We interrupt your regularly scheduled Raptors panicking to bring you this: the franchise icon rankings.
Actually, the idea came to me because of said panic. If the Raptors continue to struggle, that could push the front office to a more future-based approach to roster building. That could lead to a trade of Kyle Lowry.
To be clear, we’re not close to that stage. Even if the Raptors do decide they should trade Lowry while they can still get some return on him, it is likely they will wait until closer to the late-March trade deadline to allow teams to determine how realistic their title aspirations are and to ratchet up the urgency. Still, as Lowry has been far and away the best Raptor this season, it feels important to recognize just how integral the point guard is to the franchise, from both an on-court and a spiritual level.
Some rules.
1. I did not include players on their rookie contracts. For example, Trae Young and Luka Doncic figure to be…
