Boston dealing the first-overall pick to the Sixers has ramifications for the Raptors far beyond shaking up the landscape of the Atlantic Division.
Among the many questions post-trade: How does the Boston/Philly deal impact Kyle Lowry's July? The Sixers are obviously no longer an option.
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 18, 2017
Before the trade materialized over the weekend, Philadelphia offered the most threatening combination of open cap space and positional need of any team primed to be part of the Lowry sweepstakes. Other potential Lowry shoppers (the Nets) boast a max salary slot but not hope of winning; others (the Spurs and Rockets), could use Lowry’s talent but would need to perform financial gymnastics to fit Lowry on their cap sheets.