SpiderMunn wrote:Kyle Lowry: There is something to be said about having an asset other teams want; you can simply sit back and let the market shower you with affection and options. The Toronto Raptors are going to move point guard Kyle Lowry. The question isn’t “if” it is “when”. The New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets and LA Lakers have all been linked to Lowry in some way, either through media reports or from genuine offers. The Raptors are sitting in the control position and they have made it clear they are not doing a deal with Lowry unless it nets them the kinds of future assets they want and if that means walking this down to the trade deadline, they are more than prepared to do it.
If Raptor’s president and general manager Masai Ujiri has proven anything in his time in the executive chair, it’s that he’ll wait for his deal. The Raptors are in no hurry to make a bad deal and until the Raptors get what they are asking for things will stay as they are. It is inevitable that Lowry is moved. The Raptors have to get value for him before the trade deadline. The question is who will meet the asking price in Toronto? At this point that team is not clear. The Knicks are back at the table. The Warriors have expressed interest and the Nets and Lakers are sniffing around, so it’s not as if Toronto doesn’t have options.
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The part in bold kind of negates everything else that comes before it, no? They can't just wait to get what they are asking for, if no team is willing to give it to them. Toronto is kind of bluffing to make it look like they have all of the leverage. They don't want him, aren't going to re-sign him, and hurt their lottery position the longer they keep him. If it's inevitable that they're going to trade him, then they will simply have to accept the best offer. And if they can't get what they want, they'll have to lower their asking price or get absolutely nothing for him and jeopardize their tank.
