2021–22 Toronto Raptors season
NBA professional basketball team season
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The 2021–22 Toronto Raptors season was the 27th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
| 2021–22 Toronto Raptors season | |
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| Head coach | Nick Nurse |
| President | Masai Ujiri |
| General manager | Bobby Webster |
| Owners | Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment |
| Arena | Scotiabank Arena |
| Results | |
| Record | 48–34 (.585) |
| Place | Division: 3rd (Atlantic) Conference: 5th (Eastern) |
| Playoff finish | First round (lost to 76ers 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Local media | |
| Television | TSN Sportsnet |
The 2020–21 Raptors finished the season with a 27–45 record (in a shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2013. This season marked the first time since the 2012–13 season where the Raptors had their own lottery pick, and with that pick, which landed 4th overall in the 2021 NBA draft, they drafted power forward Scottie Barnes from Florida State.[1] Barnes would go on to win the 2021–22 NBA Rookie of the Year Award.[2]
The season was the first season that six-time All-Star and longtime Raptor Kyle Lowry was not on the roster since the 2011–12 season, as he was traded in a sign-and-trade deal to the Miami Heat for Goran Dragić and Precious Achiuwa.[3]
On September 10, 2021, the Canadian government granted approval for the team to play home games in Toronto for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In the prior season, they played their home games in Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.[5]
After a win against the Atlanta Hawks and a Cleveland Cavaliers loss to the Orlando Magic on April 5, 2022, the Raptors returned to the playoffs after a one-year absence and clinched their eighth playoff appearance in nine seasons.[6] However, the Raptors were eliminated by the 76ers in six games in the first round after being down 3–0 in that series.[7]
Draft picks
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School / club team |
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| 1 | 4 | Scottie Barnes | SF | Florida State (Fr.) | |
| 2 | 46 | Dalano Banton | PG | Nebraska (So.) | |
| 2 | 47 | David Johnson | PG | Louisville (So.) |
The Raptors entered the draft with one original first-round pick and two acquired second-round picks. On the night of the 2021 NBA draft lottery, the team had a 7.5% chance of winning the first overall pick and ended up with the #4 pick.[8] They also gained two second-round picks originally owned by the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors as a result of previous trades with the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings, respectively. They have traded their original second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets, who in turn traded it to the Detroit Pistons.[9]
With the 4th overall pick, the Raptors selected future All-Star Scottie Barnes from Florida State. This marked the first time that the Raptors drafted a Canadian-born player in the draft, as they selected point guard Dalano Banton from Nebraska with the 46th pick.[10]
Roster
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Legend
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Standings
Division
| Atlantic Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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| y – Boston Celtics | 51 | 31 | .622 | – | 28–13 | 23–18 | 9–7 | 82 |
| x – Philadelphia 76ers | 51 | 31 | .622 | – | 24–17 | 27–14 | 6–10 | 82 |
| x – Toronto Raptors | 48 | 34 | .585 | 3.0 | 24–17 | 24–17 | 10–6 | 82 |
| x − Brooklyn Nets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 7.0 | 20–21 | 24–17 | 10–6 | 82 |
| New York Knicks | 37 | 45 | .451 | 14.0 | 17–24 | 20–21 | 5–11 | 82 |
Conference
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | c – Miami Heat * | 53 | 29 | .646 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – Boston Celtics * | 51 | 31 | .622 | 2.0 | 82 |
| 3 | y – Milwaukee Bucks * | 51 | 31 | .622 | 2.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Philadelphia 76ers | 51 | 31 | .622 | 2.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x – Toronto Raptors | 48 | 34 | .585 | 5.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Chicago Bulls | 46 | 36 | .561 | 7.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x − Brooklyn Nets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9.0 | 82 |
| 8 | pi − Cleveland Cavaliers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9.0 | 82 |
| 9 | x − Atlanta Hawks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 10.0 | 82 |
| 10 | pi − Charlotte Hornets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 10.0 | 82 |
| 11 | New York Knicks | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Washington Wizards | 35 | 47 | .427 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Indiana Pacers | 25 | 57 | .305 | 28.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Detroit Pistons | 23 | 59 | .280 | 30.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Orlando Magic | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31.0 | 82 |
Game log
Preseason
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Preseason: 3–2 (home: 2–0; road: 1–2)
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Regular season
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October: 4–3 (home: 2–3; road: 2–0)
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November: 5–10 (home: 0–5; road: 5–5)
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December: 6–4 (home: 6–2; road: 0–2)
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January: 10–6 (home: 5–2; road: 5–4)
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February: 8–4 (home: 3–1; road: 5–3)
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March: 11–5 (home: 5–3; road: 6–2)
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April: 4–2 (home: 3–1; road: 1–1)
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Playoffs
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First Round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
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Player statistics
Regular season
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Chris Boucher | SF | 80 | 9 | 1,690 | 494 | 25 | 49 | 75 | 754 | 21.1 | 6.2 | .3 | .6 | .9 | 9.4 |
