Warp ranking. Lowry does a ton for the raptors, more than Lillard and Parker are having to do for their teams. Doesn't mean he's better.
No worries. These rankings do only consider one part of the season. After the Gay trade KLow has been tearing it up but he never did it for a season. Could be injuries or stamina. He does play a tiring style of basketball.
They had two other picks to offer. We only ended up with one of those picks anyway. They could have worked something out. OKC didn't want to pay Harden so he was on his way out anyway.