Kyle Lowry Speaks About How This Raptors Team Is Different From Past Teams

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @BrokeredHeart
    @BrokeredHeart 5 лет назад +29

    Kyle's right on. The stats don't mean anything at the end of the season if you come out with nothing to show for it. And they want to close this thing out the same way they've been doing it all year long.
    I can think back to the day they announced the trade, and back then my stomach dropped. Demar was leaving? And we were giving up Poeltl AND a first round pick? For a guy who was begging to be traded after a contentious year with his former team, and the one guy who defended him. If the reports were to be believed, they made it sound as though he was sitting out the season to spite them, injury or not, and I thought it would destroy the team culture they had been cultivating for years, so there was a lot of trepidation over how Kawhi would gel with the Raptors roster. I had concerns over whether he would actually play his best for a team and a city in a country he had zero desire being traded to in the first place.
    I'm seeing how wrong I was to have my doubts. The chemistry was slow to begin with, and with the load management keeping Kawhi out on back-to-backs, that consistent level of play and the rotation was slow to emerge, yet they kept finding ways to win. And ultimately, it's had the biggest payoff - Kawhi acknowledges that his lighter regular season schedule probably helped him to push harder in the playoffs, and preserved his body for the long run. There's a zen-like quality to this team that I haven't seen before. You can't rattle them, no matter how slim the odds are that they can recover and pull off the win.
    It can't just be attributed to Kawhi's nature, his calmness and quiet and assertiveness. They have added key pieces and veteran leaders in with some young superstars, and they are leveling each other off. Nobody gets too high or too low. Nobody shies away from a player just because they can't sink shots. Nobody takes it upon themselves to try and win the game unless called upon by Nick. They trust each other, they believe in one another, and they are maturing together as a unit. Normally in years past you could feel the tension building, with Casey on the sideline screaming bloody murder at the refs, and the Raptors taking unadvised shots under pressure. If they blew a lead, they used to scramble, they'd panic, they'd try to overcompensate, and then the entire scheme would fall apart. Are you seeing it this time around? Because I'm not.
    They are just one win away, and while emotions will be running high in Scotiabank, these guys will be in the zone, in what I assume will be their finest game of the year. Never too high, never too low. Just one win.

    • @chuck2469
      @chuck2469 5 лет назад +2

      Cool

    • @RagnaCloud13
      @RagnaCloud13 5 лет назад +1

      Focus on the Game
      Play with Discipline
      Win with Humility

    • @ioannicolau1560
      @ioannicolau1560 5 лет назад +1

      Very much agreed. My feelings on the day they announced the trade were similar to yours, with the added question of whether Kawhi would play for a rookie coach when it seemed he didn't want to play for Pop anymore, and wondering about whether DeMar could have actually taken the team further with a summer's worth of work and the absence of LeBron. Additionally, Nick Nurse was part of the existing Raptors system and therefore had to hold some degree of responsibility for their past failures. I don't think you were wrong to have doubts, it was a dangerous set of moves and outside circumstances, so credit to Masai for taking the chance and reaping the rewards today.

    • @clarkz13ibrahim
      @clarkz13ibrahim 5 лет назад

      Well said 👏🏼👏🏼

    • @cool89
      @cool89 5 лет назад

      Bruh u snapped with this comment should be in a magazine or book 👌🏽💯

  • @TheCryptoLifestyle
    @TheCryptoLifestyle 5 лет назад +60

    "We came all this way to compete, and we want to win in Toronto...AND WE WILL WIN IN TORONTO!!!!
    Masai Ujiri...

    • @danh4435
      @danh4435 5 лет назад +3

      Lmao u again

    • @TheCryptoLifestyle
      @TheCryptoLifestyle 5 лет назад +5

      @@danh4435 imma Masai Ujiri jehovah witness..i gotta keep spreading the word.

    • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic34
      @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic34 5 лет назад

      @@TheCryptoLifestyle masai* isnt jehovah witness..

    • @JohnDoe-wz4cc
      @JohnDoe-wz4cc 5 лет назад

      had to win because Durant wasn't there. Didn't have to see LBJ or Durant. Good job. Funny how this version of the Warriors is the WORST in history.
      After Kawhi leaves and the team sucks the next 5 years I'm pretty sure you won't be showing up or watching games like most of you #PaperFans

    • @sherabgashon
      @sherabgashon 5 лет назад +3

      John Doe ? Who hurt you bro?

