By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 11, 2024 5:27 pm Updated December 11, 2024 9:51 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors have signed guard AJ Lawson to a two-way contract, the NBA team announced Wednesday. The six-foot-six, 185-pound guard from Toronto averaged 24.0 … Read more
The Nets have been linked to Jimmy Butler in the past, and Miami has reportedly started to listen to trade offers for their aging All-Star. Just don’t expect one to be coming from Brooklyn. Butler has shown interest in coming to the Nets in the past, and a source close to the situation told The … Read more
TORONTO – It’s an old adage that rookies don’t draw fouls in the NBA. It’s partly because veterans get the benefit of the doubt from referees and a little bit because young players don’t know how to draw defenders into fouls. Fortunately for Toronto Raptors freshman Ja’Kobe Walter, he plays like an old soul. The … Read more
TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors will have to recreate Scottie Barnes in the aggregate. Barnes was wearing an air cast boot and walking with a cane at Raptors practice on Tuesday morning at Scotiabank Arena. A team spokesperson said the boot is just to protect his sprained right ankle, an injury suffered in the third … Read more
Jordi Fernandez certainly put one Nets issue on blast. The team’s first-year coach has shown early in his tenure that he’s not afraid to publicly call out problems that need to be addressed. On Sunday night, he was as animated as he has been all year. Fernandez lamented the Nets’ leaky defense after the team’s … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Luka Doncic had a triple-double to help the Mavericks fend off the Toronto Raptors 125-118 on Saturday as Dallas won its seventh straight game. Doncic had 30 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists as Dallas (16-8) moved ahead of the idle Houston Rockets for second … Read more
GOING BIG: Versace has big ambitions. The Italian luxury brand is launching a new ad campaign for its Biggie eyewear, named after the late rapper Notorious B.I.G., that is fronted by Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Sabrina Carpenter and Alexandre Sarr, the French professional basketball player for NBA’s Washington Wizards. “I am thrilled to have Sabrina … Read more
TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors’ second unit can be renamed Kelly’s Kids. Canadian centre Kelly Olynyk returned to the Raptors’ lineup in a 125-118 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. It was Olynyk’s season debut after missing Toronto’s first 23 games. At 33 years old, Olynyk was the oldest player to come off the … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Hamilton’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points in 30 minutes of play to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder past the Toronto Raptors 129-92 on Thursday. Gilgeous-Alexander led all scorers despite going 1-for-10 from three-point range as Oklahoma City (17-5) almost led wire-to-wire. The perennial MVP candidate … Read more
The Knicks’ starting unit mostly has remained healthy all season, with only Karl-Anthony Towns missing a single game due to injury. But All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson notably left the bench and headed for the locker room with 2:39 left in the third quarter, and he did not return to Thursday’s 125-101 win over the … Read more
