Raptors’ Lowry credits Mighty Mouse with huge assist

PHOENIX—Damon Stoudamire did a tremendous amount of good in his brief tenure with the Toronto Raptors as an NBA rookie of the year, a tireless competitor and the heartbeat of a conglomeration of expansion-year castoffs who somehow managed to cobble together 21 wins — many on the back of Stoudamire’s unrelenting will, and unwillingness to be OK with defeat.

He also helped make Kyle Lowry the point guard he is today and — forget 1995 — that would be Stoudamire’s most important contribution to the franchise.