{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_334fkoinyiv7az74b4ta","title":"With camp concluding, real tests await Raptors in improved Eastern Conference","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/with-camp-concluding-real-tests-await-raptors-in-improved-eastern-334fkoinyi","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_334fkoinyiv7az74b4ta","seq":1431959,"kind":"article","title":"With camp concluding, real tests await Raptors in improved Eastern Conference","url":"https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/with-camp-concluding-real-tests-await-raptors-in-improved-eastern-conference","summary":"After a good week in Quebec City that ended with footage of head coach Darko Rajakovic playing a friendly game of one-on-one with his new star Kawhi Leonard, the real tests for the Raptors will now begin, and only get tougher, writes Michael Grange.","published":"2026-10-02T21:12:03Z","seen":"2026-10-02T21:20:48Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-sportsnet-ca-eae054","name":"sportsnet.ca","domain":"sportsnet.ca","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1629768","name":"Sportsnet","type":"other","country":"CA","designations":["specialty channel"]}},"via":"kite-sportsnet-ca-eae054","topics":["nba","analysis","opinion"],"authors":["Michael Grange"],"entities":[{"id":"Q132880","name":"Toronto Raptors","type":"org"},{"id":"Q238240","name":"Eastern Conference","type":"event"}],"image":"https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/leonard_kawhi1280.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_334fkoinyiv7az74b4ta","category":"sport","category_p":0.8999999761581421,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.27000001072883606,"political":0.019999999552965164}]}