As the Raptors wrapped up their off-day practice on Friday afternoon, Nick Nurse called his team over to the video board to “watch a few clips,” which the team would have presumably expected to be some last-minute film room work. Instead, Vince Carter, the 1998-1999 Rookie of The Year popped up on the screen with … Read more
What to know about the match-up between the two Atlantic Division rivals Set it in stone, the Eastern Conference fifth-seed Toronto Raptors are playing the fourth-seed Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2021-2022 NBA Playoffs. Philadelphia gets their chance to avenge The Shot, while Toronto gets their opportunity to further a season that … Read more
You joined our team in 2013 As an assistant coach relatively unseen You changed our offense, adding passing and threes Which has been successful over the years, to varying degrees In 2018 it was time for a change Coach Dwane Casey had reached the end of his range With such a great assistant coach the … Read more
Following the Boston Celtics’ triumphant victory over the Memphis Grizzlies last night, the Eastern Conference playoff (and play-in) picture was set. On Saturday evening at 6:00pm ET, the Toronto Raptors will find themselves standing across from the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center in what should be the first game of a gladiatorial series. … Read more
With the 2021-2022 regular season all wrapped up, it’s safe to say that the Toronto Raptors are ahead of schedule. For a team that traded away the greatest and most accomplished player in franchise history this past offseason, expectations for the squad this season were fairly low. The 2021 NBA draft landed them Scottie Barnes; … Read more
Since the inception of the 2021-2022 season, it seemed like an inevitability that the Raptors would fare better than their surveyors expected. Simply said, the construction of their roster was far superior to what last year’s record in Tampa suggested. Betting sites, such as jeuxdecartes.net projected the Raptors regular season win total to net out … Read more
So here it is. Before the 2019 championship run by the Toronto Raptors, we talked about what made the Toronto Raptors so special. Back then, it was the combination of elite defence, and three point shooting that boosted the Raptors into playoff contending status, and ultimately, their first ever championship. That 2019 team boasted NBA … Read more
The post-All-Star Weekend Raptors, boasting a record of 3-5 and carrying a point differential of -15.0 in their losses have looked like a skeleton of their former selves. Gary Trent Jr., who at one point seemed ready to proclaim himself the reincarnation of Michael Jordan, is shooting 30.2% on almost 15 shot attempts per game … Read more
I will say, I was admittedly scared before the game to watch this small-ball Raptors team face off against Nikola Jokic. A big man who can take essentially anyone one-on-one, from the post or face-up, all while being the best passer in the league poses a matchup nightmare for anyone, let alone Toronto. If we … Read more
Amid a deadline week that was fuller of roster-altering possibilities than the Southbound TTC Subway carts at 8:00am on a Wednesday, the Toronto Raptors made one defining move – to further bolster their frontcourt depth and take another stroke into the depths end of their all-6’9″ philosophy. In Bobby Webster’s Thursday afternoon media availability, he … Read more
