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Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports With the NBA thinking about a league-wide H-O-R-S-E tourney, it felt like time to figure out which shot each Raptor would have in his bag — and who would be the best on the team. Thanks to the dutiful reporting of ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, we have a firm grasp on how exactly the NBA is going about trying to return to business as usual. Of course, … [Read more...] about Analyzing the Raptors’ go-to H-O-R-S-E shots and tournament

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Imagine each Raptors postseason appearance was a movie. Think of the narrative, the outcome — and the villain. Now, which one is your best picture award winner? Quarantine Rankings Season rolls on! If you’ve ever asked yourself, “If you had to make a movie out of a Raptors postseason, which one would have the highest Rotten Tomatoes … [Read more...] about If each Raptors playoff run was a movie, what kind of movie would it be? – Part I

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports We’ve handed out the awards, now it’s time meet the Raptors’ All-Rookie, All-Defense and All-NBA teams Welcome back to the Raptors All-Time awards! As explained in Part 1, the goal here is to take the regular end-of-season NBA awards, and hand them out to specific Raptors based on their accomplishments in a Raptors uniform. In that Part 1 we … [Read more...] about Suspension Journal: The Raptors all-time team honors

Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images With no basketball on the horizon, the boys from That’s A Rap decided to re-live one of the most enjoyable Raptors games from the 2019-20 season — it’s time to watch Toronto vs. the L.A. Lakers. It’s day 2,325 of self-isolation — at least it feels like it — so we had another watch party! Jason re-joined Adam Corsair from … [Read more...] about Listen to That’s A Rap #82: We’re re-watching Raptors-Lakers, just because

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports This is it. We arrive at the top three games from Toronto’s 2019 championship run. What follows are the contests that have come to define exactly how it felt to watch the Raptors claim the NBA’s top prize. The story of the Raptors’ 2019 title win is one of continuously raised expectations. Heading into the playoffs, Toronto did have a chance … [Read more...] about Ranking every 2019 Raptors playoff game:  Part 4 – The Signature Wins

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Trying to find reassurance in the things that usually bring us reassurance is tough these days. I have a pretty set idea of what a perfect summer weeknight looks like. It involves ordering in, plugging some combination of teams and a year into YouTube, and letting that old NBA on NBC theme blast out of the sound bar and fill the living … [Read more...] about Suspension Journal: When old basketball games aren’t enough

Who is the Raptors’ all-time MVP? Defensive player? Coach? Let’s fill out the ballots! Since we all have lots of time on our hands and are thinking non-stop about how much we miss the NBA, and the Raptors now have 25 seasons (uh, mostly) under their belts, what better time than to hand out some quarter-century hardware! We’ll use the end-of-season awards as our basis, except … [Read more...] about Suspension Journal: Handing out the Raptors all-time awards

We’ve got your first look at a tasty pair of new NBA Jam products — and a special opportunity set for today. Get in on it here! After months of research and development, we couldn’t be more excited to reveal our latest innovation that brings basketball right to your kitchen. The dynamic duo you’ve been waiting for, Razzle Dazzle Razberry and Boomberryshakalaka, possess a league … [Read more...] about Homage unveils new NBA Jam products and sale today

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Our countdown continues today with a look back over a batch of Toronto’s most difficult wins from their 2019 playoff run. These are the ones that meant a lot and really set the stage for the Raptors’ title win. Last night, Sportsnet aired Game 7 of the Raptors’ Eastern Conference Semi-Finals series against the Philadelphia 76ers — also known as … [Read more...] about Ranking every 2019 Raptors playoff game: Part 3 – The Tough Wins