By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The Raptors‘ Kyle Lowry plans to opt out of his final year of his contract after this season. He will become a free agent from July 1 2017 passing on the $12 million deal he has for next season, hoping to achieve a new deal with the team, according to The Vertical.
“If you’re that franchise’s guy, and you’re the guy that they’ve been rolling with, and you’ve given that franchise everything you have, yeah, I think [the talks] should be easy”, Lowry told The Vertical. “I think it should be a situation where a guy shouldn’t have to talk to another team. DeMar didn’t have the chance to talk to another team. For me, I think that at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, something should be close. If not, I’m open to seeing what else is out there.”