Samson Folk brings on Mike Prada to preview the Raptors & Wizards.

Mike is an editor for The Athletic and has a book "Spaced Out" coming out on November 1st. Stay tuned for that.

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1:03 - Mike's Big takeaways on the Raptors, the basketball laboratory

3:57 - The un-disruptive defense of the Wizards

5:05 - Project 6'9"

13:10 - The dilemma of OG's role/touches

24:49 - Are the Wizards destined to disappoint?

35:05 - The Wizards want to be the Raptors

36:42 - Pascal and Fred have raised the floor, Scottie has to raise the ceiling

39:20 - Fred and Kuzma as the avatars for their teams

43:15 - The Raptors purposeful overlap, and the Wizards clumsy overlap

44:10 - Khris Middleton as something for Gary Trent Jr. to strive for

46:40 - Edwin Diaz's intro music

47:36 - Back to Gary

54:39 - Back to the Raptors logjam

56:44 - Basketball is a rhythm game

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