It’s been a strange few weeks for the Sixers. The same can be said for their new backup point guard.
Kyle Lowry played his last game with the Miami Heat on Jan. 21. Two days later he was traded to the Charlotte Hornets. Almost immediately speculation began that the veteran guard would be bought out by the rebuilding Hornets — with the Sixers being an ideal landing spot for the Philly native.
First though, Charlotte wanted to see if they could move Lowry in another trade, something that seemed unlikely given his $28.5 million cap hit and the fact that he couldn’t be aggregated with other players in a deal.