Toronto native gets to work training with the Raptors Uprising

When invited to cover the Raptors 2K team I did not know what to expect. Rolling up in my Uber, I arrived in front of what appeared to be a little cozy two-story house near Lake Ontario. Peering through the window were two eyes requesting my information. As the door swung open, I was confronted with an atmosphere similar to a college frat house; the aroma of food in the air, groups of people congregating. And finally, team members from the Raptors Uprising 2K team huddled around a ping pong table playing as if it was the finals of the US Open Tennis Championship.

And then to my surprise, a young man named Yusuf Abdulla abruptly sprang out of the basement corridor yelling and cheering his…