The roars are sure to begin the minute Kyle Lowry walks out of the tunnel at the Scotiabank Arena on Sunday, long and loud and full of love and appreciation.
There is a bond between Lowry and Toronto — no, a bond between Lowry and most of Canada — that is indelible, undeniable and unbreakable for so many different reasons, at so many different levels.
What he did in nine years with the Raptors has never been equalled in franchise history and it cannot ever be matched. In so many ways he made the franchise what it is — successful, hard-working, chronically competitive — with nine seasons of sweat, toil and success.