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The Raptors’ new three-point specialist Danny Green settles into a plush Etobicoke rental
Inside Raptor Danny Green’s snazzy new Toronto digs
Being a pro athlete means a lot of nights spent sleeping in hotel beds. When he’s home, the Raptors’ new shooting guard wants a sanctuary—a place to relax and shut out the pressures of the NBA.
The heat is definitely on. Last summer, the San Antonio Spurs traded Green to Toronto (along with superstar forward Kawhi Leonard), in exchange for fanfavourite DeMar DeRozan. But Green says he was excited about the move north. He enlisted the help of Graeme McIntosh, an agent with Chestnut Park, to find him a place.
While a lot of NBAers know Toronto as “Sin City North,” Green prefers bingewatching Game of Thrones to partying (and doesn’t drink). Being in Etobicoke keeps him a healthy distance from the lights and noise of downtown, and it means an easy ride to the Raptors’ BioSteel practice facility—not to mention a big backyard for his two Pomeranian huskies, Gizmo and Nuke. His other pets—a nine-foot boa constrictor named Jade and seven-inch baby boa named Jon Snow—will live in terrariums in the basement. “I don’t think people want to see snakes when they walk into the house,” Green says. Instead, visitors will be bathed in natural light under ceilings that are high even for an NBA player.