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Raptors Will Not Convert Jeff Dowtin's Two-Way Contract To Full-Time Deal

Apr 8, 2023 1:33 AM

The Toronto Raptors will not convert Jeff Dowtin's two-way contract into a standard NBA deal.

Dowtin has appeared in 25 games this season, averaging 2.4 points and 1.2 assists.

Dowtin reached his 50-game limit last Tuesday. He will not be available for the play-in tournament or the playoffs unless the Raptors waive a player on their roster. 

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Nick Nurse Plans To Evaluate 'Where I'm At' After Season

Mar 31, 2023 9:32 PM

Nick Nurse revealed he plans to "take a few weeks to see where I'm at" after what he described as "a difficult season from a number of standpoints."

Nurse has been with the Toronto Raptors for 10 years, first as an assistant coach and then five years as head coach.

"Early on, had some pretty serious injuries with some key guys," Nurse said. "I thought we kind of weathered that for a while ... and then yeah, I think the trade deadline stuff, I don't know if there was a thousand rumors, 999 of them were about us, it seemed like. So that was probably as interesting as it gets."

Nurse, when asked where his head is at, said he is primarily focused on two things.

"First of all, I think when this season gets done, we'll evaluate everything, and even personally, I'm gonna take a few weeks to see where I'm at, you know?" Nurse said. "Like you said, where my head's at. And just see how the relationship with the organization is and everything. It's been 10 years for me now, which is a pretty good run. I don't know, over those 10 years we got to be up there in number of wins with anybody in the league. I don't know even know where that is, but we've had a lot of big seasons.

"And then, right now, my head is to make this as long of a season as possible. This team needs playoff experience. So that is where I'm at right now ... finish out these six, see where we land, see if we can't creep up a spot or two in the standings, and then give them hell in the playoffs, see if we can get in a real series and take it from there."

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Fred VanVleet Fined $30,000 For Criticism Of Referees

Mar 9, 2023 9:46 PM

Fred VanVleet has been fined $30,000 for public criticism of the officiating.

VanVleet made his comments to the media following the Raptors’ 108-100 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Mar. 8 at Crypto.com Arena.

After being asked about the calls in the recent games, VanVleet initial said it's on the Raptors then paused before responding, “I don't mind, I’ll take a fine, I don’t really care.”

VanVleet then stayed calm and poised, but didn't hold back with his thoughts.

“I thought Ben Taylor was f-----g terrible tonight,” VanVleet said. “I think that most nights, you know out of the three [referees] there’s one or two that just f--k the game up. It’s been like that a couple of games in a row. Denver was tough, obviously.”

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Fred VanVleet Blasts Officiating, Targets Ben Taylor Specifically

Mar 9, 2023 8:28 AM

The Toronto Raptors had a frustrating end to a 1-3 road trip. Toronto lost close games at the Denver Nuggets and LA Clippers, which both featured some questionable officiating during the games. Following the Clippers loss, Raptors guard Fred VanVleet blasted the referees, targeting official Ben Taylor specifically.

After being asked about the calls in the recent games, VanVleet initial said it's on the Raptors then paused before responding, “I don't mind, I’ll take a fine, I don’t really care.”

VanVleet then stayed calm and poised, but didn't hold back with his thoughts.

“I thought Ben Taylor was f-----g terrible tonight,” VanVleet said. “I think that most nights, you know out of the three [referees] there’s one or two that just f--k the game up. It’s been like that a couple of games in a row. Denver was tough, obviously.”

VanVleet tried to be measured and fair, but continued by saying, “Most of the refs are trying hard, I like a lot of the refs, they’re trying hard, they’re pretty fair, and communicate well. And then you got the other ones who just want to be d--s and just kind of f--k up the game. And no one’s coming to see that s--t. They come to see the players. And I think we're losing a little bit of the fabric of what the NBA is and was and it's been disappointing this season. You can look it up: Most of my techs this year have been with Ben Taylor officiating. So at a certain point as a player you feel it’s personal and it's never a good place to be.”

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Tags: Fred VanVleet, Toronto Raptors, NBA, NBA Misc Rumor

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Raptors Waive Juancho Hernangomez

Feb 28, 2023 3:50 PM

The Toronto Raptors have waived Juancho Hernangomez.

