Locked On Raptors - Daily Podcast On The Toronto Raptors

Zulfi Sheikh and Duane Notice recap the Toronto Raptors 123-115 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. An unacceptable outcome to one of the worst teams in the league in what was a must-win situation. Toronto was DOMINATED on the glass and fell victim to a pair of former Raptors all night.

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The Toronto Raptors offense sputtered out the gate and never quite recovered as they fell 127-116 to the Detroit Pistons. In Episode 2073, Sean Woodley goes solo to talk about how Point Scottie Barnes got contained as a scorer by the Pistons, even as he was able to thread a series of very rad passes through the oppressive Pistons defense. The Raptors clearly have some ways to give the Pistons trouble, but they need Immanuel Quickley available if they're gonna have enough juice on offense to overcome Detroit's size and length. Next, Sean talks about the fun fourth quarter flourish from the bench group of Jamal Shead, Ja'Kobe Walter, Collin Murray-Boyles, AJ Lawson and Sandro Mamukelashvili. Lastly, Sean runs through The Good (Walters' on-ball defense), The Bad (Jak getting the business from Jalen Duren) and The Hmmm (Will Lawson get his two-way converted to an NBA deal?) to round out the show. 

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There are simply not 15 players in the NBA more deserving of an All-NBA spot this season than Scottie Barnes. In Episode 2072, Sean Woodley is joined by Es Baraheni (The Athletic NBA Daily) to talk about Scottie Barnes' case for making one of the three All-NBA Teams at season's end. Off the top, they get into why the case for Barnes is a bit of an untraditional one, in that he's not going to make it on the strength of his pure raw counting stats. But are there 15 players in the league who have had a greater impact on winning this season than Barnes? No way! They chat about the guys who are probably locks for the first and second teams, and compare Barnes' case up next to the likes of Devin Booker, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Duren, Jalen Johnson, LaMelo Ball and more. Lastly, they chat about whether the late-season Point Scottie renaissance stands a chance of boosting Barnes' case to make All-NBA if he can help Toronto hang onto the 5th seed in the East. 

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The Toronto Raptors obliterated and embarrassed the Orlando Magic 139-87 in one of the most pivotal games for the Eastern Conference playoff races to date. In Episode 2071, Sean Woodley and Vivek Jacob laugh hysterically at how badly the Magic got their heads caved in by a Raptors team that wasn't messing around, and discuss a weekend full of Real Fun Point Guard Things from Scottie Barnes. Off the top, they chat about how the Raptors dismantled Orlando and put together a remarkable 31-0 run in the first half of Sunday's game en route to their second-largest margin of victory in franchise history, and pick out some of their favourite oddities from a truly remarkable box score. Next, Sean and Vivek dig into Scottie Barnes' success playing as the Raptors' nominal point guard with Immanuel Quickley out of the lineup, why he's looking more comfortable in the role than he did last year, and whether Scottie running point is a meaningful enough new dimension to the offense to change the Raptors' odds of pulling an upset in a first round playoff series. Lastly, they run through The Good (Mamu, 905 Ball), The Bad (Paolo Banchero, and the Magic as a whole) and The Hmm (Darko's early game hook of Jamal Shead, WHAT SOUND DID YOU MAKE: Scottie Thrunk on Goga Edition) to round out the show. 

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Zulfi Sheikh and Duane Notice recap the Toronto Raptors 139-87 win vs. the Orlando Magic on Sunday. After Darko Rajakovic called a timeout, the Raptors went on an NBA-record 31-0 run and absolutely DOMINATED the Magic from there. Scottie Barnes was unsurprisingly a catalyst, continuing his strong stretch of play as the team's lead ball-handler.

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Zulfi Sheikh and Duane Notice recap the Toronto Raptors 119-106 win against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday. The Raptors came out with a clear sense of urgency and it paid off. Especially in the second quarter, outscoring the Pelicans 30-19 thanks to constantly upping the tempo.

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Brandon Ingram's first season in Toronto has absolutely been a success compared to expectations -- but is there still work to be done to optimize Ingram's fit within the Raptors? In Episode 2070, Sean Woodley and Joe Wolfond dive deep into how the marriage between Ingram and the Raptors has looked through its first year, the areas in which Ingram has budged from his previously held tendencies, where the Raptors have met them in the middle, how the Raptors can continue to evolve Ingram's fit, how his playmaking problems could be tested in the postseason, crunch time issues, and how they'd like to see Ingram's role within the team evolve going into next season. 

Read Joe's recent feature on Ingram here: https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2026/03/27/how-darko-rajakovic-and-brandon-ingram-compromise-defined-toronto-raptors-season/

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The Toronto Raptors got smoked by the LA Clippers to wrap up their Western Conference road trip on Wednesday night, and the health status of Immanuel Quickley looms large. In Episode 2069, Sean Woodley and Katie Heindl discuss why the absence of Immanuel Quickley, who missed his second straight game dealing with plantar fasciitis, is a potentially existential concern for the Raptors as they make a push for a top-six seed in the Eastern Conference. When you're a team that's built to be greater than the sum of your parts, you need your parts! Plus, Sean and Katie dig into the Raptors' defense slipping over the last couple weeks and whether they can tap back into that core component of their identity, Brandon Ingram's playmaking struggles, the Raptors being in favour of good sleep hygiene, the state of the playoff race and more.

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Zulfi Sheikh and Duane Notice recap the Toronto Raptors 119-94 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. The Raptors shot a putrid 42% from the field and had to play catch-up as the starters sleepwalked to start the game.

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Which Toronto Raptors players are ready for the bright lights on the NBA Playoffs? In Episode 2068, Sean Woodley and Vivek Jacob slot every member of the Toronto Raptors projected playoff rotation onto the Playoff Readiness Index, where 1 = 2015 Lou Williams, and 10 = 2019 Kawhi Leonard. Can Scottie Barnes pick up where he left off the last time he tasted the postseason back in 2022 against the Sixers? Is Brandon Ingram going to be the version of himself that put up 27-6-6 against the Suns in 2022, or the one that got locked up by Lu Dort and the Thunder in 2024? How has RJ Barrett's game evolved to be more playoff friendly since his time with the Knicks? Can Immanuel Quickley shake off a couple terribly postseason runs earlier in his career as he makes his first appearance in the dance as a starter? Will Jakob Poeltl be able to stay on the floor in his first postseason since 2019? Plus, what should be expected from Ja'Kobe Walter, Collin Murray-Boyles, Sandro Mamukelashvili and Jamal Shead?

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