Completely happy fortieth birthday to six-time NBA All-Star, 2015-16 third-team All-NBA choice and 2018-19 NBA champion with the Toronto Raptors, Kyle Lowry!
A Philadelphia native, Lowry performed his school basketball in his hometown at Villanova earlier than being chosen with the Twenty fourth-overall choose within the 2006 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. He spent his first six seasons with the Grizzlies and Houston Rockets earlier than he was despatched to Toronto in July 2012.
North of the border is the place Lowry actually blossomed. He grew to become often called “Mr. Raptor,” in his nine-years with Toronto, averaging 17.5 factors, 7.1 assists and 1.5 steals-per-game in 601 contests. He made the All-Star recreation every season from 2014-20, and gained his lone NBA title with the Raptors single-season with Kawhi Leonard.
After leaving Toronto, Lowry performed 155 video games with the Miami Warmth from 2021-24, earlier than being traded to Charlotte and finally ending up with the 76ers. In his twentieth marketing campaign, he’s been restricted to occasional cameos for the Sixers, enjoying in 12 video games and averaging simply 1.2 factors in 9 minutes.
Which brings us to as we speak’s quiz. When Lowry takes the ground subsequent for the 76ers, he’ll change into the thirty second participant over 40 years outdated to seem in an NBA recreation within the Shot Clock Period (since 1954-55). What number of of these gamers are you able to title in 5 minutes?
Good luck!
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