“If we had LeBron on our team, too, we would have won”, DeRozan said. “I just want a ring”, Lowry told reporters as he explained his free agency priorities in a report by the Associated Press via the Manila Bulletin.
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“I think it’s time to break Toronto up”, Garnett weighed in. “I will be opting out but that’s as far as I’ve gotten”, Lowry said, via Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports. “I get it, he’s cold, he’s good, but”. I’m just kind of shocked some guys take it so personal. Wall had seven points, three assists and two steals during the third-quarter spree that featured eight Celtics turnovers. He said he wants to spend this summer improving his body, his leadership skills, explosiveness and efficiency. It would also take a lot of money to do so.
Serge Ibaka scored 23 points for the Raptors, DeMar DeRozan had 22 points and eight assists, Cory Joseph scored 20 points and added 12 assists, P.J. Tucker scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while Norman Powell scored 10 points.
But it marked the second straight year that the Cavs eliminated the Raptors from playoffs on their home floor.
“It’s on us to let this sink in and understand we gotta come back better, individual and team-wise”, DeRozan said. “Because it might be the right way to go, you never know”.
Though Lowry’s return is his wish, does he feel he’d be ready to step in as the starter should Lowry sign with another team?
Bayless has even claimed that James’ legacy is “tainted” because he’s playing in the weaker Eastern Conference, comparing the Cavs’ competition to Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame adversaries during the Chicago Bulls’ run.
On the flip side, the Raptors came into the season with high expectations.
“We need, after that performance, we need a culture reset here”.
Lowry, 31, averaged 22.4 points, 7.0 assists and 4.8 rebounds this season in 60 games, dealing with a right wrist injury that required surgery in February. I’m going to say it one more time. “We just wanted to try to get defensive stops while he was in the zone and we were able to do that”.
It doesn’t matter to the Cavaliers, who just continue to win games in different ways during these playoffs.
The Cavs stretched their advantage to nine points, but the Raptors fought back and a finger roll from Ibaka tied the game three-and-a-half minutes before halftime. “It’s going to be a decision on him that he’s going to have to make, and I support him 100 per cent”. The most dirty, rugged, nasty-looking stuff you’ve ever seen in your life. “It’s tough. Hindsight is a mother”. He’s helped me tremendously, helped me be me, a better man, a better basketball player.
While he’s been used sparingly so far in this playoff run, 36-year-old Richard Jefferson made major contributions last year in the postseason as the Cavs captured the National Basketball Association title by beating the Golden State Warriors in the finals.
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A report from Marc Stein on Sunday said there were late season rumblings that Lowry would give legit-thought to switching to the Western Conference, but he didn’t address that report either. There have been rumors across the league that Lowry will look to move out west if he does switch teams.
“It’s all Kyle Lowry’s turtleneck’s fault”, one person wrote on Twitter about Kyle’s appearance during the Raptors’ final game of this season, while another added, “Why Kyle Lowry dressed like Wesley Snipes in New Jack City”.
Knowing that to be true, the Raptors have reached a crossroads-one that has prompted the masses to call for Masai Ujiri to blow up the ship.
“Even when we had our bad days, our good days, we stuck by him”, DeRozan said.
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“I’m saying we’re close – close enough to smell the roses”.
