Anthony Doyle
Last season, the Raptors took a shot at changing the team without changing the roster. Sure, they brought in CJ Miles and rebuilt the bench, but the goal was to adapt to a modern NBA, become more of a versatile team that shot more threes, while retaining the personnel that had built their success. To…
It’s been a quiet summer for Masai Ujiri and the Raptors thus far, with teams unwilling to trade out of the draft, and no cap space to speak of, bringing back Fred VanVleet, while important, was the only move they made in free agency to this point. Fans hoping for larger scale change with the…
When Nick Nurse was announced as the new Raptors head coach, the common complaint would be that it would simply be more of the same for the team, after all, Nurse served on Dwane Casey’s staff and many thought that he’d simply be a different voice for the same strategies that had struggled in postseasons…
It was expected to be a big, chaotic draft night this year, with a lot of speculation over how some of the picks would play out, and many of the teams with high picks said to be soliciting trade offers, looking to move bad contracts. This type of draft usually bodes well for the teams…
With Adrian Wojnarowski tweeting out that the Raptors had selected Nick Nurse as their next head coach yesterday morning, it appears the month-long search for Dwane Casey’s replacement is over, and with the long list of names tied to the position during the time between coaches, it’s certainly understandable that some are skeptical of the…
The general consensus among Raptors fans and media going into this summer is that things are going to have to change around the organization, because the way the playoff run ended, compared to other teams’ level of success against the Cleveland Cavaliers this postseason, is an indicator of a structural problem within the makeup of…
Last summer when the Raptors committed to re-signing Serge Ibaka and Kyle Lowry, it was a commitment to keep the core of this team together for a few more years, and try to make another extended playoff run. With Lowry on the other side of 30 now, and his history of injury issues during the…
On Sunday afternoon, the Boston Celtics were able to take game 1 of their series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Raptors fans were clearly frustrated by how easy it looked for them to execute against the team that had dispatched Toronto with relative ease. This is somewhat understandable given that the Raptors had now lost…
Rating the Raptors’ head coach options | The Star The Raptors’ firing of Dwane Casey triggered immediate speculation about who might replace the most successful coach in franchise history. Here are five candidates who quickly spring to mind: With Casey out, Ujiri finally puts himself into the line of fire | Toronto Sun Ujiri and…
Koreen: Raptors get their 2018 playoff report cards – The Athletic That is an understatement. Heading into the playoffs, the Raptors felt they were the best team in the Eastern Conference. A second-round matchup against the Cavaliers was not ideal, but at least it would provide a chance to legitimize their regular season. After the…
After the unceremonious end to the Raptors season, it’s understandable that many are looking for change in the organization. After all this was the fifth playoff run of building a team around Dwane Casey’s systems, and the offensive talents of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, and in those five years the Raptors have been eliminated…
While speculation swirls, Dwane Casey remains Raptors’ head coach – The Globe and Mail Ujiri said he has met with Casey, but he declined to say whether the coach, who took the Raptors to a franchise-record 59 wins this season, will keep his job. The Raps president said his evaluation of the year is continuing.…