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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 […]
The Indiana Pacers have hired former Toronto Raptors assistant Nate Bjorkgren as their head coach, the team announced on Tuesday. Bjorkgren spent the last two seasons under Raptors coach Nick Nurse, helping Toronto win its first NBA title in 2018-19. Given that the team followed that up with the league’s second-best regular-season record—resulting in Nurse […]
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 […]
The Toronto Raptors huffed and puffed but just couldn’t blow down the Boston Celtics’ house. Exhausted, battered, and bruised, tired mistakes were ultimately the undoing of the Raptors’ admirable title defence. Eighteen turnovers that led to 31 transition points for the game and 3-of-17 (17.6 percent) shooting from beyond the arc after the first quarter […]
The Raptors will not relinquish their title as defending NBA champions without the scrappiest of street fights. First down 2-0, then 3-2 as the result of an absolutely dismantling performance by the Boston Celtics, Toronto has breathed life back into the series on the back of their 34-year-old All-Star Kyle Lowry, who refuses to let […]
How do you break a curse? After missing an easy open layup toward the end of the first half of last night’s Game 6 between the Toronto Raptors and the Boston Celtics, Marc Gasol clutched the front of his jersey in his huge hands and looked about ready to tear it in half. Furious and steaming, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
