2024–25 Toronto Raptors season explained

Team:	Toronto Raptors
End Year:	2025
Wins:	7
Losses:	15
Division:	Atlantic
Division Place:	4
Conf Place:	13
Coach:	Darko Rajaković
President:	Masai Ujiri
Gm:	Bobby Webster
Owners:	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Arena:	Scotiabank Arena
Bbr Team:	TOR
Television:	TSN Sportsnet

The 2024–25 Toronto Raptors season is the 30th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In honor of the Raptors' 30th season, they unveiled their 30th anniversary logo for this season.^[1]

Draft

See main article: 2024 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College / club
1	19	Ja'Kobe Walter	SG	United States	Baylor
2	31	Jonathan Mogbo	C	United States	San Francisco
2	45	Jamal Shead	PG	United States	Houston
2	57	Ulrich Chomche	PF	Cameroon	NBA Academy Africa APR BBC (Rwanda)

The Raptors entered this draft with a first-round pick and a second-round pick.^{[2] [3]} They originally had good odds to keep a lottery draft pick as well, but they would ultimately lose that pick to the San Antonio Spurs with that pick falling to #8, which was outside of their protection range. With the Raptors having a late first round pick of their own via trading with the Indiana Pacers and an early second round pick that they acquired through trades with a pick that originally belonged to the Detroit Pistons, they looked to utilize the new draft structure of working on both rounds on two separate days for the first time in franchise and League history instead of just one day like they had done since the NBA draft was implemented in two rounds properly back in 1989. Hours before the second round ensued, the Raptors commenced a trade with the Sacramento Kings which included the #45 pick in the draft. Later during the draft they also traded in cash rather than assets with the Minnesota Timberwolves to acquire the #57 pick in the draft.

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#cfc| 1| October 6| Washington| | RJ Barrett (17)| Fernando, Pöltl (7)| Dick, Mitchell, Mogbo (5)| Bell Centre
21,900| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc| 2| October 11| @ Washington| | Chris Boucher (22)| Scottie Barnes (8)| Davion Mitchell (6)| Capital One Arena
7,815| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc| 3| October 13| @ Boston| | Gradey Dick (18)| Jakob Pöltl (13)| Agbaji, Shead (5)| TD Garden
19,156| 1–2|- style="background:#cfc| 4| October 15| Boston| | Gradey Dick (27)| Jakob Pöltl (16)| Barnes, Mitchell (10)| Scotiabank Arena
17,507| 2–2|- style="background:#cfc| 5| October 18| @ Brooklyn| | Scottie Barnes (21)| Jakob Pöltl (8)| Immanuel Quickley (10)| Barclays Center
17,158| 3–2

