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The Toronto Raptors have a newfound resentment toward Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson after the veteran’s last-second dunk during his team’s 131-108 road victory. The unnecessary dunk came with four seconds remaining in the game with the Cavaliers already ahead by 21 points, violating the sport’s long-standing unwritten rule. Instead of exchanging post-game pleasantries, Thompson […]

When the Toronto Raptors traded for Brandon Ingram before the deadline, Scottie Barnes had a new running mate. After he spent this season with the New Orleans Pelicans, he’s in a new conference and a new conference. Luckily, head coach Darko Rajakovic doesn’t see too much of a concern. Even with incorporating an all-star like […]

The Golden State Warriors dropped their second straight game on Monday night, falling to the Toronto Raptors 104-101 at Scotiabank Arena. With the loss, the Warriors slipped below a .500 win percentage for the first time this season, holding a 19-20 record. Despite Stephen Curry’s impressive performance, where he logged 26 points, seven assists, seven […]

Darko Rajakovic’s net worth in 2025 is $3 million. The Serbian has a literal degree in basketball and brought his coaching practices to the NBA as head coach of the Toronto Raptors. Let’s look at Darko Rajakovic’s net worth in 2025 amidst his second season in Toronto. What is Darko Rajakovic’s net worth in 2025?: […]

Thursday night did not go according to plan at all for the Toronto Raptors. While they aren’t exactly expected to win against a red-hot Memphis Grizzlies team, they did not give a good account of themselves during this contest, as they got demolished, 155-126, on the road. And it reached the point where head coach […]

The Toronto Raptors’ rally fell short Friday night in a 131-125 home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, but there were some positives to take away from the team’s fifth loss of the season, including a double-double by RJ Barrett, which was a step in the right direction according to Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic. After […]

Just earlier this year, the Toronto Raptors named Darko Rajakovic as the 10th head coach of the franchise. Coming all the way from Serbia, Rajakovic has plenty of experience in the NBA after serving as an assistant coach for various NBA teams such as the Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns and the Memphis Grizzlies. In […]

The Toronto Raptors finished the 2023-2024 season with a 25-57 record under Coach Darko Rajakovic, a huge letdown for a franchise that has grown accustomed to competing for NBA Playoffs bids in recent years. The Raptors got a solid season from Scottie Barnes who averaged nearly 20 points per game while racking up over eight […]

Ever since the Toronto Raptors snagged Scottie Barnes with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, the front office has been in shambles regarding the direction of their organization. Last year, when they had the opportunity to trade big names like Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet for a high value, they decided […]

Luka Doncic was his usual, unbelievable self as the Dallas Mavericks topped the Toronto Raptors 136-125 on Wednesday night. Doncic, celebrating his 25th birthday, powered the Mavericks with 30 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds for his 11th triple-double of the season. After his team’s loss to the Mavericks, Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic got […]

For just the first time in the 2023-24 NBA season, the Toronto Raptors managed to stitch together three wins in a row after downing the Indiana Pacers on the road on Sunday to the tune of a 130-122 score. Before that, Toronto defeated the Brooklyn Nets at home (121-93) and the Atlanta Hawks in Georgia […]

Athletes are always going to do well when they are playing for incentives. Players in the NFL, for instance, start blazing up when they are only a couple of yards, sacks, tackles, and touchdowns away from a clause in their contract. Coach Darko Rajakovic might be implementing the same thing with the Scottie Barnes-led Toronto […]

The NBA world was rocked on Wednesday after news broke that Golden State Warriors assistant, Dejan Milojević passed away. Following his death, Toronto Raptors head coach, Darko Rajaković, dedicated the team’s win over the Miami Heat to Milojević. Rajaković details his heartfelt tribute to his late friend. During the postgame presser, the Raptors head coach […]

The Toronto Raptors lost a controversial cross-conference matchup to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. The Raptors competed hard, but head coach Darko Rajakovic was frustrated with the contest’s foul disparity after the game. Now, Rajakovic will pay an expensive NBA fine. Darko Rajakovic gets fined after his passionate Raptors post-game speech Rajakovic expressed […]

After the Toronto Raptors lost to the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday night, head coach Darko Rajakovic spoke highly of star Scottie Barnes once again after calling him the “face of the league” in a rant about the officials Tuesday. While Rajakovic was in a hasty mood then, he seemed to be excited to talk about […]

Darko Rajakovic made a lot of headlines after he called out the officiating after the Toronto Raptors narrowly lost to the Los Angeles Lakers. Some of the criticism was targetting discourse about the rules of the game while others had their eyebrows raised after a ‘face-of-the-league’ declaration about Scottie Barnes. It gained a lot of […]

The Toronto Raptors feel like they got the short end of the stick on Tuesday night when the referees granted the Los Angeles Lakers plenty of opportunities at the charity stripe late in their 132-131 loss. Head coach Darko Rajakovic, in particular, was not pleased. He went berserk in his postgame presser, calling out the […]

The Toronto Raptors lost to the Los Angeles Lakers 132-131 on Tuesday night, and Raptors fans are blaming the officiating of NBA referee Ben Taylor and his crew. After the game, Toronto coach Darko Rajakovic went off on the officials, and the biggest Raptors fan of all, Drake, loved it. Drake took to Instagram and […]

The Toronto Raptors fell to the Los Angeles Lakers in a Tuesday night outing filled with postgame drama. Because of what he felt was an unfair fourth quarter, Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic went on an NSFW rant during the press conference. The Serbian coach criticized the referees for how the game was officiated. “23 […]

