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Will Lou goes live to first discuss the Toronto Raptors' 139-121 loss to the Houston Rockets. He offers solutions for how to fix the Raptors' current problems. He then turns his attention to live-reacting to the Toronto Blue Jays' 6-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers Game 5 of the World Series. He is joined afterwards by Alex Wong (2:10:10) to react to the Jays win and general banter pod topics.
Three stars: Brandon Ingram, Scottie Barnes, Collin Murray-Boyles
Gerald Henderson award: Tari Eason
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Will and Alex are joined by author Oren Weisfeld to build a blame pie for the Raptors’ 1-3 start to the season as they discuss Immanuel Quickley and Jakob Poeltl’s slow starts, whether Darko is on the hot seat, how much blame the front office should take, and more.
Later, Oren takes us behind the scenes and shares stories from his upcoming book “The Golden Generation.”
And finally, it’s another edition of Jays Corner as Toronto is two wins from their first World Series victory in 32 years.
Purchase “The Golden Generation” here: https://www.amazon.ca/Golden-Generation-Canada-Basketball-Powerhouse/dp/1770417990
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#raptors #torontoraptors #canadabasketball
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Will Lou reacts to the Toronto Raptors' loss to the San Antonio Spurs. He then sticks around until the bottom of the 18th inning in a historic Game 3 World Series battle between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers but we have cut it from the audio podcast. For the full 4 hour experience check out the YouTube stream:
https://youtube.com/live/veYxBTPkQyI
Three stars: Collin Murray-Boyles, RJ Barrett, Jamal Shead
Gerald Henderson award: Harrison Barnes
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Will Lou and Alex Wong go live after the Toronto Raptors' 139-129 loss to the Dallas Mavericks game on Sunday night. He breaks down the Raptors' unacceptable effort on defense and then brings on Alex to talk about the Blue Jays and answer fan questions.
Three stars: Scottie Barnes, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Brandon Ingram's offense
Gerald Henderson award: PJ Washington
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Will Lou goes live to break down the Toronto Raptors' 122-116 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. He also reacts to some key moments in Game 1 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers including a delirious 9-running inning by the Jays in the sixth (1:09:43)
Three stars: Brandon Ingram, RJ Barrett, Jamison Battle
Gerald Henderson award: Cole Anthony
#nba #mlb #bluejays
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Will and Alex unpack the latest gambling scandal to hit the NBA, debate whether Wemby and the Spurs are ready to take a massive leap in the West, give their first impressions on NBC’s coverage of the league, discuss LeBron’s future with the Lakers, review the best Doc Rivers impersonations, and finally: a special World Series edition of Jays Corner.
#nba #victorwembanyama
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Will Lou and Samson Folk from Raptors Republic recap the Toronto Raptors' 138-118 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the season opener. They break down the dominant performances by the entire starting five and the strong showings from Gradey Dick and Jamal Shead off the bench.
Three stars: RJ Barrett, Scottie Barnes, Gradey Dick
Gerald Henderson award: Onyeka Okongwu
#raptors #torontoraptors
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Friend of the show Keerthika Uthayakumar (Keeks!) joins Will to share some "Fun Facts" going into the Toronto Raptors 2025-26 season. They agree halfway through that the word fun was being disingenuous and so they rebranded it to 10 stats to be improved by the Raptors this season.
#raptors #torontoraptors
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Daaaaaaaa Mariners lose! Will Lou and Alex Wong celebrate a delirious Game 7 victory as the Toronto Blue Jays advance to the World Series for the first time since 1993.
Three stars: George Springer, Jeff Hoffman, Chris Bassett
Gerald Henderson award: Bryan Woo's lethal face card
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Will and Alex are joined by TSN’s Josh Lewenberg to make predictions for the upcoming season including: what will the conversation around Scottie Barnes be about this year, Brandon Ingram’s upside, most surprising player, which Raptor is most likely to be traded, the team’s win total, and more. Later, they discuss the Raptors Halloween party, the proper etiquette for tipping, and look ahead to Game 7 between the Blue Jays and Mariners.
#raptors #torontoraptors #scottiebarnes #brandoningram
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