Toronto Just Declared April 3 'Kyle Lowry Day' & The Love Is So Real
Lowry had some really wholesome words for the city. 🏀🇨🇦
Let's Go Raptors! To celebrate basketball player Kyle Lowry's contributions to the city, its culture and, of course, the Raptors, Toronto Mayor John Tory has proclaimed that April 3, 2022, is officially Kyle Lowry Day in the city.
If you're not familiar, Lowry was on the Toronto Raptors from 2012 to 2021 and is largely considered by fans to be one of the best players the team has ever seen.
This is especially the case after he led the team to its first ever NBA Championship win back in 2019.
April 3 marks his return to the city, only this time he's on the Miami Heat's roster and is going up against the Raps on the team's home court.
Because of this quasi-homecoming, John Tory declared the new honorary day on Sunday.
"Kyle Lowry is one of the greatest Raptors players of all time," said the mayor, "and has proven over his career in Toronto that he will always be a champion of our great city."
"Thank you, Kyle Lowry for the joy and pride you brought during your time as a Toronto Raptor," continued the statement. "Toronto will always welcome you."
It seems the city's love for Lowry is not unrequited, either. The player professed his love for Toronto in a recent Players' Tribune article called "For My Toronto Family," which he promoted via Instagram.
In the article he wrote about his love for his former teammates, Raptors President Masai Ujiri, and the city of Toronto.
He said, "It’s never going to be a wrap between me and this city."
Leading up to the game, he posted a photo of him wearing a 2019 championship jacket by Adidas and a blank screen that simply said "HOME," with two Canada flag emojis on his Instagram story.
While Lowry will be competing against his former team on April 3, there will probably still be a lot of love for the former Toronto Raptor in Scotiabank Arena!