| Scottie Barnes | PF | 74 | 74 | 2,617 | 557 | 256 | 80 | 55 | 1,134 | 35.4 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1.1 | .7 | 15.3 |
| Precious Achiuwa | C | 73 | 28 | 1,725 | 473 | 82 | 37 | 41 | 664 | 23.6 | 6.5 | 1.1 | .5 | .6 | 9.1 |
| Gary Trent Jr. | SG | 70 | 69 | 2,448 | 191 | 141 | 122 | 19 | 1,283 | 35.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | .3 | 18.3 |
| Pascal Siakam | PF | 68 | 68 | 2,578 | 580 | 360 | 85 | 42 | 1,551 | 37.9 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 1.3 | .6 | 22.8 |
| Fred VanVleet | PG | 65 | 65 | 2,462 | 289 | 434 | 111 | 35 | 1,320 | 37.9 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 1.7 | .5 | 20.3 |
| Dalano Banton | PG | 64 | 1 | 696 | 124 | 99 | 28 | 10 | 205 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | .4 | .2 | 3.2 |
| Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk | SF | 56 | 5 | 716 | 92 | 45 | 26 | 4 | 255 | 12.8 | 1.6 | .8 | .5 | .1 | 4.6 |
| Khem Birch | C | 55 | 28 | 991 | 239 | 56 | 30 | 26 | 247 | 18.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | .5 | .5 | 4.5 |
| OG Anunoby | SF | 48 | 48 | 1,728 | 264 | 125 | 71 | 25 | 822 | 36.0 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 | .5 | 17.1 |
| Malachi Flynn | PG | 44 | 5 | 537 | 63 | 70 | 20 | 4 | 189 | 12.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | .5 | .1 | 4.3 |
| Yuta Watanabe | SF | 38 | 4 | 445 | 92 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 163 | 11.7 | 2.4 | .6 | .3 | .4 | 4.3 |
| Justin Champagnie | SF | 36 | 0 | 281 | 72 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 81 | 7.8 | 2.0 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 2.3 |
| Thaddeus Young† | PF | 26 | 0 | 475 | 115 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 164 | 18.3 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .4 | 6.3 |
| Isaac Bonga | SF | 15 | 0 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 4.6 | .5 | .3 | .5 | .1 | .8 |
| Armoni Brooks† | PG | 13 | 3 | 154 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 11.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .5 | .2 | 2.6 |
| Goran Dragiㆠ| PG | 5 | 2 | 90 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 18.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .2 | 8.0 |
| D. J. Wilson | PF | 4 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | .3 | 7.5 |
| Daniel Oturu | C | 3 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 | 1.7 | .0 | .0 | .7 | 3.0 |
| Tremont Waters† | PG | 2 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 21.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | .0 | 4.0 |
| David Johnson | SG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| Juwan Morgan† | PF | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 5.0 |
| Sam Dekker | PF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Raptors only.
Playoffs
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Pascal Siakam | PF | 6 | 6 | 260 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 137 | 43.3 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 22.8 |
| OG Anunoby | SF | 6 | 6 | 217 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 104 | 36.2 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | .2 | 17.3 |
| Gary Trent Jr. | SG | 6 | 6 | 199 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 92 | 33.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .5 | 15.3 |
| Khem Birch | C | 6 | 4 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10.5 | 1.5 | .5 | .2 | .2 | 3.0 |
| Precious Achiuwa | C | 6 | 1 | 167 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 61 | 27.8 | 4.8 | 1.0 | .2 | .8 | 10.2 |
| Chris Boucher | SF | 6 | 0 | 130 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 67 | 21.7 | 5.8 | .2 | .2 | 1.2 | 11.2 |
| Thaddeus Young | PF | 6 | 0 | 87 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 14.5 | 3.0 | 1.7 | .8 | .2 | 3.3 |
| Malachi Flynn | PG | 6 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | .5 | .5 | .2 | .0 | .0 |
| Fred VanVleet | PG | 4 | 4 | 140 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 35.0 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 13.8 |
| Scottie Barnes | PF | 4 | 3 | 133 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 33.3 | 9.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | .3 | 12.8 |
| Yuta Watanabe | SF | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Dalano Banton | PG | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2.0 | .5 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 1.8 |
| Armoni Brooks | PG | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk | SF | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .3 |
| Isaac Bonga | SF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
Transactions
Overview
| Players Added Via draft Via trade Via free agency |
Players Lost Via trade Waived |
Trades
| To Miami Heat |
To Toronto Raptors |
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To San Antonio Spurs
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To Toronto Raptors
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[14][15] |
Free agency
Re-signed
| Date | Player | Contract terms | Ref. |
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| August 6 | Khem Birch | 3 year $20 million | [16] |
| August 8 | Gary Trent Jr. | 3 year $54 million | [17] |
Additions
| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team | Ref. |
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| August 7 | Ish Wainright | 2 year minimum | SIG Strasbourg | [18] |
| Justin Champagnie | Two-way contract | Pittsburgh | ||
| August 9 | Sam Dekker | 1 year minimum | Türk Telekom B.K. | [19] |
| August 11 | Isaac Bonga | Washington Wizards | [20] | |
| August 31 | Svi Mykhailiuk | 2 year minimum | Oklahoma City Thunder | [21] |
| TBA | Juwan Morgan | 10-day contract | Maine Celtics (G League) | [22] |
| Brandon Goodwin | Westchester Knicks (G League) | |||
| Nik Stauskas | Grand Rapids Gold (G League) | [23] | ||
| Tremont Waters | Wisconsin Herd (G League) | [24] | ||
| D. J. Wilson | Oklahoma City Blue (G League) | [25] |
Subtractions
| Date | Player | Reason | New team | Ref. |
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| August 3 | Paul Watson | Waived | Oklahoma City Thunder | [26] |
| Rodney Hood | Milwaukee Bucks | |||
| DeAndre' Bembry | Brooklyn Nets | |||
| August 4 | Aron Baynes | [27] | ||
| November 6 | Sam Dekker | Bahçeşehir Koleji (Turkey) | [28] |