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As homegrown stars that have played their entire careers in one place, O.G. Anunoby and Fred VanVleet are exceptions to the modern pro-basketball rule. The 25-year-old forward and 28-year-old guard practically grew up in Toronto, which is increasingly rare in a league that seems to shuffle the deck every six months. VanVleet came as an undrafted […]
Tier Zero was founded by a group of friends from Toronto in 2017. Charlie Lindsay, Due Pinlac, and Jamal Burger were each navigating through the Toronto creative industry as freelance photographers and videographers, getting jobs individually and working on projects with bigtime brands but ultimately feeling like they wanted something more: to prioritize their own […]
In Dec. 2021, Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet announced an eponymous scholarship to assist Black or Indigenous students through their four-year undergrad at the University of Toronto. Today, he met with the Fred VanVleet Scholarship’s first recipient, Abdullahi, to discuss his upcoming studies and his life outside of school. “I was just feeling excited, overwhelmed, but […]
Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet expressed disappointment with the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict that came out on Friday, which found the 18-year-old not guilty on all charges after he shot and killed two people and wounded a third during a protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer in Kenosha, […]
‘Unlikely’ is a word that gets used a lot when people describe Fred VanVleet. Which tracks. After all, in five short years, the 27-year-old guard has gone from an undrafted, undersized kid from Rockford, Illinois to an NBA champion and the Toronto Raptors’ acting leader. He’s currently the highest-paid undrafted player in the league’s history, […]
When the NBA announced the starters for the All-Star game on Feb. 18, it became official that for the first time since 2014, a Raptor would not have their name called out at the global showcase event. Toronto paid the price for a slow start in that regard but the manner in which they’ve bounced […]
The NBA’s silly season shifted into third-gear Friday with the advent of free agency. And now that the 2020 class of unrestricted and restricted free agents are finally signing new deals, it’s our duty to grade the decisions made collectively by teams and players. While this year’s class isn’t anywhere near as sexy as 2019’s that was […]
It’s a reward that signifies the times. Win your first-round playoff battle and you’ll get to see your family. Sure, losing means you’re going home to see your family anyway, but the first option gives you the best of both worlds. The Toronto Raptors swept the Brooklyn Nets and after a humbling loss to the […]
Fred VanVleet isn’t one to take things lying down. Unless smothered by his two children as he plays games with them around the house, VanVleet has keenly avoided taking the cards that are dealt to him, laying back and accepting whatever fate comes his way. After going undrafted, he knuckled down and competed his way […]
Welp, the first NBA Christmas Game hosted by the Toronto Raptors pretty much kick-started our seasonal defective disorder. The visiting Boston Grinches Celtics made it snow on the shorthanded home team (Siakam, Powell, and Gasol were injured) with a whopping 14 three-pointers, coming away with a 118-102 victory. Bah humbug. But hey! Don’t let that spoil […]
