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• Raptors confirm Jason Thompson signing

  01-03-2016 18:55 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Toronto Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri confirmed Tuesday that the team has signed free agent power forward Jason Thompson, waiving Anthony Bennett to clear a roster spot in the process.
  “He liked out situation and chose our situation,” Ujiri said from the BioSteel Centre, suggesting Thompson had other suitors. “We just hope he helps us win more ball games down the stretch.”
  "Unfortunately we had to make the decision to waive Anthony Bennett." – Masai Ujiri. pi
  
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• Top Raptors Stories of 2024: RJ Barrett is passing all expectations

  26-12-2024 16:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Welcome to Raptors Republic’s new New Year tradition. As decided by you, the readers, it’s time to dive into the 10 most-most read editorials of the year at Raptors Republic. You can find the full top-10 list of released articles for 2024 (as each one is released) here.I limited the list to editorials because news items and other pieces can often have more reads than columns. But these pieces — and I’m including post-game pieces — are the ones that take the most wor
  
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• Gameday: Raptors @ Grizzlies, December 26

  26-12-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Toronto is in the midst of an 8 game losing streak and they’re going to have to go through the Memphis Grizzlies in order to snap it. Memphis is one of the best teams in the NBA sitting at 3rd in the western conference with a record of 20-10 so this will definitely be a challenge for Toronto.Memphis sits at 5 in overall offensive rating and this is spearheaded by All-Star Ja Morant. Morant is one of the NBA’s best drivers and finishers, while also being a strong playmaker so to have
  
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• Can Scottie Barnes be like Giannis, and trading for stars? – Christmas Mailbag

  25-12-2024 16:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Samson Folk & Trevon Heath team up for a special Christmas episode of the Pull Up Tre podcast, discussing Scottie Barnes’ development, potential Raptors trades, and much more.Tune in and enjoy one of Canada’s favorite basketball podcasts, and the home of hardcore analysis with Samson Folk & Trevon Heath.
  When you consider Scottie Barnes’ strengths, does that make you expect development like Giannis Antetokounmpo has had? Do you expect a post hub? A point guard like Magi
  
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• Top Raptors Stories of 2024: Pascal Siakam was the moon

  25-12-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Welcome to Raptors Republic’s new New Year tradition. As decided by you, the readers, it’s time to dive into the 10 most-most read editorials of the year at Raptors Republic. You can find the full top-10 list of released articles for 2024 (as each one is released) here.I limited the list to editorials because news items and other pieces can often have more reads than columns. But these pieces — and I’m including post-game pieces — are the ones that take the most wor
  
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• Frank Kaminsky’s statement game in the G League Winter Showcase

  24-12-2024 18:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  This is how writer Colin McGowan described Frank Kaminsky back in 2018.
  “Kaminsky moves like he’s turning out of a black ice skid, like there’s a drunk marionettist in charge of his limbs, just barely keeping it together. Watching him attempt anything complicated is stressful.”Against the San Diego Clippers, we witnessed a marionettist who seemed to be strung on adderall after being injected with a healthy dose of inat and learned how to manipulate a unicorn. The marionet
  
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• RJ Barrett is a pick n’ roll maestro for the first time in his career

  24-12-2024 17:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  It’s true, the pick n’ roll frequency in the NBA is trending down (slightly) as teams adjust to different forms of attack, but it’s still the main engine of so much of what happens in the league. Teams have concocted so many ways of defending it — sometimes with two men, sometimes with five — but the inherent advantage is quite simple: your defender is caught on a screen, is slightly behind the play, and you can mine this advantage for shots.
  For the first time in R
  
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• Reacting to YOUR Raptors Hot Takes, Tough Losses, and More! – Run It Back

  24-12-2024 17:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  In this episode of Run It Back, Coty, Kyle and Zulfi discuss the Raptors recent struggles, react to community hot takes, and more!Another winless week saw Toronto struggle to keep up the usual competitive losing we’ve grown accustomed to this season. Are injuries catching up yet again, are the Raptors running out of steam or is it all part of the plan?Meanwhile, we reached out to the Raptors Republic community for YOUR hottest and boldest takes, be it past or present. Is RJ Barrett destine
  
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• Top Raptors Stories of 2024: Is Quickley figuring out how to be a lead guard?

