Know we’re all locked in on the Harden/Garland or Sabonis-Raptors noise but this was announced a bit earlier today and didn’t see a post on it.

Per the NBA’s Official PR:

Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković has been named by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver as head coach of Team World for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game.

A native of Serbia, Rajaković has guided the Raptors to a 30-21 record in his third season as their head coach.

Rajaković previously served as a head coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder’s NBA G League affiliate (then the Tulsa 66ers) and teams in Spain and Serbia.

Congrats to Toronto’s favorite caffeine enthusiast and part-time Ted Lasso impersonator. Also the head coach responsible for a major turnaround for the Raptors this year via a Top 10 defense.

ImMahti

257 | 7 hours ago

Love this for Darko. He’ll actually try his best to make this game competitive too which is nice

CazOnReddit | Raptors

76 | 7 hours ago

Will give us some amazing reaction gifs too

UnsolvedParadox | Raptors

19 | 5 hours ago

“NO HUSTLE? THIS IS SHAME!!!”

axecalibur | CHI

6 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, I’m sure he’s going to get Luka to play defense.

Asoriel

6 | 5 hours ago

With Wemby + SGA, not like he’ll need to.

LAMonkeyWithAShotgun | Spurs

1 | 3 hours ago

Luka can sit on the bench. Jamal + SGA is enough is all he wants to do is chuck logo 3s

Hour_Glass57 | Lebanon

125 | 7 hours ago

A very well liked coach amongst many players across the league. Well deserved. Congrats Coach Darko.

heat_00 | Raptors

33 | 7 hours ago

This comment just doesn’t seem human lol

Hour_Glass57 | Lebanon

55 | 7 hours ago

Thats because im a bot, beep boop

raptosaurus | Raptors

14 | 7 hours ago

Magic Johnson isn’t human?

eutectic_h8r | Raptors

13 | 7 hours ago

Can’t spell Magic without AI

Adventurous_Cut_7355

5 | 5 hours ago

I see lots written like this on popular feel good posts when they find their way to my home feed. It is interesting

Hour_Glass57 | Lebanon

1 | 4 hours ago

Like I said, im a bot 🤖

no-kangarooreborn | Raptors

70 | 7 hours ago

Hell yeah. He went from tank commander to All-Star coach in the span of only a couple seasons.

Franii | Raptors

19 | 6 hours ago

A season*

We_The_Raptors | Raptors

51 | 7 hours ago

Good for Darko, but this all star format is so scuffed lol

braddeus | Heat

50 | 7 hours ago

What’s happening over here, during whole season I’ve been holding it back, it’s a complete CRAP

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

18 | 7 hours ago

Zach Lowe been shitting on it relentlessly all year lol. “I don’t even know how to explain it to a laymen, and I’m technically one of the foremost experts on the subject!”-type complaints. Highly amusing.

Franii | Raptors

0 | 6 hours ago

Isn’t that normal for him, complaining?

elarmthecity

17 | 7 hours ago

Legendary quote

5th_bidness

2 | 6 hours ago

THANK YOU, BRADDEUS. THANK YOU.

vivekvangala34_ | Wizards

9 | 7 hours ago

Don’t worry it’ll be completely different next year like it has been for the last 7 years lol

axecalibur | CHI

2 | 6 hours ago

NBA vs WNBA incoming

RobinTheKing | CLE

3 | 7 hours ago

How come?

bigraptorr | Raptors

15 | 7 hours ago

Players are divided into 3 teams and its a round robin style tournament with 12 min games. 2 USA, 1 world teams.

The top 5 players in the league are all on 1 team.

raptosaurus | Raptors

4 | 7 hours ago

Wemby will play hard and I think that’ll motivate team US to play hard to not lose to the euros

crimxona | Canada

5 | 6 hours ago

SGA is Canadian though

Dymatizeee | Knicks

5 | 6 hours ago

Them euro canadians

raptosaurus | Raptors

3 | 5 hours ago

Even better

axecalibur | CHI

2 | 6 hours ago

Why? You don’t get paid more - there is no reward. And the sooner you lose, the sooner you can fly back home and enjoy your time off. Are you the kind of person who hangs around your work unpaid?

