Buckets & Tea NBA Show host Cathryn Naiker is joined by guest Katie Heindl to discuss the very beginning of the NBA season. What are their early impressions so far and what are their early season overreactions? Then they discuss the latest James Harden drama with the 76ers.  Will he play for this team? Is this sustainable and what does the future hold for this troubled organization? Then the in-season tournament, what the hell is it, and do they think it'll be good for the league? In our Raptors Homer moment THE VIBES ARE BACK but so is winning. Aside from vibes alone, what is the biggest difference between last year's and this year's squad? Scottie signed his rookie extension, what does that mean for the team and do we see him emerging as the leader? Then in our Raptors Hottie Highlight, they talk about Pascal's viral Halloween video and Katie surprises us with a hottie highlight of her own.

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Samson Folk is joined by a whole bunch of people to discuss the Raptors win over the Timberwolves.

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Samson Folk & Trevon Heath are joined by Esfandiar Baraheni to predict some awards for the Raptors this season.

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0:00 - Introductions

2:50 - O.G. All Defense

4:40 - Gradey 2nd Team All Rookie

7:15 - Jakob Poeltl All Defense

10:05 - Gary 6th man?????

10:55 - Pascal Siakam All Star

13:45 - GTJ 6th man of the year

17:30 - Darko Coach of the Year

22:00 - Pascal All-NBA

23:55 - Scottie Barnes All Star

28:30 - O.G. steals king

30:20 - Scottie Barnes MIP

34:40 - O.G. All-Star/DPOY

40:15 - Schroder All Defense

42:53 - Javon G League MVP

43:15 - Jayson Tatum MVP

45:10 - SGA MVP

46:35 - Dame MVP (no)

47:45 - Shut Up is elite

48:30 - Zion for MVP

50:05 - AD for DPOY?

51:10 - Austin Reaves

53:10 - Jabari Smith MIP?

55:20 - Plugs + goodbye

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Samson Folk details the Raptors win over the Wizards with Mikai Bruce. 

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Season 11, Episode 298

Welcome to our season 11 premiere! Joining us this week: He's an actor and comedian and co-host of the Book It Vince! Podcast, it's Antony Hall! He's a Raptors Republic writer and podcaster, all the way from Victoria, B.C., it's Adon Moss!

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(00:00) - New season intro and a return from A.I. Media Day

(07:20) - Raptors: Preseason takeaways so far

(21:58) - Raptors: Gary is clearly frustrated about the possibility of not being a starter. Is bringing him off the bench a bad idea?

(33:30) - NBA: James Harden has insinuated that he's gonna make some kind of scene to help move his trade along. What would be a great way to force a trade?

(48:18) - NBA: Defense is this nebulous thing in basketball. It's half the game, but very hard to pinpoint. Who is under/overrated on the NBA.com top 100 Defenders list?

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Samson Folk & Trevon Heath detail the Raptors win over the Bulls. 

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Samson Folk details the Raptors win over Cairns.

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Samson Folk and Trevon Heath discuss the start of a new season for the Raptors, and dig down on preseason + the schedule.

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0:00 - The boys are back

0:42 - Samson broke his glasses

1:30 - Tre's thoughts on the Raptors lately

2:40 - First preseason game was a blast

3:40 - This is the team Tre wanted

5:45 - The halfcourt offense

7:30 - How much transition can they play?

11:09 - How many games will the Raptors win?

12:20 - How do they complement Pascal & Scottie?

15:50 - Unique, winning lineups this season

21:35 - Starters vs. Bench

24:00 - The start of the Raps schedule

29:40 - Has this team solved passing and selfishness?

37:40 - Expectations for Scottie & Pascal

43:30 - Statline predictions for Scottie & Pascal

49:40 - This team can guarantee a floor

54:12 - Programming Notes

54:50 - If you support us, we'll do more

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Samson Folk is joined by his pal Baker to discuss the Raptors and the Celtics.

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0:00 - Introductions

1:10 - The Celtics arms race

10:50 - Baker's expectations for the Raptors

12:50 - What is known about the Raptors?

17:05 - Outsider thoughts on Siakam

21:20 - Are the Raptors built to stop eastern contenders?

23:55 - The Raptors are deep

26:05 - Jordan Walsh

30:04 - Who on the Raptors is exciting?

33:50 - Tatum for MVP?

37:30 - Raptors vs. Wizards

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Samson Folk is joined by Tim Wearing to discuss the Raptors training camp and first preseason game.

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0:00 - Introductions

1:48 - Fav part of covering training camp?

7:30 - The changes from Darko to Nurse

8:30 - The 'vibes'

16:30 - Pascal's fit in the DARKO system

19:10 - The Raptors doing old and new

24:55 - Make the defense guard you a few times

27:30 - 3 point variance

28:30 - Scottie, so far

32:40 - Scottie Barnes biomechanics

33:45 - More of the ball for Scottie

44:00 - An elite defense

51:00 - Historical comps for the Raptors

55:00 - Aggressive defense

58:15 - Preseason caveat king

1:04:21 - Gradey Dick

1:11:30 - Parting Shots

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