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc| 1| October 23| Cleveland| | Chris Boucher (18)| Jakob Pöltl (9)| Scottie Barnes (5)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 0–1|- style="background:#cfc| 2| October 25| Philadelphia| | Scottie Barnes (27)| Mogbo, Pöltl (9)| Mogbo, Shead (5)| Scotiabank Arena
18,345| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc| 3| October 26| @ Minnesota| | Gradey Dick (25)| Jakob Pöltl (10)| Davion Mitchell (8)| Target Center
18,978| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc| 4| October 28| Denver| | Scottie Barnes (21)| Jakob Pöltl (19)| Scottie Barnes (9)| Scotiabank Arena
19,082| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc| 5| October 30| @ Charlotte| | RJ Barrett (31)| Jakob Pöltl (16)| Davion Mitchell (11)| Spectrum Center
13,113| 1–4|- style="background:#fcc| 6| November 1| L.A. Lakers| | RJ Barrett (33)| Jakob Pöltl (12)| RJ Barrett (12)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 1–5|- style="background:#cfc| 7| November 2| Sacramento| | RJ Barrett (31)| Barrett, Pöltl (9)| Davion Mitchell (7)| Scotiabank Arena
19,815| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc| 8| November 4| @ Denver| | Gradey Dick (26)| Jakob Pöltl (11)| RJ Barrett (10)| Ball Arena
19,525| 2–6|- style="background:#fcc| 9| November 6| @ Sacramento| | RJ Barrett (23)| Jakob Pöltl (8)| Davion Mitchell (6)| Golden 1 Center
16,026| 2–7|- style="background:#fcc| 10| November 9| @ L.A. Clippers| | Agbaji, Quickley (21)| Jakob Pöltl (12)| Mitchell, Quickley (4)| Intuit Dome
17,927| 2–8|- style="background:#fcc| 11| November 10| @ L.A. Lakers| | Barrett, Boucher (18)| Jakob Pöltl (10)| Davion Mitchell (5)| Crypto.com Arena
18,997| 2–9|- style="background:#fcc| 12| November 12| @ Milwaukee| | Gradey Dick (32)| Bruno Fernando (13)| Davion Mitchell (8)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 2–10|- style="background:#fcc| 13| November 15| Detroit| | Jakob Pöltl (25)| Jakob Pöltl (18)| RJ Barrett (7)| Scotiabank Arena
19,245| 2–11|- style="background:#fcc| 14| November 16| @ Boston| | Jakob Pöltl (35)| Jakob Pöltl (12)| RJ Barrett (15)| TD Garden
19,156| 2–12|- style="background:#cfc| 15| November 18| Indiana| | RJ Barrett (39)| Jakob Pöltl (15)| Ochai Agbaji (6)| Scotiabank Arena
19,025| 3–12|- style="background:#cfc| 16| November 21| Minnesota| | RJ Barrett (31)| Jakob Pöltl (12)| Davion Mitchell (8)| Scotiabank Arena
19,296| 4–12|- style="background:#fcc| 17| November 24| @ Cleveland| | Barnes, Dick (18)| Jakob Pöltl (19)| Scottie Barnes (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 4–13|- style="background:#fcc| 18| November 25| @ Detroit| | Scottie Barnes (31)| Scottie Barnes (14)| Scottie Barnes (7)| Little Caesars Arena
18,421| 4–14|- style="background:#cfc| 19| November 27| @ New Orleans| | Agbaji, Battle (24)| Scottie Barnes (12)| RJ Barrett (11)| Smoothie King Center
17,307| 5–14|- style="background:#fcc| 20| November 29| @ Miami| | RJ Barrett (25)| Barnes, Pöltl (10)| Scottie Barnes (10)| Kaseya Center
19,607| 5–15|- style="background:#cfc| 21| December 1| Miami| | RJ Barrett (37)| Jakob Pöltl (11)| Scottie Barnes (9)| Scotiabank Arena
18,153| 6–15|- style="background:#cfc| 22| December 3| Indiana| | Scottie Barnes (35)| Jakob Pöltl (10)| Scottie Barnes (9)| Scotiabank Arena
17,741| 7–15|- style="background:#| 23| December 5| Oklahoma City| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 24| December 7| Dallas| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 25| December 9| New York| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 26| December 12| @ Miami| | | | | Kaseya Center
| |- style="background:#| 27| December 16| Chicago| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 28| December 19| Brooklyn| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 29| December 22| Houston| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 30| December 23| @ New York| | | | | Madison Square Garden
| |- style="background:#| 31| December 26| @ Memphis| | | | | FedExForum
| |- style="background:#| 32| December 29| Atlanta| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 33| December 31| @ Boston| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 34| January 1| Brooklyn| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 35| January 3| Orlando| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 36| January 6| Milwaukee| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 37| January 8| @ New York| | | | | Madison Square Garden
| |- style="background:#| 38| January 9| @ Cleveland| | | | | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
| |- style="background:#| 39| January 11| @ Detroit| | | | | Little Caesars Arena
| |- style="background:#| 40| January 13| Golden State| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 41| January 15| Boston| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 42| January 17| @ Milwaukee| | | | | Fiserv Forum
| |- style="background:#| 43| January 21| Orlando| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 44| January 23| @ Atlanta| | | | | State Farm Arena
| |- style="background:#| 45| January 25| @ Atlanta| | | | | State Farm Arena
| |- style="background:#| 46| January 27| New Orleans| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 47| January 29| @ Washington| | | | | Capital One Arena
| |- style="background:#| 48| January 31| Chicago| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 49| February 2| L.A. Clippers| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 50| February 4| New York| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 51| February 5| Memphis| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 52| February 7| @ Oklahoma City| | | | | Paycom Center
| |- style="background:#| 53| February 9| @ Houston| | | | | Toyota Center
| |- style="background:#| 54| February 11| @ Philadelphia| | | | | Wells Fargo Center
| |- style="background:#| 55| February 12| Cleveland| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 56| February 21| Miami| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 57| February 23| Phoenix| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 58| February 25| Boston| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 59| February 26| @ Indiana| | | | | Gainbridge Fieldhouse
| |- style="background:#| 60| February 28| @ Chicago| | | | | United Center
| |- style="background:#| 61| March 2| @ Orlando| | | | | Kia Center
| |- style="background:#| 62| March 4| @ Orlando| | | | | Kia Center
| |- style="background:#| 63| March 7| Utah| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 64| March 8| Washington| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 65| March 10| Washington| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 66| March 12| Philadelphia| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 67| March 14| @ Utah| | | | | Delta Center
| |- style="background:#| 68| March 16| @ Portland| | | | | Moda Center
| |- style="background:#| 69| March 17| @ Phoenix| | | | | Footprint Center
| |- style="background:#| 70| March 19| @ Golden State| | | | | Chase Center
| |- style="background:#| 71| March 23| San Antonio| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 72| March 24| @ Washington| | | | | Capital One Arena
| |- style="background:#| 73| March 26| @ Brooklyn| | | | | Barclays Center
| |- style="background:#| 74| March 28| Charlotte| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 75| March 30| @ Philadelphia| | | | | Wells Fargo Center
| |- style="background:#| 76| April 1| @ Chicago| | | | | United Center
| |- style="background:#| 77| April 3| Portland| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 78| April 4| Detroit| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 79| April 6| @ Brooklyn| | | | | Barclays Center
| |- style="background:#| 80| April 9| Charlotte| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 81| April 11| @ Dallas| | | | | American Airlines Center
| |- style="background:#| 82| April 13| @ San Antonio| | | | | Frost Bank Center
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NBA Cup

