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Will Lou is still buzzing as he reacts to the Toronto Raptors' 110-108 win over the Charlotte Hornets. He breaks down the strong performances by Brandon Ingram and Scottie Barnes, and generally gushes over the strong performances of late. Later, Alex Wong joins the show (40:00) to discuss the in-person experience of seeing the Raptors' new city edition uniforms and the renewed excitement around the team.
Three stars: Brandon Ingram, Scottie Barnes, Jakob Poeltl
Gerald Henderson award: Kon Knueppel
#raptors #torontoraptors
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Will Lou reacts to the Toronto Raptors' 129-111 win over the Indiana Pacers. He breaks down the strong performances across the board by the team, before being joined by birthday boy Jerome Cheng as they take listener questions.
Three stars: Jakob Poeltl, Scottie Barnes, Gradey Dick
Gerald Henderson award: commenter "herbopotamus" for his "CMB is Carmela Soprano" comp
#raptors #torontoraptors #pacers
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Will and Alex dive into the Mavericks’ decision to fire Nico Harrison and debate whether Masai Ujiri could be a fit in Dallas. Alex then unveils his latest NBA in/out list, touching on Derik Queen, OKC’s chase for 73 wins, the state of the Brooklyn Nets, and why he’s officially out on the Clippers. Later, Will, Alex, and Jerome break down a new list of “peak male experiences,” revisit classic Doc Rivers footage, and wrap things up by guessing the foreheads of well-known NBA media personalities.
#nba #dallasmavericks #laclippers #nicoharrison
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Will Lou handles slander pod duties solo as the Toronto Raptors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-113 to improve to 7-5. Will breaks down the dominant performance of Scottie Barnes, the importance of Jamal Shead, and Jakob Poeltl and Immanuel Quickley rounding into form.
Three stars: Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley, Jakob Poellt (sorry, Jamal!)
Gerald Henderson award: Nae'Qwan Tomlin
#nba #raptors
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Will Lou speaks with Toronto Raptors point guard Immanuel Quickley ahead of the release of Call of Duty 7 on Nov. 14. They discuss IQ's new signature celebration, reflect on the trade that brought Quickley from New York to Toronto, discuss his two signature moves -- the pull-up 3 and the floater -- and then discuss video game culture in the NBA.
#raptors #torontoraptors #immanuelquickley #newyorkknicks #knicks
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Will Lou recaps the Toronto Raptors' 119-109 win over the Brooklyn Nets to improve to 6-5 on the season. Will discusses the strong showings by Immanuel Quickley and Brandon Ingram in the second half and then takes listener questions.
Three stars: Immanuel Quickley, Brandon Ingram, Jakob Poeltl
Gerald Henderson award: Egor Demin
#raptors #torontoraptors
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Will and Alex dive into the most pressing Raptors topics, including Brandon Ingram’s water bottle incident, the four-way battle for bench minutes at shooting guard, whether the team needs to add another big, and why fans should be excited about the NBA Cup. Plus: can the Raptors become an above-average three-point shooting team this season? Later, they share first impressions of the new City Edition jerseys, reflect on Lenny Wilkens’ legacy in Toronto, and revisit Darvin Ham’s underrated 1997 Dunk Contest showing.
#raptors #torontoraptors
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Will Lou breaks down the Toronto Raptors' 130-120 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. He discusses the lineup decision to start Ochai Agbaji to fill in for a resting Jakob Poeltl, the continued excitement over Collin Murray-Boyles, and the difficulties of playing small against a very large team.
Three stars: Collin Murray-Boyles, Immanuel Quickley, Scottie Barnes
Gerald Henderson award: Trendon Watford
#nba #raptors
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Will Lou goes live from his dear friend Jeremy's 30th birthday to discuss the Toronto Raptors' 109-97 win over the Atlanta Hawks in NBA Cup action. It was a shorter than usual reaction podcast because Will wants to be a good friend.
Three stars: Immanuel Quickley, Scottie Barnes, Sandro Mamukelashvili
Gerald Henderson award: Nickeil Alexander-Walker
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Will, Alex, and Jerome tackle life’s most important questions: would you take $5 million if it meant not showering for a year, give up Asian food in exchange for unlimited travel, or stop buying new clothes if it meant you could still get haircuts? Later, Alex drops his latest Five Dollar Thoughts on the death of social etiquette, swearing on TV, and why marathons should be shorter. Finally, he unveils his newest “In List,” featuring hash browns, Dakota Johnson, Big Sean’s Mercy verse, and more, before the trio dives into listener questions.
