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The Toronto Raptors have fired head coach Nick Nurse, per Shams Charania. In 2020, Nurse signed a four-year deal that would have kept him in Toronto through the 2023-24 season. In a team statement, president Masai Ujiri thanked him for being “an integral part of this franchise’s most historic accomplishments” and that “a decision to make a […]
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 […]
Masai Ujiri has signed a new deal to become vice-chairman and president of the Toronto Raptors. Let’s all exhale and say it in unison, Canada: He stay. “I love being the leader of the Toronto Raptors and I’m here to stay,” Ujiri says in a stirring video released by the team. “On the court, our goal is […]
Danny Green continues to set himself apart. Not many can say they’ve won both an NCAA title and at least three NBA titles—in fact, just 10 other people can. After winning a championship with San Antonio in 2014, Green just won back-to-back titles with both the Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Lakers. At 33, Green […]
It is the elephant in the room, the question that will hover over the Raptors’ off-season until there’s something definitive: Will Masai Ujiri remain in Toronto beyond the 2019-20 season? Over the course of his tenure with the franchise, he has helped raise the Raptors from drudges of their existence as perpetual cellar dwellers to […]
Becoming an NBA champion is a remarkable achievement. Since the league merged with the ABA in 1976, there have been a grand total of 15 different franchises that have claimed the coveted Larry O’Brien trophy. Forever is inescapable, and the Toronto Raptors earned a place in history that no one can ever take away. Ask […]
Body cam footage of the Oracle Arena incident between Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri and Alameda County sheriff’s deputy Alan Strickland at Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals has been released, KTVU FOX 2 reports. After the game ended, with the Raptors winning the NBA championship against the Golden State Warriors, Ujiri began to make his […]
Kawhi Leonard was the best single-season player, DeMar DeRozan sits atop some of the key all-time stat tallies, and Vince Carter has taken Canadian basketball to a place it likely never would have gotten to without him. But when you add all those things up—skill, longevity, impact—it’s hard to look past Kyle Lowry as the […]
Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri will not be charged in connection with an altercation that occurred on the court following the Raptors NBA Finals win. Ujiri allegedly shoved an Alameda County officer twice when he attempted to bar Ujiri from the court, claiming that Ujiri did not have the proper credentials. Witness accounts differ about […]
Toronto’s postgame celebration came with controversy when Raptors‘ president Masai Ujiri went under investigation for an altercation he had with an officer at Oracle Arena. A witness says that Ujiri was not the aggressor in the incident and stories claiming otherwise are false. Warriors’ season ticket holder, Greg Wiener, told the Associated Press that Masai Ujiri did not strike the officer […]
