Ernie Johnson: "I'm telling you something, boys and girls- SPORTS! THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT!" Charles Barkley: "I'm not gonna lie- I got goosebumps." #NBAFinals

Anyone else think these new BlackBerry phones are just a fad?

You can now look up how each media member has voted for NBA awards through the years here. The guys they champion the most, the guys they don't, how contrarian they are and more. hoopsmatic.com/award-voting

Interesting read by Kirk Goldsberry on the modern NBA & rise in soft tissue injuries www.theringer.com/2026/05/14/n...

Darko’s a real one. #TorontoRaptors #NBA

Brandon Ingram on how GloRilla handled his comment about her being annoying: "She lit me up. I won't make that comment again" 🤣

Collin Murray-Boyles on contributing to a playoff run as a rookie: “Just cherishing the moment. When the crowd is in it and everybody is on their feet, the energy is just, I don’t know, I’ve never felt anything like it. It makes me smile, just being able to be a part of this”

LeBron James is more productive in year 23 than his rookie season. In his age, he's just sitting on the bench giving advice to his young teammates. But instead he's still the first option for his team. Greatness...🏀👑💎

This tweet came 11 years, 6 months & 27 days into LeBron's career. It’s been 10 years & 11 months since the tweet & the fuckery continues

Bananas

Full credit to RJ Barrett. He's come to play tonight. His 9 rebounds are more than Ingram and Barnes combined. Has 4 offensive boards and 6 second-chance points. Has 8 shots at the rim and he's made 7 of them. He gets it; that's playoff basketball.

DARKO?! ... DARKO!

"He's made me care about that side of the ball (defence) more." - Ingram on Darko.

With tonight’s performance (38 points), Brandon Ingram has now the most points by a Toronto Raptor in his 1st year with the team. He replaces Mike James in the record book. #NBA

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

Darko will lead the first ever international all-star team; a very cool and well deserved honour for the second European head coach in NBA history.

This report should have panicked everyone on the left into concerted, coordinated effort to address the information asymmetry. But as far as I can tell it just came & went & Dems are still in "buy TV ads about affordability" mode.

For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined. ~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending. We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.

CMB blocking Bam at the rim was glorious. I wonder if A’ja was horrified or entertained as a Gamecock

Sure there's been some troubling trends recently but if someone had told us that the Raptors would be 15-11 in the middle of Dec, we be ecstatic.

For the 2025-26 Toronto Raptors season, I'm going to attempt drawing a sketch after all 82 games! Thread below for all the games I've drawn so far! 👇 (Playing catch-up on this app, but I'll try to post frequently moving forward) Games 1-4:

What’s the highlight of Brandon Ingram’s season so far? “Darko coming into the locker room yelling. That’s not just one day, it’s everyday.” “For me, that’s the best part about being here, our coach is present every single day.”

Pablo Torre gonna find out why the Clippers are getting gobsmacked by a supposed tank team.

Warriors and Lakers are playing really hard early despite it's a preseason game

Depth by necessity, defensive impressions, Scottie Barnes in an optimized off-ball role, Immanuel Quickley & Gradey Dick coming back stronger, Jamal Shead emerging as a leader, & me still being bullish on Ochai Agbaji. My takeaways from Raptors camp in Calgary: thescore.com/nba/news/335...

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Raptors training camp roster: Fully guaranteed (14): Barnes, Ingram, Quickley, Barrett, Poeltl, Agbaji, Murray-Boyles, Dick, Walter, Sandro, Temple, Shead, Mogbo, Battle 2-ways (3): Chomche, Martin, Hepburn Non/partially guaranteed (4): Lawson, Roddy, Sarr, Rhoden

How the major US sports leagues make money 💰🥧

I just watched Masai Ujiri’s video tribute to Toronto for the second time. It is heartfelt, classy and inspirational. It is everything that Rogers isn’t. It reaffirms my belief Ujiri outgrew the new Raptor’s ownership. In case you haven’t seen it yet: youtu.be/fRyx7B4HZ50

Raptors with Poeltl in the lineup over the last 2 seasons: 42-65 (.393) Without: 13-44 (.228) Raptors with Poeltl on the court over the last 2 seasons: -54 Without: -826

Goodbye to Masai Ujiri as president of the Raptors. The dreams stayed big: it was the owners who got small. www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...

The Raptors had the 5th best record in the NBA since 2014. According to Pelley, the roster and front office are “stable”. Masai Ujiri’s firing had little to do with basketball. Ujiri is a good man, a role model and a global citizen. His accomplishments and legacy were too much for Rogers.

Fast take from Keith Pelley newser on Masai: Change long coming but no one will say precisely why (see Rogers vs. Ujiri plus $$); they'll have a new prez but no reason what the new guy/gal has that the old one didn't. Faster take: Vindictive, jealous man ousts popular, successful one because he can

Lu Dort wrapped in a Canadian flag with the Larry O’Brien is a vibe

You can't live in Canada and not have positive vibes for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The dude is everything you can ask for in a pro athlete and someone repping 🇨🇦 on a global stage.

Old head take. I love them, so comfy, but low cuts don’t offer enough support for basketball. High tops. Gotta wear high tops! #NBA

Meanwhile, on Reddit...

2020s: The NBA is bad because it's all threes. 2000s: The NBA is bad because players can't shoot. 1950s: The NBA is bad because of the mere existence of the jump shot.

I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism. From Around the Horn:

Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15. bsky.app/profile/fbih...

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104 of the Raptors' 118 points tonight were scored by undrafted players. That's the most points undrafted players have accounted for in a game since at least 1951. (via K. Uthayakumar) #NBA

Incredible stat from ESPN that Hubie Brown coached against or broadcasted games of 80% of the players in NBA history. (via B. Fischer) #NBA

That is ridiculous in the best way possible!

Below is a post from @smithraptorsbeat.bsky.social, longtime Toronto Star writer. Read his post, then read this piece from the WaPo in 2020. www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020...

Ok. Gameplay in Unrivaled is actually really good.

wemby is like the climate change of the NBA. you know it’s coming to get us all but there’s really nothing you can do about it so you just sit back, smile and say “wow what a beautiful 70 degrees day in november”

This cartoon is from 1930. It could have been today.