Serge Ibaka Isn't Coming Back To The Toronto Raptors & We're Heartbroken

Goodbye for now, Ma Fuzzy.
Serge Ibaka Is Not Re-Signing With The Raptors, According To Reports
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The NBA's free agency is ongoing right now, and there's good news and bad news for Raptors fans.

The good news is that Fred VanVleet is re-signing with the Raptors; the bad news is that fan favourite Serge Ibaka is likely not.

According to reports from ESPN and The Athletic, Ibaka has signed a two-year, $19 million deal with the L.A. Clippers.

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Ibaka was traded to the Raptors in 2017 and he enamoured himself to Toronto fans with his athletic style and his hilarious personality.

Serge was a key part of Toronto's championship run in 2019, with his best performance arguably coming in Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors which gave the Raps a solid 3-1 series lead.

But Ibaka had a massive presence off the court as well.

His cooking show "How Hungry Are You?" was a huge success online, and his obsession with scarves was embraced by the Raptors and the whole of Toronto.

We'll miss you, Serge — thanks for the championship and the scarves.

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  • Cormac O'Brien
    Cormac O'Brien was an Associate Editor at Narcity Canada, covering all things exciting and trending about Canada. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Journalism from the University of Victoria, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the campus newspaper and was awarded the BCYNA Community News Scholarship for his writing. He was also the producer and co-host of Now On Narcity, Narcity's flagship podcast.

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