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Friday is the 10-year anniversary of the Rudy Gay trade – the day the Raptors caught lightning in a bottle & inadvertently sparked their greatest era.
An oral history, including exclusive interviews with Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Dwane Casey & others:
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Drake told the NBA he'd tone it down then he showed up wearing Steph's dad's jersey, got in Curry's face, Hotline Blinged Klay, told Draymond he's trash, and flexed on them on IG. He's the real MVP.
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Adam Silver: We spoke with Drake, he'll behave himself.
Drake, literally at the same time: *walks in wearing Steph's dad's jersey*
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LeBron can recall every single possession in a 48-minute game. JR doesn't even know the score.
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8 years ago Pascal Siakam wasn't playing basketball.
3 years ago he wasn't supposed to be a 1st-round pick.
2 years ago he wasn't supposed to be a rotation player.
1 year ago he wasn't supposed to be a full-time starter.
Today, he's the NBA's Most Improved Player.
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Kyle Lowry: "When we got swept by the Wizards I read every single article. I read every single thing that was said about me - good, bad, evil, terrible, awesome, and I used it as motivation. And that's what (Siakam) is going to do. That's the advice I would give him."
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Who's the best player in the world, Kawhi or KD?
Fred VanVleet: "Kawhi."
Why?
FVV: "He's my friend."
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8 years ago Pascal Siakam wasn't playing basketball.
3 years ago he was a surprise 27th pick.
He made $4M in his first 3 NBA seasons.
Now he's an NBA champion, the league's reigning Most Improved Player, and will make more than $130M over the next 5 years.
Remarkable story.
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Sucks to lose a player like Kawhi. Still, he was an absolute pro throughout the season and when it mattered most he gave Toronto everything he had. No hard feelings. He delivered Canada its first NBA championship, now he's doing what's best for him. His Raptors legacy lives on.
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Appropriately, Kyle Lowry walks off the court with the trophy he's spent 7 years working for.
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A reminder that the Raptors got Norman Powell and OG Anunoby for Greivis Vazquez.
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So there you have it: Kawhi and the Raptors both go out in Game 7 of the 2nd round. To think what they could have done together.
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I don't usually do this, but I have strong feelings on the subject. Here are my thoughts on how DeMar DeRozan is taking the news of his trade:
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OG: "When I shot it I expected to make it. I don't shoot trying to miss. I wasn't going to act surprised because I wasn't surprised."
Legend.
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The Raptors just held Joel Embiid (0-for-11) scoreless for the first time in his career and beat the 76ers without more than a third of their roster.
They improve to 12-4 and start the season 7-0 at home, matching a franchise record set last year.
Not a top-10 team, though.
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You can critique Pascal Siakam, the player, without getting personal. There's a line and many are crossing it, which isn't cool. It doesn't matter how you think he played, there's no excuse to spread the kind of hate I'm seeing on here. Some truly deplorable s---, and it's not OK
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VanVleet on Embiid: "He was more back to the basket (in 2019), playing like a 5. Now he's turned into Kevin Durant, Michael Jordan, Kobe, Shaq all put together."
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The longest single-season title defence in league history is coming to an end. After 486 days, the Toronto Raptors are no longer reigning NBA champions. What a ride.
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A year ago, Kawhi Leonard played 52 minutes – most of them on 1 leg – in a must-win Game 3 and saved the Raptors season.
Kyle Lowry did the same tonight.
47 minutes, 31 points, and the inbounds pass that set up OG's game-winner. Legendary night for the greatest Raptor ever.
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DeRozan said he was seeking out Lowry on switches... "but Kyle's fat ass know how to guard me obviously."
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Scottie Barnes on Toronto: "The city took me in, they've been supporting me throughout the whole season. It's a beautiful city, the people are friendly, it's an amazing city to be in."
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“I don’t mind, I’ll take a fine. I don’t really care. I thought Ben Taylor was f***ing terrible tonight. On most nights, out of the 3, there’s 1 or 2 that f*** the game up.”
