Robin Lopez has beef with The Raptor, 'He knows'

Don't let the picture fool you, Robin Lopez and The Raptor are no longer pals.

In an interview with Willamette Week on Wednesday, Lopez identified the Toronto Raptors mascot as the league's most annoying.

In a recent game in Detroit, you wrestled Hooper, the Pistons’ mascot, to the ground.

I was protecting myself. That was self-defense.

Which is the NBA’s most annoying mascot?

The Toronto Raptor. I wish we could go back to Toronto, because he gets my goat. I have a few choice words for that guy.

Can you elaborate on that?

No. He knows.

There you have it, Raptor.

The Raptor, however, is currently out injured and has been replaced for the season by Stripes, whom Lopez didn't comment on.

Unfortunately, the Portland Trail Blazers don't visit the Raptors again this season, so the beef will remain unsquashed until 2014-15.