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Dallas Mavericks forward Harrison Barnes is set to make his season debut tonight against the Toronto Raptors, according to Tim Cato of The Athletic. Barnes will play limited minutes on Friday as he gears into regular-season shape. “We’re going to watch the minutes,” head coach Rick Carlisle said after Friday morning’s shootaround, according to Dwain […]

The Toronto Raptors will again field a depleted lineup in tonight’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. Delon Wright (groin strain) and OG Anunoby (personal) are officially out for the game, while Fred VanVleet (toe sprain) is still questionable. Toronto Sun’s Ryan Wolstat tweeted out this development from the Raptors camp. Raptors say Wright and Anunoby […]

Kawhi Leonard and DeMar DeRozan are two of the biggest names in basketball whose careers are going to be forever intertwined after a blockbuster 2018 summer trade that switched their fates. Both players are currently playing with a passion to prove their former teams wrong by sending them off to NBA cities they never wanted […]

New Toronto Raptors wing Kawhi Leonard doesn’t cease to amaze his new home crowd at the Canada Air Centre with his play. While Vince Carter amazed with his airness and gravity-defying dunks, Leonard is doing so at the defensive end, diving for a steal without even seeing the ball come his way. Seeing the ball […]

The Toronto Raptors matched their best start in franchise history Wednesday night by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-105 to move to 5-0 on the season. The 2015-16 Raptors also started the season 5-0. From Raps PR: with tonight's victory, Toronto has tied the best start in franchise history. The Raptors also began the 2015-16 season […]

Andrew Wiggins and the Minnesota Timberwolves have been one of the most intriguing teams to watch early on this season. That intrigue doesn’t have as much to do with Wiggins as it does his teammate, Jimmy Butler. Throughout the entire offseason, rumors were flying that Butler would be traded before the start of the season. […]

Toronto Raptors swingman Kawhi Leonard will start and guard Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jimmy Butler when the teams get together Wednesday, according to TSN’s Josh Lewenberg. Asked about Leonard guarding Butler in particular, head coach Nick Nurse was matter-of-fact in his response. “Yes. Yes. That’s why we got that guy. To guard that (type of) guy,” […]

After missing four games due to a groin injury, Toronto Raptors point guard Delon Wright is set to make his season debut against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night, according to a report from Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun. Nurse said he will play Norm Powell tonight even with Delon Wright back. Said it’s […]

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins will be listed as questionable for tomorrow night’s road game against the Toronto Raptors. The 6-foot-8 Wiggins only played eight minutes in last night’s win versus the Indiana Pacers before exiting the game due to right quad contusions. Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic tweeted out this development from the Wolves […]

DeMar DeRozan is on the San Antonio Spurs now, but he had to speak out on a recent video that criticized Toronto Raptors players of the past. The Sportsnet video took shots at former Raptors like Vince Carter, Chris Bosh and Tracy McGrady. The focus of the video was that those stars all left, but […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Toronto Raptors play each other Wednesday, so Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry got some early trash talk in. Both the Raptors and Timberwolves won Monday night. After the Timberwolves defeated the Indiana Pacers, Butler facetimed Lowry from the Minnesota locker room. The four-time All-Star, who has requested a trade, is praying […]

The Toronto Raptors are scheduled to face the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night, but it sounds like they’ll be without the services of Delon Wright, who is still dealing with groin issues. According to a report from Eric Koreen of The Athletic, Wright participated in Monday’s shootaround, but he will be held out against the […]

Kawhi Leonard spent quite a bit of time on the sidelines last season due to a quad injury. Now, though, after a lengthy rehabilitation process and a trade to the Toronto Raptors, the superstar is back on the floor. As a precautionary measure, the Raptors elected to hold Leonard out of Saturday’s 117-113 victory over […]

Even though the Boston Celtics lost to the Toronto Raptors this past Friday, Celtics small forward Marcus Morris still believes Boston is much better than Toronto, and he isn’t afraid to say why that’s the case. The Raptors beat the Celtics by a final score of 113-101 behind 31 points from All-Star swingman Kawhi Leonard. […]

After the Houston Rockets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night in Los Angeles, former NBA player and current ESPN TV analyst Jalen Rose got serenaded with “81” chants from the Los Angeles crowd outside Staples Center. Jalen Rose, of course, was the primary defender on Lakers legend Kobe Bryant when Bryant scored a whopping […]

In a very heart-wrenching scene before the Toronto Raptors’ road game against the Washington Wizards, Kyle Lowry was seen doing his pre-game routines with longtime teammate DeMar DeRozan. The NBA TV panel got wind of the sentimental scene, and Lowry explained why he still does his old pre-game handshake with DeRozan. "He's always going to […]

Time for some overreactions. It’s just one game, but the Toronto Raptors are making the NBA Finals. The Raptors’ early season showdown against the Boston Celtics on Friday night showed they are a legitimate contender in the Eastern Conference. The arrivals of superstar forward Kawhi Leonard and shooting guard Danny Green have, so far, paid […]

After losing to the Toronto Raptors in their second game of the season, Boston Celtics head coach Brad Steven admits the Canada-based team is “clearly better” than them right now. The Celtics lost by 12 points to the Raptors in Friday’s game at Scotiabank Arena, shooting only 40.4 percent from the field and 38.9 percent […]

Kawhi Leonard has scored 24 and 31 points in his first two games of the 2018-19 season for the Toronto Raptors, and his first opponent believes the two-time Defensive Player of the Year is back to his old self. The Cleveland Cavaliers were the first victim of Leonard’s resurgence, and a few of the players […]

