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TORONTO - Justin Champagnie has an unwavering belief in himself, and once he sets a target, he says, he usually hits it.

Filed under: Raptors 905 Head Coach Patrick Mutombo Named Ridiculous Upside’s 2021 G League Coach of the Year Ridiculous Upside names Raptors 905 head coach Patrick Mutombo as their G League Coach of the Year for the 2021 season Share this story Photo by Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images On March 17th, the NBA G League named current Eastern Michigan head coach Stan Heath as their 2021 Dennis Smith Coach of the Year for his work with the Lakeland Magic. Within their press release, the league ...

Ridiculous Upside’s 2021 G League Coach of the Year Finalists Ridiculous Upside gives their finalists for Coach of the Year Share this story Stan Heath - Lakeland Magic In a league where rosters can change drastically every week and the amount of teams tend to balloon on a yearly basis, the Lakeland Magic have remained a consistent playoff team since Stan Heath took over as the team’s head coach in 2017. During the team’s first three seasons, they maintained a 85-57 total record. Although...

Raptors 905 show off dominant offence to advance to G League semifinals Henry Ellenson scored a game-high 35 points with 8 rebounds and 4 assists as the Raptors 905 beat and eliminate the G League Ignite 127-102, securing their spot in the semi-finals. | March 8, 2021, 10:00 PM March 8, 2021, 10:00 PM TORONTO – As evidenced by the struggles seen from some members of the Toronto Raptors and other teams, life in the Walt Disney World bubble can get tough as the monotony of doing the same thin...

Film Breakdown Of The Raptors 905’s Historic Offense Dakota Schmidt uses film to analyze how the Raptors 905 have maintained the best offense in G League history Share this story Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images In part one of this current series breaking down Raptors 905’s success, I utilized both base and advanced statistics to showcase the reasons as to why they were able to capture a 12-3 record and stake their claim as the best offense in G League history. During that analysi...

Raptors 905 look to maintain dominant form heading into G League playoffs The Raptors 905 tip off a game during a previous season. (Frank Gunn/CP) | March 7, 2021, 9:18 AM March 7, 2021, 9:18 AM TORONTO – Fifteen games in 25 days with five back-to-backs, contests played as early as 11:00 a.m. ET and turnaround times in between games that are sometimes less than 24 hours. This was the rapid sprint of a season the Raptors 905 had to deal with as one of just 18 teams that opted to enter the G L...

While NBA rules prevent Kyle Lowry from officially serving as player-coach, the team will count on him to be a leader even more than he already is while head coach Nick Nurse is in health and safety protocols.

Toronto Raptors star Pascal Siakam will miss Friday's game against the Houston Rockets after entering the NBA's health and safety protocols, according to the latest NBA injury report.

TORONTO – When Raptors general manager Bobby Webster learned that his team could be without more than half of its coaching staff for Friday’s game, including head coach Nick Nurse, one of the first calls he made was to the franchise’s longest-tenured player, Kyle Lowry. In a different world, one in which the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement still permitted the use of player-coaches in the league, that may have been a very different conversation. Despite his wealth of knowledge and ...