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Fred Van Vleet’s stock has gone from nonexistent to through-the-roof in the span of this regular season, going from a third-string point guard to the key backup to the All-Star backcourt duo of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, expected to command a savory offer from other teams as a restricted free agent. The Virginia Commonwealth […]

Following a second consecutive sweep out of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Toronto Raptors could pull the trigger on what most thought would take place after last season — a coaching change. Head coach Dwane Casey talked with the Toronto brass last season and mutually agreed to make pivotal changes in his coaching approach, but […]

The Toronto Raptors were supposed to be a better team ahead of a playoffs rematch with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers this year, but nothing in their Eastern Conference Finals supported that type of expectation. Just like last year, the Raptors were mercilessly swept by Cleveland in the second round even though the Raptors […]

After locking in the first seed in the Eastern Conference, the Toronto Raptors threw it all away by being swept in the second round of the playoffs. This makes them the first top seed in 49 years to get swept before the conference finals. According to statistics culled by Basketball-Reference.com, the only other team to […]

What now for the Toronto Raptors? After the Cleveland Cavaliers dropped the guillotine on the Raps on Monday night to sweep the team from north of the border, Toronto is now left with many questions to answer in the offseason. For Raptors shooting guard DeMar DeRozan, among the uncertainties the team would tackle is whether […]

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James owns the Toronto Raptors, plain and simple. During the last offseason, the Raptors completely changed their style of offense with the idea of finally getting past the Cavs, but that still wasn’t enough as the Raptors were swept in the second round series. LeBron James (34.0 PPG, 11.3 APG, 8.3 […]

With the Toronto Raptors a loss away from another playoff exit at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dwane Casey’s days as head coach of the team appear to be numbered. The Raptors ended the regular season as the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference but is having a difficult time winning games in […]

Toronto Raptors team President Masai Ujiri’s wallet got a little lighter over the weekend after he was fined $25,000 by the NBA for walking onto the court during halftime of Game 3 to confront the game officials. Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for walking on court in Game […]

The Toronto Raptors find themselves in a familiarly-grim territory, down 3-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinal series and now forced to battle for their playoff lives with an awful-steep mountain to climb against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Head coach Dwane Casey is aware of the importance of an upcoming Game 4, one which could potentially spell […]

The end is drawing near for the top-seeded Toronto Raptors. After getting the best of John Wall and the Washington Wizards in the first round of the NBA playoffs, DeMar DeRozan and company have had no answer for LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round. Facing a third straight loss against the Cavs in […]

For Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, his team’s misfortune against the Cleveland Cavaliers continued on Saturday night when they lost their ninth consecutive postseason game to the Cavs and now face a 3-0 series deficit in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. DeMar DeRozan should take some of the blame, but more on that in a […]

LeBron James did it again on Saturday night to the Toronto Raptors. After having a big lead for most of the game the Toronto Raptors got back into the game and gave their fans some hope that they just might be able to get back into the series. James then decided he had enough of […]

In the playoffs, you do not want to be down three games to none. It is very well documented that a team that is on the bottom end of that has never come back to win the series. It has been foolproof since a seven game series has become the norm, that it gets brought […]

It happened yet again to the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Toronto Raptors. Cleveland Cavaliers superstar forward LeBron James heroics down the stretch of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals broke the Raptors hearts with a game-winner off the glass for a stunning 105-103 for the Cavs. After the stunning loss, Raptors star point guard Kyle […]

Pascal Siakam’s journey to the NBA was a long and difficult one. He came from Cameroon, abut 6,000 miles away from where he plays now — for the Toronto Raptors. But now that he’s a bench player on one of the best teams in the NBA, he’s having the time of his life, and working […]

Following Friday morning practice session in Toronto, Raptors head coach Dwane Casey spoke to members of the media with regards to what his team needs a bit more of. Now that they’re facing a 2-0 deficit in their Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, coach Casey is calling for more “grit and toughness” […]

In a suddenly half empty Air Canada Centre, LeBron James stood on the court with a towel draped over his shoulders, explaining the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 128-110 victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 2. The crowd—at least, what remained of it—was stunned into silence. Toronto, as our own James Holas explained, spent an entire year […]

The Toronto Raptors are back in a familiar place. After a fantastic regular season that saw them lock up the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, the Raptors find themselves again in the same exact place they were in a year ago: down 0-2 in the second round of the playoffs against the same […]

Drake is a fixture courtside at Toronto Raptors games, and he has always done his fair share of talking on the sidelines. But with his beloved Raptors down 2-0 to the Cleveland Cavaliers, there hasn’t been a ton to trash talk about. But that doesn’t mean that people are afraid to chirp at the vocal […]

The Air Canada Centre was deafeningly silent in the third quarter of Game 2 with the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers were manhandling the home team, the Toronto Raptors. At the center of the melee was LeBron James, who was (again) orchestrating the devastation. Except for a smattering of “oohs-and-ahhs,” there was virtually nothing for the crowd to […]

