Kyle Lowry on Jim Rome

[Primer]

This whole situation with Kyle is reminding me of Chris Bosh. Few differences though.. Bosh was a max player, Lowry is not. Bosh had a market (lots of teams creating cap space), Lowry does not (many teams have a starting caliber PG). But from the point of view of whether or not Lowry is coming back... seems like a long shot to me.

You would have to show him the money and that's a dangerous game to play. Hope MU is comfortable on his thrown because he's got work to do in the summer.

Not similar to Bosh at all. Bosh left to play with the 2 best players in the NBA in Miami, he knew damn well he would win multiple championships by going there, and they still gave him a max deal. Bosh literally had no good reason to stay in Toronto. Better team, better weather, more recognition, winning, championships, south beach, same amount of money, etc....

The only teams that might offer Lowry a deal are not even close to Miami in terms of being contenders. I'd even argue that if he leaves he will almost certainly end up on a worse team than the Raptors.

[Nilanka]

There could be a "fun factor" we're ignoring. Lowry genuinely looks like he's having fun out there. So does the whole team actually. But if the Raps keep winning games, Lowry could choose to stay simply because he genuinely enjoys the fit/feel of this roster.

[planetmars]

This whole situation with Kyle is reminding me of Chris Bosh. Few differences though.. Bosh was a max player, Lowry is not. Bosh had a market (lots of teams creating cap space), Lowry does not (many teams have a starting caliber PG). But from the point of view of whether or not Lowry is coming back... seems like a long shot to me.

You would have to show him the money and that's a dangerous game to play. Hope MU is comfortable on his thrown because he's got work to do in the summer.

[Bendit]

Kyle L. comes across as pretty smart and is playing it just right all around. Good for him. It's his first kick at the big contract and unlike some who have passed thru this town what I appreciate is that he gives no false pretenses...cough bosh cough...while playing hard and being a leader.

[Primer]

Lowry still hasn't mentioned wanting to stay with the raps huh

He should probably wait until we're a few games more over .500 before he publicly announces he wants to stay here. I'm optimistic, and don't think it will happen, but realistically we're one losing skid away from being a bottom barrel team again. Nobody wants to profess their allegiance to a bottom barrel team (except Derozan, which is why I love him). Lowry does say life is good in Toronto right now and seems pretty positive about the team overall. If we finish 3-5 seed and make a little noise in the playoffs I think it will be pretty easy to bring Kyle back. If some crap happens and we miss the playoffs or get swept in the 1st round then I'd expect it to be pretty hard to retain Kyle.

[ceez]

Lowry still hasn't mentioned wanting to stay with the raps huh

[Mack North]

Saw this tweet from Rome regarding his interview with Lowry yesterday:

Kyle Lowry told me Drake's a great recruiter, expects Drake will make "phone call or 2" if Lowry gets to free agency http://t.co/rJmF34VlOr

— Jim Rome (@jimrome) January 16, 2014

It appears the team is really banking on Drake to do alot of recruiting for the Raptors. I guess this is what its coming too now.

I don't. care for the Drake at all, but honestly, if he has any pull with players, then I'm down for hoim doing whatever he needs to(yes, Drake, WHATEVER you need to)to have guys come and play here.

[Balls of Steel]

Saw this tweet from Rome regarding his interview with Lowry yesterday:

Kyle Lowry told me Drake's a great recruiter, expects Drake will make "phone call or 2" if Lowry gets to free agency http://t.co/rJmF34VlOr

— Jim Rome (@jimrome) January 16, 2014

It appears the team is really banking on Drake to do alot of recruiting for the Raptors. I guess this is what its coming too now.

I don't think it's a slam dunk that he signs here. BTW, awesome avatar!!!

[Doc]

Saw this tweet from Rome regarding his interview with Lowry yesterday:

Kyle Lowry told me Drake's a great recruiter, expects Drake will make "phone call or 2" if Lowry gets to free agency http://t.co/rJmF34VlOr

— Jim Rome (@jimrome) January 16, 2014

It appears the team is really banking on Drake to do alot of recruiting for the Raptors. I guess this is what its coming too now.

[KeonClark]

Rack him!!^

war Raptors winning and making haters salty

[Mack North]

I listen to the Jim Rome Show just about every single day, and it just so happened that today I wasn't listening when they had Kyle on! No especially big news in here, just a 10 minute convo with Kyle on a few different subjects. Enjoy!

http://jimrome.com/2014/01/16/kyle-lowry-2/

(Not sure how to just link the interview, but you'll find it on that page)