Title: Raptors’ loss to Bucks offers playoff-level takeaways and potential adjustments
Date: February 26, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I combed the Raptors’ loss to the Bucks for useful takeaways and areas to watch for adjustments when the teams meet again. Read an excerpt!
Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – Irrational Confidence: Overcoming Elite Defence, Nurse/Budenholzer Contrasts, Siakam’s Growth, and more
Date: February 26, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I discuss the Raptors measuring stick loss to the Bucks. Read an excerpt!
Title: Radio Appearance: 105.7 The Fan Milwaukee
Date: February 25, 2020
Original Source: 105.7 The Fan
Synopsis: I appeared on 105.7 The Fan in Milwaukee to tee up the Raptors’ regular season clash with the Bucks.
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Title: Dissecting a wild Raptors-Pacers season series and its potential playoff implications
Date: February 24, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I broke down the Raptors’ four-game season series with the Pacers, looking for takeaways in the event they meet up in the playoffs. Read an excerpt!
Title: Columbia House Party: 17. +44 – When Your Heart Stops Beating (2006)
Date: February 24, 2020
Original Source: Columbia House Party
Synopsis: In the 17th episode of Columbia House Party, we take a look at a major What-If moment in pop-punk, the Mark-and-Travis blink-182 hiatus side project +44.
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Title: Radio Appearance: Raptors 905 show on AM 960
Date: February 21, 2020
Original Source: Sauga AM 960
Synopsis: I appeared on Sauga AM 960’s weekly Raptors 905 show to discuss my week embedded with Raptors 905. Check out the audio!
Title: Raptors’ unconventional 3-point shot-blocking on full display against Suns
Date: February 21, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors’ ability to block 3-point shots and what that does to opposing offences. Read an excerpt!
Title: 15 bold preseason Raptors predictions check-in: The hits, misses and a mea culpa
Date: February 21, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the end of the Raptors franchise-record 15-game winning streak. Read an excerpt!
Title: Sitting Couchside (Raptors/Leon’s) video appearance
Date: February 18, 2020
Original Source: Raptors YouTube
Synopsis: I was a part of the Sitting Couchside series, a collaboration between the Raptors and Leon’s looking back at the team’s 25-year history.
Title: ‘You’re really not far’: A week in the NBA’s minor league, where a moment could change everything
Date: February 17, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I spent a week with Raptors 905, the minor league affiliate of the Toronto Raptors, writing about what life is like in the G League and why so many players fight through such a tough grind with slim chances at achieving their dream. Read an excerpt!
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