Raptors will retire Kyle Lowry's jersey when they face the Sixers
Philadelphia native and former 76ers guard Kyle Lowry will have his No. 7 jersey retired by the Raptors on Jan. 10 before a game against the 76ers.
Kyle Lowry’s upcoming jersey retirement with the Toronto Raptors will have a hometown twist.
Lowry’s No. 7 will head into the rafters of Scotiabank Arena in Toronto before a game Jan. 10 against the 76ers, the Raptors announced Thursday.
The Philadelphia native and Villanova product spent nine of his 20 years in the league playing for the Raptors, and they were the most productive years of his career. He earned six All-Star selections and won a title with Toronto in 2019.
Before the Raptors, Lowry, 40, played for the Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets. He then closed out his career playing the last two-plus years with the Sixers after playing parts of three years with the Miami Heat.
Lowry will join Vince Carter as the only players whose numbers the Raptors have retired. Over his nine years in Toronto, he averaged 17.5 points and 7.1 assists.
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“I’ve been looking forward to this moment for years,” Lowry said in a statement released by the team. “I always said that Toronto is home, and that I’d retire a Raptor, and to see my No. 7 go up in that building is going to mean everything to me.
“We built something special here — my teammates, the organization, the city and the fans, and all of Canada. We became champions together, and to be able to share this night with all of them, and with my family, is going to mean a lot to me.”
The scheduling will allow a good number of Lowry’s teammates and coaches from his Sixers tenure to be in attendance, including head coach Nick Nurse, with whom he won that 2019 title.