Aaron Rose: Kyle Lowry will play tonight
NBA Rumor: Kyle Lowry Injury
164 rumors in this storyline
More Rumors in this Storyline
Michael Grange: Per Raptors: Kyle Lowry is questionable for Tuesday’s game vs. Sixers. Has missed three straight with sprained thumb.
Kyle Lowry ruled out for at least two games
Josh Lewenberg: Lowry (thumb) is OUT tonight.
Kyle Lowry questionable for tomorrow's game vs. Bucks
Tim Bontemps: Nick Nurse says Kyle Lowry, who is dealing with a sprained ankle, went through practice today. Raptors and Celtics begin their series tomorrow afternoon.
Marc Stein: The Raptors say Kyle Lowry has a sprained left ankle … with no specific timetable released yet on his status as Thursday’s Game 1 against Boston approaches.
Kyle Lowry to undergo MRI left foot
Josh Lewenberg: Nick Nurse clarifies, Lowry is getting an MRI on the arch of his left foot, not the ankle.
Kyle Lowry injures ankle
Chris Haynes: Kyle Lowry (ankle) will not return tonight.
Ryan Wolstat: “Lowry has left The Field House for diagnostic imaging elsewhere on the NBA campus. That equipment is not available at this facility. Updates will be provided when available.”
Eric Smith: Nurse says Lowry is going to give it a shot tonight.
Eric Koreen: No Lowry tonight but not thought to be serious
Eric Koreen: Lowry will play and start.
Eric Smith: No minute restriction for Lowry…according to Nurse. He says Lowry is starting but no word yet on the full starting 5.
Ryan Wolstat: Kyle Lowry says his thumb “is getting there” but didn’t heal as quickly as they thought it would. Says it’s day-to-day. Taking contact was new today. When he’s ready to play he’s ready.
Eric Koreen: Lowry practiced today and is questionable for tomorrow. Norm would come off bench in that case
Ryan Wolstat: No Ibaka and Lowry about a week away for #raptors
Josh Lewenberg: Ibaka didn’t practice today. He’ll travel with the team to Atlanta but is unlikely to play. He’s close but Nurse wants him to get a practice in before he returns. Lowry is about a week away from being game ready, Nurse estimates a Dec. 1 target date.
Kyle Goon: Nick Nurse says Kyle Lowry will probably take a few weeks to heal; Serge Ibaka has a sprain that’s severe enough for him to fly home from the road trip early.
Kyle Lowry suffered a small fracture in his left thumb and Serge Ibaka suffered a “pretty bad” sprained ankle, coach Nick Nurse said after Friday’s 122-104 win over the Pelicans. Lowry is set to see a hand specialist when the team travels to Los Angeles on Saturday.
“It felt weird from the rip,” Lowry said. “I kept playing through it and kept playing through it. Originally we thought it was something in the nailbed because the nailbed turned black and blue. We got some X-rays and we sent the X-rays off to the doctors and there was a small fracture in the thumb.”
Doug Smith: No Kyle Lowry sighting at the Raptors scrimmage; Nick Nurse told us yesterday Lowry had to go to NY to see a doctor Raptors leave Sat. for games in Tokyo. Lowry hasn’t had a single practice. Chance of him flying halfway around the world to watch pre-season games? Who knows
Kyle Lowry still awaiting clearance to practice
Josh Lewenberg: Raptors are also holding Kyle Lowry out of contact drills and scrimmages for now after undergoing surgery on his thumb over the summer. There’s no timetable for his return to full practice. They’ll ease him in.
Tim Reynolds: Expect De’Aaron Fox to get a big look from the powers that be at USA Basketball when camp opens tomorrow in Las Vegas. Also, Kyle Lowry is planning to meet his docs in the next few days and hopes to practice with USAB in Los Angeles next week. He wants to play World Cup.
The injury dates to Game 7 of the conference semis, and he’s has been playing with it heavily taped. Sources told me the injury, specifically, is a ligament, and Lowry has said publicly that whatever the injury is, it can’t be addressed until the offseason. When he isn’t playing, Lowry has his hands stuffed into a blue, oversized oven mitt for compression to help with circulation. He looks like Cookie Monster with that thing.
“It’s about passing. I’m a big passer,” Lowry said during an appearance on ESPN’s The Jump. “It’s about passing. I’m a big passer,” Lowry said during an appearance on ESPN’s The Jump. “You know, the flicking of the passing, the kind of — the ball movement, handling the ball. During the game, honestly, I can’t feel my thumb,” he said, alluding to the treatment he is receiving to numb the pain in his non-shooting hand.
