The Toronto Raptors had a stellar regular season and earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

However, the Raptors ended up being swept in the Eastern Conference Semifinals by the Cleveland Cavaliers, which leads to speculation that the franchise could move on from one of their star players. According to Sean Deveney of The Sporting News, an NBA executive was asked about the Raptors current situation and said that moving Lowry "is probably the guy who makes the most sense."

“If anything does happen with that roster, Lowry is probably the guy who makes the most sense. He can be hard-headed, that was always his reputation, but he seems to have mellowed out now that he’s older. He’s tough and he has two years left on the contract, which makes it easy to take, especially if you can get rid of a bad deal on your books. I think that is what Toronto is going to be looking at with him and of all the possibilities, that’s the most likely.”

The Raptors have gone to the postseason in each of the past five seasons. However, the furthest that the team has gotten is the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2015-16 campaign. In the past two seasons, Toronto has found themselves being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, which came at the hands of the Cavaliers.

Deveney did lay out a few scenarios of what the Raptors could get in return if they were to trade Lowry this offseason. He does admit that Kemba Walker could be attainable, but the Raptors would likely have to take on addition salary considering that Lowry just signed a three-year, $100 million contract last summer.

Again, the Raptors are not likely going into any kind of significant rebuild, so a deal like this would likely yield only a lateral move and probably require taking on some bad contracts. You might get Kemba Walker, for example, from Charlotte, but you would have to take Nicolas Batum and the three years, $56 million left on his contract. Or if Eric Bledsoe of the Bucks became a target, the Raptors would have to take back Matthew Dellavedova (two years, $19 million) and/or Tony Snell (three years, $34 million). Miami’s Goran Dragic (two years, $37 million)? OK, but you also get James Johnson (two years, $30 million).

Toronto already made a big splash by firing head coach Dwane Casey despite the phenomenal regular season that he led the franchise to. Casey was even named as a finalist for the NBA Coach of the Year.

Obviously DeMar DeRozan and Jonas Valanciunas are also trade chips that the Raptors possess. However, it appears that the belief around the league may be that Lowry will be the one to go.