  • @keathie101
    @keathie101 5 лет назад +21

    Kawhi have his claw on the guys great leaders does that it showing right now

  • @Clos-wx1mv
    @Clos-wx1mv 5 лет назад +36

    Kyle
    You just became an Icon.
    Thanks for been a true professional and peeps looking up to be like you be proud sir very proud. We the North

    • @garmanfung5471
      @garmanfung5471 5 лет назад +1

      Young Kid asked a much better and simple question about being an icon all over Canada compared to Mark Swartz from ESPN who keeps drilling on Kawahi. How Kyle chuckled and said "Never asked that Before". Glad to hear Kyle explained in a kind hearted way. To all reporters, please take notes from this young kid! To Mark Swartz of ESPN: Kawahi is not the ONLY person of the Raptors TEAM. how bout Marc Gasol and his Defense to lock out other team's Bigs, or Serge I-Block-Ya (need I say more?), Pascal Siakam being the X-Factor, how bout how our Bench Players who Stepped up like Fred VanVleet and Norman Powell who provided the added Offensive Option when Danny Green got cold. And yes, Danny Green had been cold early in the Play Offs, and yes to Kyle who's matured to be a true leader. All these guys deserves so much credit.

    • @Clos-wx1mv
      @Clos-wx1mv 5 лет назад

      @@garmanfung5471 .. well said sir.. this team is unique for the fact that they are diverse different and have a country that loves them.

  • @uploads.foryou
    @uploads.foryou 5 лет назад +39

    So excited for game 5, let’s get it raptors 🇨🇦😬❤️💯🙏🏼🦖👏🏼

    • @jramparado
      @jramparado 5 лет назад +5

      Anesa y. Lol you’re everywhere

    • @uploads.foryou
      @uploads.foryou 5 лет назад +4

      jramparado I’m a fan of the raptors🇨🇦💯😬

    • @jramparado
      @jramparado 5 лет назад +2

      Anesa y. Sameee! 🇨🇦

    • @danh4435
      @danh4435 5 лет назад +6

      Hiiiii beautiful!!! 😭 I keep seeing u too I think we're meant to be add my snap.. Callmedaynish

    • @originoa
      @originoa 5 лет назад +2

      KAWAHI LEONARD yikes

  • @lisaflah8495
    @lisaflah8495 5 лет назад +19

    With the way the members of the Raptures carry themselves and act, how can you not respect and root for them. A group of young men playing a team sport as a TEAM. RESPECT TO THE WHOLE TEAM AND ORGANIZATION AND THEIR LEADER-KING OF THE NORTH: KAWHI LEONARD.

  • @Michael-pg7rv
    @Michael-pg7rv 5 лет назад +65

    Raps are winning it at home game 5. Let's go

  • @jhftang
    @jhftang 5 лет назад +4

    3:28 Definition of pressure - this is a very moving answer. Real class Kyle. Now bring us the win tonight!

  • @adamsukhdeo
    @adamsukhdeo 5 лет назад +6

    We love you Kyle. Thanks for putting in the work, time and dedication to the game! 1 more win to go...Destiny is waiting 7 years # 7

  • @matthewconcepcion4700
    @matthewconcepcion4700 5 лет назад +3

    I remember when Demar and Kyle were so giddy and excited during press conferences when they had the series lead against the Wizards last season, despite it being only the first round. They then proceeded to lose the lead and let the Wizards take two games, letting them hang around. The raptors advanced and put away the Wizards only to get infamously swept by Lebron in the next round. The team was still mentally weak and unprofessional with Demar as the alpha. This year, the emotional stability and stoic approach to the game is a big reason why this team has made it so far, and it's obvious to see where Kyle and everyone else adapted this outlook from. Kawhi truly leads by example and has transformed this franchise just by his very presence. I really wish he'll resign

  • @Samuel-sw9gy
    @Samuel-sw9gy 5 лет назад +29

    He looks a little bit like Chris Tucker in the thumbnail

    • @isaiahcampbell3992
      @isaiahcampbell3992 5 лет назад

      Your right lol. I was trying to figure out who he looked like.

