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22 April 2025

• Toronto Raptors have an interesting connection to projected No. 1 NBA Draft pick Cooper Flagg
  Like 29 other NBA franchises, the Toronto Raptors would probably love to have Cooper Flagg on their roster for next season. The projected No. 1 pick in June's NBA Draft, an 18-year-old Maine native who played his lone college season at Duke, has been turning the heads of scouts and fans alike. For now, all eyes are on the May 12 NBA Draft Lottery, where Toronto has the seventh-best odds of landing the first overall pick and a shot at drafting Flagg.
• The NBA’s Biggest Enigma Is Back. The Rest of the League Should Be Terrified.
  Kawhi Leonard has spent the last half-decade of his Hall-of-Fame career hampered by injury. But now he looks healthy—and ready to change the shape of the entire NBA playoffs.
• Fantasy Basketball Top 250: Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama atop 2024-2025 season wrap-up rankings
  A look at the fantasy basketball landscape after the 2024-2025 NBA regular season.
• 1 player Toronto Raptors must trade in 2025 NBA offseason
  Echoes of the Toronto Raptors' 2019 title run still linger in Scotiabank Arena. Scottie Barnes continues to blossom, and RJ Barrett's return to Canada added a feel-good storyline. This offseason, Toronto must face a hard truth: trading Ochai Agbaji is a necessary step toward realigning the franchise's future. The 2024–25 season was more of the same for the Raptors.
• Video shows ex-Toronto Raptors star DeRozan get into a fight at a sushi restaurant
  It sounds like a fan got a little too close for comfort with DeMar DeRozan. The Compton-born NBA star was reportedly involved in a physical altercation at a sushi restaurant in Calabasas, California — a suburb of Los Angeles. Video shows DeRozan get into a physical altercation with another man, with a woman yelling “let him go,” before they were separated. TMZ is reporting that the fight started after the unidentified man “shoved a phone with a bright light” in DeRozan's face.
• Raptors off-season primer: Draft lottery, salary cap and more
  Share this Story : Raptors off-season primer: Draft lottery, salary cap and more Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports Basketball NBA Toronto Raptors Raptors off-season primer: Draft lottery, salary cap and more What kind of situation is Canada's only NBA team in moving forward? Get the latest from Ryan Wolstat straight to your inbox Sign Up Author of the article: Ryan Wolstat Published Apr 19, 2025 • 4 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account. Scottie Barnes of the Raptors dribbles the ball against the Celtics during second half NBA action at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto,
• Just 21, former KU basketball star Gradey Dick has completed his 2nd NBA season
  Here’s the 6-foot-6 Wichita native’s take on Year 2 with the Toronto Raptors.
• Heat’s Davion Mitchell will be intriguing case study in NBA free agency
  ATLANTA — Considering he is not one for modest goals, the impending free agency of Davion Mitchell certainly will be intriguing for the Miami Heat. When it comes to the anticipated next step in his career, the guard acquired at the Feb. 8 NBA trading deadline from the Toronto Raptors in the Jimmy Butler deal pulls no punches. “For me,” he said by his locker, in the most confident of voices,...
• Raptors fans in uproar over reporters' hot-mic comments
  The Toronto Raptors' end-of-season press conference quickly drew controversy after a hot mic picked up a private conversation between two unidentified media members making disparaging remarks about players Scottie Barnes and Jonathan Mogbo. The press conference, held Monday following the Raptors' 30-52 finish to the season, had initially been routine before audio surfaced online revealing off-camera reporters criticizing Barnes' communication style and attitude. The conversation then shifted toward first-year forward Jonathan Mogbo, with another reporter making an even more pointed remark.
• Team president Masai Ujiri says Toronto Raptors still working to get better
  Masai Ujiri believes there are three ways to build a successful NBA team: the draft, via trade or in free agency. The Raptors president said at his season-ending news conference on Wednesday that his front office has done well to turn the team's fortunes around and Toronto is poised return to the post-season. Ujiri acknowledged it was a fine line to walk trying improve the Raptors this season without damaging their position in this summer's NBA Draft. “We have to play the game and try to play the game the best we can,” said Ujiri in the media centre of Toronto's OVO Athletic Centre.