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• Raptors x Lotto Max

  07-05-2024 15:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Javon Freeman-Liberty: 2023-24 Season in Review

  05-06-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  The following is part of Raptors Republic’s series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors. You can find all the pieces in the series here.In a Raptors season that saw lawsuits, trades, injuries, a gambling scandal, and pizza, most Raptors fans would view the 2023-2024 season as eventful, but not in a good way.Toronto finished with a 25-57 record — the seventh-worst mark in franchise history — which included a 15-game losing streak — the second-worst m
  
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• Canada’s U18 AmeriCup Roster Announced

  02-06-2024 17:49 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  With the tournament starting tomorrow, Canada Basketball has finally released the final U18 AmeriCup roster.
  Olivier RiouxJalen RoaneEfeosa OlioguMarial AkuentokTristan BeckfordTyrus Rathan-MayesTorian LeeRamogi NyagudiJaion PittSpencer Ahrens
  Mathew DannJustus Haseley
  The most notable omission is 6’9″ G/F Will Riley (The Phelps School), who is currently ranked 24th in ESPN’s Class of 2025 rankings. Riley is reportedly taking his official visit to Kentucky this week, while mull
  
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• Canada U18 AmeriCup Roster Announced

  02-06-2024 17:49 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  With the tournament starting tomorrow, Canada Basketball has finally released the final U18 AmeriCup roster.
  Olivier RiouxJalen RoaneEfeosa OlioguMarial AkuentokTristan BeckfordTyrus Rathan-MayesTorian LeeRamogi NyagudiJaion PittSpencer Ahrens
  Mathew DannJustus Haseley
  The most notable omission is 6’9″ G/F Will Riley (The Phelps School), who is currently ranked 24th in ESPN’s Class of 2025 rankings. Riley is reportedly taking his official visit to Kentucky this week, while mull
  
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• The NBA Finals and Team Canada – Confederacy of Dunks

  31-05-2024 22:10 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  This week we welcome back Team Canada Basketball expert Oren Weisfeld and talk about the upcoming NBA finals matchup as well as the upcoming Summer Olympics!
  Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; all Confederacy of Dunks episodes are available separately as well.The post The NBA Finals and Team Canada – Confederacy of Dunks first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Immanuel Quickley: 2023-24 Season in Review

  31-05-2024 18:19 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The following is part of Raptors Republic’s series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors. You can find all the pieces in the series here.Well Raptors fans, it’s been a rollercoaster of a season. However, one of the best parts of this ride was six-foot-three guard, Immanuel Quickley.Do you remember, Immanuel’s first game in Toronto? He captured our hearts, catching a beautiful pass from RJ Barrett, and hitting his first three of the game. Or when he hit tha
  
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• Why does everyone hate Rudy Gobert? NBA Playoffs & more w/ Katie Heindl

  31-05-2024 16:37 via raptorsrepublic.com
  Katie Heindl joins host Cathryn Naiker to discuss the playoffs, Rudy Gobert and more.
  Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; all Buckets & Tea episodes are available separately as well.The post Why does everyone hate Rudy Gobert? NBA Playoffs & more w/ Katie Heindl first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Real or Photoshopped with The Raptor 🦖

  30-05-2024 15:20 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Immanuel Quickley will be a Raptor, but for how much?

  30-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Ahh yes, the economics of basketball. Competing conceptions of value. Seeing through the numbers, seeing past them, looking at them deeply – all of that stuff. Moneyball etc. etc.
  As we all know, the Raptors made a huge decision to trade OG Anunoby (and Precious Achiuwa & Malachi Flynn) and jumpstarted their rebuild with that decision. RJ Barrett came back in that trade and he’s comfortably under contract so we don’t have to consider much there — unless you’re d
  
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• Chris Boucher: 2023-24 Season in Review

  29-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The following is part of Raptors Republic’s series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors. You can find all the pieces in the series here.The best toy my son ever owned (so far) was a pink helium balloon we, I think, stole from another child’s party. He was in his wagon with me, out walking the dog, when a pink helium balloon floated into the road from someone’s house. We were on the other side of the street watching it. My son said, “look look!&rdquo
  