See main article: 2024 NBA Cup. The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.^{[4] [5]}

East Group B

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions.

Trades

June 28, 2024^[6]

To Toronto Raptors Davion Mitchell Aleksandar Vezenkov Draft rights to Jamal Shead (No. 45) 2025 POR second-round pick

To Sacramento Kings Jalen McDaniels

Free agency

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team	Ref.
April 17	Jontay Porter	Banned		^[8]
June 25	Mouhamadou Gueye	Waived		^[9]
July 20	Gary Trent Jr.	Free agency	Milwaukee Bucks	^[10]
July 22	Javon Freeman-Liberty	Waived	Manisa Basket	^[11]
	Aleksandar Vezenkov		Olympiacos Piraeus B.C.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toronto Raptors unveil 30th anniversary logo for the 2024-25 season. NBA. July 30, 2024. August 5, 2024.
2. Web site: Quinn. Sam. 2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery. CBS Sports. May 13, 2024. June 5, 2024.
3. Web site: 2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58. NBA.com. May 14, 2024. May 30, 2024.
4. Web site: NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024. NBA.com. July 12, 2024. July 11, 2024.
5. Web site: Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results. NBA.com. July 13, 2024. July 12, 2024.
6. Web site: RAPTORS COMPLETE TRADE WITH KINGS. NBA.com. June 28, 2024. June 28, 2024.
7. Web site: RAPTORS RE-SIGN TEMPLE. NBA.com. July 6, 2024. July 7, 2024.
8. Web site: Joe. Vardon. NBA bans Jontay Porter for violating gambling rules. The Athletic. April 17, 2024. July 3, 2024.
9. Web site: Raptors waive forward Mouhamadou Gueye, open up two-way spot. SportsNet.ca. June 25, 2024. June 29, 2024.
10. Web site: Milwaukee Bucks Sign Gary Trent Jr.. NBA.com. July 20, 2024. July 22, 2024.
11. Web site: Raptors waive forward Sasha Vezenkov, guard Javon Freeman-Liberty. sportsnet.ca. July 22, 2024. July 23, 2024.