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For four straight years, NBA fans got to see the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers matchup in the Finals. While the Warriors are still contenders to win their fourth championship in five years, the Cavaliers have been replaced with the Toronto Raptors as the champion of the Eastern Conference. Warriors guard Shaun Livingston admitted […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr doesn’t expect Toronto Raptors small forward Patrick McCaw to get his 2018 championship ring during the 2019 NBA Finals. McCaw reportedly ignored several of his Warriors teammates who reached out to him during his holdout at the beginning of the season. McCaw was a restricted free agent. The […]

Canadian rapper Drake has been all over NBA headlines recently because of his courtside antics. Now, as the Toronto Raptors take on the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals, Drake is sure to be courtside for Game 1 and antagonize the Dubs like he did against the Milwaukee Bucks. However, Warriors head coach Steve […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr thinks Toronto Raptors small forward Pascal Siakam looks like a young Draymond Green. Both Siakam and Green are versatile players who impact the game on both ends of the floor even if they aren’t scoring the ball well. The Raptors and Warriors meet in the NBA Finals, which […]

Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant will miss Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night as a result of a calf strain, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is not sure if Durant will even travel with the team to Toronto, per Mark […]

Toronto Raptors shooting guard Danny Green thinks Kawhi Leonard’s Game 6 performance against the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals might have been the best all-around game he’s seen him play. Leonard put up 27 points, 17 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and two blocks to lead the Raptors to a six-point win. Toronto […]

Toronto Raptors wing OG Anunoby has missed the entire postseason as a result of undergoing an emergency appendectomy, but according to Blake Murphy of The Athletic, Anunoby is about 10 days away from playing. Murphy notes that Anunoby is healed but “not quite 100 percent.” He also states that Anunoby is taking contact. Given that […]

Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green are no strangers to finals appearances, as the Toronto Raptors duo is advancing to their third such event after making a couple of trips to the finals with the San Antonio Spurs in 2013 and 2014, the latter of which resulted in a championship. But in 2017, Leonard and Green […]

The Toronto Raptors may have gone 2-0 against the Golden State Warriors during the regular season, but Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry says that means nothing as far as their Finals matchup is concerned: Kyle Lowry on the Raptors beating the Warriors twice this season: “The regular season doesn’t matter.” pic.twitter.com/BcsE4ah24G — Yahoo Sports Canada […]

Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry is in the NBA Finals for the first time in his career, but don’t think for a second that the pressure of playing on the game’s biggest stage is getting to him: “It’s basketball. Ain’t no pressure. It’s fun. This is amazing,” said Lowry, according to Blake Murphy of […]

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal played in six NBA Finals during his illustrious 19-year NBA career, and he certainly had a whole lot of teammates along the way. But O’Neal has a pretty incredible streak going that was continued by Toronto Raptors guard Danny Green this season. What is that streak? Well, with Green’s appearance in […]

Toronto Raptors guard Patrick McCaw admits that he is relishing the opportunity of facing his former team, the Golden State Warriors, in the upcoming NBA Finals series. According to the 23-year-old, Game 1 on Thursday night will be the first chance he will get to see his former teammates again since they lifted the 2018 […]

Toronto Raptors big man Marc Gasol recently looked back on his brief history with the Los Angeles Lakers. The 34-year-old described what kind of experience he had as a member of the Purple and Gold for a few months. Marc Gasol on being a Laker, briefly: "Yeah for a few, couple of months I was, […]

Now a member of the Toronto Raptors, Patrick McCaw recently spoke with Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated to describe how his brief tenure with Golden State Warriors came to a close last summer. According to McCaw, one of the biggest factors that led to his decision to turn his back from such a successful […]

It has certainly been a roller-coaster ride for Toronto Raptors swingman Patrick McCaw during his three-year-old NBA career. The 23-year-old recently opened up about his time with the Golden State Warriors. Specifically, after the team had won last season’s NBA title against the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his mind, McCaw had a feeling that following the […]

Miesha Slayton is Kawhi Leonard’s sister, and she took to Instagram Live to celebrate after Leonard led the Toronto Raptors past the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, resulting in the Raptors’ first NBA Finals appearance in franchise history. In the background of Slayton’s Instagram Live session, a voice could be […]

With his preparations for the upcoming NBA Finals in full swing, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr took a quick moment to appreciate the remarkable story of Nav Bhatia, the Toronto Raptors superfan that boasts of a truly inspiring rags-to-riches story. This is fantastic. Read through the thread. Great stuff.. https://t.co/DwaqibWjSJ — Steve Kerr […]

Love him or hate him, you have to admit that Toronto Raptors team ambassador, Drake, has been doing a bit too much lately. A lot of people have definitely taken notice of the rapper’s antics, and this includes California-based rock band Smash Mouth, who has recently called out Drake for his seemingly overenthusiastic support for […]

Toronto Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard is known as a no-nonsense guy who doesn’t show much emotion and gives straightforward answers to the media, making him almost seem like a robot. However, Raptors teammate Kyle Lowry insists Leonard is a fun guy who likes to joke around, according to Michael Lee of The Athletic: “Right away, […]

