Raptors give love to Charles Barkley after he taps them to make NBA Finals
TORONTO — Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley says Toronto is his favourite city in the world and that the Raptors are the best team in the NBA’s Eastern Conference.
The respect is more than mutual.
“I love Chuck, I love Chuck,” said DeMar DeRozan on Friday morning, a day after Barkley said on TNT’s Inside the NBA that the Raptors guard was the most underrated player in the league.
Toronto was the first team in the NBA to clinch a playoff berth this season after a dramatic 121-119 overtime victory against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.