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Host Cathryn Naiker is joined by Samson Folk. First, they talk about why Samson hates Halloween and doesn't dress up. Then at the 8-minute mark, they start talking basketball. Which NBA team should ring the alarm bells?? Even though it's very early in the season, things are not going as planned. Cathryn decides her Ring the Alarms team is the Denver Nuggets. They break down how the former champions are not what they use to be and the cause for concern is valid. Then they talk about the latest report that NBA ratings are down. How has gambling affected the way we consume the NBA? Has the Parody era contributed to this decline? and more. Then they talk about Boston Coach Joe Mazzula, who stated on a podcast that he wants the league to become more violent! What???? Then in our Raptors Homer moment, They talk about Scottie's injury and what this means for the rest of the team. Raptors Halloween costumes, and our Hottie Highlight of the week is between Cowboy Bruce Brown & the real Raptors fans being back. 

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Samson Folk & Trevon Heath discuss Gradey Dick's swipes at stardom, Scottie Barnes' injury, and all the impressive performances the Raptors have been getting from their young players. Also, Vince Carter's jersey retirement, LeBron James in Toronto, and Sag for Flagg?

0:00 - Introductions

0:25 - A great 1-4 team?

1:40 - Scottie's injury

2:41 - Scottie's mask choice

3:15 - These Raptors know how to battle

4:45 - Tre's smile update

5:57 - Sag for Flagg?

8:12 - Davion's first great game

11:00 - Gradey has been amazing and could chase stardom

21:10 - A huge week of hoops

22:37 - Vince & LeBron, player empowerment

24:25 - Vince's place in Canadian basketball

25:40 - Facing LeBron

26:25 - The Lakers look good

29:10 - Mogbo & Ochai

29:45 - Ochai has become a real player

36:20 - Jonathan Mogbo captured our hearts

45:20 - Progression is fun

46:05 - Samson is excited for the Vince jersey retirement

47:20 - Can the Raptors beat the Kings?

51:05 - DeMar - RJ mirror match

52:30 - Does Immanuel come back soon?

55:10 - Samson vs Tre in fantasy

55:40 - Things to look forward to

56:45 - Young guys overperforming

58:12 - Raptors record over their next 7 games

1:01:18 - Tatum MVP

1:02:20 - Not enough marketing & goodbyes

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On this most recent episode of Confederacy Of Dunks Basketball Podcast, Hosts Freddie Rivas and Andy Hull welcome comedian, improviser, producer and all around hard core basketball fan Matt Mcready. The guys start off the pod by having an open conversation about the vibe around the Toronto Raptors in the beginning of this young season, not including the Denver Nuggets game. After they riff for a while they have fun with some hot takes league wide and end the podcast with a huge and very real interview from Nicola Jokic mid Raptors game.

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Host Cathryn Naiker is joined by Esfandier Baraheni to discuss NBA's opening night. What are their early takeaways and are they prepared to walk about any of our early season predictions? Then the 76ers and Joel Embiid are "under investigation" regarding the staus of his injuries and his statement regarding not playing back-to-back games. How should this team respond and should Joel play back-to-backs? LeBron and Bronny make their debut, is this actually significant? Then in our Raptors homer moment, we break down the rough start in their home opener, where are the glimmers of hope and should we start the Cooper Flag manifestations today? In the Hottie Highlight Es has to choose between the debut of the Intuit Dome, Grady Dick and T-Mac Shick Razer commercial or Wing Stop becoming the official partner of the NBA & G league.

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Samson Folk & Trevon Heath discuss the Toronto Raptors opening loss of the season and how key players performed. They also look ahead to the upcoming games vs. the Wolves, detailing how the matchups will change each game. 

0:00 - Introductions + Scrappy Teams

2:05 - The Raptors had ball pressure for a moment

4:20 - Why the defense fell apart

5:50 - The Raptors horrible offensive start

7:48 - Come back soon RJ

8:20 - Scottie played really bad

14:05 - Gradey is so, so important

16:53 - Chris Boucher will score the ball

17:28 - Jamal Shead impressed us

23:20 - Jakob had a really tough game

25:15 - Mismatch hunting can still make sense

27:55 - Can Gradey average 15ppg?

29:45 - Matchups for the game

37:00 - Summer League in the regular season

38:05 - Returning to fun basketball

41:00 - Parting shots

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This week on Confederacy of Dunks, hosts Freddie Rivas and Andy Hull welcome special guest Alan Shane Lewis from This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Canadian Baking show to talk about insane Toronto Raptors Pre-Season grades that Freddie made up, teams that have never won a championship and they finish off brainstorming nicknames.

