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Kawhi Leonard’s departure leaves the defending-champion Toronto Raptors in an awkward position. No longer realistically capable of defending their title, the Raptors are a team mostly comprised of older veterans whose utmost goal is winning at the highest level. Will the likes of Kyle Lowry, Marc Gasol, and Serge Ibaka be content playing in Toronto […]

The Toronto Raptors have no intentions to trade key players Marc Gasol, Kyle Lowry, and Serge Ibaka, despite the fact that they have expiring contracts which the team can use as trade chips to start their rebuild. It seems like they will be sticking with their current roster for now and see what happens at […]

Although the Toronto Raptors had the opportunity to make one final play in their quest to re-sign Kawhi Leonard, they simply could not pull together a package strong enough to land Paul George, which would be the ultimate determinant in Leonard’s decision to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. And while Toronto should still be […]

Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka is waiting for Kawhi Leonard to make his decision, just like the rest of us. However, Ibaka made sure to have some fun on his Twitter account while the entire NBA world waits for Leonard to make up his mind. pic.twitter.com/bgfoGLpDmU — Serge Ibaka (@sergeibaka) July 5, 2019 There’s […]

Earlier in the season, Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka had Kawhi Leonard on as a guest on his “How Hungry are You?” series and posed Leonard the question about whether or not he was going to re-sign, to which Leonard stared blankly. It was obviously a joke, and now, with Leonard’s free-agency decision hanging […]

The Toronto Raptors just won their first championship in franchise history, but Serge Ibaka thinks the team can win two more under Masai Ujiri’s direction. “Serge came in the other day and was like, ‘Boss man, Boss man, I really think we can win two more,’” Ujiri told Eric Koreen of The Athletic. There was […]

On Tuesday, Toronto Raptors center Serge Ibaka asked superstar teammate Kawhi Leonard what junk food he was looking forward to enjoying now that the season was over. Leonard responded with his now trademark deadpan bemusement. pic.twitter.com/NKBybK4IlL — Serge Ibaka (@sergeibaka) June 19, 2019 The Raptors are NBA Champions for the first time in franchise history, […]

For Toronto Raptors center Serge Ibaka, Kawhi Leonard is ‘really happy’ now that he has won a second NBA championship, one in each conference and one in Canada. Beyond their time together in the regular season and in the playoffs, Ibaka and Leonard have grown closer in the past few days after winning the title. […]

For Serge Ibaka of the Toronto Raptors, being on a championship parade was just a dream. Now, after winning the title and heading to the streets of Toronto to celebrate with the fans, he’s already living it. On Monday, the Raptors went on a six-hour championship parade all over Toronto. Ibaka, who grew up in […]

Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka was emotional on Twitter following his team’s historic championship run. He said it was a dream come true for him, and that he hopes that kids from his hometown will be inspired to do better because of what he accomplished. A kid from Congo, becoming an NBA Champion is sureal. […]

Stephen A. Smith of ESPN reacted to the suits worn by Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka on Thursday night before Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Smith appears to have been impressed by the suit of Curry. The two-time NBA Most Valuable Player arrived at the Oracle Arena […]

Every single person on the Toronto Raptors camp were understandably in a jovial mood following their 105-92 Game 4 victory against the Golden State Warriors on Friday night. So much so, that Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry decided to take a couple of shots at teammate Serge Ibaka and his post-game wardrobe choice. Lowry clowned […]

Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka just showed Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins how he earned the ‘Serge IBLOCKA’ nickname. Early in the second quarter of the NBA Finals Game 4, Cousins tried to do a power move against Ibaka under the basket. However, the Congolese-Spanish rim protector didn’t budge and instead perfectly executed […]

Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors was arguably the most action-packed contest in the series so far. From Stephen Curry’s outstanding performance, all the way to Kyle Lowry’s mini altercation with a Golden State minority owner sitting courtside, we’ve rounded up some of the wildest moments […]

Serge Ibaka of the Toronto Raptors came off the bench and recorded six blocks — making him the first bench player to do so in an NBA Finals game. Serge Ibaka is the first player in #NBAFinals history with 6+ blocks off the bench.#RaptorsvsWarriors #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/BlOCknmMcz — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) June 6, 2019 Ibaka entered the […]

Serge Ibaka, the power forward/center of the Toronto Raptors, has seen his fair share of Playoff battles as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Ibaka was a member of the Thunder for many seasons and was a part of the team that made it to the NBA Finals with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and […]

Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka knows that they will have their hands full in their upcoming 2019 NBA Finals showdown with the Golden State Warriors. Ibaka and the Raptors gave their fans a lot to cheer about when they entered the finals for the time in franchise history. However, Ibaka said that the job is […]

Toronto Raptors Serge Ibaka is looking forward to battling former teammate Kevin Durant in the 2019 NBA Finals. Ibaka told reports that he has no plans to talk trash to Durant if ever the Golden State Warriors superstar manages to return at some point in the finals. He said that talking trash is not his […]

Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka says he is “so thankful” to be playing in his second career NBA Finals. Ibaka played in the 2012 Finals with the Oklahoma City Thunder. OKC lost to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat. The Thunder never got back to the Finals with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook […]

Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka says what Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson did to his Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 of the 2016 Western Conference Finals is something he had never seen before. Thompson scored 41 points and hit 11 3-pointers to help the Warriors win Game 6 in Oklahoma City. […]

The Toronto Raptors have advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, overcoming the odds by beating the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Raptors were down two games to none and everybody thought that they were already out in the series. But they have managed to string […]

Serge Ibaka, obviously, was feeling pretty, pretty good after Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and rightfully so. On the postgame podium following a standout individual performance in his team’s crucial victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, the Toronto Raptors big man showed off his multilingual tongue, seamlessly switching from speaking English to French to […]

Back in the 2012 playoffs, Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka was on the Oklahoma City Thunder and Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green were on the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs had a 2-0 series lead on the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals and looked well on their way to advancing to the NBA […]

The Toronto Raptors are well aware they let a golden chance slip away on the road, as what looked like a confident effort to steal home-court advantage suddenly turned into the Milwaukee Bucks flexing their hometown muscle in the fourth quarter. Danny Green, Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka were among the few who could not […]

After being a non-factor for five out of six games in the Eastern Conference semifinals, Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka stepped up in Game 7. The Congolese national scored 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting and went 3 of 5 from distance.  He ended up playing nearly as many minutes as starter Danny Green and took […]

Kawhi Leonard may have taken center stage in the Toronto Raptors’ 92-90 Game 7 win over the Philadelphia 76ers to nail down an Eastern Conference Finals appearance on Sunday night, and rightfully so. But while Leonard was clearly the best player on the floor on Sunday evening and all series, Toronto would not have won […]

Perhaps the Toronto Raptors’ biggest advantage over the Philadelphia 76ers coming into the second round of the playoffs was their supposedly superior depth. In Serge Ibaka, Fred Van Vleet, and Norman Powell, the Raptors have three players who haven’t only started games for them in the past, but also boast a wealth of playoff experience. […]

Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry says Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka are speaking Spanish on the floor when the two are playing together. Ibaka and Gasol have played on the Spanish national team together. Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been pairing the two big men together lately and it’s helping Toronto make things […]

The Toronto Raptors managed to dominate the Philadelphia 76ers in Game. Unfortunately, power forward Serge Ibaka was unable to make it out unscathed. Ibaka took an elbow to the head early on that resulted in him getting three stitches. According to Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports, point guard Fred VanVleet says that the big man […]

After receiving a sharp elbow to the head, Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka returned to the floor and threw down a Statue of Liberty dunk over James Ennis III of the Philadelphia 76ers. From the looks of it, Ibaka is doing just alright. ‼️ Serge Ibaka returns to Game 5 WITH AUTHORITY! ‼️ 📺: […]

Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka was left bleeding after taking an elbow to the head from teammate Kawhi Leonard. Leonard inadvertently elbowed Ibaka to the head while fighting for a rebound midway through the first quarter of Game 5 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Ibaka was immediately brought to the locker room to address the […]

The Toronto Raptors got a huge lift from Serge Ibaka off the bench in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Philadelphia 76ers. Ibaka played 32 minutes for the Raptors, and he did not disappoint. The veteran power forward finished with 12 points on 6-for-12 shooting from the field to go along […]

A couple of days ago, Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid said his game is better when he’s having fun. Well, that seems to be the case in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinals against the Toronto Raptors. Embiid had a good first half against the Raptors, highlighted by this defense-to-offense play late in the […]

The Toronto Raptors, with Serge Ibaka, and the Philadelphia 76ers are locked in a battle in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Game 3 of the series between the two teams on Thursday night took place in Philadelphia, where the Sixers were aiming to take a 2-1 series lead over “We The North.” The Sixers raced off […]

Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka met Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon at the top of the rim and swatted his dunk attempt. Ibaka pulled off a monster block on the hyper-athletic Gordon, who obviously thought he had a clear path to the rim. Ibaka, a two-time shot-blocking leader and a three-time member of the […]

Although Marc Gasol has been getting a bigger share of minutes now that the Toronto Raptors are in the playoffs, Serge Ibaka is still playing a key role. In Friday night’s 98-93 Game 3 victory over the Orlando Magic, Ibaka played important minutes after Gasol got in foul trouble, and head coach Nick Nurse praised […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse says big man Serge Ibaka has accepted his bench role in the most professional manner. The Raptors acquired Marc Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies at the February trade deadline. Nurse decided to insert Gasol into the starting lineup and move Ibaka to the bench. No player in the NBA […]

By the time of his third season in the NBA, Serge Ibaka had become one of the best defensive players in the NBA. Ibaka led the league in blocked shots four seasons in a row while also proving to be one of the better offensive rebounding big men in the game, asserting himself as an […]

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday for the first time since he got into a fight with Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Marquese Chriss, Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka said he regrets the incident and is glad he didn’t land a punch on Chriss. The NBA suspended Ibaka for three games. The 29-year-old had to forfeit $448,275. […]