Kyle Lowry wants extension if traded; Raptors eyeing Tyrese Maxey or Matisse Thybulle from Sixers, per report

Kyle Lowry is the best player available at the NBA trade deadline and he reportedly wants any potential new team to acknowledge that. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer's Keith Pompey, Lowry wants "some indication" that any team trading for him would be willing to give him a two-year contract extension starting at around $25 million per year. Lowry is set to be a free agent this offseason, but part of the value of trading for him now is that the acquiring team would get his Bird Rights. They could therefore go over the salary cap in order to re-sign him.