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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 […]

The Toronto Raptors have just won the first NBA Championship in team history. However, it appears as though the offseason is well underway for not only the defending NBA Champion Raptors, but for each of the league’s 30 franchises. With the Raptors currently caught somewhere between celebrating the team’s historic title and looking ahead to […]

NBA agent BJ Armstrong, who is mostly known for representing former MVP Derrick Rose, says he’s “starting to hear” the New York Knicks are in the fold to sign superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard this summer. Leonard becomes an unrestricted free agent this offseason once he declines his 2019-20 player option with the Toronto Raptors. […]

Only five days after a championship-winning effort, the Toronto Raptors face the real questions regarding their gambit to acquire Kawhi Leonard in a trade. There is no rest in sight for the Raptors, who could potentially blow up their team this very summer if Leonard chooses to go westward to his native Los Angeles in […]

The Toronto Raptors celebrated their 2019 NBA championship victory with a massive parade in downtown Toronto on Monday. During the festivities, Toronto Mayor John Tory went on the stage in Nathan Phillips Square and immortalized the beloved Toronto basketball team forever, announcing that a portion of Bremner Boulevard, just outside Jurassic Park, is now called […]

Just like that, the Toronto Raptors are NBA champions. The Raps defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Final — effectively crowning Kawhi Leonard as the dynasty killer — and delivered the first-ever NBA championship to Canada. Certainly, the NBA Finals were tainted by devastating injuries in back-to-back games to Kevin Durant (torn […]

For Toronto Raptors center Serge Ibaka, Kawhi Leonard is ‘really happy’ now that he has won a second NBA championship, one in each conference and one in Canada. Beyond their time together in the regular season and in the playoffs, Ibaka and Leonard have grown closer in the past few days after winning the title. […]

For Serge Ibaka of the Toronto Raptors, being on a championship parade was just a dream. Now, after winning the title and heading to the streets of Toronto to celebrate with the fans, he’s already living it. On Monday, the Raptors went on a six-hour championship parade all over Toronto. Ibaka, who grew up in […]

Toronto Raptors All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry says he wore a Damon Stoudamire jersey during Monday’s championship parade as a tribute to Stoudamire and the humble beginnings of the franchise. The Raptors’ first season in the NBA was back in 1995. Toronto drafted Stoudamire with the seventh overall pick in the 1995 Draft out of […]

Toronto Raptors superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard says it was a “good experience” experiencing mother nature and all four seasons living in Toronto this year. Leonard grew up in California, played his college ball at San Diego State and began his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, who play in Texas. Leonard has been […]

On Monday at the Toronto Raptors’ championship parade, Kawhi Leonard confirmed what we already knew; that he was playing through an injury in the postseason. Leonard appeared to have suffered a left knee injury in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks on a breakaway dunk. The superstar forward reportedly was […]

The Toronto Raptors are favored over the Los Angeles Clippers to sign superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard this summer, per BetOnline.ag. The online betting site has the Raptors at a -110 to have Leonard on their team for the first game of the 2019-20 season. The Clippers are at a +125, the Los Angeles Lakers […]

As expected, rapper and Toronto Raptors ambassador Drake had himself a good time during the championship parade on Monday. Drake was on one of the buses that was riding through the city. The rapper caught a beer from a fan and chugged it and even gave a speech like all the players did. Drake was […]

Toronto Raptors guard Fran VanVleet is making sure Raptors fans are holding up their end of the bargain. That’s for sure. At Toronto’s championship parade on Monday, VanVleet had this to say: “You kill us when we lose. You killed us when we got swept. So you better celebrate this s— for the rest of […]

Toronto Raptors star small forward Kawhi Leonard recreated his infamous laugh at the championship rally on Monday in hilarious fashion. At Raptors media day, Leonard’s laugh went viral and he was the butt of a lot of jokes throughout the season. Now, Leonard is the one getting the last laugh, as he’s captured his second […]

The Toronto Raptors were able to celebrate their unlikely victory over the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals. The city of Toronto is now doing what it can to shower forward Kawhi Leonard with all the praise it can. Although Leonard has not been with the Raptors for very long, his stint has […]