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• Gradey Dick is the NBA’s next great movement shooter (Video Essay)

  28-05-2024 17:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The video version of my deep dive into Gradey Dick’s shooting. You can find the written piece here.
  The post Gradey Dick is the NBA’s next great movement shooter (Video Essay) first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Pre-Finals Open Thread

  28-05-2024 15:19 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  7-0 so far in the Conference Finals. Let’s just assume Dallas-Boston. Pretty fun matchup.Whatcha think? Who ya got?
  Things remain quiet in Raptors land. Not much is going to happen until trades open up when the season ends, and even then, we’re probably waiting until draft night for much of anything real to happen. But that will come. The post Pre-Finals Open Thread first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Freddie Met the Prime Minister!? – Confederacy of Dunks

  25-05-2024 17:45 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  This week we talk more playoffs, we look at the NBA Awards and Freddie tells us all about meeting Justin Trudeau at the Toronto WNBA event!
  Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; all Confederacy of Dunks episodes are available separately as well.The post Freddie Met the Prime Minister!? – Confederacy of Dunks first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Scottie Barnes: 2023-24 Season in Review

  25-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The following is part of Raptors Republic’s series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors. You can find all the pieces in the series here.It’s November, 2023. It’s warm and sunny in Toronto, but warm and sunny for the winter. Maybe, a spring coat instead of a winter coat. But Scottie Barnes is sweltering. He’s burning. Doused in sweat. Not because he’s in San Antonio, where it’s over 20 degrees. No. Because he’s hitting one of his sh
  
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• Toronto gets a WNBA Team, NBA Playoffs & more with Es! 

  24-05-2024 21:30 via raptorsrepublic.com
  Es Baraheni joins host Cathryn Naiker to discuss Toronto’s WNBA team, the playoffs and more.Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; all Buckets & Tea episodes are available separately as well.The post Toronto gets a WNBA Team, NBA Playoffs & more with Es!  first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Open Thread: Conference Finals

  24-05-2024 18:25 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Boston, despite winning over and over, just doesn’t seem to frighten fans like dominant teams often do. Are they going to just stumble their way to a championship? Is Luka Doncic going to snatch it from them? What’s the deal? Siakam has played so, so well. I’m happy for him.The draft, by the way, is juuuust over a month away. Toronto might use all its picks, but Masai Ujiri seemed doubtful when he spoke at the trade deadline. (Although, that was before Toronto’s own pick
  
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• RJ Barrett: 2023-24 Season in Review

  23-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The following is part of Raptors Republic’s series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors. You can find all the pieces in the series here.“From the Sauga to the Six, he’s home, RJ Barrett.” Those words of Raptors in-game host Mark Strong rang through Scotiabank Arena when RJ Barrett first took the court in front of nearly 20,000 fans in his Raptors debut.
  It was fitting, it was the first day of the new year on January 1, in what was a new era for the
  
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• Gradey Dick is the NBA’s next great movement shooter

  21-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  I love wide-open threes. We all do. We know players shoot much better when they’re unguarded, and the goal of virtually every offense in the NBA is to create layups by any means necessary, and to create wide-open, high value jumpers for good shooters. Sometimes coaches can concoct (say that three times fast) structure for offenses that rely on well timed sequences by the players to create wide-open looks, but mostly teams are relying on players to get to dangerous spots on the floor to ben
  
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• Finding Winning Players in Round 2 w/ Samson & Jack

  19-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Samson Folk is joined by Jack Quantrill to discuss who the Raptors should select with their 2nd round pick.The post Finding Winning Players in Round 2 w/ Samson & Jack first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Scouting for Raptors picks w/ Samson & Jack

  18-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Samson Folk is joined by Jack Quantrill to discuss 3 players the Raptors could consider at pick 19.The post Scouting for Raptors picks w/ Samson & Jack first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• The Head of the Snake: Toronto’s missing pick-and-roll approach