Hernangomez appeared in 42 games with the Raptors this season, averaging 2.9 points and 2.9 rebounds in 14.6 minutes. 

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Tags: Juancho Hernangomez, Toronto Raptors, NBA, NBA Signing Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor, NBA Waiver

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Will Barton Agrees To Sign With Raptors

Feb 28, 2023 3:46 PM

Will Barton has agreed to sign with the Toronto Raptors.

Barton recently agreed to a buyout with the Washington Wizards. Barton has appeared in 29 career playoff games in his career.

Adrian Wojnarowski/ESPN

Tags: Will Barton, Toronto Raptors, NBA, NBA Signing Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Fred VanVleet Signs With Klutch

Feb 18, 2023 1:40 AM

Fred VanVleet officially signed with Klutch Sports Group, the company announced on Friday.

VanVleet is widely expected to decline his player option this summer and become a free agent.

VanVleet was the subject of several trade rumors at the deadline, including drawing interest from the Bucks

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Raptors Sign Joe Wieskamp To Multi-Year Contract

Feb 11, 2023 2:17 PM

The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Joe Wieskamp to multi-year contract. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed by the team.

Wieskamp appeared in two games with Toronto earlier this season, while on a pair of 10 Day contracts. He averaged 4.5 points in 8.5 minutes per game.

In 19 G League games this season, Wieskamp averaged 16.7 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. He shot 49.3% from the floor, including 41.2% on 6.9 three-point attempts per game.

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Grizzlies Pursued Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby At Deadline

Feb 10, 2023 9:46 PM

The Memphis Grizzlies were interested in a major upgrade and pursued a number of options in a strategy that was a departure from their emphasis on the draft.

"They tried really hard [on] OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges," said Adrian Wojnarowski. "I think those kind of wing players they felt could catapult them."

The Grizzlies reportedly offered three future first round picks to the Toronto Raptors for Anunoby.

Wojnarowski has also reported that the Grizzlies could revisit those talks in the offseason.

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Tags: OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets, NBA, NBA Trade Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Anthony Edwards, De'Aaron Fox, Pascal Siakam Named All-Star Game Replacements

Feb 10, 2023 3:14 PM

Anthony Edwards, De'Aaron Fox and Pascal Siakam have been named as injury replacements for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game.

The trio replace Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Zion Williamson.

All three players were starters and in their place will be Joel Embiid, Lauri Markkanen and Ja Morant.

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Raptors Wanted Package From Warriors For OG Anunoby Built Around Jonathan Kuminga

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Grizzlies, Pacers Offered Three First Round Picks To Raptors For OG Anunoby

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Nets Pursued Pascal Siakam To Convince Kevin Durant To Stay

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Bucks Pursued Trade With Raptors For Fred VanVleet

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Raptors Asked Clippers For Terance Mann At Minimum For Fred VanVleet

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Warriors, Pelicans, Grizzlies Discuss OG Anunoby Trade With Raptors

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Nets Attempting To Expand Kevin Durant Trade, Plan To Keep Mikal Bridges

Jake Fischer/Yahoo Sports

Raptors Acquire Jakob Poeltl For Khem Birch, Draft Picks

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OG Anunoby Looking For Larger Role With Raptors Or Another Team

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Raptors, Spurs Discuss Trade Involving Jakob Poeltl, Thad Young, Draft Picks

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Nets, Raptors Discussed OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam

Brian Windhorst/ESPN

Timberwolves, Pelicans, Raptors Showing Interest In Bones Hyland

Mike Singer/The Denver Post

Clippers, Suns, Lakers, Magic, Wolves Interested In Fred VanVleet

Jake Fischer/Yahoo Sports

Pelicans, Grizzlies, Knicks, Pacers, Blazers, Lakers, Suns, Nets In On OG Anunoby Trade Talks

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Kyrie Irving To Dallas Official After Nets Unsuccessful In Expanding Trade

Shams Charania/The Athletic

Nets Exploring Trade With Raptors For Fred VanVleet

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Brooklyn's Ability To Make Compelling Offer To Raptors 'Suddenly Very Interesting'

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Pelicans, Knicks, Blazers, Suns, Grizzlies Considered Teams Capable Of Trading For OG Anunoby

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NBA Trade Deadline Still Entirely 'Pivots On Raptors'

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Raptors Considered Very Unlikely To Trade Pascal Siakam

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