Championship teams have the ability to win all types of games, even when they’re not at their best. The defending champion Toronto Raptors proved they can do that with Saturday night’s virtuoso defensive performance in its 15-point upset of the… Read More ›
Basketball
#CNN – #NBA season restarts with a nod to Black Lives Matter
LeBron James has been among the most outspoken NBA players. “The game of basketball has always been bigger than just a ball and a rim and 10 guys on the floor, four referees,” James said early Friday, speaking to Turner… Read More ›
#Tennis legend #Novak #Djokovic breaks down remembering #Basketball legend #Kobe #Bryant
Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic teared up on Tuesday as he paid tribute to late basketball star Kobe Bryant, describing him as a “mentor” and a “friend” for the past 10 years.
How the #Toronto GTA became world #Basketball talent factory
On June 14, in a nail-biting 114-110 win, the NBA’s only Canadian team became the first non-U.S. contender to win the NBA championship. The city of Toronto erupted into a month-long celebration, and Canada was officially put on the map… Read More ›
#Forbes – #Basketball: The #NBA Again Belongs To The #Lakers And #LeBronJames
LeBron James helped the Lakers become the first NBA team to 15 wins this season. Then again, the universe gave him Anthony Davis to play with so we probably should have seen this coming. With Thanksgiving week kicking off it’s… Read More ›
#BBC Sports – #PascalSiakam: #Toronto #Raptors star & his unconventional path from #Cameroon to #NBA
For the first 17 years of his life, Pascal Siakam didn’t pick up a basketball much. It was just a game his older brothers played. Even though his father dreamed about one of his children growing up to play in… Read More ›
#USAToday: #PascalSiakam, #Toronto #Raptors snap #Lakers’ seven-game win streak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The centerpiece of the Toronto Raptors’ championship team works at Staples Center now. Two more key components of last season’s sublime roster got injured right before the Raptors arrived in Los Angeles for the reunion. In… Read More ›
#Toronto #Raptors Winning By Committee Without #KawhiLeonard
The personality of the Toronto Raptors has made a dramatic turn since Kawhi Leonard left to free agency in the off-season. It’s like the team has had a facelift. The stoic Raptors are gone. Last year, they took on the… Read More ›