If you remember -- before the Raptors became a perennial playoff team -- in December 2013, the Raptors had just traded Rudy Gay to Sacramento and it appeared newly-hired general manager Masai Ujiri was set to tear down the roster and perhaps line up the team for a shot at the number one overall pick and Andrew Wiggins.
The next person on the block after the Gay trade was Kyle Lowry, who was headed to free agency and an expendable asset on a rebuilding team. The deal on the table would have netted the Raptors a future first rounder.