{"id":427217,"date":"2026-01-23T03:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/427217\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T03:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:20:10","slug":"toronto-raptors-rj-barrett-collin-murray-boyles-upgraded-to-questionable-friday-against-portland-trail-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/427217\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors\u2019 RJ Barrett, Collin Murray-Boyles upgraded to questionable Friday against Portland Trail Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/toronto-raptors\/28\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/toronto-raptors\/28\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/rj-barrett\/1132031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/rj-barrett\/1132031\" target=\"_blank\">RJ Barrett<\/a> and forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/collin-murray-boyles-1043249\/1465110\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/collin-murray-boyles-1043249\/1465110\" target=\"_blank\">Collin Murray-Boyles<\/a> have each been upgraded to questionable ahead of Friday\u2019s matchup with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/portland-trail-blazers\/22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/portland-trail-blazers\/22\" target=\"_blank\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>, reports TSN\u2019s Josh Lewenberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/jakob-poeltl\/844478\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/jakob-poeltl\/844478\" target=\"_blank\">Jakob Poeltl<\/a> and guard Ja\u2019Kobe Walter remain out.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barrett and Murray-Boyles have both been upgraded to questionable for tomorrow\u2019s game in Portland. Poeltl and Walter are out.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JLew1050\/status\/2014491826548355269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Barrett has not played since Jan. 9 as he continues to recover from an ankle injury that has forced him to miss the team\u2019s last seven games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 25-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., has been solid in limited action this season, averaging 19.6 points on 49.6 per cent shooting. He also missed time in November and December due to a knee sprain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Murray-Boyles has sat Toronto\u2019s last two contests after incurring a left thumb contusion against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> over the weekend. The No. 9 overall pick in last summer\u2019s draft is averaging 7.8 points and 5.1 rebounds in 37 games so far this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Raptors sit 27-19 on the season, good for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors guard RJ Barrett and forward Collin Murray-Boyles have each been upgraded to questionable ahead of Friday\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[712,49,48,178353,459,131767,82,96661],"class_list":["post-427217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-collin-murray-boyles-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-1465110","tag-nba","tag-rj-barrett-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-1132031","tag-sports","tag-toronto-raptors-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-28"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}