‘Every year, I find ways to motivate myself.’ What’s pushing Heat’s Kyle Lowry this summer?

With plenty of trade noise surrounding the Miami Heat this offseason, veteran point guard Kyle Lowry has stayed relatively quiet.

As the highest-paid player on the Heat’s roster not named Bam Adebayo or Jimmy Butler, Lowry’s name has been brought up in some of the trade speculation for Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant in part because he’s on a salary that can help facilitate a deal. Lowry, 36, also has faced some outside criticism following a postseason that was derailed by a hamstring injury.

“I hear it. I don’t respond to it,” Lowry said cryptically when discussing what’s motivating him this summer during a recent podcast appearance on The VC Show with Vince Carter. “I have my social media, but I’m not even on my social media right now, to be honest with you. I only did this interview because you’re my man. I’m dark right now. I’m out of the way. I’m cool. I don’t need to speak.”