The Rapcast

Montreal's Bill Wennington joins Andrew Damelin for a heavy dose of nostalgia. From Ed Pinckney viciously dunking on him in high school, to a Jokic-like pass by Chris Mullen in college, to, yes, Michael Jordan and the Bulls, the anecdotes will rivet you. The former Chicago Bulls centre, current Bulls radio analyst, and new CEBL analyst also reveals his secret to winning, what it means to think the game, and his definition of a great broadcast.

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Host Cathryn Naiker is joined by Samson Folk to first celebrate Toronto getting a WNBA Team! Then they talk about the Denver-Minnesota series. Did Denver blow it? Does Jokic only care about horses? and more. Then they talk about the Knicks and Cathryn asks Samson if he's Team OG or Team Pascal in this series. What do they think of Tibs running his guys into the ground and do the Knicks have a chance of getting to the finals? Then they talk about Frank Vogel being the latest coach fired. How do they feel about coaches always being the scapegoat? Then DeMar DeRozan is writing a tell-all book! What's the one thing they would hope for him to reveal? In the Hottie HIghlight of the week, Samson chooses between Scottie and Darko.

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This week we welcome back Imman Adan back to the show and talk some second round playoffs action, we also touch on Darko's first offseason and I compare him to a mug.

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This week we welcome back all time great guest Chelsea Leite from Raptors HQ and talk about the very fun NBA playoffs as well as the perhaps less fun prospects for the Toronto Raptors this coming off season.

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Host Cathryn Naiker is joined by fashion designer Casey Bannerman to discuss the fall of the Lakers and Sun this early in the playoffs. What does it mean for those franchises and what if any options do they have going forward? Then they talk about Anthony Edward’s and his early meteoric rise. His “gesture” which Cathryn felt was creepy, and the excitement going into the next series vs Denver. Then they discuss Jalen Brunson being the next NBA hottie and how likeable the Knicks are despite the amount Joel Embiid playing through so many injuries. Then on our raptors homer moment we talk about how Masai said they are looking at the Orlando Magic as a shining example for their rebuild. Finally in our hottie highlight of the week it’s a choice between Immanuel Quickly showing love for Toronto and Bruce Brown showing love for Tim Hortons.

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Samson Folk & Trevon Heath discuss the bargain bin trade options and free agent possibilities for the Raptors.

0:00 - Introductions

1:45 - Ben Simmons

5:20 - Andrew Wiggins

10:40 - Cam Johnson

12:50 - John Collins

13:45 - De'Andre Hunter

17:00 - Deandre Ayton

18:10 - MPJ & J Grant

19:55 - Kevin Huerter

21:35 - Harrison Barnes

23:10 - Zach Lavine

24:50 - Bogdan Bogdanovic

25:55 - James Wiseman

30:30 - Caleb Martin

33:00 - Tyus Jones

36:25 - De'Anthony Melton

38:58 - Lonnie Walker IV

40:42 - Jaylen Nowell

44:05 - Nic Claxton

46:30 - Lottery Live Show

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Today, Host Cathryn Naiker is joined by Oren Weisfeld to discuss the NBA Playoffs! What is their biggest pleasant surprise and biggest disappointment in the playoffs so far. Is this the end of a generation big 3 (LeBron, Steph & KD) dominating? Will they have another great run again in their careers? Who are we rooting for & more. Then they talk about Pascal Siakam dominating so far in the playoffs and all the Raptors fans online wishing he was still with the Raptors. Then they talk about the Knicks / 76ers series and the post game reports that get released after the refs make a mistake. What do we think of this series so far and what good does the post game report do? Then they talk about the raptors getting the 19th pick overall. The Hottie Highlight of the week is a choice between Karaoke and cars.

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Samson Folk is joined by Louis Zatzman to discuss what went well, and what went poorly during the Raptors season.

0:00 - Introduction + season as a whole

1:35 - Ranking our fav acts of the szn

9:10 - Celebrating & Reviewing Scottie

15:05 - Scottie changed how teams defended him

19:15 - The key to the IQ + Scottie partnership

25:20 - Scottie's jumper mechanics

27:10 - Scottie, the elite defensive playmaker

34:30 - Immanuel Quickley

38:40 - Quickley changing speeds

44:40 - Quickley's defense

49:10 - Quickley's contract

50:55 - RJ Barrett

52:20 - RJ's tremendous stats

58:00 - Mice

59:54 - RJ's defense

1:02:25 - The BBQ defense fit

1:06:00 - Gradey Dick

1:16:10 - Gradey's Defense

1:19:00 - Should Gradey start next year?

1:21:35 - Jakob Poeltl

1:26:30 - Coach Darko

1:37:43 - Gary Trent Jr.

1:45:00 - Mostly Ochai (some Nwora)

1:54:20 - Kelly Olynyk

2:00:10 - Bruce Brown

2:05:50 - Chris Boucher

2:10:50 - Jontay Porter

2:12:45 - Vices etc.

2:16:15 - End of bench guys

2:26:15 - Garrett Temple

2:27:46 - Louis asks for more

2:29:30 - Next year for the Raptors

2:32:50 - Enjoying the team

2:33:40 - Goodbyes

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This week host Cathryn Naiker is joined by Jerome Cheng to discuss the Play-In tournament, the shocking Warriors loss, and the possible demise of their dynasty. Plus Kyle Lowry's revenge game against the Heat, Zion's injury, and what that means for the Pelicans, will the Lakers blow up in the off-season & more. Then they discuss the end of the Raptors season, Masai's post-season press conference, and our overall thoughts on the last few seasons and looking ahead at a 3-6-year rebuild. The hottie of the week is a choice given to Jerome which he takes very seriously. 

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Join Samson Folk as he discusses the Raptors exit interviews.

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