Only DeMar DeRozan (10), Chris Bosh and Vince Carter (seven each) have won player of the week more times as Raptors. Lowry averaged 24.5 points, 10.0 assists, 6.5 rebounds and 39.6 minutes per game while leading Toronto to a 4-0 record. “I think it’s very gracious of him to deflect it, because he obviously led that charge,” Nurse said. “He’s still very young, you know, for this league he’s not you know this is his first (full) year, right? The issue there is Exum has missed an entire season due to injury, and major chunks of two others.

Source: National Post December 24, 2019 02:26 UTC