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Pascal Siakam of the Toronto Raptors tipped his hat to his late father after winning the NBA Most Improved Player Award. Siakam, who hails from Cameroon, says that he’s simply blessed that he made his father’s dream become a reality. Per Bleacher Report: “He had this crazy dream. People back home never believed in him, […]

Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam beats out De’Aaron Fox and D’Angelo Russell to win the 2019 Most Improved Player award. The third-year veteran averaged 16.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists last season. He became a vital part of the Raptors’ first-ever championship win — arguably the team’s second best player in the NBA Finals […]

The Toronto Raptors have extended qualifying offers to Patrick McCaw and Nando de Colo, according to a report by Sam Amico of AmicoHoops.net. McCaw, a 25-year-old guard has barely played for the Raptors last season. He averaged 1.7 points and was not able to do anything significant in Toronto’s championship run. Still, he became the […]

NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen says Kawhi Leonard should stay with the Toronto Raptors for one more year. Leonard becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer. Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes reported on Sunday Leonard will decline his 2019-20 player option with the Raptors, but that the two-time Finals MVP is strongly considering staying in […]

Could the Dallas Mavericks sneak up on everyone in free agency this summer? According to Chris Sheridan of Sheridan Hoops, the Mavericks are expecting to get a meeting with Kawhi Leonard. Now, just because Leonard is meeting with Dallas does not mean that the Mavs are near the top of his list, nor does it […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has officially been chosen to lead Team Canada at this year’s FIBA World Cup, according to a report from Chicco Nacion of theScore. “I’m looking forward to working with this talented group of young players, and to seeing what we can do on the competitive global basketball stage,” Nurse […]

One of the biggest questions of the NBA offseason pertains to where Toronto Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard will sign in free agency. While numerous teams are after him, this has long been considered a two-team race between the Raptors and Los Angeles Clippers, with Toronto gaining momentum thanks to its first-ever NBA title. The Clippers […]

Kawhi Leonard, as expected, will decline his 2019-20 player option with the Toronto Raptors and will enter free agency. However, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, he is “seriously considering re-signing” with the reigning NBA Champions. Leonard has a $21.3 million option for next season. Nonetheless, he is expected to command the max contract […]

The Toronto Raptors won the NBA Championship this season in a stunning upset of the Golden State Warriors. Although the parade was last week, the party hasn’t stopped, at least not for head coach Nick Nurse. According to Steven Loung of SportsNet, Nick Nurse was at an Arkells concert in Toronto, and joined the Canadian […]

The Toronto Raptors shocked a lot of people when they beat the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA Finals in six games. However, the celebration got awkward pretty quickly when team President Masai Ujiri got into an altercation with a police officer. The story goes that the officer would not let Masai Ujiri on […]

Team president Masai Ujiri got involved in a troublesome incident just moments after the Toronto Raptors were crowned NBA champions. A sheriff’s deputy alleged that Ujiri struck him in the face after the latter attempted to get on the court to join the championship celebration. Witnesses, however, claimed that, while the two did get involved […]

The Toronto Zoo made an epic way to celebrate the Toronto Raptors’ first-ever NBA championship. The zoo released 48 Blanding’s turtles into the wild on Monday. However, before they do so, they named 37 turtles after Raptors players, coaches, executives and even superfans. To commemorate the Toronto @Raptors World Championship win, we’ve named 37/48 Blanding’s […]

For a very long time, the reigning NBA champions have had the tradition of visiting the White House after their title win. However, that has not happened over the past two years due to political issues with President Donald Trump. Now, Danny Green of the newly-crowned NBA champion Toronto Raptors apparently wants to make it […]

ESPN insider Brian Windhorst says Kawhi Leonard hanging out with his Toronto Raptors teammates since the NBA Finals ended is a “good sign” for Toronto. Leonard hung out with Raptors big man Serge Ibaka after the Finals ended and was at the Toronto Blue Jays game. The two-time Finals MVP purchased a $13.3 million, 13,000 […]

Toronto Raptors shooting guard Danny Green becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer. Depending on what Raptors superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard ends up doing, Green could either re-sign with Toronto or continue his career elsewhere. Green says he’s going to prioritize winning in free agency. The guard is hoping that will be with the […]

Toronto Raptors shooting guard Danny Green won his first championship back in 2014 when the San Antonio Spurs defeated LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat. Every player usually says their first title is the most special for them. Not Green, though, who says the Raptors’ 2019 title is “special because it’s […]

Toronto Raptors shooting guard Danny Green has revealed that All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry’s grandmother passed away around the 2019 NBA Finals. Green says Lowry didn’t tell a lot of people and kept continuing to play. “The crazy thing is – nobody knew this – he kind of did it, he kept it under wraps […]

Toronto Raptors shooting guard Danny Green knows Kawhi Leonard better than anyone on the team, and yet even the sharpshooter has no idea what Leonard is going to do this summer in free agency. Green, who like Leonard becomes an unrestricted free agent this offseason, says “nobody really knows” what Leonard is going to do […]

Toronto Raptors general manager Bobby Webster says the franchise is putting the finishing touches on its pitch for Kawhi Leonard to stay in Toronto this summer. Leonard becomes an unrestricted free agent this offseason once he declines his 2019-20 player option with the Raptors. It’s widely assumed that Leonard will either re-sign with Toronto to […]

Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia, mayor John Tory and Paramount CEO Mohamad Fakih have created a petition for the city of Toronto in regards to Raptors superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard. Bhatia wants the people of Toronto to give Leonard the privacy he deserves after leading the Raptors to the 2019 NBA championship. Leonard has […]

Should Marc Gasol opt out of his contract with the Toronto Raptors, the New Orleans Pelicans will have interest in signing the big man, according to Fletcher Mackel of WDSU. Gasol has a $25.6 million player option for the 2019-20 campaign. The 34-year-old split the 2018-19 campaign between the Memphis Grizzlies and Toronto Raptors. He […]

Former Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey may no longer be calling the shots for the 2019 NBA Champions, but a lot of fans still believe that he should be given credit for helping the team build a contender over the past couple of years. Casey became the Raptors head coach back in 2011, but […]

Kawhi Leonard is the biggest star in the NBA right now, so it’s no wonder why someone paid $50,000 to get a game-worn jersey of the Toronto Raptors star. The NBA auctioned the Leonard’s NBA Finals Game 1 jersey following the team’s historic title run in the 2019 playoffs. Details of the winner (name, whereabouts, […]

Toronto Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard signed a sponsorship deal with Cargo Jet Airways after leading the Canadian-based squad to an NBA title in the recently concluded season. The Ontario-based company took to Instagram to announce the deal with Leonard. Cargo Jet Airways is reportedly the same company that gave Drake, a well-known Raptors fan, a […]

Former Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey was happy to see the team win its first-ever NBA Championship. In an interview with the Associated Press, per ESPN, Casey said that it’s nice to see some of the guys he once coached win the title, something that they were not able to do when he was manning […]

Kawhi Leonard will entertain plenty of suitors in his impending free agency, planning to take meetings with five different teams this summer. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday night that the Toronto Raptors star is likely to take meetings with the New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets and L.A. Clippers, who are the frontrunners for […]

The New York Knicks will aggressively pursue potential unrestricted free agent Kawhi Leonard in the summer, according to SNY’s Ian Begley. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski recently reported that Leonard’s options are effectively narrowed down to the LA Clippers and Toronto Raptors, but the Big Apple remains another option for the recently crowned NBA champion and Finals […]

You know how love fans love reading into every little detail in free agency? “Oh, so and so followed Team X on Twitter,” or, “Oh, this guy liked a post from the cousin of the trainer of Player X!” Well, fans are now going crazy over Kawhi Leonard apparently buying moving boxes at a Home Depot […]

Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors was just heading towards his seat for the Blue Jays game and got a standing ovation from the crowd. Peep the clip below posted by Faizal Khamisa of Sportsnet. Notice how quickly the audience stood up upon discovering that the man responsible for bringing the NBA title to Canada […]

Golden State Warriors superstar point guard Stephen Curry admits he’s still thinking about the Finals loss to the Toronto Raptors. Today is exactly one week since the Raptors defeated the Warriors in six games. Curry says it’s hard to get over a loss in the NBA Finals and that it takes time. “Somewhat. Honestly, I’m […]

Kawhi Leonard is done listening to Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse’s stories about his stint in the D-League. After the Raptors went up 3-2 on the Bucks, Nick Nurse told a story about winning Game 1 of the D-League Finals but not finishing the series at home. Kawhi interrupted and joked, “In the D-League? […]

Following the devastating injury of Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant which will likely force him to sit out most, if not the entirety of next season, newly-crowned two-time Finals MVP winner Kawhi Leonard has emerged as unquestionably the biggest incoming free agent this offseason. The Los Angeles Clippers have been rumored to be one […]

The NBA has a longstanding tradition in which championship-winning teams pay a visit to the sitting president at the White House shortly after the NBA Finals. This season’s winners are the Toronto Raptors, but it’s not clear if head coach Nick Nurse and his players have received an invite to the U.S. capital. In a […]

Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri has been accused by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office of shoving and striking an officer in the face after he was stopped from coming onto the court to join the team’s celebration when they won the NBA championship at Oracle Arena. One witness had already said the police’s accusations on […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse says superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard is the funniest guy on the team when it comes to watching film. Leonard said he was a fun guy and media day and Nurse says the two-time Finals MVP is a funny person behind the scenes when he’s not around the media. […]

Kawhi Leonard’s Game 7, series-clinching buzzer-beater against the Philadelphia 76ers is one of the greatest moments in this years playoffs. Indeed, it is a moment that will forever live in the Raptors’ lore. While it established Kawhi Leonard as a game-changer, the play drawn by Nick Nurse also elevated the reputation of the first-year coach. […]

On Tuesday, Toronto Raptors center Serge Ibaka asked superstar teammate Kawhi Leonard what junk food he was looking forward to enjoying now that the season was over. Leonard responded with his now trademark deadpan bemusement. pic.twitter.com/NKBybK4IlL — Serge Ibaka (@sergeibaka) June 19, 2019 The Raptors are NBA Champions for the first time in franchise history, […]

There is reportedly a growing sense that the Toronto Raptors have a much better shot at persuading superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard to sign a short-term deal this summer in free agency than they did as recently as May 2, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. May 2 is the night the […]

San Antonio Spurs legend Tony Parker says he “was so happy” for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green after the Toronto Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors in six games to win the 2019 NBA title. Parker was teammates with Leonard and Green on the Spurs. The trio won the 2014 championship over LeBron James, Dwyane […]