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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3145615, member: 1969"]
You are severely underrating what Lowry brings to the floor.  He has been a top 15 player in the league for many years... and while he was in a downward phase last year, he was near that level in the semi's and finals.   There was a reason the Raptors have been a 50 win team for a handful of years pre Kawhi.   And a hint -- it was not Delong2 Derozan.

Lowry can't complement a center who plays lot of his cuts?  Marc Gasol is the center of the Raptors, and is probably the second best passing big in the league after Jokic.   Seemed to work OK with him.   Siakam cut a lot as did Ibaka.

He is also comfortable playing with Kawhi and Gasol, and was able to play off the ball at times with Van Vleet,   He is one of the handful of smartest players in the league.   He can fit in most teams.

His defence and IQ is so much better than Murray right now.   I sort of see Jamal Murray as Jonas Valanciunas.   Nice stats, but not a winning player.   Raptors had to get Gasol who had worse stats than JV to put them over the top.   But the best thing is they don't have to get rid of Murray.  He is still a very valuable peice.

Plumlee + Barton + 2 late first round picks would probably do it.   You are not really hurting yourself in the future,  They are close to winning now.   NBA windows generally don't tend to last more than 5-6 years --crap generally happens

I'll happily keep Lowry now, but we are not at the level of Denver for the next 2 years.
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