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Raptors’ patience to be tested again ahead of trade deadline

TORONTO – A couple days later, the Raptors remain in awe of the mega trade that sent shockwaves around the NBA and throughout professional sports...

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Raptors’ Barnes starting to fulfill elite defensive potential

TORONTO – Scottie Barnes has always been able to do special things on the defensive end of the basketball court. Before he was zipping no-look...

30.01.2025 3

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Brown remains Raptors’ most interesting trade chip with deadline two weeks away

TORONTO – By now, Bruce Brown knows the drill. Despite playing for five different teams in seven NBA seasons, last year was a brand new experience...

24.01.2025 6

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Quickley’s return could unlock something special in Barnes’ game

TORONTO – It was a sight for sore eyes, a sequence that Raptors fans could only dream about amid one of the worst stretches in franchise history....

04.01.2025 2

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Barrett and Raptors share similarly strange home-road splits

TORONTO – As the Raptors looked to do something that has eluded them all season, close out a tight game, RJ Barrett was putting the finishing...

03.12.2024 4

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Raptors trusting the process despite rough start to season

TORONTO – The Raptors needed a win in the worst way. And not just a moral victory; they’ve had plenty of those, but the kind that actually shows...

19.11.2024 2

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Boucher’s resurgence an early-season bright spot for Raptors

TORONTO – You weren’t the only one worried about Chris Boucher in that moment. Late in last month’s game against Philadelphia, the springy Raptors...

06.11.2024 2

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Reflecting on Carter’s complicated Raptors legacy

TORONTO – Time heals all wounds. If you need proof of that theory, consider the nearly three-decade-long relationship between Vince Carter and the...

01.11.2024 2

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Barnes injury another hit to Raptors’ early-season rebuild efforts

TORONTO – The hits keep coming. With the season less than a week old, the Raptors have already been forced to play games without five players who...

30.10.2024 2

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Raptors enter new season with good vibes, low expectations

TORONTO – A year ago, nobody knew what to make of the Toronto Raptors – not even the Toronto Raptors. The two veteran stars, Pascal Siakam and OG...

22.10.2024 2

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Raptors’ Dick, Agbaji making strides after off-season training together

TORONTO – For a brief period early in the summer, Gradey Dick and Ochai Agbaji weren’t just teammates and friends, they were also adversaries. The...

17.10.2024 3

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Rookie Shead hopes to follow VanVleet’s footsteps with Raptors

TORONTO – Jamal Shead is hoping to be the next in a long line of small guards to find success with the Toronto Raptors. It’s a history that dates...

11.10.2024 2

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Shoulder injury could sideline Barrett to start season

TORONTO – The injury bug is already in mid-season form. The Raptors opened training camp in Montreal last week and, notably, there were a few key...

09.10.2024 2

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Raptors finally embracing the rebuild and so should we

TORONTO – Up until recently, the word “rebuild” was taboo inside of and around the Raptors front office. Rarely used aloud and generally frowned...

01.10.2024 2

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Sources: Raptors to retire Vince Carter’s jersey on Nov. 2

TORONTO – Nearly 26 years after scoring the first-ever basket at Scotiabank Arena, formerly Air Canada Centre, Vince Carter will become the first...

23.09.2024 2

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Canada’s Olympic run ends with heartbreaking quarterfinals loss

TORONTO – In and of itself, Canada falling short of its lofty Olympic aspirations and expectations in the men’s basketball tournament wasn’t...

07.08.2024 1

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Fernandez pushes right buttons for Canada in big win over Australia

TORONTO – There was justifiable cause for concern when Nick Nurse stepped down as head coach of the Canadian men’s national team last summer, just...

30.07.2024 2

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Raptors’ Mogbo fulfils NBA dream after taking unconventional path

Karen Mogbo refused to let her youngest son be late. Jonathan was in his junior year of high school and playing point guard for the Florida...

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