It was 25 years Tuesday that the Toronto Raptors played their first game. And while you can make the case it took the prospect of four more years of Donald Trump to ultimately create the conditions, Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said something this week I’m not sure we’ve ever heard any NBA player say.
Speaking to a U.S.-based reporter while in the United States, Lowry made a compelling case for the merits of playing in Canada.
“I’m glad I’m American. I love my country and everything about it,” Lowry told the Washington Post in the lead-up to Tuesday’s historic U.