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TORONTO – As the Raptors looked to do something that has eluded them all season, close out a tight game, RJ Barrett was putting the finishing...
TORONTO – The Raptors needed a win in the worst way. And not just a moral victory; they’ve had plenty of those, but the kind that actually shows...
TORONTO – You weren’t the only one worried about Chris Boucher in that moment. Late in last month’s game against Philadelphia, the springy...
TORONTO – Time heals all wounds. If you need proof of that theory, consider the nearly three-decade-long relationship between Vince Carter and the...
TORONTO – The hits keep coming. With the season less than a week old, the Raptors have already been forced to play games without five players who...
TORONTO – A year ago, nobody knew what to make of the Toronto Raptors – not even the Toronto Raptors. The two veteran stars, Pascal Siakam and OG...
TORONTO – For a brief period early in the summer, Gradey Dick and Ochai Agbaji weren’t just teammates and friends, they were also adversaries. The...
TORONTO – Jamal Shead is hoping to be the next in a long line of small guards to find success with the Toronto Raptors. It’s a history that dates...
TORONTO – The injury bug is already in mid-season form. The Raptors opened training camp in Montreal last week and, notably, there were a few key...
TORONTO – Up until recently, the word “rebuild” was taboo inside of and around the Raptors front office. Rarely used aloud and generally frowned...
TORONTO – Nearly 26 years after scoring the first-ever basket at Scotiabank Arena, formerly Air Canada Centre, Vince Carter will become the first...
TORONTO – In and of itself, Canada falling short of its lofty Olympic aspirations and expectations in the men’s basketball tournament wasn’t...
TORONTO – There was justifiable cause for concern when Nick Nurse stepped down as head coach of the Canadian men’s national team last summer, just...
Karen Mogbo refused to let her youngest son be late. Jonathan was in his junior year of high school and playing point guard for the Florida Lightning...
LAS VEGAS – In an era where NBA nicknames often lack creativity and aren’t what they used to be, Davion Mitchell’s might be one of the best....
LAS VEGAS – For the Canadian men’s national team, the road to Paris started in a Las Vegas boardroom during the summer of 2021. At the time, the...
TORONTO – Symbolically, Monday was a big day for the Toronto Raptors organization, and you knew it because that symbolism was impossible to miss....
TORONTO – If you’re a Canadian basketball fan, you’ve probably gone down the rabbit hole of imagining what a backcourt of Shai...
TORONTO – When the Canadian senior men’s national team opens training camp this weekend, exactly one month ahead of its return to the Olympics, it...
TORONTO – The draft was the Raptors’ first opportunity to add talent around their franchise player, Scottie Barnes, since agreeing to a maximum...
TORONTO – It was kismet. Ja’Kobe Walter had no idea that the Raptors were targeting him with the 19th-overall pick in Wednesday’s NBA draft. A...
TORONTO – Unofficially, Scottie Barnes was crowned face of the franchise the moment Pascal Siakam – the last remaining piece of the Raptors’...
TORONTO – It used to be that whenever Rowan Barrett – general manager of the Canadian men’s national team – or his predecessors met with the...
TORONTO – It’s up to the Ping-Pong balls now. On the heels of a disappointing 25-57 season – the franchise’s worst record in more than a...
TORONTO – The word of the day – and for the days, months and years to come – is patience. When it was all said and done, Raptors’ president...
TORONTO – The low point of Scottie Barnes’ dazzling third season isn’t what you think it is. It wasn’t the scrutiny he faced for leaving the...
TORONTO – The Raptors have known their fate for a while. When Scottie Barnes broke his hand on the first day of March, almost certainly ending his...
TORONTO – Darko Rajakovic’s trial by fire is nearly complete. With his first season as an NBA head coach reaching its merciful conclusion this...
TORONTO – Garrett Temple has just about seen it all in his 14 NBA seasons. The veteran guard has played for 12 different organizations – more than...
TORONTO – There’s still plenty of unknowns for the Canadian men’s national team four months out from this summer’s Olympics. What will their...
TORONTO – In all likelihood, the Raptors’ season will end earlier than it has in more than a decade. Last year, they played 83 games before...
TORONTO – In the span of 132 seconds early in the second quarter of Friday’s loss to Golden State, Scottie Barnes showed why he’s one of the...
TORONTO – The grass isn’t always greener, but every so often it is. It’s something that has crossed Pascal Siakam’s mind on more than a few...
TORONTO – The Raptors didn’t trade their veteran stars and clear the way for Scottie Barnes to become the indisputable face of the franchise...
TORONTO – Newcomers Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji check off a bunch of important boxes for the Toronto Raptors. Agbaji was a four-year college...
TORONTO – With the NBA trade deadline now in the rear-view mirror, the Toronto Raptors have something that they didn’t have a couple months ago....
TORONTO – When Jakob Poeltl makes his return to the Raptors’ lineup, which should come at some point on their upcoming six-game road trip, he’ll...
TORONTO – The Raptors always felt pretty sure about Scottie Barnes, even when they weren’t completely sure. Some clear red flags popped up after...
TORONTO – It’s officially the end of an era. Less than five years after knocking down the final bucket in the Raptors’ title-clinching Game 6...
TORONTO – The Raptors had just gotten back from a tough six-game, 10-day West Coast road trip and, like many of his new teammates, Jontay Porter was...
TORONTO – In talking to people around the NBA, it’s clear that the OG Anunoby deal will have a direct impact on Pascal Siakam’s future in...
TORONTO – As the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1 and the calendar officially turned to 2024, RJ Barrett was already in bed. He wasn’t staying with...
TORONTO – Life in the NBA can be unrelenting. Two very long days ago, Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett were in their Indiana hotel rooms getting set...
TORONTO – Masai Ujiri and the Raptors have long been reluctant to move on from O.G. Anunoby, their home grown two-way star. He was just coming off a...
TORONTO – Nick Nurse may have been on to something, after all. Famously, the former Raptors head coach deployed an ultra-aggressive style of...
TORONTO – The biggest problem with the Raptors is that there isn’t just one problem. They can’t shoot, which isn’t shocking when you consider...
TORONTO – At this time 10 years ago, Masai Ujiri had already seen enough. He was taking a wait-and-see approach early in his first season at the...
The 2013-14 season got off to a fittingly weird start for the Toronto Raptors. At an early morning press conference in late September,...
TORONTO – Pascal Siakam knows what’s required to fight through a prolonged shooting slump; fortunately and unfortunately, he’s had to do it...