The Toronto Raptors are coming off of their first NBA championship, but due to the fact that they lost Kawhi Leonard to free agency this summer, people are already counting them out as a contender heading into the 2019-20 campaign.
But Kyle Lowry doesn't care, saying that all that matter is what the Raptors have accomplished:
“Everywhere I've gone, guys are so happy for our team,” said Lowry, according to Ryan Wolstat of The Toronto Sun. “The peers I've seen this summer, it's just about the respect. I don't care about what other people say. We know what we've accomplished.”
Lowry himself could be nearing the end of his tenure in Toronto.
The veteran point guard is entering the final year of his deal, and seeing that he is 33 years old and clearly on the decline, you have to wonder if the Raptors will keep him beyond this coming season.
Lowry played in 65 games this past year, averaging 14.2 points, 8.7 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.4 steals over 34 minutes per game while shooting 41.1 percent from the floor, 34.7 percent from three-point range and 83 percent from the free-throw line.
While he did make the All-Star team, it represented what was probably his worst season since joining the Raptors in 2013.
Lowry, who played his collegiate basketball at Villanova, was originally selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round (24th pick overall) of the 2006 NBA Draft.
He spent the first two-and-a-half years of his career with the Grizzlies before being traded to the Houston Rockets.
He then spent three-and-a-half years with the Rockets before linking up with the Raptors.
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