{"id":785803,"date":"2026-07-07T10:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785803\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:04:16","slug":"toronto-raptors-promise-special-guest-for-milestone-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785803\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors promise \u2018special guest\u2019 for milestone announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783418656_856_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former Toronto Raptors and now LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, right, receives his 2019 NBA championship ring from Raptors&#8217; Kyle Lowry prior to NBA basketball action in Toronto on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nathan Denette<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 7, 2026 | 2:00 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Raptors are hosting a morning news conference with a \u201cspecial guest\u201d for what the team is calling a \u201cmilestone announcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>General manager and executive vice-president Bobby Webster will join the unidentified guest at the event, with the team\u2019s cryptic announcement prompting speculation about who could appear.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors have agreed to a blockbuster trade to bring 2019 NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard back to Toronto from the Los Angeles Clippers, although the deal has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry has also been considering retirement after 20 NBA seasons and has often said he wants to retire as a member of the franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Toronto Raptors and now LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, right, receives his 2019 NBA championship ring from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-785803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785803","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=785803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}