Fred VanVleet on tonight’s officials, and NBA officiating:
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Fred VanVleet made $19.9 million over his first 4 seasons in the NBA.
He'll make $85 million over his next 4.
Bet on yourself, kids.
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For the 5th consecutive year, Kyle Lowry and his family will donate grocery and pantry items to help 200+ underserved communities and families across Toronto celebrate Thanksgiving this coming weekend.
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Kyrie on VanVleet: “I love going against Fred. I watch him a lot, he watches me a lot. Throughout the game talking back and forth a little bit. He hits a 3 in transition right in my face and he’s like ‘let’s go’. I have so much respect for Fred. He’s a winner. He’s a champion.”
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Masai, asked if he has a long-term future with the Raptors: "Yes. For me it's always been about Toronto. I love it here. My family loves it here. My wife loves it here, which is important. My kids are Canadian. I want to win more... In my mind, I'm here."
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Has OG ever made a buzzer-beater before?
Anunoby: "Yeah, I made some in high school."
Did he know it was going in?
Anunoby: "Yeah."
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Kawhi is wearing a Blue Jays jersey in Barbados.
The Blue Jays are in Toronto. Toronto is in Canada.
Put it on a billboard.
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Fred VanVleet: "You kill us when we lose. You killed us when we got swept. So you better celebrate this sh** for the rest of the summer. We delivered."
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Precious Achiuwa was asked who he’d pick for MVP between Embiid, Jokic and Giannis: “I’d rather not answer that question. I’d pick Pascal Siakam.”
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Fred VanVleet: "To be honest, this is probably the most un-pure year of basketball I've ever been a part of, just from the whole league and rushing the season back. It's pretty much all about business this year on every level. It's hard to hide it now."
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Drake is wearing an autographed Dell Curry Raptors jersey. That's some next level trolling.
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Kawhi said he wasn't tempted to stay in and try to chase 50. "This individual stuff is not big for me... My focus is trying to win the game. We're not playing so I can score 50 or 40 points. We're all on this team and trying to see the Raptors win at the end of the day."
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Nick Nurse: “I wasn’t born (in Canada) but I’m coming up on 10 years (here).”
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: “Yeah, he’s Canadian.”
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Don't forget, without Norm Powell's series-saving 4th-quarter in Game 5 vs Indiana (as a rookie in 2016) the We The North Raptors may have been dismantled 5 years ago, pre-championship.
His fingerprints are all over the greatest era in franchise history.
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The Knicks traded Kristaps Porzingis so that they could sign Julius Randle, Bobby Portis and Taj Gibson so that they can preserve their cap space so that they can be rejected by Giannis in 2021.
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Drake to the media on his way out of the building. "You want me to talk about the curse or you guys good?"
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Kawhi Leonard starts speech with: "I want to thank the Toronto Raptors fans. I don't have social media so I'm not able to put out a paragraph or whatever. Thank all of Toronto, the city, the country. It was amazing season. Best parade ever."
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Kyle Lowry: "I'm not looking forward to that first game back (in Toronto) because I know I'm going to get a tribute and I know I'm going to cry."
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Scottie Barnes has been named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for March/April. He also won it in February.
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Fred VanVleet is an NBA All-Star. He becomes the 8th player in Raptors history to earn the honour and the 1st undrafted all-star since Ben Wallace in 2006. Remarkable accomplishment, can’t think of anybody more deserving of it. An all-time great story, and an all-time great dude.
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For the first time in 2 years, 10 months and 10 days (1045 days), the Raptors will host a playoff game in Toronto tonight.
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Kawhi on what he'll remember about his time in Toronto, outside of the championship: "The guys, the journey, also the country, the city, it was amazing. There's just so much you could keep going on and talking about it."
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Masai Ujiri: "Even in the Tampa tank year, we won. You know why we won? Scottie Barnes."
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Scottie Barnes becomes the third Raptor to win NBA Rookie of the Year, joining Damon Stoudamire and Vince Carter.
