Blake Murphy

Toronto

Sports Writer and Podcast Host at Freelance

Co-host and Raptors Reporter at Sportsnet Canada

Raptors & Blue Jays analyst @Sportsnet. Host of Jays Talk Plus, co-host of The Raptors Show. Still a writer when it strikes. I'm just a constant headache.

Articles

Colin Castleton, Raptors Agree To Two-Year Contract

1 week ago | basketball.realgm.com | Blake Murphy

Big man Colin Castleton is returning to the Toronto Raptors when his 10 Day contract ends with the Philadelphia 76ers. Castleton has agreed to a two-year deal with Toronto, including a non-guaranteed second season in 2025-26. In 10 games with the Raptors on a pair of 10 Day contract, Castleton impressed with his offensive and rebounding. The 6-foot-10 big man averaged 6.9 points and 7.4 rebounds in 25.9 minutes per game.
Gradey Dick Out For Season With Knee Injury

2 weeks ago | basketball.realgm.com | Blake Murphy

Gradey Dick will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury. Dick has been out since March 2 with the injury. Dick averaged 14.4 points and 3.6 rebounds on the season.
Thinned-out lineup has tough night vs. underperforming Suns

1 month ago | msn.com | Blake Murphy

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Raptors Takeaways: Thinned-out lineup has tough night vs. underperforming Suns

1 month ago | sportsnet.ca | Blake Murphy

For a night, both the Phoenix Suns and Toronto Raptors looked more like what people expected them to look like right now rather than how they’ve actually looked of late. For the Suns, it comes perilously, frustratingly late. A 129-89 win Monday pushed them to 32-37, drawing them within one game of the final Western Conference play-in spot, right as Anthony Davis reportedly nears a return for the Dallas Mavericks.
Young Raptors overdelivering in paradoxical season

1 month ago | msn.com | Blake Murphy

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Takeaways: Young Raptors overdelivering in paradoxical season

1 month ago | sportsnet.ca | Blake Murphy

There are only so many levers that can be pulled. The NBA can fine a team for over-resting a player who they deem could be playing, only for the team to play him just a half and sit him down from there. A team can begin to semi-regularly rest otherwise healthy rotation players with an eye toward the lottery, only for their replacements to step up admirably.
Raptors get glimpse of where they'd like to go in loss to Cavaliers

2 months ago | sportsnet.ca | Blake Murphy

If the 2024-25 season so far has revealed anything certain, it’s that there’s rarely a good time to run into the Cleveland Cavaliers. Wednesday confirmed that’s especially true if your starting centre is out and you have to play most of the game small against two six-foot-11 defensive aces. The final score tells you most of what you need to know.
Raptors Notebook: Where things stand after Ingram, Battle contracts

2 months ago | sportsnet.ca | Blake Murphy

At least some of the intrigue has been taken out of the Toronto Raptors’ free agency watch come June 30. The Raptors moved Tuesday to lock up recently acquired Brandon Ingram ahead of unrestricted free agency. The deal, first reported by ESPN, extends Ingram for three years beyond this season at a reported $120 million. It also provides a good deal of clarity to the Raptors front office and, barring a summer trade, some real roster certainty for 2025-26.
Evaluating key areas that will determine Brandon Ingram’s fit with Raptors

2 months ago | msn.com | Blake Murphy

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Evaluating key areas that will determine Brandon Ingram’s fit with Raptors

2 months ago | sportsnet.ca | Blake Murphy

In a season ripe with delayed gratification via the draft, it’s perhaps fitting that the Raptors’ defining trade is an exercise in waiting a little while, too. Brandon Ingram is here, thanks to a bold trade that’s predicated on getting high-end talent in the door but isn’t without questions. Most of those are for the 2025-26 season and beyond: how do all these pieces fit together financially? Can the former Most Improved Player take another leap?