raptosaurus | Raptors

3 | 5 hours ago

Don’t get paid for the Olympics either

completelytrustworth | Raptors

2 | 5 hours ago

Some players are competitive and unlike the rest of us, I’d say they almost all actually enjoy their work

It all depends on who sets the tone first, the guys who will take it semi seriously and play hard, or the ones who want to fuck around and turn it into a clown show

whtge8 | Magic

3 | 7 hours ago

All of this for the game to be just as boring lol

Dymatizeee | Knicks

2 | 6 hours ago

How does this format even work..? theres way more team USA players than team world

SweeneyMcFeels | Raptors

2 | 4 hours ago

Two USA teams

PsychoM | Raptors

1 | 6 hours ago

They’re trying to capture the magic of 4 Nations Face Off. It’s not going to work

chillhomer | Bulls

1 | 5 hours ago

I dont know why people are so against it. When they actually were playing basketball last season it was better than most years, why wouldn’t this season be just as good?

pengy5 | Cavaliers

38 | 7 hours ago

Good for him

smoothsoul23 | Raptors

33 | 7 hours ago

Congrats Coach Darko

heat_fan_ | Raptors

16 | 7 hours ago

Happy for Coach Darko

Holden_place | Nuggets

12 | 7 hours ago

Congrats to coach. Stacked team - Jokic, SGA, Wemby, Doncic, etc

incollapse | Raptors

1 | 6 hours ago

If only Giannis wasn’t injured. Damnnnn

Franii | Raptors

10 | 6 hours ago

Shoutout Darko. Raptors are on the cover of slam, Scottie and BI are talking about the boondocks, and we’ve got a legitimate DPOY candidate. Great day to be true north

WeBelieveIn4 | Raptors

7 | 6 hours ago

Woooooo so happy for Darko. So many Raptors fans were calling for him to be fired 5 games into the season. Hope he’s our coach for a long time.

defiantcross | Suns

8 | 6 hours ago

if the world team wasn’t a favorite to win already, now they got a pizza party as incentive

LamonicasHubster | Spurs

6 | 7 hours ago

hardest first name in all of sports

CrippledBanana | Canada

3 | 6 hours ago

Hell yea. Good for Darko.

Punjabiveer30 | Raptors

3 | 5 hours ago

Time to start recruiting Jokic and Shai

RealCanadianDragon

2 | 5 hours ago

“You had lots of fun tonight didn’t you? Want to continue this? I’m not saying come to Toronto because that would be tampering, but if you want to continue having this much fun, you know where to find me”

Asoriel

2 | 5 hours ago

I might see Jokic think about it vs Adelman, but I really don’t see SGA ever disparaging Mark, they seem to really like working for each other.

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

2 | 6 hours ago

OKC THUNDER LEGEND

Ok_Pomegranate_9716 | Raptors

2 | 4 hours ago

FACE OF THIS LEAGUE

_Tar_Ar_Ais_

2 | 3 hours ago

Well deserved

metalconfection | Raptors

2 | 3 hours ago

beautiful. darko deserves the world.

penguin_torpedo | Nuggets

1 | 3 hours ago

Wait but they also announced Mitch Johnson coaching, is Detroit/OKC not getting a coaching representative.

LegateDamar13

1 | 2 hours ago

Best news today! Happy for coach Darko!

ImGonnaObamaYou | CLE

-10 | 7 hours ago

Should have been Chauncey

CazOnReddit | Raptors

11 | 7 hours ago

NBA doesn’t need the feds delving into their chumminess with Fonduel and other addiction-inducing partners

Also with Shams being partnered with them which we just…don’t talk about his Fonduel partnership?

ImGonnaObamaYou | CLE

-5 | 7 hours ago

Idk who doesn’t the sportsbooks own these days

CazOnReddit | Raptors

3 | 7 hours ago

Alan Greenspan

He doesn’t work that way

crimxona | Canada

2 | 6 hours ago

Wait, how come? Darko I get because international coach

ImGonnaObamaYou | CLE

0 | 6 hours ago

Because it’s funny he’s wrapped up in a gambling investigation

Briggity_Brak | Tampa Bay Raptors

-15 | 7 hours ago

This shit is so fucking stupid.