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The Detroit Pistons notched a huge 112-107 win on Sunday against Eastern Conference powerhouse Toronto Raptors. Following the overtime victory, Pistons star big man Andre Drummond appeared to be in a jovial mood during his postgame interview. In fact, the 25-year-old was even able to joke about the contest being a memorable “road win” for […]

The Detroit Pistons managed to pull out a clutch win against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night. Head coach Dwane Casey is optimistic that wins like this will go a long way for this team in the playoffs. The Pistons made several big plays in crunch time to get their second win in a row. […]

Danny Green of the Toronto Raptors has received a bunch of technical fouls this season. Despite this, he’s hoping that they’ll get rescinded after a review by the officials. Via Twitter, Green responded Harrison D. Sanford’s observation that he’s got more technical fouls this season that his entire career combined. They are under review to […]

The playoffs are almost here, and the NBA will be declaring the 2018-19 champion in a few short months. Having won three of the last four championships, the Golden State Warriors are aiming for basketball immortality by winning their third consecutive title this season. But the road won’t be easy for the Warriors, as the […]

Kawhi Leonard will not play for the Toronto Raptors against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday due to load management, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports: Toronto star Kawhi Leonard will not play tonight at Detroit due to load management. — Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) March 3, 2019 This will be the 17th game Leonard has […]

The Eastern Conference crown is up for grabs. With the throne ripe for the taking, teams competed fiercely in an arms race at the trade deadline, which bolstered each contender’s roster. The Milwaukee Bucks acquired Nikola Mirotic to space the floor for their long wing players. The Philadelphia 76ers added Tobias Harris to create one […]

The Toronto Raptors could use their vacant 14th roster spot to add some frontcourt depth and Marcin Gortat is a player that reportedly has interest in signing with the franchise, according to Josh Lewenberg of TSN. Gortat began this season with the Los Angeles Clippers. He was waived on Feb. 7. The Raptors could use […]

Superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard lifted the Toronto Raptors past the Portland Trail Blazers via a game-winner near the baseline, leaving 1.5 seconds on the clock. Without a timeout, the Blazers were forced to heave the ball from the free-throw circle of their opponents’ court as Damian Lillard’s shot hit the backboard. KAWHI FOR THE […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard was able to break down the Toronto Raptors’ defense, which ended in a poster slam against fellow All-Star Kawhi Leonard. DAME LILLARD WITH THE FLUSH 😱pic.twitter.com/JA0dWWfbI6 — The Crossover (@TheCrossover) March 2, 2019 The play happened in the first quarter, with the Raptors up by seven. Lillard received the […]

NBA on TNT analyst Kenny Smith thinks that this year’s NBA Finals could feature the Toronto Raptors and the Portland Trail Blazers. Check out the clip below posted by Jackson Frank of the Gonzaga Bulletin. Smith was thinking out loud but no one seemed to support his opinion. I wasn't kidding. Here's Kenny Smith saying […]

Last Friday, Yahoo Sports Canada hosted Raptors point guard Jeremy Lin on their Inside the Green Room with Danny Green podcast. In the episode, they talked about Lin’s first impressions of Toronto after joining the Raptors earlier in the month. The conversation turned to 42-year-old Vince Carter, Lin’s former teammate in Atlanta and the oldest […]

Newly-minted Toronto Raptors teammates Danny Green and Jeremy Lin know where the other is coming from. Both are products of the NBA’s D-League (now referred to as the G League) as neither Green nor Lin was given the advantage of being a first-round draft choice upon their arrival in the league. In a sit-down discussion […]

The Boston Celtics got exposed against the Toronto Raptors and head coach Brad Stevens spoke briefly about his team’s efforts on the defensive end. Right after they suffered a 118-95 blowout loss to the Raptors, Stevens noted that the Celtics were “all over the place defensively,” per A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports Boston: "Same […]

The Orlando Magic pulled off a stunning 113-98 win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, all thanks to sixth man Terrence Ross, who had himself a night against the Eastern Conference powerhouse. Raptors coach Nick Nurse lauded Ross for his efforts and made the important distinction of his role coming off the bench. “They obviously […]

Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard will sit out Sunday afternoon’s contest against the Orlando Magic, according to Blake Murphy of The Athletic: Kawhi Leonard will sit for load management today. — Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) February 24, 2019 The Raptors have been fairly cautious with Leonard, as he has played in 44 of the team’s 60 games […]

The Toronto Raptors have already become a steady presence at the top of the Eastern Conference standings over the years, but shooting guard Danny Green thinks that the team can be among the NBA’s elite. Green recently spoke to Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype about the Raptors’ title prospects this season: “I think we can be […]

Toronto Raptors power forward Pascal Siakam was one of the more notable snubs from this year’s all-star game. However, shooting guard Danny Green still thinks he is deserving of some recognition at the end of the 2018-19 NBA season. Siakam’s emergence has been of the biggest surprises of the 2018-19 NBA season. According to Alex […]

On the day of the trade deadline, the Toronto Raptors acquired big man Marc Gasol in a blockbuster trade with the Memphis Grizzlies. Gasol was perfectly fine going from the only franchise he has ever known to a different country entirely, and his older brother, Pau, says that it was simply to contend for a […]

The Toronto Raptors are one of the top teams in the NBA, but in an improving Eastern Conference, getting to the finals will be a difficult task. Fortunately for the Raptors, they have a pair of players with championship experience on their roster in Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green. The duo went to back-to-back finals […]

