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Chris OMeara/Associated Press With over 20 games already postponed this season, its been difficult for NBA teams to evaluate their rosters. And the result is a muddied picture of who will buy and who will sell ahead of the leagues annual trade deadline on March 25. The biggest domino that could fall and may impact the title race: Kyle Lowry. There is a portion of Raptors personnel, league sources said, that believes the franchise should bid its beloved All-Star farewell and begin Torontos next ...

Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets was pulled from Friday night's 123-117 loss to the Toronto Raptors due to the league's health and safety protocols, the team says.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Kevin Durant was out. Then he was in. Then he was out, the bad news delivered by Canadian and Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash. On a night both bizarre and entertaining, the . . .

How Raptors might shore up their problems scoring in transition Matt Devlin and Leo Rautins talk about the Toronto Raptors performance against the Orlando Magic and how the team really rallied around Fred VanVleets hot hand. | February 3, 2021, 12:01 PM February 3, 2021, 12:01 PM When Nick Nurse took over as head coach of the Toronto Raptors in the summer of 2018, he fundamentally changed the stylistic tendencies of the team. The Raptors went from a half-court oriented team to one that lived ...

Raptors hurt by frustratingly familiar defensive breakdowns in latest loss The Sacramento Kings defeated the Toronto Raptors 126-124 as the Raptors were without O.G. Anunoby and Norm Powell. | January 29, 2021, 11:07 PM January 29, 2021, 11:07 PM As the Toronto Raptors try to turn their season into a place of calm and consistency, where the unconscious mind can take over -- basketball as a Zen Garden, basically -- they keep getting rudely interrupted by the record scratch of reality. The NBA d...

But the impact of gun violence is even more wide-reaching. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following Youll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. "[Gun violence] is destroying families. It needs to change," says Stedman Bailey, a former NFL player whose career was cut short after he was shot twice in the head in 2015. "If were not using our platform and sharing...

OG Anunoby came up just short of his career-high in scoring 30 points to help the short-handed Raptors to victory over the Pacers. His recent offensive prowess has given Toronto some juice while Fred VanVleet's defensive efforts helped seal the game down the stretch.

Raptors coach Nick Nurse said there may be some rotation changes in tonights game against the New York Knicks, possibly some playing time for Malachi Flynn

The Raptors clinched their first win of the season, defeating the New York Knicks 100-83, while Pascal Siakam sat out for disciplinary reasons

Jan 1, 2021 Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse is searching right now. He knows what his core guys can provide, the top five or so who have been with the team for a few years now. But after that, the Raptors roster is a little jumbled up. In some ways thats a good thing. It means the Raptors are flexible. Some nights they can deploy Chris Boucher and a smallball lineup with versatility and speed. On other nights, they can go big, using Aron Baynes, Alex Len, and Stanley Johnson whenever necessary...