Veteran Leadership Brings Certitude to Young Raptors Core
With new additions, Thaddeus Young and Otto Porter Jr., joining the Toronto Raptors, the veteran presence lost with Kyle Lowry's departure is back big time.
Weekly Storylines
Five Storylines for the Week of August 3rd
Racial justice, OG's confidence, Ibaka's finishing, and more in the five most interesting storylines of the week.
Five Storylines for the Week of March 9th
After defeating the surging Sacramento Kings on Sunday night, the Toronto Raptors are on a three-game winning streak — all on the road — and are 3.0 games ahead of the Boston Celtics for the all-important No. 2 seed in the East. The Raptors will finish their five-game road trip tonight in Utah against the…
Five Storylines for the Week of March 2nd
The Raptors lost three games in a row and all hell broke loose. Are there no rules anymore!? Seriously, I was shocked to see the Twitterverse (and my dad) explode after the Raptors lost to *checks notes* the No. 2 seed Denver Nuggets on the road without their only two reliable centers and a starting…
Five Storylines for the Week of February 24th
The Toronto sports scene is changing and you can blame the Maple Leafs as much as the Raptors for that. This week showed a stark contrast between two Toronto sports organizations. The night after the Carolina Hurricanes utterly embarrassed the Toronto Maple Leafs by defeating the Leafs’ with their own minor league affiliate team’s zamboni…
Five Storylines for the Week of February 17th
All-Star weekend is finished and what a weekend it was! Saturday night saw Aaron Gordon and Derrick Jones Jr. go at it for six rounds in the dunk contest. Gordon finished the night by dunking over 7-foot-5 big man Tacko Fall only to… lose. Still, my favourite dunk of the night was a different one…
Five Storylines for the Week of February 10th
Holy smokes, the Raptors are on a 14-game winning streak! The Raptors are 39-14, still 3rd place in the league, now just 1.0 game back of the Los Angeles Lakers for 2nd place in the league. The Raptors road record of 19-7 also ranks 3rd in the league, an important marker for a good team. …
Five Storylines for the Week of February 3rd
The Toronto Raptors are 36-14 through fifty games, matching the same record they had this time last year. They are currently on a franchise-record eleven-game win-streak and have some key decisions to make ahead of the trade deadline on Thursday, February 6th at 3:00 pm. Here is a breakdown of the Raptors upcoming schedule: Wednesday,…
Five Storylines for the Week of January 27th
The Toronto Raptors are 32-14 and currently sit 2nd in the Eastern Conference. They are on a seven-game win-streak and play just five more games before the trade deadline on February 6th. Here is a breakdown of the Raptors upcoming schedule: Tuesday, January 28th at 7:30pm: Atlanta Hawks (12-35) @ Toronto Raptors Thursday, January 30th…
Five Storylines for the Week of January 20th
We are officially into the second half of the 2019-20 NBA season, and the Raptors are 28-14, just 1.0 game back of the No. 2 seed with the third-highest net rating in the Eastern Conference at +5.9. The Raptors are currently on a three-game winning streak and have an opportunity to go on a run…
Five Storylines for the Week of January 13th
The Toronto Raptors are (almost) healthy again! Both Norman Powell and Pascal Siakam returned to the lineup on Sunday night against the San Antonio Spurs, and while both seemed to lack conditioning as the game went on, what was important in the long term is that both knocked down jump-shots and fit effortlessly back into…
Five Storylines for the Week of January 6th
Happy new year, readers! The Toronto Raptors continue to defeat subpar teams while struggling against elite competition. Still, the Raptors sit fourth in the East at 24-12, just two games worse than they were at the same time last season. The Raptors are 5-4 since Pascal Siakam, Norman Powell, and Marc Gasol went down with…