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The Toronto Raptors will retire Kyle Lowry's number

The Toronto Raptors will retire Kyle Lowry's number
09 Aug
2021
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Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is news to us that Larry Tannenbaum, the Chairman of the Toronto Raptors, announced that Kyle Lowry will eventually have his number 7 retired by the team.

In an interview with the Athletic, Tannenbaum had this to say about Lowry, who signed with Miami this offseason:

"He will retire as a Raptor and his number will absolutely go up there. The honor will be the first one [for the Raptors] and I love Kyle. I love his leadership. I love his intelligence. I love his passion. I truly love Kyle... When he made the decision [to leave Toronto and join the Heat], he called me and we talked about it and I was so happy for him because I know one day he's going to come back."  

This is of course, tentative, and we look forward to reporting when this is official, and when his Lowry’s name is hung from the rafters of the Air Canada Center.  

In our recent revision of our all-time Top 50 Toronto Raptors, Lowry moved up to number one.

We would like to congratulate Kyle Lowry for this impeding honor.

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