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Raptors beat reporter Doug Smith answers your NBA questions Thursday

The Star | October 17, 2018

Related Topics: Beat reporting, Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard

The Raptors open the 2018-19 campaign Wednesday night at home against their nemesis Cleveland Cavaliers, perhaps the most highly anticipated season in franchise history.

With the addition of one of the best players in the league in Kawhi Leonard following a blockbuster summer trade, fans have been buzzing about the possibilities this season.

Smith has been covering the Raptors since the team began in 1995, first with The Canadian Press and then for the Toronto Star over the last two decades.
Smith has been covering the Raptors since the team began in 1995, first with The Canadian Press and then for the Toronto Star over the last two decades.

The team is the deepest it’s ever been, the young players on the Bench Mob are one year older and LeBron James doesn’t play in the Eastern Conference anymore so fans have never been more optimistic that the Raptors can make their first NBA final.

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