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After a rocky start to the 2022-23 season, the Toronto Raptors have turned things around as of late. The team has won eight out of its last ten games and is now only 1.5 games back of the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. To gear up for a playoff push, the Raptors recently made […]

Fred VanVleet is officially out for Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers due to personal reasons. The Toronto Raptors guard and his fiancée, Shontai Neal, welcomed their third child to the world earlier this weekend. Dad Fred VanVleet 3.0 🙌🏻 Congrats to Fred and his family! pic.twitter.com/CTQLQhr2zB — 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 (@AaronBenRose) February 26, 2023 Sunday’s […]

The Toronto Raptors will attempt a season-sweep as they face the Cleveland Cavaliers. We’re in Ohio sharing our NBA odds series, making a Raptors-Cavaliers prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Raptors are coming off a gritty 95-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Somehow, the Raptors prevailed despite only shooting 37.5 percent […]

The Toronto Raptors marked their seventh win over their last eight games on Saturday with a 95-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons. They managed to secure the win even without Fred VanVleet in the picture as the 6-foot-1 combo guard continues to be out due to personal reasons. It seems that Fred is fine, though. […]

The Toronto Raptors opened their post-All-Star break campaign on Thursday with a win against the New Orleans Pelicans. They did so without Fred VanVleet, though, after the 29-year-old was a late scratch for that matchup. FVV’s injury status for Saturday’s game against the Detroit Pistons has now been updated, and it’s not exactly the good […]

The New Orleans Pelicans will travel across the border to take on the Toronto Raptors in a Thursday night NBA matchup at the the Scotiabank Arena. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Pelicans-Raptors prediction and pick, laid out below. New Orleans has fallen back […]

Pascal Siakam of the Toronto Raptors had a hilarious reaction when a CNN anchor glaringly butchered the pronunciation of his name. “Yoooo pascal shakeem is crazy 😳💀,” Pascal Siakam hilariously captioned a retweet of the said blatant mishandling of his family name. Yoooo pascal shakeem is crazy 😳💀 https://t.co/ypcZ9lj7aU — pascal siakam (@pskills43) February 23, […]

Toronto Raptors defensive ace OG Anunoby missed the final nine games before the All-Star break due to a wrist injury. The last time he played was back on January 27th against the defending champion Golden State Warriors — almost a month ago now — when he logged ten minutes of playing time in the 129-117 […]

The Toronto Raptors have a lot of questions they need to answer after the 2023 NBA All-Star break. What was supposed to be an eventful trade deadline for them was instead eerily quiet. The team did not trade away any of their core pieces. Instead, they traded for former Toronto center Jakob Poeltl from the […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is in the midst of a breakout campaign that has his Oklahoma City Thunder playing much better than most predicted entering the season. But don’t tell that to Toronto Raptors fans who are still holding out hope that the budding Canadian star finds his way home, one way or another. His latest comments […]

The Toronto Raptors’ 2022-23 season hasn’t gone according to plan. They came into the NBA All-Star break three games under the .500 mark. The Raptors are in the conversation for the play-in games but making a true postseason run will be difficult. However, Scottie Barnes believes in Toronto, per SiriusXM NBA Radio on Twitter. “We […]

It’s official: Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet has signed with Klutch Sports to represent him ahead of his free agency in the 2023 offseason. VanVleet has long been linked with Klutch Sports after he parted ways with his former agents in Par-Lay Sports & Entertainment last January. Now, in an announcement on Friday, the sports […]

For months, the Toronto Raptors have found themselves embroiled in an elaborate will they-won’t they dance with regards to selling off a few members of their core, including Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby, and even Pascal Siakam. Nevertheless, the Raptors decided to add a legitimate rim protector instead, swinging a trade for former Raptor Jakob Poeltl […]

Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam claimed a victim Tuesday night, as he had Mo Wagner’s ankles exploding during one particular play against the Orlando Magic at home. And now, Twitter can’t stop poking fun at Wagner and admiring just how skilled of a cat Siakam is. In the Raptors’ last game before the 2023 NBA […]

The Orlando Magic (24-34) visit the Toronto Raptors (27-31) on Tuesday night. Action tips off at 7:40 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Magic-Raptors prediction, pick, and how to watch. Orlando has won two of their last three games but still sits in 13th place in the Eastern Conference. The Magic […]

Toronto Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin will serve as the team’s head coach on Sunday against the Detroit Pistons with Nick Nurse out for personal reasons, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Griffin joined the Raptors’ staff during Nurse’s debut season in 2018. He’d previously been an assistant with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls […]

The Toronto Raptors stood pat at the NBA Trade Deadline, much to the confusion of many fans. The expectation was that the team would pull the trigger on trades for guys like OG Anunoby and Gary Trent Jr. However, no such trade materialized. After that whole ordeal, it seems like OG Anunoby is still not […]

Toronto Raptors team president Masai Ujiri has had his fair share of blockbuster deals throughout his tenure with the organization. After all, Ujiri was the architect behind Toronto’s Kawhi Leonard-led fairy tale title run in 2019. As such, most folks were under the expectation that Masai would work his magic again before the recently concluded […]

After being drafted by the Toronto Raptors in 2016, Jakob Poeltl is returning to where it all started after he was traded north of the border by the San Antonio Spurs ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. Nearly five years after he was dealt to San Antonio in the Kawhi Leonard trade, Poeltl was traded […]

