Lowry played 40 minutes last night and put up a phenomenal 13 points as their star PG.
If Toronto loses Game 7 at home, Kawhi's gone IMO. Unless Ujiri can get rid of Lowry somehow and/or add another star in Toronto to pair with Kawhi.
Kawhi had 29/12 and it wasn't enough. They legit need him to score around 40+ to win.
I think they should've pushed Memphis harder for Conley. I know they were originally trying to do Jonas/Lowry for Gasol/Conley originally.
If Kyrie was going to leave Boston and go somewhere else -- would it be worth sign and trading Kyrie to Toronto with Kyle Lowry going the other way to us.
Lowry gives Boston a new PG. Allows Boston to still go after Anthony Davis and put a strong team around him.
Would that be worth doing? If Kyrie was leaving no matter. Is taking Lowry back better than getting nothing at all? I know his contract is bad. That is why I am not sure. Celtics have no cap space either way.
Why in the world, would we want to take on an aging past his prime PG that is making over 30 million?
That is an awful trade, makes Raptors the best team in the East by a large margin, and it gives Kawhi more incentive to stay...
Boston would be left with nothing if Kyrie leaves.
Is Lowry better than nothing?
Or is his contract so bad that nothing is better?
Lowry is still a good player. If they got AD, it would be:
C: Anthony Davis
F: Al Horford
F: Gordon Hayward
G: Tatum or Jaylen
G: Lowry
If Kyrie leaves, I'm completely okay with rebuilding then. There is no point in trying to retool, because AD isn't going to re-sign if Kyle Freaking Lowry is his PG.
I don't even know if Lowry is the 2nd best player on the team, that is lacking offensive scoring options not named Siakam or Leonard.
So you're content with making the Raptors the best team in the East? Because that's what will happen the moment Irving goes to the Raptors. Also Lowry is dealing pretty rapidly... His contract also pays him around 33 million. The last thing we want is people hating Hayward and Lowry.