The Rapcast

With the Raptors threatening to take first place in the conference, Nick and Barry sit down to discuss what's been going on with the team, the league and the fans. It's a great time to be a Raptors fan, so sit back and celebrate the best team in franchise history.

On episode 14 the guys talk:

-Once again Kyle Lowry is Eastern Conference player of the week.

-Bismack vs. Jonas.

-The votes are in and the results have been tallied in the battle for most handsome... Rudy vs Chandler.

-Potential Playoff Match-ups.

-Raptors are currently power ranked as number 3.

-Top 25 basketball movies.

 

The guys also chat about some of the more insane stories happening around the league like Dwight Howard and his glue hands, Lebron and twitter. All this and more.

As always thank you and we hope you enjoy listening.

 

Lets go Raptors.

Andrew return from the Far East and we talk about the East where the Raptors stand a game behind of the Cavaliers, with momentum firmly on their side. We look to make meaning of the remainder of the season with an eye on the post-season.

On this week’s episode, hosts Blake Murphy and William Lou discuss the following:

The Raptors beat the Pacers in OT.

Has anything changed in terms of threat level for a playoff matchup with Indy?

Is this a new DeMar DeRozan?

Bismack Biyombo went all the way off.

Answering a bunch of reader questions about the big man.

How does the factor into plans short-term and long?

DeMarre Carroll's health.

How much does he change playoff matchups?

Are we worried?

Teeing up Celtics and Magic matchups.

Is anyone going to rest?

A little bit of March Madness talk.

The boys are back in town at the same time. You know what that means? Its time for the much anticipated All Handsome team announcements. Nick and Barry are back after a brief hiatus (sorry, the universe is conspiring against our schedules) to bring you their favourite episode of the year. As always the guys take things very seriously and have meticulously scoured the league for the best looking players at their respective positions. No dimples were overlooked in this comprehensive search.

As a special treat the guys also dig up who'd make up the most handsome Raptor team of all time. Double the handsome.

The guys also take a quick look at some of the more interesting stories they'd missed while being away.

P.S If you have any differences of opinion on the team, (you're obviously wrong, but) feel free to tweet @talkingraptors and let them know.

As always thanks so much for listening and we hope you enjoy.

It's a big bang of a pod with Will, Shyam, Zarar, and a spiritual appearance by former-Net Jayson Williams. We discuss it all and take Twitter questions in a podcast that's already being hailed as one of the weirdest ever.

Topics include:

- Miami win and DeRozan's epic performance

- Quick reaction grades

- How much did John Calipari care about Marcus Camby?

- Jonas Valanciunas's defense in last two games

- Are we afraid of the Hawks? Hell nah.

- What did Toni Kukoc do that pissed Jordan and Pippen off?

- James Johnson's driving by people again

- Joe Johnson voodoo fixed

- Brook vs JV

- Anecdotes

- Twitter questions

- What did the Sixers have installed especially for Barkley's McDonalds trips?

- Are we finally going to beat the Bulls?

- Is Will still scared of the Bucks?

- Are the Pacers a one-legged pony?

On this week’s episode, hosts Blake Murphy and William Lou discuss the following:

The Raptors beat the Hawks.

Is the defense back?

Are the Hawks a threat in a playoff series?

Are the Bulls?

Who do we most and least want to see in Round One?

What bout Round Two - could Dwane Casey

DeMarre Carroll is progressing.

What's his status?

Will he rehab with the 905?

What does this mean for Norman Powell?

Wrestling talk! Politics talk! Awkward shoe-horned wrestling-politics mash-up talk that makes no sense!

Look, I know Kane and Bernie Sanders couldn't possibly have more opposing political views, but stay with me here: Trump and Clinton announce their representatives, everyone thinks Sanders is stuck, and then he gets a sadistic grin and introduces The Devil's Favorite Libertarian. Nobody would see it coming. A complete swerve. Like House of Cards, these things don't have to make a good deal of sense.

Bismack Biyombo's next contract and if he should figure into offseason plans.

Way more - this one was all over the place.

It's left to Shyam and Zarar to pick up the pieces after James Harden drops 40 and the refs refuse to blow the whistle despite Bernie Bickerstaff's blatant violation of the most sacrosanct of NBA rules.

Topics include:

Houston loss and the Raptors post All-Star defense

Cory Joseph vs Blazers

Terrence Ross: doing good despite doing bad

The silence around DeMarre Carroll's NBA return

Norman Powell's our Avery Bradley

Anthony Bennett's above-average NBA skills

Jason Thompson

Patrick Patterson's offensive value

Flagrant fouls which aren't so flagrant

Atlanta and Miami previews

Refs

Can't remember, lot more topics

The Extra podcast talks about the Jason Thompson addition, the life of T.J. Ross, Damian Lillard's respect levels, and more.

On this week’s episode, hosts Blake Murphy and William Lou discuss the following:

The Raptors beat the Jazz

Hey, that's cool, right? Even if it was a little ugly.

The backcourt duo is occasionally just too good.

Can the Raptors catch the Cavaliers?

Six more at home while the Cavs have a tough schedule.

The life of T.J. Ross

New season, new girl, new confidence.

Jason Thompson is here

Hetookourjobs?

What can he bring to the table?

Raptors 905 lost two players to call-ups

Weird as it seems, this is a positive.

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We talked for an hour without the record button being hit, so to make up for it, here's Zarar running down the week and the week ahead.

The Extra podcast talks about the Wolves and Cavs games, T.J. Ross' outburst, the divisive Jonas Valanciunas, and more.

On this week’s episode, hosts Blake Murphy and William Lou discuss the following:

The Wolves are a ton of fun but the Raptors prevailed

What was different this time around?

The Murray-Wiggins Wolves stealing Canadian fans.

Bad boy Terrence Ross.

The Cavs are in town next

Does the game "matter" in the larger sense?

Key matchup worth paying attention to.

The Scola-Valanciunas frontcourt

Why hasn't there been a change?

Is Valanciunas good, or bad, or somewhere in between and people are just crazy?

Shout out to Cory Joseph

Mentioned: Our Patreon page. If you appreciate the content we produce, want to support RR, and have the means to do so, we've started a Patreon page at patreon.com/RaptorsRepublic. Any contribution is greatly appreciated and will help us continue to do what we do, and try to do even more