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TSN and Sportsnet are teaming up to re-air the Raptors' entire 24-game championship run over 24 nights, beginning with Game 1 vs Orlando on Friday and concluding with the title-winning Game 6 vs Golden State on Apr. 12. Schedule is as follows:
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The 2019-20 Toronto Raptors brought a lot of people a lot of joy when they needed it most. A fun team that defended the title admirably and against all odds. They can, and should, take a ton of pride in that. Special season.
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What you need to know about the Raptors’ record-setting NBA championship rings:
- Biggest/most valuable ever made
- 650+ total diamonds, most ever.
- 14 CT of diamonds, most ever.
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For the 73rd time in the history of the league, the NBA has crowned its champion. For the first time ever, the team that will hold the trophy is one based outside of the U.S. Stand up, Canada. The Toronto Raptors are champions.
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Say it with me: For the first time in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors are 1 win from the NBA Finals.
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RJ Barrett on the passing of his younger brother Nathan: "It's a hard time, for sure. He was my best friend. I'm always missing him. I still text him. I still call him sometimes; I don't know why. But I'm thankful for all the support from everybody & definitely from the Raptors"
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Thad Young: "This organization is elite. One of the top I've ever been a part of... I loved everything about this experience. As far as the team, the sky is the limit... This team can be really, really scary."
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150 points: Raptors franchise playoff record.
39 assists: franchise playoff record.
100 bench points: NBA playoff record.
Impressive stuff.
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What Nick Nurse told his Raptors team after they fell behind 3-0 in the series: "If somebody could do it, it would be us."
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The NBA’s Rookie of the Year, Scottie Barnes, is active and will play in Game 4
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Kawhi Leonard: "There’s 82 games and for me these are just practices and playoffs is when it’s time to lace them up."
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Do you have a relationship with Kawhi?
Lowry: "No."
Have you spoken to him?
KL: "I don't know."
You don't know if you've spoken to him?
KL: "No."
What do you mean?
KL: "I don't know if I've spoken to him."
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Marc Gasol on VanVleet: "Fred has a heart, I don't know how it fits into his chest. He has a huge heart."
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Scottie Barnes, going into Game 6: "I feel great. My body feels great. Mentally, physically, I feel great."
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What changed for the Raptors in the 3rd quarter?
Fred VanVleet: "Kawhi Leonard came out and hit two big F you shots to start the half. There's no defense for that, there's no schemes for that. That's two big boy shots."
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This just got real interesting...
In the history of the NBA, 146 teams have lost the first 3 games of a best-of-7 playoff series. The Raptors become the 14th to force a Game 6. Only 3 teams have forced Game 7 & none have come back to win the series.
Game 6 in Toronto, 7pm Thurs
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VanVleet on Lowry: "Nobody deserves it more than that guy, man. People crap on him and talk bad about him more than any other player in this league that I've seen. Our own fans kill him and he's taken the brunt of a lot of slander over the years and he takes it like a champ."
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Kyle Lowry: "We just miss the fans in general. Our fans in Toronto are the best fans in the NBA, I truly believe that. So that will be missed, Jurassic Park, and all that."
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There were obviously other reasons why he chose the Clippers, including and especially his desire to go home, but one of the things Kawhi told the Raptors when he met with them in Toronto last summer, according to a source, was that he didn't think they were good enough to repeat
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Pascal Siakam will make his season debut tomorrow vs Brooklyn.
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Raptors hold Miami to 81 points on the 15-year anniversary of Kobe's 81-point game against them.
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The Raptors came into Staples without their most valuable player and their best reserve and are about to leave with a win over LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the 7-1 Lakers. One of their most impressive regular season Ws ever. Remarkable effort.
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At a wedding, best man starts speech with: "I was asked to recite a short prayer for loved ones who are unfortunately no longer with us. Blessed art though, Kawhi Leonard, for bestowing a miracle upon our city."
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Nick Nurse on reports of the Lakers' interest in him: "I don't know where that stuff comes from and I'm focused on coaching this team."
