--- title: Drake Introduces Toronto Raptors at Brooklyn Nets Game: Video description: The rapper was the guest of honor at Wednesday's game against the Brooklyn Nets canonical: https://time.com/3639714/drake-toronto-raptors/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-18T15:25:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:26.273Z og:title: Drake Introduces Toronto Raptors at Brooklyn Nets Game: Video og:description: The rapper was the guest of honor at Wednesday's game against the Brooklyn Nets og:url: https://time.com/3639714/drake-toronto-raptors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt087a642d417eabf3/69868de4cd804d09b6ccab16/480422333.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Drake Performs At O2 Arena In London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake Introduces Toronto Raptors at Brooklyn Nets Game: Video twitter:description: The rapper was the guest of honor at Wednesday's game against the Brooklyn Nets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt087a642d417eabf3/69868de4cd804d09b6ccab16/480422333.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Drake Introduce the Toronto Raptors in a Really Drake Way by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 18, 2014 3:25 PM UTC  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 24: Drake performs on stage at O2 Arena on March 24, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/Redferns via Getty Images) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 24: Drake performs on stage at O2 Arena on March 24, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/Redferns via Getty Images)Joseph Okpako / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 18, 2014 3:25 PM UTC Wednesday night was “Drake Night” at the Toronto Raptors’ Air Canada Centre — though in _our_ hearts, every night is Drake Night. The rapper returned to his hometown as the team’s guest of honor, and his responsibilities included introducing the starting lineup before the game. It was great because he got really into it, adding weird little jokes about the players. For example: “From Westchester High, a 6’9″ forward, he recently got a tattooo of a Swiffer Wet Jet, number 15, Amir Johnson!” Then other Drake things happened, like this: > [](https://twitter.com/Raptors/status/545387553223086080) Fortunately, it appears Drake didn’t attempt any three-point shots. The last time he tried that, he totally airballed, and after that, [nothing was the same](http://time.com/3524794/drake-airball-university-of-kentucky/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3639714/drake-toronto-raptors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3639714/drake-toronto-raptors/"},"headline":"Watch Drake Introduce the Toronto Raptors in a Really Drake Way","datePublished":"2014-12-18T15:25:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:26.273Z","description":"The rapper was the guest of honor at Wednesday's game against the Brooklyn Nets","url":"https://time.com/3639714/drake-toronto-raptors/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Drake"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt087a642d417eabf3/69868de4cd804d09b6ccab16/480422333.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt087a642d417eabf3/69868de4cd804d09b6ccab16/480422333.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Drake Performs At O2 Arena In London","caption":"Drake Performs At O2 Arena In London","creditText":"Joseph Okpako / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3639714/drake-toronto-raptors/","name":"Watch Drake Introduce the Toronto Raptors in a Really Drake Way"}}]}] ```