The Toronto Raptors practice their dance moves
Am I in the circle jerk sub rn?
I don’t see any comments about Dick’s coordination so probably not
U bum. The circlejerk sub posted this a day ago.
this sub is slowly turning into nbacj
Slowly?
NBA is a joke
Grady Dick looks like he is holding himself back so people don’t realise how much he is enjoying this
he practicing for caribana
Now say it without his first name.
Gradey Dick jokes in the biggest of 2025 🥀💔
Looks like BJ from the Righteous Gemstones lol
Jackie Moon was a pioneer
Top 3 promoter in the league at least
Who bought you those boots?
Now when I say freeze it you gotta freeze it
Damn straight
Thank for for the dumbest chuckle I’ve ever needed 😂
This is a traditional Canadian dance. They believe it makes the maple sweeter before the harvest
It’s close, but it’s not the real deal unless they dip their hands in the Royal Pudding first.
As is tradition
Also makes Mountie horses shiny
Mating ritual
What’s dick trying to catch?
the blacker the Dick, the sweeter the juice
Can’t wait when Shai and Dort bust this out in FIBA, like Haka but Canadian
Wasn’t there a meme based on them doing this last season? Was funny as fuck.
Found it. Toronto just loves dancing.
this is from last season. the Raptors admin recently posted it again and it’s going viral lol
Isn’t this where the “you just got beat by the raptors” meme is from? That’s been viral for a while
That was probably the conga line. We enjoy dancing.
0:20 - Cameo by 2025 NBA Champion Branden Carlson
Funny how mad people are at this. Lol
People on this sub lost their minds to a clip of LaMelo Ball jumping onto a bed lmfao. Welcome to reddit.
Derrick Rose cut his hand open in bed, they’re dangerous!
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Some real Memphis grizzlies energy in the raptors camp
This is from last season. Not new at all.
Was thinking Disney Channel energy
Masai only been gone 1 week
Does it work tho?
You say that now… but when they are 36-46 you will be proven right
I wouldn’t blame a single one of them for just straight up walking out
RJ not even trying, trade his ass
Directly to OKC where if you haven’t released a terrible video of yourself dancing into the world you don’t get to play
Dancing is actually pretty important for most sports. Loosening up your hips, feeling the rhythm, understanding footwork, and being in sync are important in basketball. I remember a while back hearing about the benefits of football players doing ballet.
I’ve read about NHL fellas learning to figure skate.
Football players learning ballet
Is Ted lasso coaching the raptors?
No. Otherwise they would have been champions last year
Yeah, if I’m Masai Ujiri, I’d also leave that franchise too
Brother you’re stuck in Utah.
And you all are dancing. 😂
Still better than being in Utah
Dancing is illegal in Utah.
The whole state of Utah is like the town from Footloose
Footloose had a happy ending.
Got you. The only way to make Utah good is to end it
The only happy ending on utah is the one karl Malone has with Minors
Lol we’re dancing…oh no, dancing…what will we do
Footloose was Utah, right? I don’t think you’re allowed to dance there.
How is that possibly a negative thing? Good vibes and fun = bad?
Ain’t no way you’re saying this🤣
At least they got a championship ring
Nah, Masai knows how to have fun, actually
This is in stark contrast to anyone in Utah
I can’t stop watching this trying to figure out which is my favorite - Ja’Kobe Walter, man’s just letting himself feel that rhythm and sync’ing his crossovers with that invisible ball seamlessly lol; or Darko in the back giving it his absolute all despite not possessing an ounce of rhythm and being unable to get synced up with the beat for the life of him. 😂😭
Clearly this is something Kawhi started during his time there
Of course, he’s a fun guy
Uaaaahhuuuuhuuuhhhuuuh
Ready to be a lottery team again
Not sure whats worse as a fan,, being the top seed and flaming out or tanking
Cheering for Cleveland worse than anything
Speaking as a fan of a team that hardcore tanked for two years prior to a weak 38-win season, tanking is way worse. It sucks so bad. Even 38 wins was exciting and awesome in comparison.
I think you have the truly right answer, but it’s def the other way around for me. As a Celts fan, I enjoyed 2014 so much more than this year if I’m being honest. I’ve been way too spoiled.
Yeah, I’m admittedly very anti-tanking. I think it’s just the worst thing ever for a competitive sport to have a system that encourages losing. I’d way rather be mediocre than bad just from a pure sports perspective even if it doesn’t make sense for the NBA.
I’ve been way too spoiled.
Probably part of it too. I’d just be stoked to be in the playoffs. I don’t mind getting knocked out if we accomplished getting there.
