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Doug Smith Sports Reporter
  • Toronto
  • Toronto Star

Doug Smith has been covering the Toronto Raptors since their inception in 1995.

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Toronto Star

Focus Areas

  • Toronto Raptors
  • NBA Basketball
  • Baseball (Minors)
  • Summer Olympics

1190 Articles
3 days ago
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Fears for Scottie Barnes after Raptors’ road loss to Bucks

Barnes exits before halftime with wrist injury, will be re-evaluated Monday.

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4 days ago
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Ye Olde Mailbag: In-season Raptors trades, a bit if March Madness and what's up with Zion?

A bit of the Poeltl impact on Siakam and the roster looking into the future plus one on Basketball Canada's ultimate ...

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4 days ago
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Raptors leave West Coast letdown behind with seventh straight home win

The Raptors registered their third victory of the week, seventh in a row at home, and moved once again within a half-...

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7 days ago
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Pascal Siakam’s bounceback helps Raptors silence Thunder

All five starters and Gary Trent Jr. scored in double figures at Scotiabank Arena, where the Raptors moved within hal...

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7 days ago
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Raptors Insider: Toronto could benefit from load management as NBA season winds down

Looking at the last 10 days of the regular season, there’s a path to the Raptors catching a lineup break or two as cl...

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8 days ago
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Raptors ride record first quarter to win over Nuggets

VanVleet scores 36 points as Toronto snaps three-game losing streak.

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11 days ago
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Raptors’ next stretch will determine whether NBA playoffs is possible, or if they’re in the draft...

Toronto is clinging precariously to a play-in spot after disastrous road trip and just 14 games left in the season.

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11 days ago
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Ye Olde Mailbag: Tons of fallout from Raptors vs. Refs, some odd prop bets and player notes

A bit on what the long-term future might hold and what the loss of some television money might mean

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12 days ago
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The Raptors spun their wheels on a crucial road trip. It ended with a thud against the short-hand...

After a 1-4 road trip, the Raptors remain barely in ninth place in the East, closer to 11th and the lottery than a be...

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13 days ago
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Raptors have to put the controversies of their road trip behind them

‘You’ve got to try to find a way to play through it,’ Nick Nurse says, after his team’s troubles with NBA officiating.

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14 days ago
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What will the fallout be from the Raptors’ run-ins with NBA officials?

Things appear to have gotten personal with the Barnes ejection and the VanVleet rant this week.

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14 days ago
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Fred VanVleet blasts refs after Raptors’ loss: ‘We’re losing a little bit of the fabric of what t...

The Clippers beat the Raptors Wednesday in Los Angeles, but the Toronto guard had pointed words for referee Ben Taylor.

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