--- title: Raptors Superfan Drake Gets Warning for 2019 NBA Playoffs description: Toronto Raptors ambassador and superfan Drake got a warning about his game time support ahead of the 2019 NBA Finals. canonical: https://time.com/5598602/drake-raptors-get-nba-finals-warning/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-30T22:41:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:04.577Z og:title: Raptors Superfan Drake Gets Warning for 2019 NBA Playoffs og:description: "There's gotta be lines drawn" og:url: https://time.com/5598602/drake-raptors-get-nba-finals-warning/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5894d4ad90fbd45/69894a9d929fad7e57bf3487/drake-nba-finals-warning.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Milwaukee Bucks v Toronto Raptors - Game Four og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Raptors Superfan Drake Gets Warning for 2019 NBA Playoffs twitter:description: "There's gotta be lines drawn" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5894d4ad90fbd45/69894a9d929fad7e57bf3487/drake-nba-finals-warning.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Toronto Raptors Superfan Drake Gets Warning About Sideline Behavior Ahead of the 2019 NBA Playoffs  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 30, 2019 10:41 PM UTC  TORONTO, ONTARIO - MAY 21: Rapper Drake reacts during game four of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena on May 21, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) TORONTO, ONTARIO - MAY 21: Rapper Drake reacts during game four of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena on May 21, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)Gregory Shamus—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 30, 2019 10:41 PM UTC The [2019 NBA Finals](http://time.com/5597760/nba-finals-raptors-toronto/) start on Thursday night with the Raptors hosting the Golden State Warriors in game one in Toronto, which means there’s a pretty good chance that rapper and [noted basketball enthusiast](http://time.com/4543654/drake-nba-bandwagon-fan/) Drake will be cheering on his hometown team from the sidelines. Drake, who was named an ambassador for the Raptors and is a familiar, if very rowdy sight on the sidelines of many NBA games, might be a little more subdued for game one than he was during the Eastern Conference Finals, where he notably gave the Raptors head coach a shoulder massage during a game and wandered on the sidelines. In an interview with [_Yahoo Sports_](https://sports.yahoo.com/posted-adam-silver-finding-line-224228747.html)_,_ NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that he spoke with Drake about appropriate spectator behavior as a die-hard fan. “I think Drake understands that as excited as he is, and appreciative of we are of his support, there’s gotta be lines drawn. And obviously you don’t want to end up touching a coach because the coach may not realize what’s going on in the middle of the action,” Silver said. “I think there’s a line too in terms of sitting right on the floor, in terms of engagement whether it’s with the referees and players on other teams. It’s hard to calibrate sometimes exactly where that line is and I think he has a better understanding now of where that line is…there’s been conversations that’s taken place. It’s more just, let’s find where that right line is.” [_ESPN_](http://www.espn.com/nba/story/%5F/id/26848881/nba-spoke-raptors-drake-ecf) also reports that the NBA spoke to the Toronto Raptors following their Eastern Conference victory about the “activity and presence on the sideline” of their very passionate ambassador. See Drake’s sideline antics below. > [](https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1131026172521828352) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5598602/drake-raptors-get-nba-finals-warning/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5598602/drake-raptors-get-nba-finals-warning/"},"headline":"Toronto Raptors Superfan Drake Gets Warning About Sideline Behavior Ahead of the 2019 NBA Playoffs","datePublished":"2019-05-30T22:41:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:04.577Z","description":"\"There's gotta be lines drawn\"","url":"https://time.com/5598602/drake-raptors-get-nba-finals-warning/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime","Sports","T100 2019 Pioneers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5894d4ad90fbd45/69894a9d929fad7e57bf3487/drake-nba-finals-warning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5894d4ad90fbd45/69894a9d929fad7e57bf3487/drake-nba-finals-warning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Milwaukee Bucks v Toronto Raptors - Game Four","caption":"Milwaukee Bucks v Toronto Raptors - Game Four","creditText":"Gregory Shamus—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/5598602/drake-raptors-get-nba-finals-warning/","name":"Toronto Raptors Superfan Drake Gets Warning About Sideline Behavior Ahead of the 2019 NBA Playoffs"}}]}] ```