Title: How Norman Powell and Frank Vogel changed the course of Raptors history in 2016
Date: April 22, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about one of the most important moments in Raptors’ history, Norman Powell’s Game 5 dunk against the Pacers in 2016. Read an excerpt!
Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – Season Awards, All-NBA Team Candidates and ‘The Last Dance’ Takeaways
Date: April 21, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I break down whether any Raptors have a chance at year-end NBA awards. Read an excerpt!
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: Podcast Appearance: Locked On Raptors
Date: April 13, 2020
Original Source: Locked On Raptors
Synopsis: I joined the latest edition of The Locked On Raptors podcast to discuss The Ben Uzoh Game, Raptors what-ifs, Dominic McGuire, and more.
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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!
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