HONOLULU—Kyle Lowry sits back against a wall in the sweatbox that is the auxiliary gym on the campus of the University of Hawaii, the accoutrements of post-practice life — ice for knees and his back, bandages to keep them in place — all around him.
He’s just finished a two-hour workout, going hard because he goes hard all the time, and recalls a summer when he dedicated himself to not just being an NBA all-star who got paid, but an NBA all-star who got paid and is trying to discover ways to expand his already-prodigious skills.
It is the kind of inner drive that’s made the Raptors point guard one of the mostly highly-paid players in the league.