Title: How the Raptors have performed in the ‘clutch’ so far this season
Date: January 4, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at the Raptors’ usage in a small sample of clutch situations and the fourth quarter at large.
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Title: New North jerseys find middle ground: A power ranking of every Raptors jersey
Date: January 2, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I power ranked the 20 jerseys the Raptors have worn during their existence.
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Title: Raptors Reasonablists, Volume II, Edition IV: We’re not turning back around
Date: December 28, 2017
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 focuses on an ugly Raptors loss to the Thunder, the No. 1 seed in the East, and Norman Powell’s struggles.
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Title: Raptors rookie OG Anunoby already changing perception of his shooting
Date: December 22, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at OG Anunoby’s hot shooting start and what it might say about the non-shooter label he came in with.
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Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – S02E14 – Merry happy
Date: December 19, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I mine for sustainable signs in a 9-1 stretch.
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Title: C.J. Miles is playing well for the Raptors. But they could get even more from him
Date: December 19, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at the Raptors’ usage of C.J. Miles and how they may be able to get even more out of him.
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Title: Lorenzo Brown is playing two drastically different roles with the Raptors and Raptors 905
Date: December 15, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote Lorenzo Brown about having the lowest usage rate in the NBA and nearly the highest in the G League, and how he switches between those two roles.
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Title: Raptors Reasonablists, Volume II, Part III: I miss you
Date: December 14, 2017
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 focuses on a struggling Raptors’ bench unit that will face some questions when Delon Wright returns.
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Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – S02E13 – One of those games
Date: December 12, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I sort through an unsexy loss for any predictive problems.
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Title: Breaking down the Raptors’ trade season scenarios
Date: December 12, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I outlined the financial factors the Raptors will have to keep in mind as NBA trade season gets into swing.
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