Title: Raptors Reasonablists, Volume II, Part V: The ‘Bebe-and-a-second’ trade deadline edition
Date: February 5, 2018
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 looks ahead to this week’s trade deadline.
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Title: Raptors’ crunch-time process improving, but results won’t happen overnight
Date: February 2, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote some more about the Raptors’ clutch play and how, some nights, even a better game plan isn’t enough.
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Title: Salary cap breakdown: The financial implications of the Pistons bet on Blake Griffin
Date: January 30, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Detroit, I explored the salary cap fall-out of the Pistons acquiring Blake Griffin in a pre-deadline blockbuster.
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Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – S02E18 – Trade scenarios
Date: January 30, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I look for possible trade upgrades.
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Title: Raptors’ Jonas Valanciunas still adjusting to green light shooting threes
Date: January 30, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the improvements keeping Jonas Valanciunas on the floor late and his adjustment to having the green light, even in those clutch situations.
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Title: The Raptors’ lack of clutch offence persisting as a problem
Date: January 27, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I spun my wheels about the Raptors’ inability to score in the clutch so far.
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Title: A closer look at how well C.J. Miles — and the Raptors — are shooting the three
Date: January 24, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I created a crude metric for expected 3-point percentage to evaluate the Raptors’ offense.
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Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – S02E17 – Addicts for East Dramatics
Date: January 24, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I look around a messy East.
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Title: Analyzing how the Raptors’ offence has changed through half a season
Date: January 19, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at how the Raptors’ offense has changed, through half a season of the culture reset.
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Title: Kennedy Meeks’ personal turnaround spurs one for Raptors 905 as well
Date: January 18, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about Kennedy Meeks stepping up for Raptors 905 on and off the court, helping key a significant turnaround.
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