What happened to Kyle Lowry?

cwalt5 · Post #1 » by **cwalt5** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:10 am

I really don't understand what happened to this guy. It's almost like he achieved his goal with the all-star team selection, and he decided to take the rest of the season off. Not only is he being extremely timid on offence, but he is also playing terrible D. wth happened to him? :banghead:

One And Done · Post #2 » by **One And Done** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:13 am

It's not his contract year anymore

UnderdogRaptors · Post #3 » by **UnderdogRaptors** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:47 am

One And Done wrote:It's not his contract year anymore

dekobedeharden · Post #4 » by **dekobedeharden** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:56 am

he stopped being the mvp of the league, not many 6 foot nothing 200 point point gaurds can sustain mvp level seasons. He is who he is, a 17 7 and 5 point gaurd and hes damn good.

suntzuballin · Post #5 » by **suntzuballin** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:57 am

What happen his fat ego got in the way when he was voted as a asg starter...

RoseBeforeHoes · Post #6 » by **RoseBeforeHoes** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:00 am

Hard to believe I had him as my MVP of the league at one point early in the season. Oh how the mighty have fallen...

2pat · Post #7 » by **2pat** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:28 am

I think his ego and weight have a lot to do with it.

EarlyRaptor · Post #8 » by **EarlyRaptor** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:32 am

He's a a fraud. Got paid and made an all star game.

Why do you think he's been on a bunch of teams, they all knew he was nothing special, except our GM who makes 0 trades at deadline and drafted a 2nd round prospect at 20.

K1NG · Post #9 » by **K1NG** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:36 am

EarlyRaptor wrote:He's a a fraud. Got paid and made an all star game.

Why do you think he's been on a bunch of teams, they all knew he was nothing special, except our GM who makes 0 trades at deadline and drafted a 2nd round prospect at 20.

Salty

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #10 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:44 am

EarlyRaptor wrote:He's a a fraud. Got paid and made an all star game.

Why do you think he's been on a bunch of teams, they all knew he was nothing special, except our GM who makes 0 trades at deadline and drafted a 2nd round prospect at 20.

a frauds are the worst kind of fraud.

Lake Forrest · Post #11 » by **Lake Forrest** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:57 am

Even though he fell off for a bit, I can see hes really competeing right now, had some drives to the rim tonight. Havent seen much of that recently, I believe we will see a different lowry in the playoffs

dsquared · Post #12 » by **dsquared** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:01 am

Trying to play too much like Derozan with the hero mentality and ill-advised shots.

He needs to be a playmaker again, and stop always playing buddy-ball with Derozan while ignoring the rest of the team.

cbjrdm · Post #13 » by **cbjrdm** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:28 am

Give the guy a break. He played at MVP level for 3-4 months. Hes an athlete not a machine. He was phenomenal in last years playoffs. Maybe he is a little tired an resting while still can before playoffs begin.

Kabookalu · Post #14 » by **Kabookalu** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:29 am

Don't understand some of the comments being made here. He was playing at his absolute best than he ever had in his entire career AFTER he got his contract. He was playing like complete **** well BEFORE he was nominated as a starter. His complete lackluster play leading up to the all star game was jeopardizing his chances of even being nominated as one.

If there's one thing that's unanimous on this board, it's that he's stopped playing like an MVP after that Portland game.

In that Portland game he hurt his shooting hand.

People are saying that he's completely changed his approach to the game. Has he really?

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQQZTNAkmq4[/youtube]

The difference between that Kyle Lowry and the imposter we're starting at point guard right now is that he's making his shots. As far as I'm concerned he's still playing the exact same way he was before. Converting on baskets sure has a funny way of changing perspectives and formulating narratives.

Something is wrong with Kyle Lowry physically. I don't know what it is, but these other reasons people are conjuring up in this thread are just really silly.

Pass it · Post #15 » by **Pass it** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:19 am

He decided he wasn't getting paid enough and said to himself what's the point of playing at an mvp if I'm only getting paid 12 mill/year

kplooksafterme · Post #16 » by **kplooksafterme** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:29 am

It's hard to evaluate players in the system this team runs. Lowry was making ridiculous shots consistently for the first half of the season, now he's missing them. Maybe it's his fault for not facilitating the offence better, but this is largely how the team plays.

There's no effort to get good shots for anyone, no ball movement, stupid gambling defensively by everyone. This team's system is complete garbage.

Lowry was masking a lot of this with his heroics, and now that he's come back down to earth he and everyone else on the team look pretty bad.

Itachi_Uchiha85 · Post #17 » by **Itachi_Uchiha85** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:37 am

kplooksafterme wrote:It's hard to evaluate players in the system this team runs. Lowry was making ridiculous shots consistently for the first half of the season, now he's missing them. Maybe it's his fault for not facilitating the offence better, but this is largely how the team plays.

There's no effort to get good shots for anyone, no ball movement, stupid gambling defensively by everyone. This team's system is complete garbage.

Lowry was masking a lot of this with his heroics, and now that he's come back down to earth he and everyone else on the team look pretty bad.

couldnt have said it better myself!

22haytham22 · Post #18 » by **22haytham22** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:07 am

He looks gassed to be honest. Not as tenacious. He will pull through.

Griff83 · Post #19 » by **Griff83** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:51 am

Simply put, he plays a style that is hard on the body and not really sustainable for a full season.

Crazy-Canuck · Post #20 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:08 am

Back is sore from carrying the teaam in the 1H of the year.