LeBron James dominated Game 2 of the Cleveland Cavaliers second round series against the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night, putting up 43 points, 14 assists, and eight rebounds helping the Cavs to a 2-0 series lead. Mark Jones of ESPN was so impressed by James’ utter dominance that at the end of the third quarter, […]

This year’s NBA Playoffs feature a number of fresh figures. The Philadelphia 76ers have sort of completed The Process just by making it to the postseason. The goal is always to win an NBA title, but a playoffs appearance must feel like bathing in liquid velvet for Philly. Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Ben […]

After a heated post-game exchange with the Cleveland Cavalier’s reserve center Kendrick Perkins following Game 1, passionate Toronto Raptors fan and team ambassador Drake hasn’t exactly endeared himself to Cavs fans. Or just basketball fans in general — who simply couldn’t resist poking fun at several shots of the Canadian’s sullen expression as his beloved […]

Things are not looking good right now for head coach Dwane Casey and his top-seeded Toronto Raptors. On Thursday night, the Raptors fell apart in the second half of Game 2 against the Cleveland Cavaliers and were routed 128-110 at Air Canada Center to fall behind 2-0 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. DeMar DeRozan finished […]

Just like that, the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Toronto Raptors are down 2-0 in their series with the Cleveland Cavaliers after they squandered two straight halftime leads at home. Following the Raptors’ 113-112 overtime loss in Game 1, they got completely outplayed in the second half of Thursday night’s Game 2 with a 128-110 rout at […]

LeBron James was apparently so bored with the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar decided to clip his fingernails during Game 2. LeBron casually cutting his fingernails in the middle of a playoff game 😅 pic.twitter.com/y09Cmrqo68 — ESPN (@espn) May 3, 2018 The Cavaliers took the Raptors to the figurative woodshed Thursday […]

LeBron James handed a good beating to the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night. While that was nearing an end, his good friend Dwyane Wade flocked to Twitter to show support. Wade, who’s probably out somewhere chilling, tweeted out: @KingJames Sheesh🤦🏾‍♂️ — DWade (@DwyaneWade) May 4, 2018 It was short yet potent with meaning. James almost […]

The Vince Carter documentary entitled “The Carter Effect” will be out of Netflix. As posted by UNINTERRUPTED, the Carter documentary will discuss his impact on basketball, pop culture, and also the Canadian basketball scene. Below is the trailer: Hitting @Netflix tomorrow. #TheCarterEffect pic.twitter.com/51PSff1HaJ — UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) April 30, 2018 The documentary made its premiere in […]

Fifty-one weeks ago, Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri announced it was time for a cultural reset. Just before the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers faced off last year’s NBA Finals, the All-Star duo of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan met with Head Coach Dwane Casey in Oakland to strike a pact. Things would be […]

The heavy minutes, the gargantuan workload, and the pressure to deliver in the playoffs all suggest that Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James is one tired human being. Even LeBron himself is saying that he’s exhausted. Don’t tell that to Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, though, as he is not buying the idea that James […]

The NBA Playoffs truly bring out the intensity and passion out of not only the players, but also the fans – most notably, the celebrity fans. Through the years – with the exception of the New York Knicks’ Spike Lee and Los Angeles Lakers’ Jack Nicholson who remain fixtures on the arena of their beloved […]

In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Toronto Raptors held a lead for all 48 minutes until the game reached overtime, where the Cleveland Cavaliers got their first lead on a Kyle Korver top-of-the0-key triple. The Cavaliers eventually won the game, leaving the Raptors and their fans stunned. While that game was ending, […]

The Toronto Raptors were unable to extend their Game 1 winning streak past one game, getting trumped by their grim reaper in the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers, who took a 113-112 win in overtime to make them rally from behind once again. Expletives were reportedly heard from the home showers, a clear sign of the utter […]

Looking back into a colossal collapse during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, DeMar DeRozan admitted to be surprised officials didn’t call a blatant Kevin Love elbow to the face during the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. “I don’t know why they didn’t look at it,” said DeRozan, according to Ryan Wolstat […]

The 2018 offseason is just a few months away and the biggest storyline this summer will be the destination of a certain number 23. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are currently fighting for their playoff lives in their second-round playoff match-up with the Toronto Raptors. The possibility that James will have his earliest playoff […]

The Toronto Raptors had all the right circumstances lined up for a second consecutive Game 1 victory this postseason after a 16-year tough luck streak without winning one in the postseason. Yet as the game went on, it became more and more apparent that the team was about to squander that possibility, resulting in a […]

In the critical moments of the game, every possession matters. Players are in overdrive mode, locked in on either scoring the basket on offense, or getting the ball back on defense. In Game 1 of the Conference Semifinals series between the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers, DeMar DeRozan showed that he was willing to do […]

There are a lot of people who are counting out LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in their series against the Toronto Raptors, especially after the showing the Cavs put up in the first round. Actually, it’s more a knock on James’ teammates than him, with no Cavs player outside of James scoring at least […]

The Toronto Raptors are set to welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Air Canada Centre for the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. As most hoops fans know, these are two teams that have become increasingly familiar with one another in recent seasons. In fact, the Cavs and Raptors have locked horns in the […]