The Toronto Raptors might lastly be turning the nook. Winners of six of their previous seven, Toronto’s retooled, Scottie-Barnes–led roster is displaying the primary actual indicators that its post-championship rebuild is taking maintain.

Lengthy gone are the Kawhi Leonard (brief however candy), Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam from the 2019 NBA title workforce. In are Barnes, Brandon Ingram and RJ Barrett.

This group has struggled in recent times, as Toronto (7-5) has missed the playoffs in 4 of the previous 5 seasons. However the first 12 video games of the 2025-26 marketing campaign look precisely like what GM Bobby Webster and the remainder of the entrance workplace have envisioned when constructing round franchise centerpiece Barnes (20.2 PPG). 

In addition to Barnes, Toronto has scorers in Barrett (19.1 PPG) and Ingram (20.5 PPG), high quality starters in Immanuel Quickley (16.1 PPG) and Jakob Poeltl (9.8 PPG) and a bench filled with impactful items (Gradey Dick, Jamal Shead and rookie Collin Murray-Boyles). 

That was on full show throughout Toronto’s 126–113 street win in Cleveland (8-5) on Thursday night time. Depth is a power for the Raptors, but it surely was Barnes who took management, outscoring the participant drafted forward of him in 2021, Evan Mobley, 28–7. Cleveland media seen.