NBA History: 5 Greatest Toronto Raptors players since 2010

#3 Kyle Lowry (Point Guard)

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It has been a somewhat rocky road for the Toronto Raptors and their point guard Kyle Lowry. He is a hardnosed player who since his arrival in 2012 has been a team leader offensively. In fact, he has been the heart and soul of this franchise.

This is why it's been a rocky relationship. During Playoff runs from 2014-2018, while Lowry and DeRozan were both All-Stars representing the Toronto Raptors, you would be shocked to realize that neither was consistently the best Playoff performer for the franchise.

In Lowry’s case, the spring of 2016 was atrocious for him shooting wise. In 20 games he shot just 39% from the field, 30% from 3-point range while managing to average 19.6ppg and 6apg.

In 2019 the Playoffs started horribly for Lowry, when he managed to score 0 points in Game 1 of the first round against Orlando Magic. The Raptors did lose that contest.

However, in 2019, perhaps because head coach Nick Nurse needed Lowry to do less scoring during the Playoffs and relied more on Siakam and Leonard. Lowry seemed to manage the peaks and valleys in his game much better because of this.

Regardless of the inconsistencies in the 33-year-old guard’s game, the Toronto fans love him especially now that he was a key contributor to the 2019 Championship triumph. It's also been eight years of ups and downs and Lowry has been there fighting for what the Toronto fans wanted the most.

During his eight years with the franchise, Lowry is third in minutes played all-time as a Raptor at 17114, 5th in games played at 497 and he is 3rd in steals per game at 1.5spg.

As a Raptor, Kyle Lowry has also made 3234 3-point shots, the best for a Raptors' player. Lowry has also played 73 Playoff games as a member of the Raptors and has represented the team five times as an All-Star.