When you think about Kawhi Leonard’s historic run as a Toronto Raptor to the 2019 NBA Championship, what comes to mind? The scoring, probably, as Leonard averaged 30.5 points and totalled an outrageous 732 points in 24 games. The assists, too, as Leonard passed out of double-teams regularily and averaged 3.9 assists, up from his…
Chris Boucher is raw. There is no denying that. The Canadian plays basketball like he is fairly new to it despite being 26 years old (he turns 27 tomorrow). But Boucher is smart enough to play to his strengths, using his height (6-foot-9), length (7-foot-4 wingspan), athleticism, and diverse skill set to make up for…
Today’s column was supposed to be about how the Raptors are a threat to come out the East — asking people to stop calling this a transition season — but things change quickly in the NBA, so that column will have to wait. On Thursday evening, the Raptors announced that Marc Gasol (strained hamstring), Norman…
Last week was a tough one for the Raptors, who lost three straight for the first time since November 2018, falling to 15-7 on the season. To put it in context, though, their losses came against three of the best teams in the league: the Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, and the Philadelphia 76ers. Also, the…
An elite offense has carried the Raptors, with the defense slowly improving to above average.
Raptors are struggling to execute Dwane Casey’s hyperactive defensive schemes.
Jonas Valanciunas is struggling on defence, which has made it hard to the Raptors to rely on him in the ways that they had hoped they could.
The Raptors 10-2 record is despite the team struggling at defensive rebounding, which is a trend unlikely to sustain itself unless some fixes are applied.
A list of the worst rebounding performances for the Toronto Raptors, and how they fared in them.
How sick was DeMar DeRozan's rebounding against Minnesota and LA?