The Toronto Raptors will be resting superstar forward Kawhi Leonard for Saturday night’s game against the Washington Wizards, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Raptors are resting Kawhi Leonard in Washington tonight, team says. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 20, 2018 The team will also be missing backup point guard Delon Wright due to an adductor […]

The Toronto Raptors are 2-0 on the young season, and the two players they acquired this summer from the San Antonio Spurs, All-Star small forward Kawhi Leonard and shooting guard Danny Green, teamed up to make a stellar defensive play against Boston Celtics second-year swingman Jayson Tatum in the fourth quarter of Friday’s game. Tatum […]

Kawhi Leonard is a freak of nature, and he showed the world another example of why in the Toronto Raptors’ opening-night win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The quiet assassin picked up the ball after a broken play, dunked with his right hand, and then palmed the ball with his left before it even hit the […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving is not a fan of comparing players because he feels you don’t get to appreciate what an individual player brings to the table by doing it. Irving was asked Friday if Toronto Raptors small forward Kawhi Leonard reminds him of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, and the […]

The Kawhi Leonard sweepstakes are well underway and the L.A. Clippers are wasting no time when it comes to putting eyes on him, as they have already started to scout the Toronto Raptors forward this early in the season. Per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst: “It doesn’t help Toronto that plenty of people in the league don’t […]

Despite an impressive opening night victory over the defending Eastern Conference champions Cleveland Cavaliers, Kawhi Leonard believes that his Toronto Raptors are still a ways away from being serious contenders for the title. Never really known to mince words, the former San Antonio Spurs cornerstone star was brutally honest when talking about his team’s chances […]

Kyle Lowry is in a tough position with the Toronto Raptors. On one hand, he’s under contract for two more seasons so he has to be fully invested in the team. But on the other hand, he’s still frustrated with the way DeMar DeRozan was treated by the organization. Videos captured footage of Lowry performing […]

The Toronto Raptors scored a huge opening night victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, 116-104. The game also featured Kawhi Leonard’s first game at Air Canada Centre, where fans gave him all the love in the world. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for his teammate Danny Green, whom Leonard has played several years with going […]

The Toronto Raptors’ fans didn’t get to see Kawhi Leonard play at home during the preseason, so rest assured they were going to give him a warm welcome Wednesday night when the superstar small forward made his regular-season home debut. The Raptors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers to open the 2018-19 regular-season, and when […]

Kawhi Leonard only played in nine games last season with the San Antonio Spurs due to a lingering quadriceps injury. You often hear athletes say when the game they love is taken away from them, their appreciation of the sport grows even more. Leonard, now a member of the Toronto Raptors, expressed those sentiments Tuesday […]

Kawhi Leonard is your do-it-all kind of superstar, but he has often shied away from the spotlight at every possible opportunity. But the Toronto Raptors’ newest star was caught chuckling during media day interview that gained a lot of traction online. After a recent hilarious edit, Kawhi’s laugh has gone viral once again: https://twitter.com/tole_cover/status/1052046504343601152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1052046504343601152&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fuproxx.com%2Fdimemag%2Fkawhi-leonard-laugh-edit-nba-nbc-theme-video%2F The […]

Two of the biggest would-be NBA free agents of 2019 have reportedly have no interest in playing alongside LeBron James and the revamped Los Angeles Lakers, further reducing the team’s chances at getting a premier defensive player to pair up with the aging King. “There are whispers around the league that neither Jimmy Butler nor […]

The Toronto Raptors will be one of the most intriguing teams to watch this season, given the roster changes that the team is going through. New head coach Nick Nurse says Toronto’s starting lineup and rotation will be fluid and will change from time to time. TSN’s Josh Lewenberg discussed the arrival of Nurse and Kawhi […]

Former Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey still loves himself some DeMar DeRozan. Casey, who is now the Detroit Pistons head coach, told Dave Fashuk of The Star that the Raptors did great with the addition of a top-tier superstar like Kawhi Leonard on their roster. “They did a good job this year bringing in Kawhi […]

After being unceremoniously fired by the Toronto Raptors over the summer, Dwane Casey admits that it will be an emotional return for him to Toronto on his first game back as the new head coach of the Detroit Pistons. Speaking to Dave Feschuk of The Star, Casey was very candid about his November 14 return to […]

Dwane Casey led the Toronto Raptors to their best regular season record in team history, but it wasn’t enough to keep his job. The Raptors moved on from Casey despite the fact that he was a frontrunner for Coach of the Year — an award he eventually won. But despite all his success, Casey always felt […]

The Toronto Raptors made major changes this summer with Dwane Casey now coaching the Pistons and DeMar DeRozan playing for the San Antonio Spurs. Those two were the biggest casualties of the offseason for Toronto, a team that needed some kind of change. Nick Nurse takes over for Casey as head coach and DeRozan was […]

Detroit Pistons head coach Dwane Casey does not have any ill will against the Toronto Raptors — the team that fired him last May despite winning the Coach of the Year award for his outstanding work for the team last season. According to the 61-year-old, he has now moved on from the callous nature of […]

When the Toronto Raptors fired former head coach Dwane Casey a couple of months ago, many believed that he was used as the scapegoat for the team’s failures over the past few years. However, it appears that the new Detroit Pistions head coach himself has moved on from that episode and has recently stated that […]

The Toronto Raptors are solidifying the final roster and one of the final pieces to the puzzle is Chris Boucher. The former Oregon Duck and Canadian native was signed to a two-way contract by Toronto, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Boucher beat out four other players for the last two-way deal. Kay Felder, Deng […]