{"id":879513,"date":"2026-09-01T13:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/879513\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T13:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:44:16","slug":"where-is-the-ceiling-for-the-2026-27-toronto-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/879513\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is the ceiling for the 2026-27 Toronto Raptors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Raptors fans and fans across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This week\u2019s survey asks Toronto Raptors fans how far they think this year\u2019s team can go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Assuming the Kawhi Leonard trade officially clears whatever hurdles remain, the Raptors project to be one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Last year, they pushed the Cleveland Cavaliers to a thrilling Game 7 before ultimately bowing out in the first round. That same Cavaliers squad made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the eventual champion New York Knicks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Toronto replaces Brandon Ingram &#8211; who was unfortunately a non-factor during the Cleveland series &#8211; with one of the best players in the NBA. But will that be enough to counter all the moves made by Eastern Conference rivals?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Cast your vote, tell us in the comments, and we\u2019ll be back soon with more Reacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,121489,34147,3302,197695],"class_list":["post-879513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-raptors-analysis","tag-raptors-news","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-raptors-discussion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879513","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=879513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}