Josh Lewenberg

TORONTO – You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, as Joni Mitchell once sang. Seven years ago, on a hot Monday afternoon in June, Kawhi Leonard was standing on a float in the middle of downtown Toronto, cradling the “Larry O-B” with one of his massive hands and his Finals MVP trophy with the other. He was smoking a cigar, dapping up Drake, and staring into an endless sea of Raptors fans.

TORONTO – If you’re heading to a Rolling Stones concert in 2026, chances are you’re not there for the new stuff. Let’s face it, you want to hear them play the classics. They get it; it’s why they’re still filling seats decades after their prime. When you’ve found a formula that works, don’t overcomplicate things. Keep playing the hits. Over the years, we’ve seen that become the Raptors’ draft strategy.

TORONTO – A couple years after its long-awaited return to the highest level of international competition, the Canadian men’s basketball team has some unfinished business. The players who were fortunate enough to wear the red and white at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris have all tasted success. They led the program to a historic bronze medal finish at the FIBA World Cup the summer prior, punching its ticket to the Olympics for the first time in more than two decades.