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Samson Folk takes listener questions with Louis Zatzman. They discuss how many All-Stars are on the Toronto Raptors' roster, Scottie Barnes' improvements, and a whole bunch of basketball stuff.

0:00 - Introductions

1:20 - How many All-Stars are on the roster?

5:50 - Gradey Dick's Development

9:30 - Scottie's Unique Development

11:35 - Gradey's Shooting

17:15 - The Raptors are Screening Better

21:22 - Scottie & Gradey better than Scottie & IQ?

27:33 - Can a Gorilla play basketball?

30:35 - Can the Raptors offense be good?

32:50 - 15th man (speculation/reasoning, skip ahead for answers)

42:55 - Mogbo's Role/Development

48:00 - Ochai looks much better

50:20 - Reacting to Raptors roster moves

56:22 - Lonnie Walker

58:46 - Mikal Bridges jumper

1:00:30 - Authoritarian Basketball

1:01:55 - What's important from Preseason?

1:05:00 - Scottie's perfect co-stars

1:08:20 - Raptors identities?

1:14:15 - What makes a backup guard successful?

1:18:20 - 2 Guard Lineups

1:23:25 - How many wins for the Raptors?

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Buckets & Tea NBA Show is Back! Hello & Welcome's Jerome Cheng joins host Cathryn Naiker to discuss some wild NBA predictions. Which team is going to surprise a casual out of the East and West? Which team is going on sale (blowing up/trades) by the deadline? and by the end of the season? Who is going to win the stupid NBA Cup LOL Biggest Leap forward? Newest All-Star? Biggest shock of the season? Then in Raptors Predictions: Who is going to be most improved? Will Scottie make the all-star team? and will we make the play in? Do we want to make the play in? In our Hottie Highlight of the week Jerome has to choose between Vince Carter's Hall Of Fame Speech or VC moved to tears at the news Toronto is retiring his jersey.

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Samson & Tre are joined by producer Es to discuss Gradey & Scottie popping off, plus the awards draft.

0:00 - Introductions

2:10 - Boston win recap

4:40 - Gradey's offensive improvements

11:30 - Should Gradey start?

13:30 - Gradey's passing

15:50 - health updates for the team

16:27 - Scottie Superstar

18:40 - Scottie's pnr numbers

20:00 - Scottie's 3 level scoring

24:18 - Drafting Awards

25:45 - Scottie Barnes All-Star

28:23 - Scottie Barnes All-NBA

31:00 - RJ Barrett MIP

33:50 - RJ Barrett All-Star

36:25 - Garrett Temple Good Guy Award

38:28 - Scottie Barnes All-Defense

40:20 - Immanuel Quickley MIP

42:20 - Jonathan Mogbo All Rookie

45:40 - Ja'Kobe Walter All Rookie

47:00 - Davion Mitchell 6MOY

48:50 - Samson's Weasel Selections

50:45 - Jakob Poeltl All-Defense

56:00 - Enjoying the season

57:00 - IQ getting up threes

57:45 - Gradey Dick will be the 2nd best Raptor

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On this week of Confederacy of Dunks, Freddie Rivas and Andy Hull welcome guest Anthony Hall from Toronto's Second City. They of course riff on the insane new theme song that Andy has created, and move on to talk a little bit about the Toronto raptors pre-season.

The guys talk about IQ, Jamaal Shead, Chris Boucher and Peyton Prichard somehow always going off against the raptors. They touch on the low stakes of the pre season and how this team is in hard to evaluate without having IQ and Scottie on the floor together.

After the pre season talk they get curious about the hall of fame. Vince Carter's hall of fame addition as a raptor sparked Freddie's curiosity so the guys riff on hall of fakes in general. What makes them matter? Where are they? Who gets in? Should we care? Do we care? They decide to make a Canadian heritage minute where Andy heckles James Naismith (played by Freddie) until James Naismith gives up his idea. Anthony suggest that he could be one of the guys who is wearing tight clothing. Pretty good idea honestly.

Question three is all about the new documentary series the starting five which features LeBron, Jimmy, Anthony davis, Anthony Edwards and Domantis Sabonis. They each choose their own starting five and explore different angles like journeyman, veteran players, instigators and player coaches. Between the in three of them we get a big variety of takes and some straight up golden ideas if we are being real about it.

Topic number four is all about the Donte Divenenzo and Rick Brunson beef. During the Minnesota Timberwolves vs New York Knicks game, don't was talking some smack to Tom Thibideau and it went viral. The guys explore other potential beefs this year like Bronny Vs Dillon, Paul George Vs Kawhi Leonard and Taylor Swift Vs Tom Thibideau.

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