ROSTER
| No. | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Birth Date | Exp | College | |
| 5 | Stanley Johnson | PF | 6-6 | 242 | May 29, 1996 | us | 5 | Arizona |
| 25 | Chris Boucher | C | 6-9 | 200 | January 11, 1993 | lc | 3 | Oregon |
| 43 | Pascal Siakam | PF | 6-9 | 230 | April 2, 1994 | cm | 4 | New Mexico State |
| 46 | Aron Baynes | C | 6-10 | 260 | December 9, 1986 | nz | 8 | Washington State |
| 23 | Fred VanVleet | SG | 6-1 | 197 | February 25, 1994 | us | 4 | Wichita State |
| 95 | DeAndre’ Bembry | SF | 6-5 | 210 | July 4, 1994 | us | 4 | St. Joseph’s |
| 18 | Yuta Watanabe | SF | 6-9 | 215 | October 13, 1994 | jp | 2 | George Washington |
| 8 | Malachi Flynn | PG | 6-1 | 175 | May 10, 1998 | us | 1 | Washington State, San Diego St |
| 7 | Kyle Lowry | PG | 6-0 | 196 | March 25, 1986 | us | 14 | Villanova |
| 3 | OG Anunoby | SF | 6-7 | 232 | July 17, 1997 | gb | 3 | Indiana |
| 1 | Paul Watson | SF | 6-6 | 210 | December 30, 1994 | us | 1 | Fresno State |
| 55 | Freddie Gillespie | PF | 6-9 | 245 | June 14, 1997 | us | 1 | Carlton College, Baylor |
| 24 | Khem Birch | C | 6-9 | 233 | September 28, 1992 | ca | 3 | Pittsburgh, UNLV |
| 33 | Gary Trent Jr. | SG | 6-5 | 209 | January 18, 1999 | us | 2 | Duke |
| 32 | Rodney Hood | SF | 6-8 | 208 | October 20, 1992 | us | 6 | Mississippi State, Duke |
| 2 | Jalen Harris | SG | 6-5 | 195 | August 14, 1998 | us | 1 | Nevada, Louisiana Tech |
| TRADED/CUT/GL | ||||||||
| 24 | Norman Powell | SG | 6-3 | 215 | May 25, 1993 | us | 5 | U.C.L.A. |
| Henry Ellenson | PF | 6-10 | 240 | January 13, 1997 | us | 4 | Marquette | |
| 0 | Terence Davis | SG | 6-4 | 205 | May 16, 1997 | us | 2 | Mississippi |
| Alex Len | C | 7-0 | 250 | June 16, 1993 | ukr | 7 | Maryland | |
| 21 | Matt Thomas | SG | 6-4 | 190 | August 4, 1994 | us | 2 | Iowa State |
| 22 | Patrick McCaw | SF | 6-7 | 185 | October 25, 1995 | us | 4 | U.N.L.V. |
| Donta Hall | PF | 6-9 | 232 | August 7, 1997 | us | 1 | Alabama | |
TRANSACTIONS
September 15/2020: Raptors sign Nick Nurse to a contract extension.
November 16/2020: Reserve Stanley Johnson exercises his $3.8-million player option for 2020-21.
November 18/2020: With the 29th pick in round one of the NBA draft, the Raptors selected 6-1 San Diego State guard Malachi Flynn, who averaged 17.6 ppg, led the Mountain West with 5.1 assists per game and posted an assist-to-turnover ratio of nearly 3-to-1. He was the Mountain West player of the year and defensive player of the year.
With the 59th pick in the round two of the draft, the Raptors selected Nevada guard Jalen Harris.
November 20/2020: The Raptors announced that their home games for the 2020-21 campaign would be played in Tampa, Florida.
November 21/2020: Ink Fred Van Vliet to an $85-million, four-year deal.
November 22/2020: Free agent Serge Ibaka bails, signing a $19-million/two-year deal with the Los Angeles Clippers.
November 22/2020: Free agent Paul Gasol bails, signing $5.3 million/two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.
November 22/2020: Raptors ink free agent Australian-native Aron Baynes from the Phoenix Suns to a $14.17-million, two-year contract, with the second year a team option. The utility player averaged 11.5 ppg and 5.6 rpg with the Suns in 2019-20.
November 22/2020: Re-sign Chris Boucher to a $13.5-million, two-year deal.
November 22/2020: Ink free agent DeAndre’ Bembry from the Atlanta Hawks to a $4-million/two-year deal. Bembry averaged 5.8 ppg for the Hawks in 2019-20.
