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They’ve been told they’re down, they’ve been told they’re out, they’ve been told they’re simply not good enough. It’s never mattered to them before, so why would it matter now? A week ago, the Toronto Raptors trailed the Boston Celtics 2-0 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Semifinals and they said all that mattered was the […]
Fred VanVleet cut a disconsolate figure. Norman Powell could barely find the words to start but then aired out all his frustrations. Pascal Siakam refuses to watch the video of Jacob Blake getting shot seven times because he’s still traumatized by the murder of George Floyd. After the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics were the […]
In the end, it wasn’t even close. While a few seeds of doubt were planted when coaches voted Milwaukee Bucks’ Mike Budenholzer and Oklahoma City Thunder’s Billy Donovan as co-coaches of the year in their vote, the media made it loud and clear who the winner of the official award should be. Raptors head coach […]
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 […]
With his gangly frame he strides forward, moving swiftly ahead of one defender, then another. Opponents aren’t devoting the attention they should because they still don’t know. But now he’s running through the middle that is his meadow, and what ensues is a monster dunk that reverberates his team just as much as the rim. […]
All it took was one week of the NBA returning to feel the full brunt of what has become a staple of Raptors basketball consumption. First, Toronto convincingly defeated presumptive favourites the Los Angeles Lakers to spark a Saturday night filled with slander on the timeline. Subsequent recognition from major American outlets was interpreted as […]
Marc Gasol never panics. The red double-decker bus with “2019 Champions” emblazoned across the front that Gasol, teammates, coaches, and other staff rode through Toronto’s core as a sea of Raptors fans celebrated their first NBA title had run out of beers. Gasol chugged more than his share, to be fair, but four hours into […]
Raptors basketball is returning, within the confines of an Orlando bubble, and we don’t really know what it will look like. What we do know is that the team’s 2019-20 season, before the pandemic hit, was a joy to watch. There was a purity to watching this particular group root, fight for, and lift each other through 64 […]
Toronto’s championship anniversary is over, and the Raptors finally know what’s in front of them as they get set to defend their title. The NBA has finally released the schedule for the eight seeding games to be played in Orlando, Florida before the playoffs, and the glass half-full perspective is that the Raptors will be […]
Terence Davis Jr. has definitely not been making banana bread during isolation. Before the NBA went on pandemic-prompted hiatus, the Toronto Raptors guard was one of the league’s biggest rookie stories, eking out a spot in the reigning champs’ rotation thanks to his explosive offense. In February, he led all rookies in scoring, topping the […]
