There's some things that the Raptors can do around Lowry's contract, if there's mutual interest, too. Especially since this might be Lowry's last contract.
Like: a 3 year, $45m contract, with Lowry playing 2 years, then retiring. At that point, Raptors would have the option of waiving him using the stretch provision, lowering the cap hit from $15m on one year to $5m for 3 years. That 1st year at $15m would be low enough that the Raptors could conceivably be a player in free agency this year.
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