{"id":185123,"date":"2025-07-21T09:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/185123\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T09:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:51:36","slug":"philadelphia-76ers-agree-to-terms-with-six-time-nba-all-star-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/185123\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers Agree to Terms With Six-Time NBA All-Star on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers Agree to Terms With Six-Time NBA All-Star on Monday<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia 76ers endured an unexpected downturn last season, finishing with a 24-58 record, their first losing season since 2017 and outside the play\u2011in tournament entirely.<\/p>\n

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Injuries to Joel Embiid, Paul George, Tyrese Maxey and 2024 first-round pick Jared McCain ultimately became too much to overcome.<\/p>\n

With the third-worst winning percentage in the Eastern Conference (.293), the Sixers\u2019 performance underscored a pressing need for veteran poise and leadership, a void that will once again be filled with Kyle Lowry.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania, Lowry has agreed to a one\u2011year deal to return to his hometown team for what will be his 20th NBA season.<\/p>\n

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Lowry was selected 24th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2006 NBA Draft, but was traded to the Houston Rockets midway through the 2008-09 season before ultimately landing with the Toronto Raptors in 2012, where he evolved into a perennial All-Star.<\/p>\n

During his near decade in Toronto (2012-2021), he earned six All\u2011Star nods, a third team All-NBA selection in 2016 and led Toronto to its first NBA title in 2019, finishing as the franchise’s all-time leader in assists (4,277), steals (873) and 3-point field goals (1,518).<\/p>\n

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Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet (23), guard Kyle Lowry (7), forward Kawhi Leonard (2) and center Serge Ibaka (9).\u00a9 Kyle Terada-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Following brief stints with the Miami Heat and a buyout\u2011market signing in February 2024, Lowry embraced the opportunity to join his hometown 76ers.<\/p>\n

At 39 years old, Lowry\u2019s statistical contributions have tapered, averaging just 3.9 points and 2.7 assists in 18.8 minutes per game last season, but his value transcends the box score.<\/p>\n

Coach Nick Nurse will once again lean on Lowry\u2019s floor leadership and playoff experience, trusting him to guide a young core back into contention.<\/p>\n

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Related: Dennis Schroder Sends 3-Word Message After Joining Sacramento Kings<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Rockets Release NBA Veteran Days After Kevin Durant Trade<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 7, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers Agree to Terms With Six-Time NBA All-Star on Monday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Philadelphia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,1409,866,194,1255,936,529,3844,177,189,6,526,678,207,3817,1675,567,476,1263],"class_list":{"0":"post-185123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-76ers","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-eastern-conference","11":"tag-fred-vanvleet","12":"tag-houston-rockets","13":"tag-jared-mccain","14":"tag-joel-embiid","15":"tag-kawhi-leonard","16":"tag-kyle-lowry","17":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","18":"tag-miami-heat","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-paul-george","21":"tag-philadelphia","22":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","23":"tag-philadelphia76ers","24":"tag-serge-ibaka","25":"tag-shams-charania","26":"tag-toronto-raptors","27":"tag-tyrese-maxey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114890610509836167","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}