Raptors

Rodney Hood did not play during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 4 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. But he apparently could have—in garbage time, at least. He just didn’t want to. From The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd: When the Cavs called a timeout with a 30-point lead and 7:38 left Monday, Lue tried inserting [...]

The speculation factory wasted little time putting Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey on the hot seat. His name, in fact, was thrown onto the hypothetical chopping block before his team even submitted to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4. According to The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor, certain executives around the league believe Toronto will move [...]

Drake has officially been warned by the NBA. Why yes, that is a real sentence. Welcome to 2018. The music mogul, who is also the Toronto Raptors’ global ambassador, was reportedly scolded by the league for his two confrontations with Cleveland Cavaliers benchwarmer Kendrick Perkins during and after Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. [...]

LeBron James has plenty of respect for the Toronto Raptors. And how could he not? They have a chokehold on the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed—and that includes an 11-game lead in the win column over his Cleveland Cavaliers. Though the reigning Eastern Conference champs have bounced the Raptors from the playoffs in each of [...]

Although the NBA doesn’t return to a TV near you until Thursday, this lull in regular-season action is actually one of the most interesting times of the year. See, we’re just coming out of the All-Star Game, which means we’re being treated to all the chatter scooped up by reporters from league executives and agents [...]

Vince Carter is still incredibly building upon his hall of fame career at age 41, but as a player with a minimal role for one of the worst teams in the NBA, the Sacramento Kings, and on a one-year contract, the tea leaves seem to be reading that he will be bought out in the [...]

If Dwyane Wade can make his way back to the Miami Heat less than two years after leaving, then surely Vince Carter and the Toronto Raptors can sync up for a swan song following a 13-year relationship break. We’re not being the least bit facetious here. This is a distinct possibility if the right stars [...]

Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan have been one of the best duos in the NBA for half of a decade now. They look as dangerous as ever thus far in the 2017-18 season (especially DeRozan) as they are 29-12 and in 2nd place in the eastern conference. The special partnership on and off the court [...]

LeBron James is not a happy camper. Nor should he be. His Cleveland Cavaliers are a ghastly 2-6 since Christmas, with four of those losses coming by at least 14 points. Now, following two straight blowout letdowns at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves (127-99) and Toronto Raptors (133-99), the four-time MVP is fed up. [...]

DeMar DeRozan continues to elevate his game and improve every season and is playing the best basketball of his career right now for the Toronto Raptors. DeRozan had the best night of his career on Monday night, when he rode a hot hand and a 21 point first quarter to a new franchise-record, 52 point [...]