Lowry’s argument dies when you dissect his first year and change with the Raptors. He will end up as the franchise leader in a number of categories. He is, arguably, the most productive player in franchise history, the most important player on the roster as the Raptors ran off five consecutive playoff appearances. “That’s what I truly believe.”Īssuming Lowry is being at least as honest as he is being enjoyably disagreeable, you can see Lowry’s point. “I think the trade that changed it all was the deal that brought me here,” Lowry says. In fact, it might have been the most crucial move in terms of setting up the future in franchise history, and that includes the draft-day trade in which the Raptors acquired Vince Carter. Said premise: When the Raptors traded Rudy Gay to Sacramento in a seven-player deal on Dec.

Lowry’s effort is coming as an effort to dispute a premise, one of the delightful curmudgeon’s favourite pastimes. Kyle Lowry is making a joke, but not really joking, in the way that few others than Kyle Lowry can make a joke, but not really joke.