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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Title: Siakam, Poeltl part of Raptors’ mutual admiration society
Date: December 7, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at the burgeoning on-court chemistry between Jakob Poeltl and Pascal Siakam.
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Title: Broken Record & Doubleheader
Date: December 6, 2017
Original Source: Raptors905.com
Synopsis: I’m going to be helping Raptors.com and Raptors905.com out a bit this year. In my latest on the 905 side, I welcomed Lorenzo Brown and Alfonzo McKinnie into the G League/NBA doubleheader club.
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Title: Will the ‘best (bench) in the league’ matter less come playoff time for Raptors?
Date: December 4, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at whether the Raptors having an elite bench will matter much come playoff time.
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Title: How the Raptors built the ‘best (bench) in the league’
Date: November 30, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at how the Raptors’ built what they’re calling the “best (bench) in the league.”
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Title: Fred VanVleet Has Developed into a Legit Piece for Toronto
Date: November 30, 2017
Original Source: Vice
Synopsis: In my latest for Vice, I wrote about Fred VanVleet going from undrafted free agent to NBA plus-minus demigod.
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Title: Second Unit Saints: Why the Raptors’ bench is claiming ‘best in the league’
Date: November 28, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked into C.J. Miles’ claim that the Raptors have the best bench in the league.
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Title: Film study: Raptors’ Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan have been hooking up for the same alley-oop play for years
Date: November 24, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I broke down a Kyle Lowry-DeMar DeRozan mind-meld play, a staple they’ve used to get easy alley-oops against sleepy defenses for years.
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Title: Is DeMar DeRozan playing his best basketball as a Toronto Raptor?
Date: November 22, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I tried to put DeMar DeRozan’s hot start in context relative to his career as a Raptor and answer whether this is the best he’s ever played.
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Title: How will the Raptors try to cope with Delon Wright’s absence?
Date: November 17, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at the ways in which the Raptors will try to make up for the loss of Delon Wright to a dislocated shoulder.
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