The Rapcast

Samson Folk details the Raptors loss to the Bucks.

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This week we are joined by co-host of The Raptors Show on Sportsnet and author of the NEW book, Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors - it's Alex Wong! We chat about the start of the franchise, the NBA in Toronto, and above all else, Freddie's terrible internet connection.

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Samson Folk details the Raptors win over the Wizards.

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Samson Folk + pals detail the Raptors loss to the Celtics.

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Samson Folk is joined by good friend and professional scout, Josh Codinera to discuss the start of Gradey Dick's career.

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0:00 - Introductions

0:50 - Josh's thoughts on Gradey the Raptor

1:30 - Waiting on Gradey's shots to drop

3:50 - Gradey's shot mechanics + film

8:30 - Gradey's off ball movement

10:15 - Will the shot start to fall?

11:05 - The defense

15:58 - Attacking closeouts + making reads

20:40 - Gradey's finishing

23:50 - Closing thoughts on Gradey

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Samson Folk & Sam Vecenie discuss Scottie Barnes' superstar leap.

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Host Cathryn Naiker interviews Alex Wong on his new book Prehistoric, The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of The Toronto Raptors. They talk about how Alex beautifully illustrates a parallel between the Raptors being new to Canada and yourself being new to Canada. The significance of the Raptor Mascot. It's funny how nostalgia works because everyone has these fond memories of what was otherwise a challenging start to a franchise. Why do we feel that is? Isiah Thomas was our first GM but I don't think the Bad Boy Pistons, era ever crossed over. Who was your favourite role player to watch? Does Alex see the NBA expanding outside of the U.S. again? Perhaps Vancouver or Mexico City? There's been a lot of talk about Toronto not pursuing a WNBA team after the successful pre-season game back in May. Now there are talks of Tanembaun or other people outside of MLSE possibly pursuing it. Do we think it's probable? Why does Alex love the Raptors? Raptors Hottie Highlight of the week goes to Scottie Barnes dancing to the Succession Theme song in San Antonio.

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Samson Folk, Esfandiar Baraheni, and Nigel Nicholas detail the Raptors win over the Mavs.

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Raptors 905 Head Coach Eric Khoury joins host Andrew Damelin to take us through his incomparable journey from engineer whiz-kid to the NBA. A lifelong Raptors fan who was born in Toronto, Khoury profiles some of his favourite Raptors as a kid (WARNING: lots of Antonio Davis love). We dive into Khoury's thirst for "knowing how things work," which may have led to teachers not being so fond of him. Then we re-live Khoury's unlikely entry into the Raptors' analytics department, and how he grew to gain not only a wealth of basketball knowledge, but an ability to impart it onto players and coaches alike.

Important aside: after we finished recording Coach told me "you're a pretty smooth podcast host." So you're going to have to listen .

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We cover a bunch of topics from Scottie Barnes' HOT start to the season to what the hell are we going to do with Pascal Siakam? Our guest Matt Mcready and co-host/producer Andy get quizzed hard by Freddie on a single game that took place in 2010 and our first draft (of many) of the "Andy Hull" era of COD, the "Less Than 82" draft! The Less Than 82 draft is where we draft a lineup of 5 players from Raptors history, all of whom have played 82 regular season games or less for the team. LOOK OUT HEDO TURKOGLU FANS (jk we know they dont exist). Happy 300 pods!!!

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