November 25/2020: Sign free agent Alex Len. The 7-0 post had career averages of 8.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.0 blocks and 19.6 minutes in 467 games (183 starts) with Phoenix, Atlanta and Sacramento. He was picked fifth overall by the Suns in the 2013 NBA Draft. The native of Antratsit, Ukraine, Len played two seasons at Maryland (2011-13) where he earned honourable mention all-ACC and all-ACC defensive team honours as a sophomore. On the international stage, he represented Ukraine 2010 FIBA Europe U18 Championship and 2009 FIBA Europe U16 Championship.
November 26/2020: Sign Henry Ellenson and Malachi Flynn to multi-year contracts. Waive Dewan Hernandez. The 6-10 Ellenson 6-foot-10 averaged a team-high 21.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 30.6 minutes in 15 games (13 starts) with Raptors 905 in the NBA G League bubble. He shot .493 (107-217) from the field, .424 (53-125) from three-point range and .882 (30-34) at the free throw line. Ellenson scored 20+ points seven times and recorded five double-doubles. He played one season at Marquette (2015-16) prior to being picked 18th overall by Detroit in the 2016 NBA Draft. He is averaging 4.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 9.2 minutes in 81 career NBA games (two starts) with Detroit, New York and Brooklyn.
November 27/2020: Sign Yuta Watanabe to an Exhibit 10 contract. Days later, they sign him to a two-way contract.
November 28/2020: Sign Alize Johnson to an Exhibit 10 contract. Sign Oshae Brisset to a multi-year contract. Sign Jalen Harris to a two-way contract.
December 19/2020: Convert Paul Watson from a two-way contract to a standard contract. Sign Yuta Watanabe to a two-way contract. The 6-9 forward had career averages of 2.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 8.5 minutes in 33 games with Memphis where he has spent the last two seasons (2018-20) as a two-way player.
Sign Dewan Hernandez, Tres Tinkle and Breein Tyree to Exhibit 10 (summer) contracts. Waive Henry Ellenson, Oshae Brisset, Alize Johnson, Dewan Hernandez, Tres Tinkle and Breein Tyree.
December 21/2020: Sign OG Annunoby to a multi-year contract extension.
January 19/2021: Waive Alex Len.
February 3/2021: Assign Malachi Flynn to Raptors 905 of the G-League.
February 18/2021: Recall Malachi Flynn from Raptors 905 of the G-League.
February 26/2021: Sign Donta Hall to a 10-day contract. Assign him to Raptors 905 of the G-League.
March 2/2021: Recall Donta Hall from Raptors 905 of the G-League.
March 10/2021: Sign Henry Ellenson to a 10-day contract.
March 25/2021: Trade Norman Powell to the Portland Trail Blazers for Rodney Hood and Gary Trent Jr. and a trade exception. The 6-8 Hood was picked 23rd overall by Utah in the 2014 NBA Draft. He had career averages of 11.7 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 26.5 minutes in 379 career games (253 starts) with Utah, Cleveland and Portland. Hood played collegiately at Mississippi State (2011-12) and Duke (2013-14). The 6-5 Trent had career averages of 10.2 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 23.1 minutes in 117 career games (32 starts) with the Blazers. He played one season at Duke (2017-18) prior to being picked 37th overall by Sacramento in the 2018 NBA Draft and traded to Portland on draft night.
March 25/2021: Trade Terence Davis to the Sacramento Kings for a 2021 2nd-round pick (owned by Memphis) and a trade exception
March 25/2021: Trade Matt Thomas to the Utah Jazz for a 2021 2nd-round pick (owned by Golden State) and a trade exception.
April 8/2021: Sign Freddie Gillespie to a 10-day contract.
April 9/2021: Waive Patrick McCaw.
April 10/2021: Sign Khem Birch to a contract for remainder of season. The 6-9 centre averaged 5.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 19.8 minutes in 48 games (five starts) with the Orlando Magic this season. The Montreal-native was averaged 4.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 16.5 minutes in 188 career games (30 starts) during four seasons in Orlando (2017-21). After going undrafted in 2014, Birch played with Sioux Falls of the NBA G League (2014-15) and overseas in Turkey (2015-16) and Greece (2016-17) prior to signing with the Magic as a free agent in the summer of 2017. He played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh (2011-12) and UNLV (2012-14) where he was named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year back-to-back seasons. On the international stage, Birch represented Canada at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China. He was also a member of Canada’s U18 National Team that captured a bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. He also represented Canada at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China.
April 18/2021: Convert Yuta Watanabe from two-way to regular contract. Sign Freddie Gillespie to second 10-day contract.
April 28/2021: Sign Freddie Gillespie.
