Title: What will the revamped Raptors rotation look like next season?
Date: July 25, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I took a crack at projecting the Raptors’ rotation as part of a site-wide NBA initiative, but mostly I used the assignment to work through the team’s potential thought process at a few key spots.
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Title: Raptors Reasonablists, Volume IV, Part I: Selecting a World Cup roster for Canada Basketball
Date: July 24, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: Eric Koreen and I will be doing a semi-regular email exchange column about the Raptors, dubbing ourselves The Reasonablists. The latest edition looked at how the Canada Basketball roster for the FIBA World Cup may shake out.
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Title: How the Raptors used the tools available to fill out their roster in a post-Kawhi Leonard summer
Date: July 22, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the tools the Raptors used to fill out their roster and the strategies that Kawhi Leonard leaving necessitated.
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Title: Canadian Summer League scouting reports: Barrett shakes off rough start, Clarke and Alexander-Walker shine
Date: July 16, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote brief scouting and progress reports on all of the Canadians who participated in Summer League.
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Title: Raptors Summer League scouting reports and what their performances may mean for the future
Date: July 15, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote brief scouting and progress reports on all of the players who participated in Summer League with the Raptors.
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Title: Summer League progress offers encouraging sign for Raptors’ 2nd-round pick Dewan Hernandez
Date: July 13, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about second-round pick Dewan Hernandez and why the Raptors are so optimistic following his play in Summer League.
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Title: Murphy: A comprehensive collection of opinions on the Raptors’ offseason to date
Date: July 11, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about some things I liked, disliked, loved, and loathed about the first 10 days of the offseason.
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Title: Raptors’ addition of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes identity for next season clear
Date: July 8, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors signing Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and what it makes clear about the Raptors’ plans for 2019-20.
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Title: Where do the Raptors go from here? Offseason moves should give us an idea
Date: July 8, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors early offseason moves, updated their cap and roster situations and tried to work through what may come next.
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Title: Raptors tab Stanley Johnson as a redraft candidate in their first post-Kawhi Leonard move
Date: July 7, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors signing Stanley Johnson and why a ‘redraft candidate’ makes sense with where they are this summer.
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