Scottie Barnes isn’t your typical NBA All-Star. Look at the league’s elite, and you’ll find names like Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Nikola Jokic, Jalen Brunson, and Karl-Anthony Towns.

Scottie Barnes is leading by example. The 23-year-old is playing some of his best two-way basketball of the season and it has resulted in the Toronto Raptors’ turning their fortunes around.

With Davion Mitchell entering the lineup for longer stretches, the Raptors point of attack defense has shifted radically, and with a better front end, Scottie Barnes has been able to dominate on ...

Scottie Barnes led the Raptors to a season-high three-game win streak and got himself an NBA Eastern Conference player of the week honour for it. Barnes averaged 22 points, 9.7 rebounds and six ...

Despite being the most recent selection as the Eastern Conference player of the week — with averages of 20/10/7 leading the Raptors to a 3-0 stretch — Scottie Barnes was not selected as an NBA ...

Barnes notched 21 points (6-21 FG, 1-7 3Pt, 8-9 FT), 11 rebounds, eight assists, one block and three steals in 37 minutes during Monday's 113-104 victory over New Orleans. The double-double was ...

Scottie Barnes scored 24 points to lead the Toronto Raptors to their fifth straight win, a 106-82 blowout over the Wizards on Wednesday in Washington. Barnes eclipsed the 20-point mark for the ...

Josh Lewenberg: Scottie Barnes: “I feel like I’m a great defender. I feel like it doesn’t really get talked about enough but I feel like I’m a great defender. I guard whoever, can play one ...

NBA.com Staff • Get NBA League Pass TODAY Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr. and Toronto Raptors guard-forward Scottie Barnes have been named the NBA Players of the Week for ...

It’s all worth keeping in mind, given that the Raptors are thought to be looking for a “significant piece” to pair with Scottie Barnes, per one front office source with another team.