On this, the most exciting transaction day in pro sports, we’re going to have some fun while keeping the NBA news, the rumours and the reaction all in one safe space. Have a question or want to chat? Use the Conversations tool at the bottom of this blog by registering for free to thestar.com (not available on the Star mobile app). Let’s get started. Deadline is 3 p.m. ET.
12:30 p.m.: Doug Smith said on his live Twitter chat now that he thinks the Sixers would benefit more from a Lowry trade than the Heat.
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12:30 p.m.: Denver is sending Gary Harris, R.J. Hampton and a first-round pick to the Magic for Aaron Gordon, source tells ESPN.
12:20 p.m.: Could be another big trade down the pipe.
The Orlando Magic are progressing on a trade to send Aaron Gordon to the Denver Nuggets, sources tell the Athletic.
That would be the Magic’s third trade of the day, as they appear to be looking to the future.
12:08 p.m.: Doug Smith said on his live Twitter chat now that he heard that up to 20 teams are interested in Norman Powell.
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12:05 p.m.: The Star’s business feature writer Richard Warnica points out on Twitter that Lowry will go down as the greatest Raptor of all time and jokes that “there’s no doubt his most astonishing statistical achievement is selling a house for under asking in Toronto in 2021.”
This is the Star’s Kevin Jiang’s story when Lowry’s home was first listed and then after it was sold.
11:50 a.m.: Looks like we have the second big deal of the day, and it involves the Boston Celtics.
Boston finalizing deal to acquire Orlando guard Evan Fournier for two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN. The Celtics had a huge trade exception to use.
11:45 a.m.: This is your 15-minute warning!
At 12 p.m. ET, long-time Raptors reporter Doug Smith will be providing analysis and taking questions ahead of the NBA trade deadline.
His latest take? The Raptors shouldn’t let a recent slide force their hand at the trade deadline.
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11:40 a.m.: Kyle Lowry also left his mark on off the court in Toronto with his annual “Lowry Holiday Assists” program.
Back in 2016, the Star’s Doug Smith wrote about a group of 26 Toronto kids celebrating Christmas with an all-expense-paid shopping spree at Toys R Us.
11:35 a.m.: It’s Kyle Lowry’s 35th birthday today and fans are looking back fondly on his time with the Raptors.
“Lowry was the glue guy on the championship team,” said Dov Kahn, 18, a Toronto-born shooting guard set to play for Fleming College in Peterborough before the pandemic.
“He was the leader; they couldn’t have won a ring without him. His willingness to take a charge and bang bodies in the paint with the really big guys embodies the grittiness of Toronto basketball culture.”
That being said, Kahn isn’t opposed to trading the franchise icon.
“Get the man a statue, he’s the greatest Raptor of all time, but it’s time to rebuild,” he told the Star’s Ben Cohen.
11:15 a.m.: Whoa! The first blockbuster trade of the day, but it doesn’t involve Toronto.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Chicago Bulls are acquiring centre Nikola Vucevic and Al Farouq Aminu from Orlando for Otto Porter, Wendell Carter Jr., and two first-round picks.
That counts as a Woj bomb.
Vucevic made the all-star team this year, the second time he was honoured. But he did struggle against Marc Gasol when the Raptors eliminated the Magic in the playoffs two years ago.
11:10 a.m. (updated): If Norman Powell does get traded, he’s left quite a legacy on the franchise. Fans will never forget how he changed the course of the 2016 Pacers-Raptors playoffs series with a steal and thunderous dunk in Game 5.
My favourite Powell story is the one he penned for the Star just before the 2016 training camp when we asked him to provide advice to incoming rookies Jakob Poetl and Pascal Siakam.
Norman Powell’s open letter offers advice to Raptors rookies
Powell also made sure he contributed to the community.
Days before Christmas, he checked off the wish lists of more than 30 low-income families and providing them with grocery gift cards through the Yonge Street Mission.
For the 2019 Christmas, even thought he was recovering from an injury, he helped spread some holiday cheer on Saturday to the children displaced by a fire at 235 Gosford Blvd.
10:55 a.m.: At 12 p.m. ET, long-time Raptors reporter Doug Smith will be providing analysis and taking questions ahead of the NBA trade deadline.
His latest take? The Raptors shouldn’t let a recent slide force their hand at the trade deadline.
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10:45 a.m.: So what’s the biggest trade on deadline day the Raptors have made? It’s got to be obtaining Marc Gasol from Memphis for Jonas Valanciunas, Delon Wright and C.J. Miles, right?
This was Bruce Arthur’s take on it at the time.
But, and if you expand dealine deals to include trades in the days leading up to the deadline, you got to include the Damon Stoudamire trade in the discussion as one of the biggest in franchise history.
On Feb. 13, 1998, the Raptors traded Carlos Rogers, Damon Stoudamire and Walt Williams to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kenny Anderson, Gary Trent, Alvin Williams, two first-round picks and a second-round pick.
The Raptors had to deal a reportedly unhappy Stoudamire, the franchise’s first star a.k.a. Mighty Mouse.
But Toronto landed Alvin Williams, the team’s point guard for the next six years and who hit one of the biggest shots in franchise history against the Knicks to seal the franchise’s first series win.
If Masai Ujiri does make a deal, will he land a young player that can have as much of an impact as Williams?
10:20 a.m.: ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that Denver is acquiring Cleveland centre JaVale McGee for Isaiah Hartenstein and two future protected second-round picks.
If this deal made your heart pound, then you definitely are an NBA trade deadline fanatic.
10 a.m.: What level of “NBA trade deadline fanatic” are you?
- Have you typed the words “Kyle Lowry” into your favourite search engine more than 17 times in the last six weeks?
- Have you turned your “Woj Bomb” Twitter notifications on?
- Are you glued to our live blog and absolutely loving it?
If you answered yes or no to any of these questions, you’ve come to the right place!
9 a.m.: What does the Star’s Doug Smith think the Raptors should do? Doug puts on his GM cap in this story prior to the victory Wednesday over the Nuggets.
What they must do, however, is disassociate the last 10 games from the next two years. Overreacting to what’s going on now is a dangerous route to take and it would be ill-advised for Ujiri or Webster to blink this week in the light of a losing streak.
Draft picks are nice but dealing either of those two players to legitimate title contenders will yield picks in the late 20s, and there’s never a ton of value there. Moving them for young players sounds great but the Raptors are already to committed to a young core of VanVleet, OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam. Why would they trade into any of those settled positions?
12 a.m.: We already had one trade overnight! Involving two former Raptor point guards, no less. The Detroit Pistons are trading Delon Wright to the Sacramento Kings for Cory Joseph and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
11 p.m. Wednesday: Drake even interrupted Lowry’s postgame conference with a phone call.
10:30 p.m. Wednesday: If Kyle Lowry played his last game with the Raptors, he went out with a bang.
Shrugging off a gruesome nine-game losing streak with one of their most impressive performances of the season, the Raptors routed the Denver Nuggets 135-111 on a night awash in emotion.
Lowry finished with eight points and nine assists before checking out with about five minutes left. He finished with an individual plus-42 on the night that was the second-best in Toronto franchise history behind a plus-46 from Mark Jackson.
Doug Smith has all the details from an emotional night.
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