As expected, Toronto Raptors fans gave point guard Kyle Lowry and small forward Kawhi Leonard the loudest cheers at the championship parade on Monday. Lowry is the longest tenured player on the team and loved in Toronto. Leonard, meanwhile, has become a Raptors legend in just one season, as he brought a title to Toronto […]

After the Toronto Raptors won the championship, a Toronto fan ripped a large tree-like plant and carried it around the streets of downtown, calling it a “housewarming gift” for Raptors superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard. The fan was finally able to deliver that housewarming gift to Leonard at the Raptors’ championship parade on Monday. The […]

Gunshots were fired at the Toronto Raptors’ championship rally on Monday. While there are reportedly two injuries, they aren’t life-threatening and two suspects are in police custody: SHOOTING: Nathan Phillip's Square-Bay St and Albert St-Police have located 2 victims-Injuries serious but not life threatening-2 people in custody-2 firearms recovered-Investigating^dh — Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) June […]

Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol wants you to know that Spaniards aren’t afraid when it comes to drinking wine. At the Raptors’ championship parade on Monday, Toronto fans were clamoring for Gasol to chug a whole bottle of wine. The big man didn’t shy away from the challenge. "The whole bottle!?" Marc Gasol is an […]

Toronto Raptors superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard will make his free-agency decision when it’s time. Leonard becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer once he declines his 2019-20 player option with the Raptors. The now two-time Finals MVP has been heavily linked to the Los Angeles Clippers, although some believe Leonard could re-sign with the […]

Toronto Raptors combo guard Norman Powell is thoroughly enjoying himself at the Raptors championship parade on Monday. While doing an interview with TSN, Powell said the party in Toronto should go on “all summer long.” The Raptors guard then took some champagne and poured it all over the TSN reporter. No one is safe from […]

Like most of the basketball-loving world, Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry knows that his teammate, Kawhi Leonard, is up for free agency this summer. Whether or not Leonard will choose to re-sign with Toronto remains to be seen, but Lowry and the fans at Monday’s championship parade are making it clear that they want him […]

The Toronto Raptors came out of nowhere to win the title. Just more than a year ago, the organization’s best team in franchise history was swept out of the Eastern Conference Finals by a thirty-something LeBron James, leading arguably the most undermanned group of his two-stint tenure with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Calls were even made […]

The Toronto Raptors celebrated their first NBA title in franchise history with a parade through the streets of downtown Toronto on Monday morning. During the celebration, Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry was asked to comment on the response that he and his teammates received from the crowd in attendance. In his reply, Lowry had words […]

Rap artist Meek Mill isn’t fazed despite the fact that he apparently lost $200,000 on an NBA Finals bet. That’s right. Meek threw down a giant bag of cash on the Warriors in this year’s NBA Finals. And though Golden State was favored to win, it was the Toronto Raptors who came away with their […]

Steve Nash is basketball royalty in Canada. Not only is he first the NBA All-Star to ever hail from America’s neighbor to the north, but the Phoenix Suns icon was also general manager of Team Canada for four years until stepping back this year to take a senior advisory role with the national program. As […]

Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri is a wanted man after successfully orchestrating the Raptors’ historic championship run. Even former U.S. President Barack Obama has reportedly been involved in the Washington Wizards’ recruitment campaign for the 48-year-old’s signature. Obama has supposedly been so impressed by Ujiri that the former commander-in-chief has tried to […]

The Golden State Warriors took a small gesture of sportsmanship by congratulating the newly-crowned NBA champions Toronto Raptors in bringing their city an NBA title for the first time in their 24-year franchise history. The Warriors took a full-page ad in Monday’s edition of The Toronto Star, one that shows a post-Game 6 hug between […]

Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry decided to pay homage to Damon Stoudamire during Monday morning’s championship parade celebration by wearing his No. 20 jersey. Kyle Lowry out here rocking a Damon Stoudamire jersey 👀 pic.twitter.com/xJNlOs0Cxm — TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 17, 2019 As most Raptors fans know, Stoudamire was Toronto’s first ever draft pick. The […]