In the two weeks since the Toronto Raptors traded DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a top-20 protected 2019 first round pick to the San Antonio Spurs for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, much has been made about change. A fresh start for Leonard, renewed hope for the Raptors and an unexpected upheaval for DeRozan. It will certainly take some time for Raptors fans to adjust to life without DeRozan. He was their star that chose to stay, the franchise's all-time leading scorer, and could one day become the first player in franchise history with a jersey in the rafters. While it's difficult to imagine a Raptors backcourt without DeRozan, it's now Kyle Lowry steering the ship with a chance to put a fitting cap on the most successful era in franchise history Toronto took a gamble both on and off the court for what could be just a year of Leonard, but it was one worth taking. As tough as it might be for Lowry to play without his long-time teammate beside him, it was the right move for him too. Stripping away the emotion and evaluating the decision strictly as a basketball transaction, this deal could do wonders for squeezing more out of Lowry. Right off the bat, swapping DeRozan and Poeltl for Leonard and Green completely changes the gravity of the offence. While it's certainly true that DeRozan stretched his game to become more of a threat beyond the 3-point line, the fact remains that he still shot just 31.2 percent from deep, well below the league average and among the worst in the league among players to take a high volume. As such, defences remained content with him shooting from the perimeter – just 27 percent of his three-point attempts were tightly contested – preferring to clog the lane and protect the rim. With the additions of Leonard and Green, the flow of the offence should completely change. Over his past two healthy regular seasons, Leonard shot 40.7 percent from three on 4.9 attempts per game and is a dynamic scoring threat from anywhere on the floor. Green is no slouch himself, especially from the corners where he's knocked down 43.9 percent over the last two seasons and should provide Lowry another viable spacing option. Both Leonard and Green have shown a penchant for shooting high volumes of catch-and-shoot 3s, an area that DeRozan never truly embraced despite sharing a backcourt with an All-Star caliber point guard. When Leonard is creating his own offence – which he will a lot – Lowry becomes a very dangerous off-ball threat of his own. While the plurality of his shots were pull-ups last season (40.2 percent), Lowry posted a better catch-and-shoot effective FG percentage than CJ McCollum, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal, to name a few. With even more spacing this season, Lowry has a chance to become one of the premier catch-and-shoot threats in the league. On the other side of the ball, the Raptors gained two of the league’s best perimeter defenders. While Green doesn’t carry the same level of prestige as the two-time Defensive P