Title: Raptors fans still haunted by ghosts of playoffs past, despite team’s dominant regular season
Date: February 28, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked for historical precedent to justify Raptors fans still being anxious about the playoffs despite regular season dominance.
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Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – S02E20 – No more breaks
Date: February 28, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I catch up on the Raptors after a lengthy All-Star break.
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Title: Raptors 905 Road To Repeat
Date: February 22, 2018
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 previewed a huge weekend for the team as they come out of the All-Star break.
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Title: Raptors stats mailbag: On the bench, pace, three-pointers and clutch time
Date: February 20, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I did a few data dives to answer reader questions about the Raptors as they head into the season’s stretch run.
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Title: Pascal Siakam’s growth as a ball-handler opening up options for Raptors
Date: February 16, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at Pascal Siakam’s growth as a playmaker and how important it is to his ceiling as a player.
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Title: Radio Appearance: Talking Raptors on TSN 1150
Date: February 14, 2018
Original Source: TSN Radio
Synopsis: I appeared on TSN 1150 to talk Raptors-Heat, Raptors-Bulls, and the All-Star break.
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Title: Remembering The Forgotten Brilliance And Unparalleled Controversy Of The 2011 Dunk Contest
Date: February 14, 2018
Original Source: Dime Magazine (Uproxx Sports)
Synopsis: In my latest for Dime Magazine at Uproxx Sports, I wrote about the amazing, underrated, and controversial 2011 Slam Dunk Contest, which every participant is still claiming they should have won.
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Title: Malachi Richardson a new test for Raptors’ player development incubator
Date: February 13, 2018
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about deadline acquisition Malachi Richardson and the challenge he presents to the Raptors’ vaunted player development program.
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Title: What Four Years with the Raptors Taught Us About Bruno Caboclo
Date: February 12, 2018
Original Source: Vice
Synopsis: In my latest for Vice, I wrote about the end of the Bruno Caboclo experiment in Toronto and what it was like to cover for the last four years.
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Title: Raptors Weekly Podcast – All about that bench
Date: February 12, 2018
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: I joined the latest edition of Raptors Weekly Extra, discussing the Raptors’ bench performance, the Cavaliers, and the Celtics.
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