In DeMar DeRozan’s first visit to Scotiabank Arena as an opponent, it was his former’s team’s rookie head coach that briefly stole the spotlight. With three minutes and 33 seconds left in the Toronto Raptors’ game against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, Nick Nurse earned his first ejection as an NBA coach after arguing […]

The San Antonio Spurs were less than two minutes away from beating the second best team in the East, the Toronto Raptors. Unfortunately for them, Kyle Lowry knows very well what to do against their star player, DeMar DeRozan, who has been a Raptor for nine years. DeMar DeRozan committed a crucial turnover that allowed […]

For the first time since being traded last July, San Antonio Spurs forward DeMar DeRozan returned to Toronto to face the Raptors, his former team. Fans gave him a standing ovation during pregame introductions. He was also presented with a tribute video during the game. However, Raptors fans knew that they got the better end […]

For the first time in his 9 1/2 years in the NBA, DeMar DeRozan played inside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto wearing a San Antonio Spurs jersey. DeRozan was traded by the Raptors to the Spurs last summer in exchange for Kawhi Leonard. It was a move that the former All-Star didn’t see coming as he […]

DeMar DeRozan will always hold a special place in the hearts of Toronto Raptors fans. In the wake of their team’s game against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, though, it’s safe to say even those still lamenting Toronto’s decision to trade him last summer at least now see where Masai Ujiri was coming from. […]

DeMar DeRozan made his much anticipated return to Toronto tonight, roughly six months after the Raptors traded him to the San Antonio Spurs. He was greeted by a standing ovation by a fan base that supported him during his first nine years in the league. However, it was all business for DeMar DeRozan, as he […]

The sneaker world scratched its collective chin when news broke last November that Kawhi Leonard had signed an endorsement deal with New Balance. However, as it is turns out, it might just really be the best option for the Toronto Raptors star. As an apparel company almost exclusively associated with running, casual wear, and an […]

DeMar DeRozan made his much-anticipated return to Toronto on Friday to take on the Raptors, and as expected, he received a touching video tribute. DeRozan spent the first nine years of his NBA career with the Raptors. Toronto traded the All-Star shooting guard to the San Antonio Spurs last summer in the Kawhi Leonard trade. […]

San Antonio Spurs star DeMar DeRozan made his long-awaited return to Toronto to face the Raptors, the team he played his first nine NBA seasons with. He got a loud ovation from Raptors fans as he came onto the court to warm up, and got an even louder, standing ovation from the Toronto faithful during […]

Toronto Raptors point guard Jeremy Lin is the only Asian-American player in the NBA and the veteran guard admits it’s tough sometimes. Lin says he’s hoping more Asians come into the league soon so he can have his fellow brothers in the NBA with him. “At times it kind of sucks,” Lin told Cary Chow […]

Kyle Lowry has a well-storied friendship with former teammate DeMar DeRozan, the new San Antonio Spurs shooting guard that will be coming back to familiar confines in a visit to The North to face his former franchise, the Toronto Raptors. Asked of what connected him to DeRozan, Lowry couldn’t help but throw some jabs out […]

On Friday night, the San Antonio Spurs will head to Toronto to take on the Raptors. For Toronto’s fans, all eyes will be on former Raptors star DeMar DeRozan. Traded to the Spurs in July, DeRozan has no hard feelings for his former team. Via Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports: Still the metaphor king, DeRozan […]

The attachment between fans, player, and a city in the world of sports is something that can be unmatched when at its peak. That is the kind of connection that DeMar DeRozan had with the Toronto Raptors. It was documented that DeRozan wanted to spend his whole career with Toronto across his chest. That goal […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse worked diligently with DeMar DeRozan over the years while he was the assistant coach in Toronto and the 51-year-old enjoyed his time working with the All-Star shooting guard. DeRozan makes his much-anticipated return to Toronto on Friday as a member of the San Antonio Spurs. It’s going to be […]

Toronto Raptors star small forward Kawhi Leonard will face his former team, the San Antonio Spurs, for the second time on Friday and the All-Star swingman is treating it like any other game. Leonard was booed loudly when he made his return to San Antonio earlier in the season. The Raptors lost by a final […]

Hall of Famer David Robinson took umbrage to the wave of recent NBA stars who have requested trades since the era of player empowerment began, as former San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard was one of many to go out and seek his way out of a small market franchise to join another. Robinson, nicknamed […]

The Toronto Raptors are currently in a neck-and-neck race with the Milwaukee Bucks for the top seed in the Eastern Conference, and their schedule for the final two months of the season could help them finish first in the standings. According to NBA.com’s John Schumann, the Raptors currently have the easiest schedule in the league […]

Marc Gasol has come off the bench in his first three games with the Toronto Raptors while the more tenured Serge Ibaka continues to start at center. According to Josh Lewenberg of TSN, Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is still undecided on which of the two “Spaniards” to match up with LaMarcus Aldridge and the San […]

Jeremy Lin just joined the Toronto Raptors last week, so forgive him for not being familiar with what his new jersey number is. Accustomed to wearing the No. 7,  Jeremy Lin admitted that he actually put on Kyle Lowry’s uniform before practice on Wednesday and found it kind of strange that the gear didn’t fit. […]

The Toronto Raptors host the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, which means we get to see Marc Gasol face off against his older brother Pau Gasol. The Gasol brothers are at different stages of their careers right now. Marc, whom the Raptors acquired at the trade deadline from the Memphis Grizzlies, is expected to be […]