The NBA Finals is set to begin on Thursday in Toronto, but there are some people who are still confused about the schedule at this point. One of them is Romeo Travis, high school teammate and a good friend of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. Apparently, Travis thought that Game 4 of the series […]

NBA Hall of Famer and current TV analyst Charles Barkley is a big believer of Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard. In a segment of the Inside the NBA show after the Raptors won the Eastern Conference Finals, Barkley heaped praises on Leonard whom he called a “drama-free superstar” who is focused on winning and winning […]

Superstar forward Kawhi Leonard has led the Toronto Raptors to the NBA Finals in a historic fashion. In 18 games in the Eastern Conference playoffs, Leonard averaged 31.2 points on 50.7 percent shooting from the field and 38.8 percent from the 3-point area. With his exploits, he recorded the sixth-most points scored in a single […]

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry has been huge for the team in the Eastern Conference Finals, providing much-needed help to Kawhi Leonard and making plays happen when the team needed it the most. He clearly showed how valuable he is to the team. But things weren’t as smooth sailing as it is now. During the […]

It seems Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard has fallen in love with the Canadian city. Leonard’s controversial uncle, Dennis Robertson, cleared the air with Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports and emphasized that Kawhi is loving his life in Toronto. To recall, the three-time All-Star was initially reluctant to move out of the USA and join […]

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will receive a $500,000 incentive after helping the team reach the NBA Finals. According to The Athletic’s Blake Murphy, the incentive was part of Lowry’s contract but was dubbed as ‘unlikely.’ Apparently, the word not only describes the management’s belief on this team prior to this season but also some […]

Kawhi Leonard will be one of the most coveted free agents this summer, but the Toronto Raptors superstar is thinking about his future yet. Leonard could become a free agent if he opts out of the final year of his contract with the Raptors. The superstar forward is already being linked to several teams, but […]

Marc Gasol, formerly of the Memphis Grizzlies, will certainly be thanking his lucky stars before he takes the floor in the NBA Finals on Thursday night for the Toronto Raptors. Gasol had spent all of his first 10 seasons in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies, making three All-Star teams and establishing himself as one […]

Dennis Robertson, uncle and primary career and business advisor of Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard, recently gave his reaction about his nephew reaching the NBA Finals after what was a messy separation with the San Antonio Spurs. In a phone interview with Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes, Robertson — predominantly known in NBA circles as ‘Uncle […]

Toronto Raptors guard Patrick McCaw is grateful to once again be in the NBA Finals. This is the third consecutive year he will be playing for a championship. https://twitter.com/PMcCaw0/status/1132502549926481921 McCaw was part of the Golden State Warriors, who won the championship in 2017 and 2018. Now, he will be playing against them. However, he is […]

The Toronto Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night to advance to their first NBA Finals in franchise history. Their prize? A date with the two-time defending champions of the league, the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors will undoubtedly go into the series as massive favorites. Aside from the fact that they are the […]

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 […]

After the Toronto Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks to advance to their first NBA Finals berth on Saturday night, TNT’s Ernie Johnson asked team president Masai Ujiri about the trade that brought superstar forward Kawhi Leonard to “The Six.” Ujiri iterated that it was an obvious choice, because Leonard was the “best player in the […]

The Toronto Raptors had plenty of reasons to celebrate after the team defeated the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night to advance to their first NBA Finals in franchise history. And as the Raptors prepare to face the defending champions, the Golden State Warriors, they may be getting yet another lift to their bench unit. According […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is the leading candidate to coach the Canadian national basketball team at the FIBA World Championships in China from August 31 to September 15, 2019, according to Marc Stein of the New York Times. Raptors coach Nick Nurse, fresh off taking Toronto to its first NBA Finals in his […]

Everybody is aboard the Kawhi Leonard hype train after he led the Toronto Raptors to their first NBA Finals in franchise history. Well, everybody except well-known San Antonio Spurs fan Skip Bayless. The Fox Sports analyst did not seem too impressed with Kawhi Leonard’s Game 6 performance, as he absurdly aired out his criticisms on […]

Following his team’s 100-94 series-clinching victory against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night, Toronto Raptors shooting guard Danny Green could not help but take a shot at teammate Kyle Lowry and his initial reaction to last summer’s blockbuster trade deal. Much like the rest of the basketball community, Lowry felt a bit of betrayal following […]

The Toronto Raptors silenced the critics on Saturday night as they defeated the league-best Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and in the process booking their place in their first ever NBA Finals apperance. However, despite their highly-impressive playoffs run, many people still consider them to be the underdogs in the […]

The Toronto Raptors may have just inched closer towards convincing superstar Kawhi Leonard to sign an extension with the team following Saturday night’s series-clinching victory against the Milwaukee Bucks. However, if a recent comment by a family member of the former Finals MVP is to be believed, it seems that Leonard is already set on […]

The people of Toronto are going nuts. But can you blame them, though? Their beloved Raptors are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history after dispatching the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in six games. Reserve guard Fred VanVleet caught the wild scene in Jurassic Park as he tried to get through […]