Kyle Lowry opened up about the DeRozan trade, how he found out about it in ESPN interview

BarDown Staff

Raptors take centre stage on ESPN

There are some Raptors fans that think their team doesn't get the same attention as the other elite teams in the NBA, and regardless of whether that's true or not, the Raptors will be getting ALL the attention on Wednesday.

ESPN will be doing a Toronto Raptors All-Access all day Wednesday and Canada's basketball team will be featured on ESPN shows all day long leading up to their game against the 76ers.

Super neat. On December 5th, ESPN is doing an All-Access the entire day on the Raptors. Here are highlights of what will take place: https://t.co/LkAdWM86W8 pic.twitter.com/wRPLJ4bar0
— Kevin Rashidi (@KevinRashidi) December 1, 2018

By the looks of it, there's going to be a TON of awesome Raptors content all day long on ESPN, from Instagram stories with Serge Ibaka to interviews with the biggest names on the team.

Speaking of interviews, ESPN gave fans a taste of what to expect with this clip from Rachel Nichols' sit-down with Kyle Lowry where they discuss the DeMar DeRozan trade (among other things):

Kyle Lowry tells @Rachel__Nichols about the 2:30 a.m. call where he learned his best friend had been traded to the Spurs. pic.twitter.com/K30lKS7HLn
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 5, 2018

It's understandable that Lowry felt betrayed because DeRozan did, too. They're best friends and they'll support one another whether they are on the same team or not.

At the end of the day, though, basketball is a business like any other sport and Lowry understands that. He and DeRozan have said that their friendship is much bigger than basketball on multiple occasions and that's all that matters. Be sure to check out Lowry's entire interview with Nichols' below: