By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer
MIAMI (AP) Rashard Lewis provides thought i would become a member of the particular Miami Heat, turning out to be just one more snapping shots selection to get your reigning NBA champions.
Agent Tony Dutt reported your free broker forward as well as the Heat agreed to terms upon Tuesday, as well as Lewis will be anticipated in order to hint his / her deal Wednesday in Miami. Lewis' decision comes simply several times immediately after Ray Allen decided to accept an offer from Miami.
Allen as well as Lewis had been Seattle teammates regarding five seasons, from the year 2003 through 3 years ago and the two number to suit completely directly into Miami's prefer to trapp LeBron James, Dwyane Wade in addition to Chris Bosh by using actually extra shooters nobody can stretch out defenses.
Allen's 2,718 made 3-pointers are the a lot of inside NBA history, as well as Lewis status fifth concerning productive competitors together with 1,690 creates from beyond the arc.
Lewis will make this seasoned smallest from Miami with regard to this particular coming season, worth concerning $1.3 million. He's collecting another $13.7 trillion because of the final season of his almost all current 2 year contract some sort of $118 million, six-year pact seemed to be decided to buy out and about earlier this specific offseason through New Orleans, whom acquired your 6-foot-10 ahead from a deal having Washington after which it waived him.
Allen and Lewis will be both equally likely to be launched by the Heat upon Wednesday, once procedural things such as physicals and also documents usually are completed. Teams may get started signing their no cost agents any time the league's moratorium technically finishes at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
Slowed simply by quit knee problems this particular past season, Lewis averaged 7.8 factors with twenty eight online games with regard to Washington. For his career, he is averaged 16.1 things for every adventure with Seattle, Orlando and Washington.
Lewis' quantities in field-goal percentage (.385), 3-point proportion (.239) and also scoring that recent time all ended up the second-lowest of his career. Only his fresh season of 1998-99, whenever this individual appeared throughout 20 games, has been a reduced amount of productive.
Still, he / she appeared to be someone the actual Heat aimed earlier within cost-free agency. Lewis fulfilled with all the staff the following beyond weekend, have awareness out of a number of additional sets New York plus Atlanta incorporated before finally view that will Miami is the very best fit.
Lewis didn't perform following your All-Star break that recent season, sitting out Washington's very last 33 games.
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