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#NorthernNostalgia: Toronto Raptors All-Star Edition

Happy All-Star Sunday! We’re back with the final edition of #NorthernNostalgia. In honor of Kyle Lowry being voted an Eastern Conference All-Star starter we take a look back to another historical moment in Toronto Raptors history. With the tipoff to the 2015 NBA All-Star game just hours away, we pay homage to a moment in … Read more

#NorthernNostalgia Week 12: Toronto Raptors Bench Bosses

In 20 years of Toronto Raptors history they have had a total of 8 head coaches. So, it is clear that being the head coach for this franchise has never been looked upon as a long-term gig. Most of these coaches came from the ranks of being an assistant coach, and many have returned there after their run in … Read more

#NorthernNostalgia Week Six: Remembering T-Mac

In last week’s edition, we took a look at some of the lesser known yet interesting former Raptors. This week, we will focus on a generational talent who had a brief and controversial stint with Toronto. This past Friday, the Toronto Raptors honoured Tracy McGrady in a match against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Similar to the … Read more

Tristan Thompson vs. Anthony Bennett Dance-off + an Interview with Tristan Thompson

  Tristan Thompson and Anthony Bennett go head to head in a dance contest at the Samsung Galaxy S5 skills competition held at the Hoopdome in North York. Raptors Cage catches up with Tristan Thompson of the Cleveland Cavaliers to talk about the Toronto Raptors being in the playoffs, basketball growing in Canada and the reason he … Read more

The Good, The Bad And The Gay

A trade went down on January 30th, 2013. The Toronto Raptors were on the road to take on the Atlanta Hawks. At about 3:30 PM Eastern time, Jose Calderon and Ed Davis were sent to the Memphis Grizzlies, who than flipped Calderon to the Detroit Pistons for Austin Daye, and veteran Tayshuan Prince. Toronto than … Read more

Toronto Raptors: Can Terrence Ross And DeMar DeRozan Co-exist?

Multiple times I mentioned the fact that the Toronto Raptors had a chance to go on a 5+ game winning streak, and fortunately, I was right. That’s 5 games for the Raps after their 93-90 win over the Orlando Magic. The Magic made it interesting, and for a while, this looked like another classic Raptors … Read more