Toronto Raptors

Gameday: Raptors @ Magic Game 4, Apr. 21

Over the course of 23 seasons and 10 postseasons, the Toronto Raptors have never taken the easy path. There are successes to reflect back upon like the single trip to the Eastern Conference Finals but even then it required going the distance in two series to advance. The harbinger of losing Game 1 aside, this…

Gameday: 76ers @ Raptors, Oct. 30

An early season Raptors win over Boston shifted the narrative away from the presumption the Celtics would run away with the East’s top seed. Tonight the 76ers, the other preseason team earmarked to contend arrives to test their mettle versus Toronto. Entering the 2018-19 campaign the triumvirate of teams expected to vie for the Eastern…

Toronto Raptors vs. San Antonio Spurs

Gameday: Raptors vs. Spurs, Jan. 19

In 2011 the Raptors purchased a 1,300 pound rock and placed it outside Toronto’s locker room. At the time new Head Coach Dwane Casey tasked his charges to focus on the theme ‘Pound the Rock’ as the squad sought to establish a new identity. Seven seasons later the Raptors are in the midst of their…

Toronto Raptors

Quiet Assassins – the Toronto Raptors are poised to make a move

Curtains pulled, lights off, wearing sunglasses I sit in a room lit only by my laptop. This is a common practice and unfortunately a necessity of life to address migraines in order to still function for work. Seasonal weather fluctuations result in changes to the barometric pressure. Something my head predicts a minimum of a…