#toronto-raptors

#toronto-raptors

At first, it seemed like Orlando was on track to take care of business against a Raptors squad that had come out of the Warriors game feeling low on gas and steam. But Toronto rallied the troops and mounted a daunting effort to overcome a comfortable 21-point lead by the Magic. This turnaround represents the largest comeback for Toronto in the 2025-26 campaign to date.

I mean, I think we're doing really good job [sic]. I want to remind everybody where we at [sic]. We're in the second year of our rebuild. If somebody told us, all of us, in September that right now we're going to be with a score [record] 19-14 - all of us, we would sign it up right away, right? So, we're seeing a lot of growth.

December 29, 2025 Ingram sits at 12th on the All-Star fan voting list currently at a total of 130,618. Ingram's flashy mid-range scoring and his recent late-game heroics have been enough to get the support of the fans early on. Ingram has posted averages of a team-high 22 points per game, 5.8 rebounds per game, and 3.8 assists per game this year.

In the Raptors' last game on December 26, they went up against the Washington Wizards, who hold one of the worst records league-wide at 6-23. Even though Toronto has been going through quite the rough patch lately, their struggles persisted into this Boxing Day affair, where they completely faltered against Washington, thanks to some great performances from Kyshawn George, wily veteran CJ McCollum, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, as well as efficient showings from youngsters Tre Johnson and Bub Carrington.

It's extremely disheartening to see how far Gradey Dick has come up to this point in his NBA career and Toronto Raptors tenure. For the handful of times I find myself writing about the positive developments in the 22-year-old former Kansas standout's journey, I feel like it's offset by the countless examples of his costly slip-ups and inconsistent play.

One of the biggest reasons for the Brooklyn loss was poor offensive play for the Raptors, who were only able to put up 81 points against a current lottery team. The absence of RJ Barrett has really affected the offence as Toronto now ranks at a poor 20th in offensive rating after being top 10 for a good part of the season when they were on their season high nine game winstreak before the Canadian was sidelined with a right knee sprain.

Peas are as polarizing as they are populous, with people's opinions on the vegetable often boiling down to one thing: perspective. My wife, for instance, loathes the voluminous green bulbs because of the taste and texture, which "feels like pimples popping in your mouth," and the fact that she hardly ate them growing up, as her mom didn't like them either.

Fast forward to not even a year later, and that massive blunder has not paid off in the slightest for the Mavs, with Harrison ousted, Kyrie Irving going down with an ACL tear, and the landscape looking like Dallas will just cut their losses on this oversight and try to recoup whatever they can by flipping Anthony Davis. With all that being said, it's not that Davis is some absolute black hole if he were rerouted elsewhere.