Kyle Lowry thought he had been traded to the New York Knicks in December of 2013.

“That deal was done,” Lowry said.

The Toronto Raptors would have received Metta World Peace, Iman Shumpert and a future first round pick.

The Knicks killed the deal at the request of James Dolan.

Dolan was afraid of losing another trade to Masai Ujiri, who was on the other side of the Carmelo Anthony and Andrea Bargnani deals.

“At the end of the day, the decision was made for me to be here and it worked out equally, perfectly for both parties,” said Lowry who is in the second year of four-year, $48 million contract.