Title: Awards Watch: All-NBA teams, Pascal Siakam’s contract escalator and Kyle Lowry
Date: April 20, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the All-NBA cases for Pascal Siakam and Kyle Lowry, and what inclusion could mean for them. Read an excerpt!
Title: Raptors Reasonablists, Volume IV, Part IV: Who deserves our theoretical All-Defensive Team votes?
Date: April 17, 2020
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 which Raptors are deserving of All-Defensive Team consideration.
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Title: Awards Watch: Terence Davis II and how All-Rookie cases are evaluated
Date: April 15, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about Terence Davis’ rookie season, a top-10 one among freshman that may not land him on the All-Rookie team because of how rookies tend to be evaluated. Read an excerpt!
Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – All-Time Raptors Team Draft + Chris Boucher’s Future
Date: April 14, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I draft our respective All-Time Raptors Rosters head-to-head. Read an excerpt!
Title: What are the best options in the playbook of the NBA’s East contenders?
Date: April 13, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: At The Athletic Toronto, we collaborated to write about the pet plays of East contenders. I wrote about Kyle Lowry as a crunch-time screener.
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Title: Introducing the ‘He Shoulda Played More’ Toronto Raptors all-stars
Date: April 13, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, Eric Koreen and I teamed up to draft our respective all-time Raptors rosters and put them head-to-head in a playoff series. Read an excerpt!
Title: The unlikely Raptors triple-double that may have cost them Damian Lillard
Date: April 10, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about The Ben Uzoh Triple-Double Game, the biggest butterfly effect moment in Raptors history. Read an excerpt!
Title: Staff Picks: The Toronto-area businesses we miss the most right now
Date: April 10, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: At The Athletic Toronto, we collaborated to highlight some of our local favorites that we’re missing and still trying to support during social distancing.
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Title: How the Raptors’ talent identification and player development sets them apart
Date: April 8, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about how the Raptors have leveraged their talent identification and player development strengths to create a sustained model of success. Read an excerpt!
Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – John Hollinger on the Bulls Interest in Bobby Webster, Front Office Future + Shoulda Played More All-Stars
Date: April 7, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I are joined by John Hollinger to discuss the Bulls’ pursuit of Raptors GM Bobby Webster, Terence Davis as an undrafted gem, and more. Read an excerpt!
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