I mean no offense but when was the last time that the Blazers were a top seed
6 years ago 😭
I wouldn’t really describe that year as being a top seed and flaming out. You weren’t the first seed and no one expected you to win the conference with the KD Warriors
I mean, I don’t disagree, but the question you asked was specifically when the Blazers were last a top seed. In relation to OP’s question, yeah, no one really expected them to compete (hell, the Thunder in the first round were favored over us and I think Denver in the 2nd May have been as well) and we were only the 3rd seed because of a crazy Simons explosion during the last game of the season. I think if we had lost that game, we would’ve been 6th. Good season for y’all, though, obviously! That was a great year of basketball.
I get what you’re saying but I think the expectation is different when most people have you as a lock for the conference finals with a good shot at winning it.
As a Raptors fan who watched a first seed flame out and been in the lottery within the past decade, I’d take the tanking every day. Every team has to tank eventually, but to flame out with high expectations is demoralizing and embarrassing as a fan.
I can see that angle, and while I don’t know that expectation/embarrassment thing, I still think I’d choose it. A top seed means you had 6 months of awesome basketball to enjoy and be happy about. One series of embarrassment sucks but doesn’t take away all the good times during the season.
Tanking is just that, a total grind. You could have fun and catch a bball game on a Thursday or whatever but nah, just shit basketball. Maybe we if had more winter sports stuff to distract us, I’d be more choosy about the playoff losses.
Maybe it’s because of Toronto being one of the better drafting teams but this team is still fun to watch imo. Got young players who show a lot of promise and you can watch the games with no pressure.
Personally I compare that to the Lebronto years and I’ll take the tanking year any day
I mean.
It’s less humiliating than winning 64 games, then losing in the second round in 5.
Wouldn’t you agree?
If I were a Cavs fan, I’d be more worried about my own team going out in an embarrassing way again.
Its worse. We’ll be a play in knock out
it’s so funny how 14 in front is locked in and RJ Barrett has the enthusiasm of a zombie LMAO
Cause this is Thriller.. Thriller night?
Raptors turning into the Savannah bananas. I’m here for it 🍌
Free throw percentage better not be dropping below 90% all season if they got time for this shit 🤣
Gotta get ya head in the game
You guys are late they had a whole dance video lol
Really expected to see Grady leading this lil session 🤣
Some Flint Tropics energy going on there
Love me sexy
jackie moons coaching again!
Walmart version of Thriller
RJ looked pissed
What in the Troy Bolton Wildcats is going on?
I was like are they practicing for HSM4
This practice for the season is looking great so far…
“I said step pause turn pause pivot step step, not step pause turn pause pivot step pause!”
“It’s close to miiiiidnight…”
And Jessica Alba is the coach
An unique way to practice for sure.
We are so chalked
Why do i feel like that’s Will Smith on the mic and hes about to start shouting, “I like pretty GIRLS”
Old from last year, Achiuwa’s there
Probably Jonathan Mogbo you’re thinking of
Ja’Kobe and Mogbo in this clip were drafted last summer, Precious was traded at the end of 2023
KG gonna have a field day with this one
Their Dick is all out of whack
RJ looked like he’d rather do anything else on planet earth. Can’t agree more lol.
i would’ve thought raptors would retire number 2😭
I LOVE MY TEAM
in either case… of course, the white boy is lost lol
Are they planning on auditioning for HSM4 if they decide to do one?
The most unserious and non competitive team in the league
Bringing banana ball to the nba. I’m ready.
No wonder they suck, need to practice basketball, not dancing
They practicing TikTok dances
Gradey Dick and Jared McCain’s ideal basketball practice session
This what y’all doing up north 😂😂
yeah dick got moves…
Anyone want to add a river dance track to this?
So random game they going out instead of cheerleaders and tik took dancing lmao.
What’s IQ doing? (Far right)
When you get crossed over but it’s smooth.
Surely this is r/nbacirclejerk amiright???
This is exactly why they won’t win 25 games this year.
Yeah we’re not seeing the playoffs for a minute 😭
Coach either a woman or a democrat
These guys are great. That is why they are always first to Cancun. Mexican dance moves approved.
Ah i see why masai left
This would be way way less embarrassing if they didn’t look like they wanted to kill themselves
The I’m paying more tax than everyone else in the league dance.
Uh wtf is this
Fuckin Idiocracy
This is what real culture building looks like, especially during challenging times. With the president and vice chairman getting fired, this kind of activity from the training staff is more important than any drill. It keeps the team’s spirit strong.
Their record last year makes sense now.
Man, why would you release this haha
How stupid
What would the Raptors dance about?
Playing basketball professionally and getting PAID.