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With two of the Eastern Conference’s top five teams facing off on Tuesday, the matchup between the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat was expected to be hotly contested as both squads want to send a strong message to their conference rivals. It lived up to the hype as the game turned out to be a […]

The Toronto Raptors are coming off arguably their worst loss of the season at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. Although they will have a chance to get back into the win column on Friday, they may have to do it without one of their key players. Prior to tonight’s game, Toronto announced that […]

Serge Ibaka’s age has been a mystery in NBA circles for some time now. Rumor has it that Ibaka is much older than the 28 years old he claims to be. Even his Toronto Raptors teammates don’t really know Serge’s real age, according to DeMar DeRozan. However, DeRozan does cheekily admit Ibaka’s been playing like […]

Serge Ibaka may not reject the same number of shots as he did in the past, but he continues to be an intimidating presence inside the paint. On Tuesday against the Phoenix Suns, the Toronto Raptors big man showcased his prowess in blocking shots, by denying Alex Len of an easy bucket. What made it […]

The New York Knicks got back to their impressive ways with a dominant 107-85 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night. However, if they were going to redeem last week’s 23-point loss versus the Toronto Raptors, they would need to get off to a hot start in their rematch tonight. Fortunately, center Enes […]

The Toronto Raptors will finally have their ideal starting frontcourt of Jonas Valanciunas and Serge Ibaka back in action for their game against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. JV/Ibaka back tonight. Will be fascinating to see how Casey manages lineups. Even in 10man rotation, 2 of Siakam/Bebe/FVV/OG/Poeltl left out — Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) November […]

The Toronto Raptors will be without their starting frontcourt of Jonas Valanciunas and Serge Ibaka for their visit to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. Word from Portland is the Raptors will be without Serge Ibaka (swelling in his right knee) and Jonas Valanciunas (left ankle sprain) tonight — Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) October 30, […]

The match between the San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors on Monday was a very competitive one, which was only decided in its final minute. Things even got heated in the fourth quarter when LaMarcus Aldridge and Serge Ibaka were involved in a scuffle following a rebound battle. With 3:37 left, the two big men […]

When the Raptors traded for forwards Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker last season, their fanbase hoped that this would help the team against LeBron James and the Cavaliers. However, even with these players, the Raptors were swept in the second round by their old tormentors. After that came the offseason, and the Raptors needed to make a decision […]

Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka has once again faced a lot of negative stereotyping lately as his real age is being questioned. While he stands by being 27-year-old, and knowing where he was born and raised, many are not believing him, and even thinking that there’s no proof that his mother gave birth back in […]

The Toronto Raptors and Serge Ibaka have agreed to a three-year deal worth $65 million, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This huge development takes out one item off the plate of Team President Masai Ujiri, putting the Raptors in a better position to entice All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry back to their fold. Ibaka, 27, returns to […]

The Toronto Raptors have much of their future hanging in the balance this offseason with a couple of their core players in All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry and forward Serge Ibaka each available in free agency. According to Michael Grange of Rogers Sportsnet, the Raptors hold much confidence that they can re-sign both players to deals […]

Now that the offseason is in full swing, many players have begun spending a lot of time with their families, taking vacations, and pursuing some of their passion outside of the basketball court. For Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Jimmy Butler, James Harden, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka, it’s their love for dressing up, which made […]

The Toronto Raptors have a deal “basically done” in order to bring back free agent Serge Ibaka into the fold, per Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders. “Most in NBA circles believe that Ibaka made it clear to the Magic the only team he wanted to land with was Toronto, and it’s likely why other teams […]

Iman Shumpert played a solid game during the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ Game 1 win against the Toronto Raptors on Monday. Despite only finishing with five points, four rebounds, and three assists, he gave his team a lot of energy off the bench and played tenacious defense throughout the game. The 26-year-old Georgia Tech product even threw […]

Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka isn’t the feared shot-blocker he once was coming into the league, but he turned back the clock in Tuesday’s Game 2 against the Milwaukee Bucks, emphatically rejecting the 7-foot-1 Thon Maker‘s dunk attempt. Maker made a beautiful dive cut off the give-and-go with Malcolm Brogdon and was ready to […]

The Toronto Raptors made huge strides before last month’s trade deadline to further improve their roster, when they added two defensive minded forwards. With P.J. Tucker and Serge Ibaka now part of their fold, it gives Dwane Casey  more players that are willing to play physical. Not to take away anything from their other frontcourt […]

The brawling duo of Serge Ibaka and Robin Lopez have received a suspension of one game without pay by the league office after throwing punches during the third quarter of Tuesday’s of the Toronto Raptors‘ 122-120 overtime win over the Chicago Bulls, the NBA announced this afternoon. Raptors assistant and former NBA All-Star Jamaal Magloire […]

Chicago Bulls center Robin Lopez is expecting harsh punishment to come down from the league office following Tuesday night’s fight with Toronto Raptors‘ new addition Serge Ibaka, a melee that quickly escalated in the later stages of the third quarter. “I’m expecting to be suspended,” Lopez told K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune. The two […]

Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka and Chicago Bulls center Robin Lopez gave the fans and critics a sight rarely seen in an NBA hardwood when both men exchanged whiffing punches in the later stages of the third quarter of Tuesday night’s game. While the two far-reaching big men attempted to connect, Ibaka claims he was […]

Tuesday night’s NBA action was marred by the scuffle that happened during the game between the Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls. With 3:58 left in the third quarter, Robin Lopez and Serge Ibaka’s tempers flared and the two exchanged punches. Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and they were separated immediately by their teammates. After finding out […]

Tuesday’s matchup between the visiting Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors was a highly anticipated one as both teams badly need to secure a win. From the get-go, players were very physical until it reached its peak with 3:58 left in the third quarter. After a Bulls player knocked down a shot, Robin Lopez and Serge […]

The Orlando Magic are looking to shake things up within the organization and one of their immediate priorities is evaluating their roster assets. According to a report by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the team is looking to trade center Nikola Vucevic and is reportedly “down” on recently relegated point guard Elfrid Payton at the moment, which means he […]

During the first half of their match against the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night, Atlanta Hawks point guard Dennis Schroder showed everyone that he has more to his game than setting up plays and making layups. After blowing past his defender, the 23-year-old German international drove hard to the basket and went for a dunk even […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are in for an interesting year. This season the Thunder are without two of the three players that many believed were the building blocks of their future. Those players are, of course, Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka. Durant being gone because of his decision to play with the Golden State Warriors. […]

Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is one of the most promising young players in the organization — with dunks like he had today against seasoned Orlando Magic shot-blocker Serge Ibaka, we can see what the fuss is all about. Turner caught the ball near the baseline, pump-faked his defender Nikola Vucevic out of the picture […]

Serge Ibaka returned to the team that drafted him with a splash. In the Magic‘s game against the Thunder, there were not too hard of feelings involved. Ibaka was playing against Oklahoma City for the first time since being traded and the fans welcomed him with open arms. Naturally, he received great applause before the game and […]

Orlando Magic offseason acquisition Serge Ibaka took the chance to remind former frontcourt mate Steven Adams why he was known as “Serge Iblocka,” swatting two of his inside attempts one after the other. Ibaka blocked a one-handed dunk off an inside feed to Adams, then erased a two-handed attempt a second later, giving the Kiwi […]

Few could have written a better script for the ending of Sunday night’s game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the visiting Orlando Magic. After an offseason trade that sent Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova (who himself was later traded to the Philadelphia 76ers) and Domantas Sabonis to the Thunder in exchange for Serge Ibaka, the […]

It’s more complicated than this, but in a way, the Thunder picked Serge Ibaka over James Harden back in 2012. At the time, not everyone could blame them for it. Who had more unknown potential, room to thrive in OKC’s system and more unique skills? You could make the case back then that Ibaka was […]

It has only been three days of NBA basketball, but we didn’t need long to witness one of the greatest fantasy performances of all time. In a losing effort to the Nuggets, Anthony Davis scored 95.7 fantasy points on Fanduel, exceeding every performance put forth by an NBA player last year (including his own 89 […]

Many NBA stars of today have looked up to players that are recently retiring. For the Orlando Magic‘s Serge Ibaka, it was none other than Kevin Garnett. In a candid interview with Jill Hudson of The Undefeated, Ibaka admitted that he modeled his game after the Big Ticket and used to have his poster in […]

The Orlando Magic received good news on Tuesday afternoon as the MRI done on the knee of their biggest acquisition this summer, Serge Ibaka, showed no structural damage. The development makes him available for their first preseason game on Wednesday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers as tweeted by Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: A precautionary MRI […]

Finding himself out of the post-Kevin Durant era in Oklahoma City, new after being traded for Victor Oladipo to the Orlando Magic, Serge Ibaka could stay or go as soon as the All-Star break depending of the team’s performance. The 27-year-old Congo native was effusively optimistic about his chances of staying in the city long-term. […]

Orlando Magic forward Serge Ibaka will become a restricted free agent in the summer of 2017, but he told reporters on media day that he doesn’t plan on leaving the team. I’m looking to stay here to play forever — for [as] many, many years as possible Ibaka can stretch the floor with a solid […]

The Orlando Magic have missed the playoffs the past four seasons, with each ending in a losing record. The last time they made significant waves in the Eastern Conference was back in the Dwight Howard era when they made consecutive trips to the conference finals, even making it to the NBA Finals in 2009. Now, […]

Newly-appointed Orlando Magic head coach Frank Vogel recently conducted the first of two coaching clinics at Amway Center. Standing together with his coaching staff, the 43-year-old bench tactician shared his philosophy and approach he’s had with the team’s he steered in the past. After spending the last six seasons with the Indiana Pacers, Vogel is […]

Serge Ibaka was seen putting his wheels in motion with the Barcelona ‘B’ team in Spain. After seven years with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the 6-foot-10 shot-blocker will soon join the Orlando Magic for training camp – but not before getting his hoop on overseas. Thanks to the Barcelona’s Twitter account, we see him posing next to 17-year-old […]

Months after being eliminated in the playoffs and now with a new team, former Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka is still feeling the pain of blowing a 3-1 series lead to the Golden State Warriors. Even with his new team now, the Orlando Magic, the 6’10” naturalized Spaniard could not help but wonder what could […]