Stanley Johnson was mistaken for Patrick McCaw shortly after he signed with the Raptors, and he acknowledged his physical similarity to OG Anunoby. With that being said, he came to Toronto to make a name for himself. Looking to reclaim his spot in the league, and chart a course to a longer career within the…
Few people in life deserve to have good things happen to them more than Masai Ujiri. From paying for his own flights and sharing hotel rooms with players as an unpaid scout for the Orlando Magic 17 years ago, to becoming the President of the reigning NBA champion Toronto Raptors, Ujiri’s determination to succeed in…
Danny Green was arguably the most consistent Raptor throughout the 2018-19 regular season, helping the team achieve a 58-24 record and the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference. Despite being considered a “throw-in” in the Kawhi Leonard-DeMar DeRozan trade by some pundits, it became clear very quickly that Green would be more than that for…
Reputations are a funny thing. Easy to establish the wrong kind of reputation, and hard to correct it once it’s built. The Raptors, prior to this last season, had a reputation as a team that just couldn’t be trusted in the postseason, a team that would find a way to disappoint. Their emotional leader over…
If you were to graph Chris Boucher’s basketball progression the line wouldn’t take on a linear trajectory, but rather a steep exponential curve of growth. Many NBA players have been tabbed for professional success since early in their teenage years and became household names after years on the AAU circuit, however Boucher’s path has been…
The big man from the Republic of the Congo: Serge Ibaka. One of the craziest things about his year (one in which he became an NBA Champion) is that he hit a bigger jab-step shot than Carmelo Anthony ever did. While Game 7 of the ECSF was the high-water mark of Ibaka’s season (maybe his…
Good coaching in the NBA is nothing like pornography; we almost never know it when we see it. Coaching is one of the most opaque duties in the NBA, as the vast majority of a coach’s job is invisible to the average viewer. You don’t see the entire role of a coach on the television…
Patrick McCaw is an enigma. Writing this review is complicated, because everything regarding his NBA career is nothing short of hilarious. Even how he became a Toronto Raptor is hysterical. The dude won two back-to-back championships with the Golden State Warriors, and when free agency began and the Warriors presented him with a qualifying offer,…
Last summer we all held our heads high after we learned that OG Anunoby wasn’t included in the Kawhi Leonard-DeMar DeRozan trade. After all, after Anunoby’s rookie season, some people had proclaimed him a “Kawhi-lite”. Giddy at the thought of how high Anunoby’s star could rise, we all wondered if he would learn from Leonard,…
He wasn't called on often during games, but Eric Moreland is still an NBA Champion with the Toronto Raptors after a roundabout 2018-19 season.