You began your career in OKC Filling their fans with joy and glee You had a trip to the finals, with Russ and Harden That was before the days of the load management jargon Your next stop was in the bay area Filling NBA fans with excitement and hysteria It was a great run with … Read more
The latest intel coming out of Toronto, per Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer, is that they are expected to quickly agree to new deals with both Thaddeus Young ($10M over two years) and Fred VanVleet ($110M over four years), however there has been no word regarding the looming unrestricted free agency of Chris Boucher, or the … Read more
Just shy of 24 hours after Arizona Wildcat standout center, Christian Koloko, was officially named the newest member of the Toronto Raptors, sentiments from each corner of the Twitterverse began pouring in praising Masai Ujiri for what appears to be yet another draft steal on his resume. In his junior season playing in the Pac-12, … Read more
Once upon a time, Toronto Raptors fans donned Andrew Wiggins jerseys with hope the lifeless franchise would fall to the bottom of the standings and have a chance at the Thornhill, ON native. Nine years later, it’s almost incredible to think about the journey taken by the once consensus greatest Canadian prospect of all time. … Read more
There are few nights in the Toronto Raptors franchise history which shaped the trajectory of the team more impactfully than June 23rd, 2016. In a span of a few hours, the Raptors added Jakob Poeltl, Pascal Siakam, and Fred VanVleet to their roster. At the time, not much was expected from any of them – … Read more
The 2022 NBA Draft is being heralded as a relatively flat one, meaning that the spread of talent between the latter portion of the lottery and early second round may not be as large as it typically is. Of course, pre-draft analysis can only be relied upon to an extent, however if this class fits … Read more
By Scott Engel, The Game Day The Raptors’ 2022 season certainly did not end as hoped, with a 35-point loss to Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The series loss was no major surprise, of course, as going up against Joel Embiid, James Harden, and the ascending Tyrese Maxey would … Read more
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
