If Kyle Lowry is ever voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., he may have to give Tristan Thompson a tip of the hat in his acceptance speech.
The Toronto-born forward of the Cleveland Cavaliers voiced early support for a Lowry Hall of Fame campaign after a blowout loss to the Raptors on New Year’s Eve. The 33-year-old Raptors guard scored 24 points that night, capping a seven-game stretch — minus injured teammates Pascal Siakam, Marc Gasol and Norm Powell — in which he averaged 25.1 points and eight assists while shooting 40 per cent from three-point range.