The Utah Jazz will travel across the border to take on the Toronto Raptors in a Friday night NBA matchup at the Toyota Center in Houston. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Jazz-Raptors prediction and pick, laid out below. Utah has gone 27-29 this […]

It’s been quite a 72-hour stretch for the Brooklyn Nets, who lost two superstar players in Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in the blink of an eye. The Nets went all in to try to poach Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam from north of the border to convince Durant to stay with the team, according […]

Contrary to popular expectations, the Toronto Raptors stood pat at the trade deadline. Names such as OG Anunoby and Fred VanVleet were popular trade candidates all week long, but no deal materialized for either player. That’s not to say that teams tried their best to pry away these players from Toronto, though. Both the Memphis […]

What was supposed to be an eventful NBA trade deadline for the Toronto Raptors was instead eerily quiet for the front office. Much was made about the team potentially selling off key pieces to retool or rebuild for the future. With many intriguing pieces on the roster, surely Masai Ujiri and co. could fetch a […]

The Toronto Raptors were expected to be heavily involved in trades today. Yet, the 3PM deadline came and went, and the only transaction the team made was a deal with the San Antonio Spurs. According to Raptors president Masai Ujiri, “the opportunity was not there” for a blockbuster trade (h/t Sportsnet’s Blake Murphy). They didn’t trade […]

The Golden State Warriors didn’t make the league-altering splash several other Western Conference playoff contenders did at the trade deadline. They instead settled for a move on the margins, bringing back Gary Payton II to round out Steve Kerr’s rotation in a four-team deal that sent James Wiseman to the Detroit Pistons, making a chip […]

The Boston Celtics have been riding high for most of the 2022-23 season, and that continued on Wednesday night when they picked up a win over the Philadelphia 76ers despite being down to just one healthy regular starter in Jayson Tatum come the second half. However, they were dealt a less than ideal update on […]

For most of the 2022-23 campaign, the Denver Nuggets have, by and large, steamrolled the opposition, thanks in large part to Nikola Jokic’s nightly dominance and Jamal Murray’s gradual return to his pre-injury form. Through 55 games, the Nuggets own the best offense in the NBA and there’s no reason to expect a drop-off given […]

Big man Jakob Poeltl was traded by the San Antonio Spurs to the Toronto Raptors just before the NBA trade deadline. The Austrian center was sent north of the border for a protected 2024 first-round selection, Canadian slotman Khem Birch, and two upcoming second-round picks. It was a chance for Poeltl and the Raptors to […]

The Phoenix Suns looked like a team dead in the water from late December to early January; their offense was sputtering, and their supporting cast was not able to weather the lengthy injury absence of Devin Booker. But the Suns put their foot down on Thursday midnight ET, and pulled off one of the biggest […]

The Phoenix Suns pulled off one of the biggest trades in NBA history when they sent Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks, and one pick swap for Kevin Durant, one of the greatest scorers of all time. Simply put, the Western Conference playoff race is heating up. The Suns’ addition of Durant […]

The Toronto Raptors have pulled off a blockbuster trade, but not the one most people were expecting. They landed talented big man Jakob Poeltl from the San Antonio Spurs, according to ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski. Of course, within minutes of this trade breaking, the blockbuster of all blockbusters occurred as the Brooklyn Nets traded […]

The Toronto Raptors took on the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. On the strength of Pascal Siakam’s 37 points, the Raptors picked up their third consecutive victory. Siakam had 37 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists against the struggling Spurs. With this performance, he has now passed Vince Carter for the most 35/10/5 games […]

It’s no secret that the Los Angeles Lakers attempted to lure Kyrie Irving to Hollywood before the enigmatic point guard ended up with the Dallas Mavericks. At this point, they have no other choice but to move on as the NBA trade deadline draws closer and closer. According to reports, LA may have now turned […]

After the Kyrie Irving trade irrevocably shook up the 2022-23 Brooklyn Nets, the team must make some bold moves at the NBA trade deadline. There are plenty of reasons this is the case, but the No. 1 reason is to keep Kevin Durant happy and believing he is on a team capable of contending for […]

On Monday, San Antonio Spurs star forward Keldon Johnson put together a very efficient scoring performance against the Chicago Bulls. He scored 21 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the field and grabbed two rebounds in a resounding 128-104 Spurs loss. So when the Spurs visit Scotiabank Arena to play Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, and the […]

The Feb. 9 NBA trade deadline is less than 24 hours away, so the clock is ticking for organizations to find their final pieces for a potential playoff run. Teams such as the New York Knicks could go all in so they can stay competitive for the final stretch of the 2022-23 season. So far, […]

Denver Nuggets’ guard Bones Hyland is a popular trade candidate. The Nuggets will receive a very respectable return if they decide to deal him away ahead of the NBA trade deadline. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Charlotte Hornets were initially linked to Hyland. A recent report added the Toronto Raptors and New Orleans Pelicans into the […]

Jakob Poeltl may not be the sexiest name being mentioned in rumors ahead of the NBA trade deadline, but the San Antonio Spurs center has garnered serious attention. Count the Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards as two potential suitors. The Spurs big man has solidified himself as a reliable presence in the paint which both […]

The San Antonio Spurs (14-40) visit the Toronto Raptors (25-30) on Wednesday night! Action tips off at 7:40 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Raptors prediction, pick, and how to watch. San Antonio has lost nine in a row and sits in 14th place in the Western Conference. The Spurs […]