After all of that, he’s not leaving:

Amazing. He’s gonna stay in Toronto.

This is a net win for the Sixers, post-George Hill trade, who are going to avoid seeing a Heat or Lakers team with Kyle Lowry. Barring a buyout, he’ll play the rest of the season with the middling Raptors and then become a free agent.

However, there’s this:

That’s very little for Oladipo. Must be concerns about the injuries, because Houston didn’t get very much in return. That’s a great bit of business for Miami, and makes you wonder if the Sixers could have gotten in on it. It’s hard to say glean much about the current status of Daryl Morey and Tilman Fertitta’s relationship.


Another Sixers nugget involves JJ Redick, who will not be on the buyout market. He’s going to Dallas:

That at least keeps him away from the Nets, if that was a concern of yours.

Circling back to Lowry, it would seem as though the asking price was just too high. The Sixers, I was told, like their team, and didn’t feel the need to go crazy with a blockbuster deadline move. So they added George Hill as a veteran backup ball handler, and the most interesting thing now is to see how they approach the center position in the interim. With Joel Embiid out, and Tony Bradley and Vincent Poirier gone, tonight they’ll have to rely on Dwight Howard and some small ball Ben Simmons at the five, as they take on a depleted Lakers squad.

For Lowry himself, maybe he’s disappointed not to be moved to a winner, but perhaps he can finish his career with the Raptors if he’d like to do that. We’ll learn more from all parties soon enough.

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Update here: