Host Andrew Damelin is joined by Baylor Associate Head Coach Jerome Tang to talk about his college pupil and Raptors hopeful Ishmail Wainright. Coach Tang outlines how Ish avoided the pitfalls that claimed many of his friends' lives while growing up in Kansas City. Then he discusses Wainright's rare appetite for knowledge and defence, and why he's among the top three leaders he's ever coached at Baylor. And get pumped for Coach Tang's signature play from Wainright at Baylor, which will evoke visions of Kyle Lowry.

And, of course, we re-live Ish's tearful Summer League press conference. Do your host and interviewee hold back tears of their own? Tune in to find out!

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Host Samson Folk brings on his good friend/nemesis, Blake Murphy to talk about the Raptors offszn, and Summer League basketball.

• The sounds of Summer League
• Offszn cliffnotes
• SL Standouts
• Malachi the Grift King
• Scottie's Summer League
• Content Creation Drafting
• David Johnson's Summer League
• Dalano Banton, the funkfest
• Competition for backend roster spots
• Yuta, Dekker
• A substitute for Buddy Cop Duo's
• The Dragic situation

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Host Samson Folk brings on analyst, Henry Ward to discuss Scottie Barnes, Dalano Banton, David Johnson, and what their selections mean for the Raptors team-building.

• Scottie Barnes, an amorphous blob
• League Pass Highlight Passing Potential
• Defensive Problem Solving
• David Johnson, lottery talent?
• Dalano Banton, the funkfest
• Scheming and maintaining advantage
• Regular szn vs. playoff szn basketball

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Host Zarar Siddiqi is joined by Dean Demakis from DeanOnDraft.com. We talk:

• Why Dean ranked Cade Cunningham #6 on his Big Board
• Debunking the notion of Jalen Suggs being a "win now" versus Barnes being a "win later" pick
• When controlling for age, height, length, assist rate, and steal rate, how Scottie Barnes tops the list of Luka Doncic, Ben Simmons, Khris Middleton and others
• The idea that the Raptors have addressed the point guard position by drafting Scottie Barnes
• A comparison to Scottie Pippen who had a very similar profile
• Barnes' unique ability to create his own shot despite not being a great shooter
• Translatability of Barnes' game to the NBA as compared to Cade Cunningham's

Dean's website: https://deanondraft.com/2021/06/15/how-good-is-scottie-barnes/

Dean's Twitter: https://twitter.com/deanondraft

Zarar's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CornerSniper

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Host Samson Folk brings on draft analyst/writer, and head of research and development at Cerebro, PD Web to talk about the Raptors draft.

• Scottie Barnes at #4, do we like it?
• Standout aspects of his game
• How complicated is the jumper surgery?
• Most advantageous positions for his game
• Is anyone truly a 1-5 defender? Is Scottie there?
• The Raptors teambuilding style
• How does Scottie's defense translate?
• Expected outcomes for Scottie
• Twitter Questions
• Really long discussion about shoes - Jordan 1's, Blazers, and Dunks in particular
• David Johnson and Dalano Banton, a quick convo before summer league
• The ever changing lead guard role + how it impacts Kyle Lowry's availability
• Gary Trent Jr.'s path to development
• OG Anunoby as the Raptors STAR

Links to some of PD's work:

The Scottie Barnes film review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXn6BhjEo7Y

David Johnson film review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmMWN_tLjoY

PD's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pdweb

PD's twitter: https://twitter.com/abovethebreak3

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Host Zarar Siddiqi is joined by RR writer Kyle Brickman (https://twitter.com/chuckingbricks) to talk:

• Hating the Bucks but loving the "small market" success.
• Trading up to get Mobley or down to get Barnes
• Siakam trade rumours BS
• Letting Lowry walk or getting a Kuzma-type
• Lowry and DeMar joining up in LA a logical possibility
• What's with the Bradley Beal hype?
• Lot more

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Host Samson Folk brings on Oren Weisfeld, Raptors Republic's man in the field for the Olympic Qualifiers, to talk about the event and Team Canada's performance there.

• The lack of size
• A failure to leverage NBA talent
• Wiggins, Barrett and the future of the wing tandem
• Alexander-Walker doing great things
• Wishful thinking of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
• Pascal Siakam's Finishing
• A Golden Era

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After celebrating the 4th pick for some time, basking in the summer sun and enjoying a stress free playoffs. Nick and Barry collect their thoughts on some of the offseason stories surrounding the Raptors. The fellas jump back into the studio to discuss.

On this episode they chat:

- Nick Nurse and his coaching staff.

- The NBA Playoffs.

- Team Canada Men's Basketball disappointment.

- Kia Nurse being from Hamilton.

- Comedy Records Anniversary NFT.

- Twitter Questions.

All this and a bit more. As always we thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy.

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Host Samson Folk brings on 'friend of humanity' and terrific NBA writer, Jackson Frank to discuss Jalen Suggs game in great detail.

• What makes Suggs an attractive prospect?
• The likeliest of the top 4
• An unlikely primary
• What makes Suggs an incredible connecting player?
• A transition savant
• NBA Reads/Plays that he makes
• Where is the jumper, how far will it go?
• Playing off of Siakam & OG
• Premeditation downhill
• On-ball defense
• Off-ball defense and fitting in with the Raptors D
• Developing the post game
• Stealing from Jrue Holiday and Kyle Lowry

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Host Samson Folk brings on NBA Twitter pal, Pakhattak to talk about the wild card players the Raptors could potentially end up with on draft night.

• Josh Giddey
• Jaden Springer
• Davion Mitchell
• Scottie Barnes
• + some inside scoops

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