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What can the Raptors learn from the 2025 NBA Playoffs?

1 week ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Esfandiar Baraheni

The Raptors spent almost a decade going deep in the playoffs, year in and year out, culminating of course in a championship. That was fun, but (for now) it is over. A silver lining? It turns out the playoffs are extremely exciting when you’re an impartial observer. While Raptors fans might have rooting interests (Hello Canadians in Oklahoma), you can enjoy these games much more knowing there are no stakes at play for your team.
Gordon Herbert is a winner. But what makes him the right choice to lead Canada now?

1 week ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Oren Weisfeld

When Canada’s men lost to France in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Canadian basketball community immediately began reaching for explanations. Fans and media harped on the uneven refereeing and the questionable roster and rotation decisions. But the most prominent issue being brought up was the lack of Canadian coaches on the sidelines. Former head coach, Jordi Fernandez is Spanish and several of his assistants are American, while only Nathaniel Mitchell is Canadian.
Darko Rajakovic is the perfect coach for the Toronto Raptors

3 weeks ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Louis Zatzman

The following is part of Raptors Republic’s series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors. You can find all the pieces in the series here. What does success look like for a leader in a competitive environment in which the competitor is trying to lose? That’s an important animating question in discussing Darko Rajakovic’s 2024-25 season, but really his entire tenure as the head coach of the Toronto Raptors.
What did the Toronto Raptors’ 2024-25 season mean?

4 weeks ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Louis Zatzman

When you try to describe something, to truly understand it, what do you start with? Not its qualities, surely. Not what a thing is, but what it means. And there might be no thing with a bigger gap between constitution and meaning than the 2024-25 season of the Toronto Raptors. This season, defined by injured players and lost games, largely went to plan.
6 positive takeaways from a rebuilding Raptors season

1 month ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Esfandiar Baraheni

The first word out of Masai Ujiri’s mouth to start the 2024-2025 season was rebuild. From the onset, the Raptors, from top down, knew exactly what their 30th anniversary season would entail. It was a whirlwind. The Raptors honoured their legends, celebrated fan favourites, showed why purple should stay, and highlighted local heroes throughout their themed nights. On the court, it was no less scattered.
Exit interviews: 2024-25 season-ending open thread

1 month ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Louis Zatzman

10:00 am EST: Morning! I’m at OVO, surrounded by happy, smiling faces. End of the season. Long season. Long season. Happy to be here. We’re getting a buncha players today to chat, so stay tuned, I’ll have some info here throughout the day. Some injury updates: Scottie Barnes’ contusion on his hand will not affect his offseason. Brandon Ingram should be back in May to start on-court work. Garrett Temple has an MCL sprain on his left knee. Gradey Dick has a bone bruise, which just needs time.
Barnes bursts out of scoring slump in Toronto’s final home game

1 month ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Louis Zatzman

If you ever went to summer camp, you know the last day is full of tearful goodbyes. Hugs, warm and full-bodied, even with people you hardly even met. Promises to write, to always remember your brief, fiery friendship. And maybe you will. (Remember, not write.) There’s no rhythm to what childhood memories affix themselves in our brains, only to resurface decades later when watching the Toronto Raptors play.
What does Immanuel Quickley need to change for the Raptors to be great?

1 month ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Louis Zatzman

Close your eyes. Truly. Imagine something with me. Picture the warm sun — wait, open your eyes, you can’t read this with your eyes closed. Okay, imagine something with me. Picture the warm sun gently toasting the top of your head, the tops of your bare arms. A breeze, the air thick, tickling the back of your neck. Maybe the burbling of a stream in the background. Things are good. Picture goodness. And when things are good, the Raptors are back winning games. Picture them winning 45, 50, 55 games.
Quick Reaction: Pistons 117, Raptors 105

1 month ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Louis Zatzman

C+J. Battle22 MIN, 9 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 3-5 FG, 3-5 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, -30 +/-Tried to work off the bounce on his first possession and turned it over. If he’s going to be a rotation player on a winning team, those are the moments he’ll need to do damage. He draws closeouts. He’ll need to turn those into advantages with the dribble. After that, he mostly settled for shooting rather than dribbling, and that worked pretty pretty pretty well.
Toronto Raptors keep winning in absurd, ignored end of season

1 month ago | raptorsrepublic.com | Louis Zatzman

The Roman Senate continued sitting for years after it stopped mattering. Eventually, the Republic became an empire under Augustus. He paid lip service to the Senate, mostly. But later emperors stopped doing even that. Then later emperors stopped living in Rome. Then later emperors never even bothered visiting. (Diocletian hated his one trip to the city.) The capital moved elsewhere. Power moved elsewhere. Rome didn’t matter in the least, even in the Roman Empire.