“I’ll have to take care of it after the season but I don’t want to talk about it as much,” he said on The Jump as his Raptors prepare to face the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the Finals on Thursday in Toronto. “I haven’t complained about it, I won’t complain about it, I don’t care about it; I’m going to continue to do the things I need to do to make sure I can play at a high level. And that’s it.”
“Kyle’s hand is not great,” Nurse said. “You know, he’s — it’s hurt and it’s sore and it causes him a lot of pain. But he seems to be able to manage it through the game and do what he can do. “He’s obviously scoring and playing great on top of the other things he always does, and we’re really [seeing] a heck of a lot of toughness and again, the spirit that he just wants to be out there and help his team any way he can.”
“Kyle’s hand is not great,” Nurse said. “You know, he’s — it’s hurt and it’s sore and it causes him a lot of pain. But he seems to be able to manage it through the game and do what he can do.”
Josh Lewenberg: Lowry said he’s had some trouble gripping the ball because of his injured thumb, but insisted he’ll be fine. He was wearing what looked like an oven mitt to help with circulation. “I was learning how to cook so it comes in handy too.”
Josh Lewenberg: Lowry says his ankle is OK, but still sore. “It’s going to be a process but I’ll get there, hopefully. It’s not going to be 100% the whole season I can tell you that right now… It takes time. It’s a work in progress. This is a good first step for me.”
Josh Lewenberg: Lowry: “I just wanted to get out there. I could sit out until the playoffs with the type of injury I have but I want to play, keep a rhythm, get out there with the guys and play some basketball. If I can get out there and play I’m going to go play.”
Michael Grange: Lowry will play tonight vs. Hornets. First time Raps have post deadline group intact, I believe.
Eric Koreen: As of 1:30, Lowry is the only Raptors on the injury report, questionable with a sprained ankle. Leonard not listed. This would be his first time playing three games in five days since Dec. 30-Jan 3.
Josh Lewenberg: Lowry is listed as questionable for tomorrow’s game vs Charlotte, though Nurse had indicated he’s expected back sometime next week.
Ryan Wolstat: Lowry expected back “next week sometime” per Nick Nurse
Josh Lewenberg: Raptors rule Lowry OUT for tomorrow’s game vs OKC.
Kyle Lowry injury not serious?
Adrian Wojnarowski: Raptors guard Kyle Lowry is undergoing testing on right ankle injury that caused him to leave game, but belief is that it’s not serious, league sources tell ESPN.
Doug Smith: Raptors PR: Kyle Lowry, right ankle soreness, will not return. Duh
Doug Smith: Words matter Lowry now “probable” for tonight vs. Knicks as opposed to “questionable” earlier in the day
Doug Smith: Couple of injury report changes for the Raptors today in Detroit Kyle Lowry goes to “doubtful” from “questionable” Fred VanVleet goes to “probable” from “questionable” And, both, really, are day-to-day in the grand scheme of things, as we all are
Doug Smith: Raptors list Lowry and VanVleet as questionable for Sunday in Detroit but nary a word about “load management” going into the start of the back-to-back. It’s early, though
Tim Bontemps: Kyle Lowry won’t play tonight against the Lakers because of a sore ankle. Danny Green will. Jeremy Lin will start in Lowry’s place.
Josh Lewenberg: Lowry and Green are both listed as questionable for tonight’s game vs the Lakers with left ankle sprains. VanVleet is still out but Nurse hopes to have him back in the next week. Ibaka begins serving his 3-game suspension.
Josh Lewenberg: Lowry twisted his left ankle, per Raptors. He won’t return tonight, which probably goes without saying considering there’s 2 minutes left in a 20-point game.
Eric Smith: Kyle Lowry will not play today (back)
Eric Smith: Kyle Lowry working out with Raptors staff/cosches (& Alex McKechnie) before Toronto’s shootaround officially begins this morning. His status still TBA
Ryan Wolstat: Nurse said he still thinks Lowry’s getting closer to a return. Will get some shots up today and see how he’s feeling.
Tim Bontemps: “I think it’s now into a pain management stage a little bit,” Nurse said. He added Lowry was scheduled to get shots up pregame, and that the team will be monitoring him each day to see how he progresses.
Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry has received pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory injections for lower-back soreness, the team announced Tuesday. The four-time all-star has been dealing with back and hip ailments that have kept him out of seven of Toronto’s last eight games.
The Raptors said Lowry met with Dr. Patrick O’Leary at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York for the injections last Friday. Coach Nick Nurse was optimistic about Lowry’s improvement on Monday. “I think things are progressing really well,” Nurse said. “Shouldn’t be too long.”