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Will and Alex take an early look at the Toronto Raptors season and the emerging storylines from the team. Brandon Ingram bucket getting, Scottie Barnes putting it together, an actual offense (?) and more!
#raptors #torontoraptors
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Will Lou goes live to recap the Toronto Raptors' 128-100 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. He gives props to Scottie Barnes for winning his matchup against Giannis Antetokounmpo, then shares praise for how Gradey Dick and others bounced back in this win. Later on, Jerome Cheng joins the show to discuss the announcement of Sandy Brondello as the first ever Toronto Tempo head coach.
Three stars: Scottie Barnes, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Gradey Dick
Gerald Henderson award: Kyle Kuzma
#nba #torontoraptors
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Will and Alex walk through the painful ending to the 2025 World Series and discuss: Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s dominance, the improbable series of events in the ninth inning of Game 7, a frame-by-frame breakdown of IKF’s slide home, Andy Pages’ ridiculous catch, where this game ranks on Bill Simmons’ “Level of Losing,” and their personal takeaways from this postseason run.
#torontobluejays #bluejays
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Will Lou recaps the Toronto Raptors' 117-104 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. He discusses the strong performances from RJ Barrett, Collin Murray-Boyles, Scottie Barnes and Brandon Ingram, then takes questions from the live chat.
Three stars: RJ Barrett, Scottie Barnes, Brandon Ingram
Gerald Henderson award: Vince Williams Jr.
#nba #torontoraptors #bluejays
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Will Lou recaps the Toronto Raptors' 112-101 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. He breaks down the important contributions from Jamison Battle off the bench and the improvements on defense. He then turns his attention to the Toronto Blue Jays (46:35) who catch a run of spectacularly bad breaks with Addison Barger's ground rule double and then Barger caught in a double-play at second.
Three stars: Jamison Battle, Brandon Ingram, Scottie Barnes
Gerald Henderson award: DeAndre Hunter
#nba #torontoraptors #bluejays
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Will Lou goes live to first discuss the Toronto Raptors' 139-121 loss to the Houston Rockets. He offers solutions for how to fix the Raptors' current problems. He then turns his attention to live-reacting to the Toronto Blue Jays' 6-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers Game 5 of the World Series. He is joined afterwards by Alex Wong (2:10:10) to react to the Jays win and general banter pod topics.
Three stars: Brandon Ingram, Scottie Barnes, Collin Murray-Boyles
Gerald Henderson award: Tari Eason
#nba #raptors #bluejays
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Will and Alex are joined by author Oren Weisfeld to build a blame pie for the Raptors’ 1-3 start to the season as they discuss Immanuel Quickley and Jakob Poeltl’s slow starts, whether Darko is on the hot seat, how much blame the front office should take, and more.
Later, Oren takes us behind the scenes and shares stories from his upcoming book “The Golden Generation.”
And finally, it’s another edition of Jays Corner as Toronto is two wins from their first World Series victory in 32 years.
Purchase “The Golden Generation” here: https://www.amazon.ca/Golden-Generation-Canada-Basketball-Powerhouse/dp/1770417990
Come to Oren’s book launch party this Sunday at Youthful Vengeance from 12-4pm. RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/e2Umw7xntw4Xlu7LcX1r
#raptors #torontoraptors #canadabasketball
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Will Lou reacts to the Toronto Raptors' loss to the San Antonio Spurs. He then sticks around until the bottom of the 18th inning in a historic Game 3 World Series battle between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers but we have cut it from the audio podcast. For the full 4 hour experience check out the YouTube stream:
https://youtube.com/live/veYxBTPkQyI
Three stars: Collin Murray-Boyles, RJ Barrett, Jamal Shead
Gerald Henderson award: Harrison Barnes
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Will Lou and Alex Wong go live after the Toronto Raptors' 139-129 loss to the Dallas Mavericks game on Sunday night. He breaks down the Raptors' unacceptable effort on defense and then brings on Alex to talk about the Blue Jays and answer fan questions.
Three stars: Scottie Barnes, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Brandon Ingram's offense
Gerald Henderson award: PJ Washington
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Will Lou goes live to break down the Toronto Raptors' 122-116 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. He also reacts to some key moments in Game 1 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers including a delirious 9-running inning by the Jays in the sixth (1:09:43)
Three stars: Brandon Ingram, RJ Barrett, Jamison Battle
Gerald Henderson award: Cole Anthony
#nba #mlb #bluejays
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