STANDINGS
| Eastern Conference | W | L | W/L% | GB | PS/G | PA/G |
| Philadelphia 76ers* (1) | 49 | 23 | .681 | — | 113.6 | 108.1 |
| Brooklyn Nets* (2) | 48 | 24 | .667 | 1.0 | 118.6 | 114.1 |
| Milwaukee Bucks* (3) | 46 | 26 | .639 | 3.0 | 120.1 | 114.2 |
| New York Knicks* (4) | 41 | 31 | .569 | 8.0 | 107.0 | 104.7 |
| Atlanta Hawks* (5) | 41 | 31 | .569 | 8.0 | 113.7 | 111.4 |
| Miami Heat* (6) | 40 | 32 | .556 | 9.0 | 108.1 | 108.0 |
| Boston Celtics* (7) | 36 | 36 | .500 | 13.0 | 112.6 | 111.2 |
| Washington Wizards* (8) | 34 | 38 | .472 | 15.0 | 116.6 | 118.5 |
| Indiana Pacers (9) | 34 | 38 | .472 | 15.0 | 115.3 | 115.3 |
| Charlotte Hornets (10) | 33 | 39 | .458 | 16.0 | 109.5 | 111.4 |
| Chicago Bulls (11) | 31 | 41 | .431 | 18.0 | 110.7 | 111.6 |
| Toronto Raptors (12) | 27 | 45 | .375 | 22.0 | 111.3 | 111.7 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (13) | 22 | 50 | .306 | 27.0 | 103.8 | 112.3 |
| Orlando Magic (14) | 21 | 51 | .292 | 28.0 | 104.0 | 113.3 |
| Detroit Pistons (15) | 20 | 52 | .278 | 29.0 | 106.6 | 111.1 |
| Western Conference | W | L | W/L% | GB | PS/G | PA/G |
| Utah Jazz* (1) | 52 | 20 | .722 | — | 116.4 | 107.2 |
| Phoenix Suns* (2) | 51 | 21 | .708 | 1.0 | 115.3 | 109.5 |
| Denver Nuggets* (3) | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 | 115.1 | 110.1 |
| Los Angeles Clippers* (4) | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 | 114.0 | 107.8 |
| Dallas Mavericks* (5) | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 112.4 | 110.2 |
| Portland Trail Blazers* (6) | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 116.1 | 114.3 |
| Los Angeles Lakers* (7) | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 109.5 | 106.8 |
| Memphis Grizzlies* (8) | 38 | 34 | .528 | 14.0 | 113.3 | 112.3 |
| Golden State Warriors (9) | 39 | 33 | .542 | 13.0 | 113.7 | 112.7 |
| San Antonio Spurs (10) | 33 | 39 | .458 | 19.0 | 111.1 | 112.8 |
| New Orleans Pelicans (11) | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 | 114.6 | 114.9 |
| Sacramento Kings (12) | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 | 113.7 | 117.4 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves (13) | 23 | 49 | .319 | 29.0 | 112.1 | 117.7 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder (14) | 22 | 50 | .306 | 30.0 | 105.0 | 115.6 |
| Houston Rockets (15) | 17 | 55 | .236 | 30.0 | 108.8 | 116.7 |
| Eastern Conference Atlantic Division | W | L | W/L% | GB | PS/G | PA/G |
| Philadelphia 76ers* (1) | 49 | 23 | .681 | — | 113.6 | 108.1 |
| Brooklyn Nets* (2) | 48 | 24 | .667 | 1.0 | 118.6 | 114.1 |
| New York Knicks* (4) | 41 | 31 | .569 | 8.0 | 107.0 | 104.7 |
| Boston Celtics* (7) | 36 | 36 | .500 | 13.0 | 112.6 | 111.2 |
| Toronto Raptors | 27 | 45 | .375 | 22.0 | 111.3 | 111.7 |
POSTSEASON
None
RAPTORS 2020-21 STATS at basketball reference.com
SALARIES
2020-21 Salary Cap: $109,140,000
| Player | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
| Kyle Lowry | $30,000,000 | ||||
| Pascal Siakam | $29,000,000 | $31,320,000 | $33,640,000 | $35,960,000 | |
| Fred Van Vleet | $21,250,000 | $19,675,926 | $21,250,000 | $22,824,074 | |
| Rodney Hood | $10,047,450 | $10,851,246 | |||
| Aron Baynes | $6,975,610 | $7,324,390 | |||
| Chris Boucher | $6,490,385 | $7,009,615 | |||
| OG Anunoby | $3,872,215 | $16,071,429 | $17,357,143 | $18,642,857 | $19,928,571 |
| Stanley Johnson | $3,801,000 | ||||
| Malachi Flynn | $1,950,600 | $2,048,040 | $2,145,720 | $3,873,025 | $5,809,538 |
| DeAndre’ Bembry | $1,737,145 | $1,977,011 | |||
| Gary Trent Jr. | $1,663,861 | ||||
| Paul Watson | $1,445,697 | $1,701,593 | |||
| Khem Birch | $425,463 | ||||
| Yuta Watanabe | $321,893 | $1,762,769 | |||
| Freddie Gillespie | $116,903 | $1,517,981 | |||
| Jalen Harris | Two-way | ||||
| Patrick McCaw | $4,000,000 | ||||
| Alex Len | $2,320,000 | ||||
| Oshae Brissett | $300,000 | ||||
| Henry Ellenson | $50,000 | ||||
| Team Totals | $125,768,222 | $101,260,000 | $74,392,863 | $81,299,956 | $19,928,571 |
SEASON WRAP