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Kyle Lowry: "It's all about OG... Give OG his flowers tonight, man. Give him his flowers tonight. Seriously. Everybody. Just give OG his flowers."
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Norm Powell: "The thing I'm gonna miss most is the city. Toronto was the start of everything. All the memories, all the connections and relationships I created... I'm definitely going to miss the city and the fans and the organization. Just the whole vibe in Toronto was amazing."
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Lowry on Kawhi: "Me and him have developed a relationship off the floor. He's a great guy... He's a fun guy."
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Exactly one year ago the Toronto Raptors traded DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a first-round pick for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green.
Spoiler alert: it turned out OK.
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A very emotional Darko Rajakovic on his pre-game message to his team: “I told my guys I loved them.”
Darko said the play they ran on their first possession was one he learned from his friend Dejan Milojević (Trent hit a 3 off it).
“I dedicate this win to our team and to Dejan”
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The Raptors have added Black Lives Matter to their backdrop for media avails in Orlando.
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What we know:
1. Kawhi Leonard is a free agent.
End of list.
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Pascal Siakam: 6-9 with a 7-3 wingspan.
OG Anunoby: 6-7, 7-2 wingspan.
Scottie Barnes: 6-9, 7-2 wingspan.
Precious Achiuwa: 6-8, 7-2 wingspan.
Chris Boucher: 6-9, 7-4 wingspan.
Khem Birch: 6-9, 7-1 wingspan.
Thad Young: 6-8, 7-0 wingspan.
Otto Porter Jr: 6-8, 7-2 wingspan.
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Just before beginning their title defence from 2,000 km away, the Raptors sent us game day care packages to recreate the media room experience at home. Awesome gesture.
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I asked Nick Nurse for his starters.
"Kyle, Goran, OG, Scottie, Precious."
He caught himself eventually. "Excuse me, Freddie."
Old habits die hard.
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Masai Ujiri just spoke for 45+ minutes. On his way out: "I'm going to call Trudeau now and tell him we've got to play (in Toronto next year)."
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Fred VanVleet: "I thought I played pretty good defence, too. I know nobody wants to talk about that."
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Lakers before AD and LeBron went down: 21-7 (2nd-best record in NBA).
Since (including playoffs): 23-26.
Injuries suck.
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VanVleet, asked if the Raptors have a Plan B or if they've got to play to their identity (crashing offensive glass) in order to win games: "Yeah, c'mon, it's Nicky Nurse baby."
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Fred VanVleet on the Thad Young-Dragic trade: "Great piece, great addition, especially when the other guy was sitting at home so it wasn't like we were giving up much. That's the situation we were in so it's a +1 in my book. We'll take that."
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Gary Trent Jr. hasn't even been a Raptor for 2 weeks. He's already had 2 of the 10 highest-scoring games of his career (including a personal-best 31 points), he's hit 6 3s twice, and he's knocked down a game-winner.
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Kyle Lowry was both the greatest Raptor ever and a hall-of-famer before this series.
Not bad for the resume, though.
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Pascal Siakam isn't just doing this in his first ever NBA Finals game, he's doing this in his first ever NBA Finals game against one of the best defenders on the planet (or the best, according to Draymond himself). What a year he's had and what a player he's become.
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With Golden State about to lose, the longest active winning streak in the NBA now belongs to the Toronto Raptors.
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"They had to win tonight? If that's the case just let us know so we don't show up for the game. Just give them a win. But that was not fair tonight."
Damn, Darko.
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Serge’s Raptors tenure got off to a rocky start but it was really cool to see him open up to his teammates and the fans, while embracing and growing in his role over the years. They don’t win the championship without his sacrifice and contribution. Cheers, Mafuzzy Chef.
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For the first time in his career, Fred VanVleet is the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. He becomes the 11th Raptor to win it (and first since Norm Powell in March of 2020), joining Powell, Siakam, Leonard, Lowry, DeRozan, Lou Will, Mike James, Bosh, Rose and Carter.
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