, in this case, Lowry often needs to top players who are much larger in height and size, lowry is also very effective in defending this kind of player, because his next game strength is particularly solid, unlike other small point guards, it is easy to be impressed, which makes the Heat's defensive tactics more abundant, enough to deal with a variety of offensive types of teams.
Second, Lowry's organizational skills are stronger. As mentioned earlier, the Heat are not short of singles, so Lowry is also focused on organizing, and this season, his long-distance passes and passing within the small range are more spiritual than before.
Lowry was often able to send passes directly to Adebayor at the back, giving Adebayo a chance to attack easily and quickly. In positional warfare, Lowry's passing is also an important way to tear apart the opponent's defense, he can quickly capture the position of his teammates, and then use precise force and hidden angles to deliver the ball to his teammates. Lowry's passing does not seem gorgeous, but it will make his teammates particularly comfortable, he is the engine and lubricant of the team, and his value and role cannot be fully reflected by the data.
This season, Lowry can average 13.7 points and 8.3 assists per game, the lowest score in the past three years, but the assist statistics are the highest in the past three years, he no longer charges, but also escorts the team.
Obviously, Lowry's peak is also in these years, leaving the Raptors to join the Heat is to chase higher honors, for any NBA professional player, the O'Brien Cup is an eternal dream. Lowry, 35, deserves respect and wishes him good health and more energy for the Heat. I also look forward to him being able to lead the team to better results with Jimmy Butler, after all, never underestimate a championship heart!