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When the schedule was released, all eyes focused on the first 20 games. At first glance, it looked….difficult. Again. Last season, the Raptors had a rough schedule to start the season and ended the first 20 games with only 5 wins. The season prior — Darko Rajakovic’s first with the team — Toronto managed to […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
Fresh off their 7th straight win, the Toronto Raptors will host the Cleveland Cavaliers on the second night of a back-to-back at home. Cleveland is in the same situation, having hosted the Clippers on Sunday but has the disadvantage of travelling afterwards. Toronto will take that and whatever edge they can to close out the […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
Sunday evening’s Toronto Raptors game had a few implications. It was the second game of a four-game homestand, the first night of a home back-to-back, and a chance for the Raptors to win their seventh game in a row. Even better for their chances was the fact that they were playing the 3-12 Brooklyn Nets, […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
The Toronto Raptors once again go toe-to-toe with the Brooklyn Nets, this time as the host. With the previous game only 12 days ago going in the Raptors favour, this could be an opportunity to extend their winning streak from 6 to 7. The last time the Raptors had 7 straight wins was Mar 3, […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
Break up the streaking Toronto Raptors! For the first time since its inception two seasons ago, the Toronto Raptors have qualified for the knockout stage of the NBA Cup. The Raptors routed the visiting Washington Wizards, 140-100, in the third game of the round robin stage. Combined with Indiana’s loss to Cleveland, the Raptors clinched […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
After winning their fifth straight, and their ninth in the last 10 games on Wednesday, the Toronto Raptors are back at home tonight to play the lowly Washington Wizards for an NBA Cup matchup. The Raptors have faced one of the league’s toughest schedules to this point in the season, having played just five home […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
It’s been quite a week for the Toronto Raptors. They have won their last five games in a row, completed a pair of gritty, close wins, and are now second in the Eastern Conference. They only trail the Detroit Pistons, who are on an 11-game heater and sit three games above Toronto in the top […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
A lot has changed since February 2020. In 2020, the Raptors’ entire championship roster was essentially intact, minus Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green. Now, there’s nobody left. In 2020, we had no clue there was a pandemic coming. Now, Zoom is just a part of our lives. Tonight, however, the Raptors transported us back to […]
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If you, like me, have been locked in on Dancing with the Stars this season, you know ball. If you haven’t been in tune with one of the best reality television shows ever in its 20-year history, let me explain how it works. Celebrities are paired with professional ballroom dancers, and each week they rehearse […]
3 months ago | 1 read
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The Toronto Raptors are 8-1 in their last 9 games, and tonight’s win against Charlotte is their fourth in a row, tying their previous four-game streak from earlier in the season. It feels like they’ve won more in the last few weeks than they have in the past few years. So, is this real or […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
What a difference a year makes! When the schedule was first released, the first 20 games looked eerily similar to last season. The Raptors would have a very difficult first quarter of the season, followed by a very easy slate of games after the All-Star break. Last year, Toronto only won 5 of its first […]
3 months ago | 1 read
After overcoming the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night, the Toronto Raptors completed their fourth victory in their ongoing win streak. Now, sitting as the four seed in the East at 8-5, they will host the twelfth-seeded Charlotte Hornets, hoping to remain in the winners’ column. This will be the first of three matchups in a […]
3 months ago | 1 read
The Toronto Raptors conclude their five-game Eastern Conference road trip with a matchup against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EST on TSN. After the Raptors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-113 on Nov. 13, they improved to 7-5 and are two games above .500 for the first time since 2022. […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
When the Toronto Raptors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers on Halloween, the team’s fiercest doubters highlighted how the absence of key rotational players poisoned the result. With several of those contributors returning for the Cavaliers, the Raptors were ready to prove that they should be taken more seriously in the Eastern Conference. The Raptors may have […]
3 months ago | 9 reads
The Toronto Raptors begin the back-end of their five-game Eastern Conference road trip against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EST on TSN. The matchup marks the second time in less than two weeks that the Raptors and Cavaliers play each other. In the previous contest, the Raptors defeated a […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
The first round of OVR ranking updates in NBA2K have finally been released, and with it, some necessary adjustments have occurred. Earlier in the year when the rankings were released, we took the opportunity to look at the Raptors ratings, the ones that were way too high and the ones that were way too low. […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
When you eat an Oreo cookie, which part do you prefer? Are you like my wife and eat the cookies or do you want all the sugary goodness in the middle like me? Whatever your choice (you’re hungry now), I may have to change mine. Temporarily. The week ahead for the Raptors sees a pair […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
The Toronto Raptors played back-to-back road games in Atlanta and Philadelphia over the weekend, winning a crucial NBA Cup game on Friday and losing to the 76ers on Saturday. Yet, one of the biggest narratives to come from the weekend was an incident involving Brandon Ingram. Now, the NBA has announced Ingram will be fined […]
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Last week, the WNBA announced it will be holding the WNBA Draft Lottery on November 23rd. This will determine the order of the first five picks of the 2026 WNBA Draft. Teams picking are the Dallas Wings, Minnesota Lynx (who own Chicago’s pick), Seattle Storm (who own the LA Sparks’ pick), Washington Mystics, and Chicago […]
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We’ve had the NBA Cup now for a few seasons, and it’s not a secret that drumming up excitement for it has been… difficult. Now, public NBA Cup truther and SB Nation NBA manager Harrison Faigen has been preaching about the NBA Cup since the LA Lakers won the first edition, and I never understood […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
It’s that time of year: NBA City Edition jerseys. You either love or hate your team’s edition of the jerseys every year, which is fair given that teams take some… artistic liberties on the designs. The Toronto Raptors have been through a few iterations of their city threads. For a long stretch there, the team […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
It was quite the day in Toronto Basketball. It started at 11 am, when the Toronto Tempo held a press conference to welcome their first franchise head coach, Sandy Brondello, to the team. It ended a few blocks away at Scotiabank Arena, where the Toronto Raptors played the Milwaukee Bucks. Sandy Brondello was also there, […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
The Regular Season has barely gotten out of bed, and the rash of injuries is already piling up. Last Friday, the Cavaliers were without Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, and Max Strus. That’s 80% of Cleveland’s starting lineup! On Sunday, the Grizzlies strolled into town without the injured Zach Edey, Ty Jerome, Brandon Clarke, […]
3 months ago | 7 reads
The thoughts of most Torontonians could not be further removed from the NBA right now. The 6ix is now, for the first time in nearly a decade, a bona fide baseball city. World Series Mania has consumed Canadians, and with good reason. The Blue Jays really are Canada’s team, just like the Raptors, and when […]
3 months ago | 2 reads