Gradey Dick was a huge prospect to look out for during the 2023 NBA Draft. It was not only because of his name that fans wanted. Instead, he put up huge numbers in college that looked to prove that he was ready for the big league. There have not been many insanely good instances involving […]

The Toronto Raptors lost to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday by the score of 129-127, and it snapped the Pistons’ 28-game losing streak. The Raptors were playing shorthanded as a result of the trade headlined by OG Anunoby going to the New York Knicks. Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic admitted that there were emotions throughout […]

As the aftermath of the Toronto Raptors’ blockbuster trade with the New York Knicks dies down a little, it is time to take a closer look at what the organization is adding. Replacing a young two-way force like OG Anunoby is extremely difficult, hence why Masai Ujiri held onto him for so long. But the […]

The Toronto Raptors have been in a complete free fall as of late, losing 11 of their last 14 games, with their latest loss being a 126-119 defeat at the hands of the Utah Jazz on Saturday night. With the Raptors struggles continuing, head coach Darko Rajakovic had an interesting Stephen Curry admission when discussing […]

The Toronto Raptors are one of a handful of NBA teams that seem to be stuck in the middle right now. The Raptors have a lot of talent on their roster, but they have only managed to pick up nine wins in their first 20 games. Head coach Darko Rajakovic is still figuring things out […]

Before his team hosted the New York Knicks on Friday, first-year Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic stressed he had no concerns about the lawsuit filed against the organization by New York for allegedly stealing thousands of confidential files. “We explained what happened or what did not happen. I know who I am, I know […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic has a message for the rest of the NBA: there’s no way you can stop the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic. Darko Rajakovic shared his thoughts on Luka Doncic after the Raptors’ 127-116 win over the Mavs on Wednesday, per Sportsnet’s Michael Grange. “You’re not going to hold Luka Doncic […]

The Toronto Raptors have been one of the hardest teams to figure out thus far in the 2023-24 season. Coming off an embarrassing loss against the terrible Portland Trail Blazers, it was unclear which version of the Raptors would show up against the mighty Milwaukee Bucks. But the Raptors set the pace with a torrid-shooting […]

Jordan Poole entered Friday’s preseason finale against the Toronto Raptors coming off the most explosive scoring performance of his career, low stakes of exhibition basketball be damned. Just 48 hours after dropping 41 points in 27 minutes on the New York Knicks, though, the Washington Wizards guard went ice cold north of the border, finishing […]

In a shocking turn of events this off-season, the Toronto Raptors made headlines by firing longtime head coach Nick Nurse, and without his guidance, oddsmakers seem to believe the Raptors will be in for a rough time this season based on their over under win total. With all of this influx of change on the staff with […]

Losing Fred VanVleet for nothing in free agency instead of trading him away for draft assets could not have been an easy pill to swallow for the Toronto Raptors franchise. VanVleet has been a staple of the franchise for years, and it was difficult to argue that his de facto replacement, Dennis Schroder, was an […]

The Toronto Raptors made an intriguing head coaching hire on Saturday, prying Darko Rajakovic away from the Memphis Grizzlies in a move that many believe signals an impending rebuild for the Raptors. On the one hand, after a disappointing 2022-23 campaign that led to Raptors president Masai Ujiri publicly lamenting his team’s performance, Toronto fired […]

After the Toronto Raptors fired Nick Nurse this offseason, the team was in limbo for the next few months. While other teams were quick to make their new hires, Toronto took their sweet time in selecting their new coach. That essentially put a lot of the team’s offseason moves on hold, too: without a coach, […]

After a long wait, the Toronto Raptors finally picked their new head coach: former Memphis Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic. In a league full of names like Mike Budenholzer and Doc Rivers, Toronto picked a rather… unique name to be their coach. As it turns out, one of the reasons why the Raptors chose Rajakovic is […]

The Toronto Raptors are hiring Memphis Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic to be their next head coach. But while it’s a big loss for Grind City, Desmond Bane couldn’t be more excited for the veteran tactician. After almost two months of searching for Nick Nurse’s replacement and interviewing various candidates–including Steve Nash and Kenny Atkinson–the Raptors […]

The Toronto Raptors have now officially turned a page in their franchise history books by announcing the organization’s decision to hire Rarko Rajakovic as the squad’s new head coach. This comes at the heel of Nick Nurse’s firing a few weeks back as the Raptors look to a fresh start in 2023-24. Unsurprisingly, Toronto supporters […]

The Toronto Raptors have concluded their long coaching search and they will be hiring Memphis Grizzlies assistant coach Darko Rajakovic, first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. ESPN Sources: The Toronto Raptors are finalizing a deal to hire Memphis Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic as the franchise’s next coach. pic.twitter.com/AEPu64p2F2 — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 10, 2023 […]

Among the franchises that still have a head coaching vacancy to fill, the Toronto Raptors may have searched the farthest and longest, interviewing a unique assortment of candidates that come from a variety of backgrounds. With the most recent names on their list of candidates including that of Spanish national team head coach Sergio Scariolo, […]

The Phoenix Suns are cranking up their head coaching search after parting ways with former Coach of the Year, Monty Williams, last week. Former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer, former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, and Suns assistant coach Kevin Young are already rumored to be head coaching candidates for Phoenix. Now, ESPN’s […]

In an era where giving legends their flowers is becoming increasingly rare, Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers‘ shortcomings are likely to overshadow his accomplishments. One of the better coaches in league history, Rivers’ experience, dedication to the defensive end and ability to motivate his players are why he’s an NBA champion today. Nonetheless, given […]