  • @Andrew-qq8fb
    @Andrew-qq8fb 5 лет назад +8

    3:25 great question and great answer. I respect Kyle even more after hearing his answer.

    • @keathie101
      @keathie101 5 лет назад

      Yeah man I respect any hard working man or woman who grinding for family bless up

  • @gushung0
    @gushung0 5 лет назад +7

    Raptors team learning from Kawhi about how to be chill and focus on the final goal.

    • @jarlborg2102
      @jarlborg2102 5 лет назад +7

      Kawhi gave the Raptors something they never had before.
      "Confidence in the playoffs" especially in crucial times.

    • @gushung0
      @gushung0 5 лет назад +2

      @@jarlborg2102 Agreed!

  • @jarlborg2102
    @jarlborg2102 5 лет назад +5

    1st quarter of game 4 the team started to choke, but kawhi brought them back to life, he leads the way.

  • @Sizdothyx
    @Sizdothyx 5 лет назад +3

    Reading the comments, I can't believe I was part of a minority in thinking DeMar, Jakob and a pick for Kawhi and Green was a good trade for the Raptors. Did you guys forget how much of a monster Kawhi was?

  • @thesonofgod8884
    @thesonofgod8884 5 лет назад +3

    High class guy

  • @yougotgroove
    @yougotgroove 4 года назад

    Wow!Kyle!!!! nicely said!!!!!

  • @edwardbliss8931
    @edwardbliss8931 5 лет назад

    Props to Kyle Lowry to remaining professional and poised to that kid. Normally he's respond something like "What kind of stupid question is that?"

  • @terrellc428
    @terrellc428 5 лет назад +6

    KD to the Toronto Raptors in free agency!!!

  • @gobisunthar4725
    @gobisunthar4725 5 лет назад +2

    It's a wRap tomorrow. Lets go raptors.

  • @iApoc
    @iApoc 5 лет назад +6

    We have kawhi

  • @abdicolestudios8899
    @abdicolestudios8899 5 лет назад

    Anyone notice the raptors logo looks like the klaw holding a ball?

  • @dominicktoran3327
    @dominicktoran3327 5 лет назад

    Growth 💪🏾

  • @danh4435
    @danh4435 5 лет назад +9

    If this guy wins with Toronto oh man derozen gonna cry for sure!

  • @RagnaCloud13
    @RagnaCloud13 5 лет назад

    (Kyle looks up in the sky)
    Kyle: this is for you DeMar and Jakob, we have our Bloody Monster and Danny the Whitewalker on are side, Spicy P, Da Chef, Freddy V, Marc, Norman and other guys on the fray. This time, we are not the Knights of House Raptors, but we are friends for the North.
    (Raises your fist and a Flag of Raptors)

  • @carldaven
    @carldaven 5 лет назад

    Wow 3:38 AMEN

    • @forgive7449
      @forgive7449 5 лет назад

      🏀 AND THEN HE MISSED THE CHAMPIONSHIP SHOT

  • @macdonald7712
    @macdonald7712 5 лет назад +1

    Chris tucker is playing basketball?

  • @6ixGOD6
    @6ixGOD6 5 лет назад +7

    Hockey fans punching the air

    • @6ixGOD6
      @6ixGOD6 5 лет назад

      Some Dude Facts, nobody would care about hockey this much 😂

    • @aaronvivier8393
      @aaronvivier8393 5 лет назад +2

      Both sports are awesome but Hockey is and always will be king in the north. Sorry to say

    • @thatonecanadianguy6523
      @thatonecanadianguy6523 5 лет назад +1

      @@aaronvivier8393 Not for long from what I'm seeing.

  • @danh4435
    @danh4435 5 лет назад +2

    That lady with the moment questions loll

  • @jaymanquiamco8810
    @jaymanquiamco8810 5 лет назад

    Go go go Raptors one more to go for a surprise victory

  • @balingit001
    @balingit001 5 лет назад +1

    Finally media gets a mic. Just had to make the finals

  • @elcampeon212
    @elcampeon212 5 лет назад +4

    They aren’t choking anymore. Simple as that.

    • @jarlborg2102
      @jarlborg2102 5 лет назад +2

      Kawhi turned them from chokers to contenders.

