Risers and Fallers From the NBA Preseason, Including Scottie Barnes’s Pants The first look at the star-studded Sixers, plus other fun and notable moments from the NBA preseason. Sports Illustrated · Oct 16
Kawhi Leonard Answers Many Questions for the Raptors. Still, Success Isn’t Guaranteed. A look at the new-look Toronto Raptors roster after Kawhi Leonard’s arrival, as told by an NBA scout. Sports Illustrated · Oct 8
The NBA’s First Preseason Game Showed Off One Key Rule Change That Hopefully Won’t Be Going Away The Heat-Raptors preseason game showed off a new point of emphasis from the refs that will hopefully stick this season. Sports Illustrated · Oct 4
Predicting the 2026–27 NBA Award Winners: MVP, Rookie of the Year and More Sports Illustrated’s picks to take home some hardware in the upcoming 2026–27 NBA season. Sports Illustrated · Sep 30
NBA Roundtable: Which Team Had the Best Offseason, and Which Moves Just Don’t Make Sense? Sports Illustrated’s NBA experts weigh in on the biggest topics around the league heading into training camp. Sports Illustrated · Sep 25
With Kawhi Leonard Officially Back, the Raptors Are Looking Like a True Contender Toronto is shaping up to be a real threat in the East once again. Sports Illustrated · Sep 21
How 76ers, Raptors Stack Up Next to NBA Title Contenders After Seismic Trades for Superstar Talents Toronto brought back Kawhi Leonard and Philadelphia poached Jaylen Brown in two of the summer’s biggest trades. Sports Illustrated · Jul 2
New-Look Raptors Lineup With Kawhi Leonard Can Become a Legitimate Contender in Eastern Conference A look at the Toronto’s lineup with Kawhi Leonard on the verge of a return. Sports Illustrated · Jun 30
Kawhi Leonard Trade Grades: How Did Clippers, Raptors Make Out in Superstar Blockbuster? How the Raptors and Clippers fared in the Kawhi Leonard trade. Sports Illustrated · Jun 30
The Biggest Snubs From All-NBA Teams: Should Scottie Barnes Have Made the Cut? A look at the biggest snubs from this year’s three All-NBA teams. Sports Illustrated · May 25
Raptors Offseason Preview: How Toronto Can Grow Into an Eastern Conference Contender A look ahead at the Toronto Raptors’ offseason after the disappointing loss in Game 7 to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Sports Illustrated · May 5
How the Raptors’ Season Grades Out After Game 7 Elimination Against Cavaliers Evaluating Toronto’s 2025–26 season after a loss to Cleveland in Sunday’s winner-take-all game. Sports Illustrated · May 4
RJ Barrett Channeled His Inner Kawhi Leonard With Epic Shot to Keep Raptors' Season Alive Toronto Raptors forward RJ Barrett’s game winner to force Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers looked a lot like Kawhi Leonard’s buzzer beater to defeat the 76ers in 2019. Sports Illustrated · May 2
NBA Playoffs Burning Questions: Are the Magic Now the Favorites to Advance vs. Pistons? In this edition of burning questions, we take a look at each first-round series to see where things stand at the halfway point of the first round in the NBA playoffs. Sports Illustrated · Apr 25
Sports Illustrated · Apr 24 What We Learned in the Raptors’ Big Win Over Cavaliers to Keep Playoff Hopes Alive After a back-and-forth game, the Raptors were able to pull away in the fourth quarter and get a win back from the Cavaliers.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 21 The Raptors Are Done If Brandon Ingram Doesn’t Show Up In Game 3 Brandon Ingram had an even worse game on Monday than he did in Game 1.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 15 How Luka Dončić's Appeal of NBA’s 65-Game Rule Could Cost Kon Knueppel Rookie of the Year Kon Knueppel had the bad luck of having a bad game before awards ballots have been turned in—even if it isn’t supposed to count in the voting.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 26 Victor Wembanyama Overcomes Brutal Shooting Night With Clutch Defense to Keep Spurs’ Win Streak Alive Victor Wembanyama said he ‘wasn’t in shape’ on Wednesday night but still recorded five blocks to keep his team’s win streak alive.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 16 Scottie Barnes Didn’t Even Realize He Hit a Game Winner in New All-Star Game Format Barnes ended Game 1 of the NBA All-Star Game on a clutch three-pointer.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 16 Five Best Moments From a Shockingly Great 2026 NBA All-Star Game The mini tournament of two American teams and one international team was a pleasant surprise with Anthony Edwards, Kawhi Leonard and Victor Wembanyama stealing the show.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 12 NBA All-Star Game Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need to Know Ahead of All-Star Weekend The NBA All-Star break will feature a new format for the All-Star Game and plenty more events in the run-up to the action on Sunday.
Sports Illustrated · Jan 30 Chris Mannix’s NBA All-Star Game Reserves Projections LeBron James’s case to earn his record 22nd straight selection, plus which players are locks to make the field vs. tough calls in each conference.
Operation Sports · Jan 30 NBA The Run: Which 30 Players Will Make the Cut? NBA The Run is a spiritual successor to the NBA Street series and is being created by former developers of the legendary basketball video game series. Originally announced as a completely fictional basketball game called The Run: Got Next, Play By Play Studios managed to secure the NBA license to…
AAP · Jan 15 NBA career first for Aussie Furphy in Pacers' home loss Australian guard Johnny Furphy had a night to remember despite Indiana going down at home to Toronto, posting the first double-double of his NBA career.
The Sports Daily · Jan 9 Raptors Registering Interest in Domantas Sabonis, Anthony Davis The Toronto Raptors are reportedly interested in trading for Domantas Sabonis from the Kings or Anthony Davis from the Mavericks.