Raps unPublished | The Official Toronto Raptors Podcast

On this week's alumni episode of Raps unPublished we're joined by one of the all-time great centers in Toronto Raptors history, Antonio Davis. AD had his most productive seasons as a Raptor in the NBA, and is one of only seven Raptors to ever make it to the All-Star Game. To this day, he's 3rd on the all-time rebound leaders for the franchise, as well as 5th in blocked shots.

In his debut season, he helped the Raptors reach their first-ever playoff berth, he was also a large piece to the first playoff series win in 2001. The veteran leadership and toughness he brought complimented the talents of Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. He was such an iconic player that the Raptors brought him back to finish his career in Toronto.

Welcome into Raps unPublished: Season TWO(FIVE) with Akil Augustine, Matt Tierney, and Duane Watson. The podcast with the most Raptors guests and Raptors stories. You won't want to miss an episode as we'll be featuring some of your favourite Raptors to have played or coached for the team, as well as other prominent and recognized voices in the history of the franchise. We are your 2019 defending NBA Champions, 25 years in the making.

On this week's episode of the Toronto Raptors official podcast Raps unPublished Season TWO(FIVE), we've got one of the all-time greats at the point guard position in franchise history, Jose Calderon. 

The 2-time Olympic Silver Medalist spent 8 years with the Raptors and led the 2006-07 team to its first Atlantic Division title and at that time the franchise's best regular season record. He ranks second all-time in assists as well as top-10 in points, steals, games played, minutes, and 3-pointers made.

Jose played for 8 different teams over a 14-year career in the NBA but found a second home here in Toronto. Numero Ocho was known for his perfection from the free-throw line, his league leading assist-to-turnover ratio, and also introducing the NBA to the 3-point celebration.

On this week's edition of Raps unPublished Season TWO(FIVE), the original Mr. Raptor himself, Morris Peterson took the time to join our show. Mo Pete was known for his tenacious defence, circus shots, clutch buckets, and his love and appreciation to be on the court.

Mo was drafted 21st overall by Toronto which he then made the 2001 NBA All-Rookie 1st Team. All of this coming just after he won an NCAA Championship with his hometown Michigan State Spartans. He spent seven seasons with the Raptors and had career averages of 12.0 ppg, 3.8 rbg, 1.0 spg, and shot 37.1% from deep.

Mo was the ultimate 3-and-D guy and would've fit right in today's uptempo style. He at one point held the longest consecutive streak at 371 games and also played 4-straight seasons of 82 regular season games from 2002-2006, something you may never see again.

With the tragic news of Kobe Bryant’s passing we brought together a great group to be a part of the conversation this week. Not to mourn, but to celebrate Kobe’s life, we wanted to share our first impressions of him, our perspective into his mentality, his 20-year illustrious career, through a Raptors lens, but most importantly who he was as a person and father. 

To best represent this conversation we sat down with Alex McKechnie a 6-time NBA Champion (5 with Kobe's Lakers and 2019 with the Raptors), Leo Rautins a 25-year Broadcaster for the Raptors, Bruce Arthur an award-winning NBA writer, and Akil Augustine a co-host of this show and a man who’s recognized deep into Toronto’s basketball culture.

We hope you enjoy this special episode and take away a moment or story special to us. We as fans and professionals in the NBA family have all channeled the Mamba Mentality one time or another and will continue to do so. There will never be another Kobe Bryant.

This week on Episode 3 of Season TWO(FIVE) we are blessed with

Scarborough's very own Jamaal Magloire aka The Enforcer aka 'Big Cat'. He currently serves as a consultant and team ambassador for your Toronto Raptors.

Jamaal played 12 seasons in the NBA which he spent his final year as a player with his hometown Raptors, marking it the very first time a Canadian player joined Canada's only NBA franchise. In 2004 'Big Cat' became only the second Canadian to ever be selected for an NBA all-star game.

On top of being a member of the 2019 NBA Championship team, he won a title at the high school level with Eastern Commerce, and he won an NCAA Championship(1998) with the Kentucky Wildcats.

Welcome into episode 2 of season TWO(FIVE), the official Toronto Raptors podcast. Your 2019 Champions 25 years in the making. For this week we got a chance to catch up with someone who defines the term 'fan favourite', Jerome Williams aka JunkYardDog.

With career averages of 7.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.3 spg in 180 games with the Raptors, JYD was a key contributor for the iconic 2001 Toronto Raptors playoff run. Not only did he lay it all out on the floor, he brought the energy every night like no other.

JYD had so much love for Toronto from the jump, the man packed up and drove through a snow storm immediately after he heard he was traded, just to make his first practice with the Raptors.

On our very first episode of Season TWO(FIVE) of your Toronto Raptors official podcast, we are pleased to be joined by one of the most successful coaches in Raptors' history. Sam Mitchell.

Sam laid the ground work for the franchise winning its first ever Atlantic Division title. He was also the first coach of the year winner for the Toronto Raptors organization.

At the time, he held the best regular season record for this team and still currently has the second most wins in all the 25 years. But what really sets Sam a part from the rest was his ways of connecting with the players he coached.

Welcome into Raps unPublished: Season TWO(FIVE) with Akil Augustine, Matt Tierney, and Duane Watson. The podcast with the most Raptors guests and Raptors stories. You won't want to miss an episode as we'll be featuring some of your favourite Raptors to have played or coached for the team, as well as other prominent and recognized voices in the history of the franchise. We are your 2019 defending NBA Champions, 25 years in the making.

Our last episode of the season is here! We'll be in playoff mode covering your Toronto Raptors and we want to say thank you to all our fans for listening in!

This week on Raps unPublished the official Toronto Raptors podcast, we've got a very special episode for you, one that hits home for us with a close dear friend of ours Jeff Landicho. He is the creator of the Toronto Raptors docuseries 'Open Gym', which was actually almost titled 'Cagers'.

The Raptors have always had high-character guys making Jeff's life a whole lot easier. Jeff picks his two most memorable moments while covering the team over the last seven years, he shares with us his closest relationships he's built over the years, and what he's learned from Kawhi following him around this season.