    • @forgive7449
      @forgive7449 5 лет назад

      LOL 😏 ARE U SURE BOOT DAT ???

  • @mralexandernino
    @mralexandernino 5 лет назад

    "what question?"

  • @Galladefan777
    @Galladefan777 5 лет назад +3

    Hmmm I wonder what the difference could possibly be?

    • @jarlborg2102
      @jarlborg2102 5 лет назад +1

      Kawhi's alpha mentality is the biggest factor.

  • @v219_stealth5
    @v219_stealth5 5 лет назад +1

    Go raptors

  • @vinnie2033
    @vinnie2033 5 лет назад +3

    Kyle you need to have a good game.. 25+ points.

  • @moonlightmelodrama
    @moonlightmelodrama 5 лет назад

    If the Raptors win the championship, Toronto should go after an NHL hockey franchise...Wait a minute. They already have one.

  • @jonathanpierre6212
    @jonathanpierre6212 5 лет назад

    Its so sad how everyone forgets that TFC won a championship two years ago. We have winning teams hahaha.

  • @angienatoyn
    @angienatoyn 5 лет назад

    These guys are millionaires. But most of them have had it far rougher in life than a lot of people.

  • @dmurch75
    @dmurch75 5 лет назад

    TFC? 😬

  • @jeffreyjimenez6496
    @jeffreyjimenez6496 5 лет назад +1

    Bunch of bandwagon fans on here sheesh

    • @gnome3928
      @gnome3928 5 лет назад

      3-1, let that sink in

  • @maxpower7157
    @maxpower7157 5 лет назад

    Dont do this to Demar DeRozan lmao traded a guy and now we one win from a championship lol

    • @berky1012
      @berky1012 5 лет назад

      it sucks that derozan not eligable for a ring but we can give delon, jv and monroe a ring.

  • @apap4997
    @apap4997 5 лет назад

    I bet you Kyle will choke away the game winning shot in game 5!

  • @adrianoadriano5104
    @adrianoadriano5104 5 лет назад

    He is still hurt when his Bae Demar leave him

  • @georgemills9035
    @georgemills9035 5 лет назад

    Not true. You accomplish alot in the NBA than a 🏆 championship.to be able to make all that money/ bag. I mean nothing like that. House cars travel that trophy is just a symbol

  • @doyouevenlift-qq4zd
    @doyouevenlift-qq4zd 5 лет назад

    Who? Never heard of her

  • @JohnDoe-wz4cc
    @JohnDoe-wz4cc 5 лет назад

    Raps are #PaperChamps because they didn't have to face Durant.

    • @LeafyPeach
      @LeafyPeach 5 лет назад +3

      So are gsw by your logic. Cause even gsw faced injured sas and cavs lol. Injuries are a part of the game bruh. Even leonard is playing through pain right now.

    • @JohnDoe-wz4cc
      @JohnDoe-wz4cc 5 лет назад

      @@LeafyPeach first of all, NOTHING about the Warriors 3 titles were great, first was LBJ had no one, and last 2, they had too much talent compared to anyone else. Leonard playing in pain and Durant NOT PLAYING AT ALL is a different thing. Stop comparing the two.

    • @buhayamerica9957
      @buhayamerica9957 5 лет назад +1

      When GSW were winning the GSW fans keep saying we dont need KD and now your team is Loosing you all are crying that KD is not playing that's why the Raptors are on top as of the moment. In the playoffs Raptors is the better team with or without KD on GSW IMO.

    • @marsss.01
      @marsss.01 5 лет назад

      Butthurt in denial warrior fan 😆. Just admit that this is Raptors year! Warriors can try again next year. Lol

  • @jeffreyjimenez6496
    @jeffreyjimenez6496 5 лет назад

    Warriors in 7

    • @Andrewpryce011
      @Andrewpryce011 5 лет назад +1

      I guess you'll be the only one watching that game cause we in toronto will be celebrating tonight

    • @forgive7449
      @forgive7449 5 лет назад

      @@Andrewpryce011 HELLO 😏

  • @MosquitoMurderer
    @MosquitoMurderer 5 лет назад

    Lol @ 1:00 when Lowry realizes who is asking the question