The Modern Raptors

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…

Far from nothing: A shallow dive into Kawhi Leonard’s advanced stats

Well, it happened. Kawhi Leonard is a Toronto Raptor. Due to the uncertainty of the move and the mixed emotions that come with moving a player of Demar DeRozan’s tenure/character, many north of the border seem to have soured Leonard already. However, a word of caution: considering how important Oklahoma Cities’ fans and culture were in making Paul George…

Rumors and the Raptors

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…