TORONTO \u2014 Kyle Lowry, who starred in Toronto for nine seasons and was instrumental in the team\u2019s only NBA title, is signing a one-day contract to retire as a Raptor.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old announced the decision Tuesday in a video posted to Instagram, saying: \u201cToronto. My home.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Raptors simultaneously posted a photo of Lowry in a Toronto jersey with the words \u201cWelcome Home Kyle\u201d and scheduled a news conference for later in the day with Lowry and general manager Bobby Webster.<\/p>\n
Lowry joined Toronto from Houston before the 2012-13 season.<\/p>\n
The team enjoyed its most successful run with Lowry at point guard, making the playoffs for seven straight seasons and winning the NBA championship in 2018-19.<\/p>\n
A six-time all-star with the Raptors, Lowry ranks among the franchise\u2019s all-time leaders in games played, assists, steals and three-pointers.<\/p>\n
Lowry left Toronto in a sign-and-trade with the Miami Heat on Aug. 6, 2021, as the Raptors started to close the door on their championship era.<\/p>\n
Before arriving in Toronto, Lowry split six seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets. He finished his 20-year NBA career after spending parts of three seasons with his hometown Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n
When Lowry left Toronto in 2021, he said he intended to end his career as a Raptor.<\/p>\n
Lowry\u2019s return and retirement come shortly after the team reacquired star forward Kawhi Leonard, who led the Raptors to the 2019 title before signing with the Los Angeles Clippers as a free agent.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July. 7, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Kyle Lowry, who starred in Toronto for nine seasons and was instrumental in the team\u2019s only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-786084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786084","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=786084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}