{"id":776478,"date":"2026-07-02T22:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776478\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T22:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:58:11","slug":"report-lowry-retiring-with-raptors-after-decorated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776478\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Lowry retiring with Raptors after decorated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six-time All-Star guard Kyle Lowry is retiring as a member of the Toronto Raptors following a 20-year NBA career, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nba\/article\/kyle-lowry-to-retire-with-toronto-raptors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportsnet&#8217;s Michael Grange<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors have scheduled a press conference Tuesday, July 7th &#8211; the same number Lowry famously wore &#8211; for a &#8220;monumental moment&#8221; in Raptors history, sources told Grange.<\/p>\n<p>The special event is expected to lay the groundwork for future events this season recognizing Lowry&#8217;s contribution to the franchise, including a likely jersey retirement, adds Grange.<\/p>\n<p>Lowry, 40, has previously spoken about signing a one-day contract with Toronto and officially retiring with the club.<\/p>\n<p>He spent nine seasons in Toronto &#8211; the most decorated stretch of his career, during which he won the 2019 title and was named an All-Star on six occasions. Lowry also earned an All-NBA third-team selection with the Raptors at the conclusion of the 2015-16 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He averaged 13.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, and six assists on 42.3% shooting in 1,187 total regular-season appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The Villanova product was drafted 24th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in 2006. He also made stops with the Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, and his hometown Sixers.<\/p>\n<p>Lowry retires as the NBA&#8217;s all-time leader in regular-season charges drawn with 296. He is one of 12 players in NBA history to appear in 20 or more seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six-time All-Star guard Kyle Lowry is retiring as a member of the Toronto Raptors following a 20-year NBA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-776478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}