Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
Can't avoid the feeling that there are some intense sour grapes going on in here.
You know that you can just say ''oh well, it was always a long shot and he was probably going to be a bit too expensive anyway'' without deciding to also add ''and he's also not that good a player anyway y'know, he's probably going to fall off a cliff in the next five minutes, in fact we're better off without him, he doesn't move a needle'' yadda yadda.
Lowry is an excellent player, he's been excellent for a long time, and his game isn't the style of game that tends to deteriorate with the flick of a switch. He's consistently posted very good impact metrics for years, played on very good teams that have won lots of games where he's posted very good on/off numbers for most of his career, is a 5x All-Star, ex-all NBA, and a champion. Coming off a 17/5/7 season on 59%TS. We don't have to pretend that he sucks now just because didn't get him.
Edit: just to clarify, I know some of you guys were against Lowry before this as well. I'm not saying that anyone who is glad we're not getting Lowry is in sour grapes mode. If it doesn't apply to you then you know it doesn't apply to you and there's no need to get upset about it.