  17-05-2024 14:59 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  There are three minutes remaining in Game 3 of the Dallas Mavericks first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Mavericks lead by 13, and Kyrie Irving has the ball, looking to end the game. He takes a pick on the wing and positions himself to bend back around the other direction to jet into the middle of the floor, then using an in-and-out dribble to scoot back to the original direction. Then a crossover back to the opposite side of the pick, gathering in a pull-up jumper. He drills
  
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• The Interview: Bill Wennington, Three-time NBA Champion, Canadian Basketball Legend

  16-05-2024 15:17 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  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.
  Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; a
  
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• The WNBA in Toronto and Raptors Free Agents – Confederacy of Dunks

  16-05-2024 12:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  This week we get hyped about the new Toronto WNBA franchise, the NBA playoffs AND The Raptors free agency possibilities all with our guest, Derick Deonarain!
  Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; all Confederacy of Dunks episodes are available separately as well.The post The WNBA in Toronto and Raptors Free Agents – Confederacy of Dunks first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Bruce Brown: 2023-24 Season in Review

  14-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The following is part of Raptors Republic’s series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors. You can find all the pieces in the series here.Prior to joining Toronto, Bruce Brown had a long history as a positive contributor in the NBA. And perhaps most impressively, he contributed in diverse ways. In Brooklyn, he was an undersized center, screening and finishing with slips and floaters. In Denver, he was a combo guard, even hitting a pull-up triple to seal a championship
  
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• Raptors’ own pick to convey to San Antonio

  12-05-2024 21:25 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The San Antonio Spurs will pick eighth in the upcoming NBA draft, thanks to the Toronto Raptors. (And higher than that as well, thanks to themselves.) The Raptors will pick 19th and 31st. But their own pick, after such a miserable season, will not offer a player to Toronto. Thanks to Jakob Poeltl and Masai Ujiri.
  We’ll have much more draft coverage coming up, and for the moment you can join Samson and Josh Codinera in reacting to the news.Live, if you click the link fast enough! The post R
  
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• NBA Playoffs & more with Samson Folk

  10-05-2024 20:17 via raptorsrepublic.com
  Samson Folk joins host Cathryn Naiker to discuss Toronto’s WNBA Team, the NBA playoffs and more.
  Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; all Buckets & Tea episodes are available separately as well.The post NBA Playoffs & more with Samson Folk first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Report: The WNBA is coming to Toronto

  10-05-2024 15:19 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The W! Toronto! Incredible!
  The news was first broken by Shireen Ahmed of CBC Sports (CBC!). After a long period of will-they-won’t-they, we now know that they, in fact, will. The WNBA is coming to Toronto.The team will be owned by Kilmer Sports, headed by Larry Tanenbaum. Games will begin in 2026 at the Coca-Cola Coliseum. Teresa Resch, former vice president of basketball operations of the Raptors, is also going to be part of the basketball operations, according to Ahmed.
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• What can the Raptors learn from the 2023-24 playoffs?

  09-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The Battle of Waterloo was not so much won by the English as it was lost by the French. By one commander in particular: Marshal Grouchy. Given command of a large portion of Napoleon Bonaparte’s army, Grouchy was commanded to keep the Prussians from making contact with Napoleon. He failed to do so because of a lack of reconnaissance and speed, and when the battle was joined at Waterloo, he moved too slowly to help despite hearing the incredible sound of cannonfire from that direction. Somet
  
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• Jokic is your MVP (again) and More Playoffs – Confederacy of Dunks

  09-05-2024 06:03 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  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.
  Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; all Confederacy of Dunks episodes are available separately as well.The post Jokic is your MVP (again) and More Playoffs – Confederacy of Dunks first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Darko Rajakovic: 2023-24 Season in Review

  08-05-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The following is part of Raptors Republic’s series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors. You can find all the pieces in the series here.When the Toronto Raptors hired Darko Rajakovic in June 2023, Raptors Republic’s own Louis Zatzman wrote a piece trying to answer what Darko Rajakovic would be like as a head coach.His lede went like this: “The short answer, as with all coaches who have not been NBA head coaches, is that we simply don’t know.”F
  
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