The Raptors have been expected to be active in the trade market since the season began and everyone on the roster apart from prized center Jonas Valanciunas had been made available.
New Raptors front-office boss Masai Ujiri has managed to trade away Andrea Bargnani and now Rudy Gay over the past six months and is said to be happy to surrender veteran point guard Kyle Lowry next.
The priority in Toronto is clearly finishing as high as possible in the lottery with Canadian sensation Andrew Wiggins and several other top prospects expected to be available at the top of the June draft.
Lowry is in the final year of his contact at an affordable $6.2 million and believed to be eminently available because he's not part of Toronto's future plans.