Compelled by Canadian travel restrictions in the face of the covid-19 pandemic to relocate to Tampa, Florida, for the 20-21 season, the Raptors suffered a disastrous campaign, finishing 12th in the Eastern conference regular season standings and failing to make the playoffs for the first time since 2013. They essentially played all their games on the road, practiced in a hotel ballroom, and had virtually no fan support. Fred VanVleet told The Athletic that “Tampa was great. I don’t wanna sit up here and make it sound like I’m shitting on Tampa, but it’s just not Toronto. It’s not where we’re supposed to be. So yeah, it coulda been awesome, and we coulda made the playoffs, and we coulda won a couple rounds. It still would not have been Toronto. That’s just the deal.” Coach Nick Nurse told Canadian Press that his troops were undone by a March covid-19 outbreak (which struck five players, including Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, as well as seven of the coaching staff) that left them earning just one win in the month. Through the campaign, they used 38 different starting line-ups, and in a few games, when combined with injuries, they had just 6-8 players able to suit up. “I would like to think that this team could have been a heck of a lot better than this, the way it ends up. We were playing pretty good basketball until the COVID hit, and kinda spun out of control from there, and never really recovered. … There was a lot of angst and there was some frustration as well, but I also believe that we did get to a point where we got pretty focused and locked in, in teaching mode, and learning mode, and [it was] enjoyable.” Nurse told The Athletic that “we had a lot, half our team and 80 percent of our coaching staff, get out with COVID, and I don’t think anybody got hit as hard as we did. And we didn’t get a break. They gave us like 24 hours and then we started playing games again. They were just like, ‘Figure it out. Coach with whoever is left … and play with whoever’s left’ and and we had to kind of do it and it wasn’t very pleasant. I think we were in fourth place when this happened. And we had just won a bunch of games and we were just trending way upward against really good teams. So we got kind of knocked in the teeth pretty hard.” Team president Masai Ujiri told ESPN. “We have been incredibly disadvantaged from all of this. The displacement really did not work well. … From the top, ownership, everybody from our coaching staff, players, they were incredible during this process. They tried to persevere as much as they could through adversity. Our medical team, they were incredible for us, the front office, even scouts, everything, we tried to come together. [But] in this environment, this which is the NBA, we were No. 30 in terms of what we went through. We had an outbreak on our team. We had a rough start. That’s on us, that’s on me, maybe, because of our roster and some maybe we can call ‘misfits’ as we started the season. But we did climb up to being fourth in the East sometime in mid-February or end of February or something. We climbed back out of that, and then we got hit again. We had a 1-13 month, and that was tough, to be honest. We were playing teams that, I know, games were winnable games. … But these guys, they were working in mud. They were running in mud. Their bodies and everything that they were going through, it was really, really tough. With Paul Gasol and Serge Ibaka having bailed, the Raptors also often struggled mightily defending the post and often looked like their feet were nailed in the floor during rebounding battles, although the developing Chris Boucher and Khem Birch periodically had fine moments in the blocks. They also often appeared to be drifting through the motions during games, and down the stretch, had clearly thrown in the towel on the season. Pascal Siakam told the Athletic that “I’m just happy with the fight, not just for me. As a team we continued to fight and work hard, no matter what, and I think for me like that’s like a big part. I know that I’m a better player coming out of this and just going through the different struggles and stuff and I’m excited about the future.” The upside of the mediocre campaign was that the Raptors earned a lottery pick in the 2021 draft. Among the major offseason issues were the futures of free agent Kyle Lowry and team president Masai Ujiri, who had deferred a decision on whether to re-sign a contract until after the campaign.