To be fair to IT. I do think he is great as drawing a lot of fouls for the record. That is a skill and I'm not against a player utilizing that to their advantage. Given how small he his, in his case, he has to.
He's very good at absorbing contact, and given how small he is, it's easier for the officials to see that.
I think the bigger/stronger you are it's much more difficult. There are many, many, many times LeBron is fouled but he just soaks up the contact so well and the refs miss it.
Kyrie is very strong too.
I think Lowry is one of the stronger point guard's in the NBA, and Kyrie was able to move him. That's how strong Kyrie is. He kinda has that babe face look to him, but he's really built for a guard. This is why bigger players struggle so much against him too. Because they can't utilize their size/strength and Kyrie can just dribble circles around them.
Now, Lowry gets a lot of calls because when he gets contact, he falls to the ground immediately. Kyrie never does that. When he falls, it's legit. And hell, sometimes he still doesn't get the call.
Just one observation on why Kyrie might not always get the calls his way.
When Thomas is getting hit at his height, it's almost always hard not to see it.