Tim Bontemps: The Raptors announce Kyle Lowry had pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory injections in his back last week at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. pic.twitter.com/RKhm5vV5mP
Eric Koreen: Lowry will be out vs. Utah again.
Raptors coach Nick Nurse admitted he has been concerned that point guard Kyle Lowry has been sidelined for virtually all of the past two weeks with quad and back issues that have limited him to playing in just one of Toronto’s past eight games. “Yeah, I think a little bit,” Nurse said before the Raptors faced the Chicago Bulls here at Scotiabank Arena on Sunday evening. “You’re always concerned. You want an All-Star player back as soon as possible. “Any of our guys, we want them back as soon as possible … I think we’re positive and hopeful that it’s going in the right direction, and we’ll see him back soon.”
Eric Smith: Kyle Lowry (back) did not practice today on Orlando.
Tim Reynolds: Kyle Lowry downgraded to out.
Doug Smith: Raptors PR reports from Miami this morning that Lowry is doubtful for tonight vs. Heat, Ibaka is probable and Valanciunas is out.
Leonard and Lowry have only been in the lineup together for four of the 12 Raptors games this month, though the expectation ahead of a late Christmas practice was that both would be in to face the Heat on Boxing Day in Miami. Rotating starting centres Serge Ibaka and Jonas Valanciunas have also been banged up, with Valanciunas still out for a while due to his thumb injury, with only shooting guard and Pascal Siakam reliably good to go just about every night.
Tim Bontemps: Kyle Lowry and Danny Green are playing tonight.
Tim Bontemps: Nick Nurse admits he’s a little surprised Kyle Lowry is able to play today in his native Philadelphia, but that Lowry was “aggressively treated” this week and was deemed ready to go for tonight’s game.
Josh Lewenberg: For the second straight game, the Raptors will be without Lowry, Ibaka and Valanciunas tonight.
Adrian Wojnarowski: Kyle Lowry will miss Toronto’s game at Portland with thigh bruise — Kawhi Leonard will play, per Raptors.
Eric Koreen: I asked Lowry how his back was. “It’s great. I’m alive.” Funny, same way I woke up this morning. (This is not an official injury update.)
February 28, 2021 | 6:15 am EST Update
Kevin Love unlikely to return before All-Star break
Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love is on this quick two-game trip with his teammates so he can continue to rehab a high-grade strained right calf, but the five-time All-Star is “unlikely” to return until after the NBA All-Star break, league sources tell cleveland.com.
Given the Cavs only have two games remaining — Monday in Houston and Wednesday at home against the Indiana Pacers — before a needed nine-day break, sources said the team doesn’t see the upside in pushing it. They want to use the extra days to get his calf better, so he can be 100 percent for the Second Half.
Kevin Durant to still serve as All-Star captain
The Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant will still serve as an NBA All-Star Game captain despite a hamstring injury that will keep him from playing. Durant and fellow All-Star Game captain LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers will each draft a roster out of the pool of selected All-Stars. The All-Star draft will air on TNT on March 4. It remained unclear whether Durant will travel to Atlanta for the game on March 7.
A Knicks official said Rivers was at the Garden, but in the back getting treatment for a sore ankle. Rivers was not listed on the pregame injury report submitted to the NBA. On the box score, Rivers was listed with a DNP-Coach’s Decision. Earlier this week, Rivers said of his situation: “I can’t control if I’m traded today, tomorrow or the next day. What I can control is how I am as a player.’’
His father, Mychal Thompson, believes Klay’s basketball lifespan could run until he’s 40 years old. “I said, if you really want to, you can play till you’re 40 years of age, but the key to that is you have to take care of your body, as you go into your 30s,” Mychal said, recounting to NBC Sports Bay Area a conversation he had with Klay.
That doesn’t mean he’s a finished product. There’s a reason the Raptors signed him with G League intentions and not for the NBA roster. The 10-day contract (about $82,000) affords them six games to see how he can fit and progress in their environment. It’s an audition by another name, and not the first time the Raptors have used a 10-day to get a 905 look at a prospect. “This gives us a chance to get Donta down in our system, teach him our ins and outs and the way we operate our offence, our defence, our schemes, and see how he looks running those,” general manager Chad Sanders said. “With Tampa just down the street, it’s a chance for us to get him out there and get some reps and get a chance to evaluate him for the big club.”
Luka Doncic: 'A long time before you can compare me to Larry Bird'
Callie Caplan: Luka, on ABC, asked about recent comparisons to Larry Bird’s game: “More, more games to go. A long time before you can compare me to Larry Bird. I just want to keep hooping, have fun playing basketball.”
