NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 05: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Kyle Lowry #7 of the Toronto Raptors (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
At the beginning of the season, the Toronto Raptors trading Kyle Lowry looked like a foregone conclusion. The team was 2-8, and Lowry is a pending free agent. Trading him could’ve helped Toronto lean into a rebuild. Since that poor start, however, Toronto has won 14 of their last 21 games, becoming the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference along the way.
While their recent success has helped extinguish a lot of the Lowry trade buzz, the Philadelphia 76ers, still the top seed in the East despite their loss against Toronto last night, are in the market for some more scoring and veteran leadership.