Barnes to return to Raptors lineup on Friday

TORONTO – Finally, Scottie Barnes will get to play some competitive basketball again. Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic confirmed on Wednesday that Barnes will return to Toronto’s lineup for its next pre-season game. It will be the all-star forward’s first basketball game in more than seven months. “I’ve been missing it each and every single…

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RJ Barrett out for rest of Raptors pre-season

TORONTO – The injury bug has followed the Toronto Raptors into the new NBA season. Canadian swingman RJ Barrett will miss the rest of Toronto’s pre-season with a sprained right shoulder sustained in the Raptors’ 125-98 exhibition victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday. Head coach Darko Rajakovic said that although Barrett won’t be able…

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Raptors beat Wizards in Montreal to open pre-season

MONTREAL – On a night Toronto Raptors stars Scottie Barnes and Immanuel Quickley didn’t suit up, hometown favourite Chris Boucher took the spotlight in Montreal. Boucher produced 13 points and six rebounds off the bench as the Raptors trounced the Washington Wizards 125-98 in their pre-season opener at the Bell Centre on Sunday. The longest-serving…

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George ready for “hometown” NBA debut

Kyshawn George was raised in Switzerland so he never expected he’d get to play an NBA game in front of a “hometown” crowd. But because his Washington Wizards are starting the pre-season against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday in Montreal, where his dad was raised, he’s getting that chance. “I never thought about it,” said…

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Raptors’ Quickley, Poeltl working on chemistry

It may seem like it, but 432 minutes isn’t that much time. That’s how much playing time Toronto Raptors starting point guard Immanuel Quickley and centre Jakob Poeltl got to play together last season. In a disappointing campaign where Toronto’s roster underwent a significant overhaul, Quickley and Poeltl had just the 25th most of minutes…

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Barrett embracing limelight, defence with Raptors

MONTREAL – RJ Barrett isn’t concerned the hometown limelight will wear him down. The Toronto Raptors guard/forward is instead choosing to embrace the attention. With the Raptors in Montreal for his first training camp with the team, the 24-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., is looking forward to donning the red, white and purple jerseys he grew…

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