Toronto Raptors – Page 4

Fred VanVleet 25 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (9/3/2020)

Players are now allowed to bring guests within the sparkling clean, virus-free confines of The Bubb. For Fred VanVleet, that means bringing his female companion (most likely a girlfriend or wife) and the mini-sized version of himself who is appropriately named Fred VanVleet Jr. Unfortunately, this miniature version of FVV is not of much use…

OG Anunoby 20 Points Full Highlights (9/1/2020)

I speak from personal experience here: when the Bucks lose an important game (like a playoff game), my fragile psyche simply doesn’t allow itself to think about the loss in any way, shape, or form. It’s a defense mechanism to stave off the inexorable progress of insanity. Avoiding all media outlets for a minimum of…

Matt Thomas 12 Points Full Highlights (8/23/2020)

I don’t think anybody actually realized it, but it was the battle of the Thomases this game, with the Raptors’ Matt Thomas going up against… Wait, you actually thought I was gonna tell you which Thomas represented the Nets in this battle? Not so fast. I’m turning this into a quiz. I’m going to make…

Serge Ibaka 27 Points Full Highlights (8/23/2020)

Serge “Ibaka Gaijin” Ibaka this game: 27 points, 13-of-14 from the field, 2 blocks, 20 minutes of on-court action, 28 minutes of lounging around on the bench thinking about who he’ll have guest on his next YouTube video. Ibaka is a matchup problem even against teams with depth. Against a team like the Nets, who…

Norman Powell 29 Points Full Highlights (8/23/2020)

With this game, Norman Powell raised his shooting percentage in the Raptors’ first-round series against the Nets to a blistering 60.5%. That’s pretty nuts for a guard-sized player, and that’s EVEN MORE NUTS for a player who has been deemed unworthy of a starting role on his team. He also averaged 17.5 PPG per game…

Serge Ibaka 20 Points Full Highlights (8/21/2020)

Serge Ibaka gained some amount of notoriety a little while ago by starting to wear scarves. You, know, just scarves. The neck thing. Out and about. Am I total moron here? How is notoriety the result of wearing scarves? Even if they’re really big and brightly-colored scarves? Was it some kind of situation where Ibaka…

Fred VanVleet 22 Points/5 Assists/1 Half-Court Shot Full Highlights (8/21/2020)

I’m going to call out Raptors’ coach Nick Nurse RIGHT NOW. I’m CALLING HIM OUT. Nick Nurse, consider yourself OFFICIALLY CALLED OUT. Why am I calling out Nick Nurse now, when he’s coached his Kawhi-less team to a high playoff seed and a 3-0 lead in their series with the Nets? Doesn’t it seem like…

Fred VanVleet 24 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (8/19/2020)

Fred VanVleet: best player on the Raptors? Maybe your gut reaction is that no, FVV is not the best player on the Raptors. That was my gut reaction too when I first posed the question to myself. My gut also wasn’t very happy because I ate three orders of pretzel bites from Culver’s and then…

Norman Powell 24 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (8/19/2020)

Norman Powell underwent an amazing transformation this season. He went from a “Bucks Killer” who would play exceptionally well against the Bucks and so-so against other teams, to an “Everyone Killer” who plays well against everybody. This is like sitting in your garden watching a caterpillar turn into a butterfly, but it’s actually way more…

Serge Ibaka 22 Points Full Highlights (8/17/2020)

I have yet to watch an episode of Serge Ibaka’s cooking show. That’s not a brag, I’m just pointing out that the culinary experimentations depicted in his webseries are of lesser interest to me than his frightening ability to hid a midrange jumper anywhere at any time (as long as “anywhere” is somewhere between the…