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Quite the article from BasketballInsiders.com:
“He’s the overall leader, not just from a basketball standpoint,” DeMar DeRozan said. “It’s everything.”“He started to be a voice, he started to have a confidence and believe in himself,” said Hayes, who currently plays on the Raptors. “He had a stretch of games where he was outplaying some of the top point guards in the league. At the time, the coach in Houston (Rick Adelman) gave him the green light – ‘Don’t look over your shoulder, just go.’ Once that happened, everything else started to fall into place.”“He’s very reliable,” said Patterson, who is also now a member of the Raptors. “When I first met him my rookie year in Houston, anything I needed as far as a place to stay, to borrow a car, ideas on where to go to eat, what to do in the city itself, if I’m bored at my crib and want to go somewhere, he always had his door open. He’s a big brother type. He’s just a guy who will look out for you and pretty much put you before him.”“He invites you into his personal life,” DeRozan said. “I think that plays a lot when it comes to being trustworthy and when it comes to basketball.”“[His leadership] is on another level,” Patterson added. “He puts his team on his back. He’s the captain, he’s the leader. He’s that guy who will sacrifice himself for the better good of the team. … He brings his family around us so his family is like our family. His son is pretty much around us 24-7, same as his wife. He’s a big family-oriented guy and he’s not afraid to let people in.”“We have a nice big home-cooked dinner,” Terrence Ross said. “His wife and his mom cook for us. It’s good, too. He brings his barber in … He’s got pool tables, video games, we watch the games there. We’ll get to Philly around 6:00, get to his house around 9:00, won’t leave until 11:00. It’s fun being at his house.”“The first person I opened up to and joked around with was Kyle,” Ross said. “Personally, Kyle is like my big brother. Since I got to Toronto, he’s taken me under his wing. I’ve always been close to Kyle, talking to Kyle, joking with Kyle. He’s an all-around cool guy. He’s really involved with everyone on the team to make sure we have our chemistry there, so Kyle is like the big brother of the team.”“He’s very professional and mellow,” Greivis Vasquez said of Lowry. “I really look up to him. His preparation and his professionalism is off the hook. I think this guy deserves everything he has right now because he worked for it.”“He’s been the engine of this team,” Hayes said. “We ride his coattail. He’s the voice, he gets us going, we feed off of him. He’s the heart of this team.”
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Lowry's gotta look for his shot much more often. Right now, he seems to turn it on either 1) when the the rest of the starters are struggling, or 2) crunch time.
I appreciate him wanting to get everyone involved, but his game is too valuable to be simply a spot-up shooter for 3 quarters.
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Nilanka wrote: View PostLowry's gotta look for his shot much more often. Right now, he seems to turn it on either 1) when the the rest of the starters are struggling, or 2) crunch time.
I appreciate him wanting to get everyone involved, but his game is too valuable to be simply a spot-up shooter for 3 quarters.
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Mediumcore wrote: View PostI disagree. He has scorers around him and knows that none of them are great at creating for themselves (except Lou and maybe Vasques when he isn't getting carried away). He is doing exactly what he needs to do help this team wins. He starts looking for his own shot first and it's gonna be the DeRozan and Gay show all over again. That Houston game still haunts me.
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Nilanka wrote: View PostI'm not suggesting he turn into Iverson. He still needs to maintain his duties as a PG. I'm just saying I'd prefer him to be aggressive more often. I mean, he sucks in 3 defenders any time he enters the paint. And he gets there so easily.
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