  24-12-2024 16:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Welcome to Raptors Republic’s new New Year tradition. As decided by you, the readers, it’s time to dive into the 10 most-most read editorials of the year at Raptors Republic. You can find the full top-10 list of released articles for 2024 (as each one is released) here.I limited the list to editorials because news items and other pieces can often have more reads than columns. But these pieces — and I’m including post-game pieces — are the ones that take the most wor
  
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• Raptors drop eighth straight game in loss to OG Anunoby and New York Knicks

  24-12-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Thanks to a great performance behind former Toronto Raptor OG Anunoby, the New York Knicks took down Canada’s team 139-125 Monday night at Madison Square Garden.The Knicks, who are the league’s second-best team by offensive rating took it to a bottom 10 defensive team in the Raptors, as Toronto allowed the most points they have thus far this season.The loss marked the Raps’ eighth in a row, their longest of the season and currently the longest streak in the NBA. Toronto now sit
  
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• NBA Quiztime: Retired players and way too specific stats!

  24-12-2024 12:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  This episode we quiz our contestants on all time assists leaders, top 10 triple doubles, the oldest players of the 2000s and other weirdly too specific numbers! WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN A TRIVIA SHOW!
  Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; all Confederacy of Dunks episodes are available separately as well.The post NBA Quiztime: Retired players and way too specific stats! first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Raptors vs. Knicks Game Highlights | December 23, 2024

  24-12-2024 04:32 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Quick Reaction: Raptors 125, Knicks 139

  24-12-2024 04:03 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Knicks come out on top against the Raptors at home.
  The post Quick Reaction: Raptors 125, Knicks 139 first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Gradey Dick is driving success (Video Essay)

  23-12-2024 19:02 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The case can be made that Gradey Dick is the best driver from his draft class so far – and Samson Folk makes that case with the film & stats.
  If I had told you that Gradey Dick wasn’t necessarily going to be a sniper from downtown, but rather an overall offensive weapon, would you have been surprised or skeptical? It’s not as if his physicality suggests that he’s going to be a dominant driver, or that his foot speed and vertical pop suggest it either. What Dick has, i
  
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• NBA odds, betting preview (Dec. 23): Raptors vs. Knicks predictions

  23-12-2024 18:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The only thing the Toronto Raptors want for Christmas is to snap their current seven-game losing streak, but it won’t be easy on Monday against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.It’ll be a tight turnaround for the Raptors, who fell 114-110 to Fred VanVleet and the Houston Rockets at Scotiabank Arena on Sunday night. Toronto once again managed to cover the spread against a superior opponent, though, to improve to an incredible 11-4-1 ATS at home this season.New York last to
  
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• What Would The Raptors Rookies Want For Christmas?

  23-12-2024 17:31 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Happy Holidays, everyone! Tis’ the season to be jolly, to celebrate and enjoy time with family and to reflect on the year that has just past.
  In honour of that, I took some time to talk to the five rookies on the Toronto Raptors: Jonathan Mogbo, Ja’Kobe Walter, Jamal Shead, Ulrich Chomche and Jamison Battle to ask them a few holiday spirit questions.Enjoy!
  Ja’Kobe WalterQ: Why did you pick #14?
  A: Usually, I’m number four, but Scottie has that, so I can’t take numbe
  
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• Top Raptors Stories of 2024: RJ Barrett beat the Knicks scout and outran OG Anunoby

  23-12-2024 17:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Welcome to Raptors Republic’s new New Year tradition. As decided by you, the readers, it’s time to dive into the 10 most-most read editorials of the year at Raptors Republic. You can find the full top-10 list of released articles for 2024 (as each one is released) here.I limited the list to editorials because news items and other pieces can often have more reads than columns. But these pieces — and I’m including post-game pieces — are the ones that take the most wor
  
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• Gameday: Raptors @ Knicks, December 23

  23-12-2024 15:59 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The Toronto Raptors are on the second night of a back-to-back as they are slated to face off against the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden. Toronto and New York are all too familiar with each other as they have already battled against each other this season, in what was a hard-fought, but ultimately a loss for Toronto. This time around, Toronto could be undermanned, as RJ Barrett and Jakob Poeltl are both questionable for the game. No doubt their status drastically changes this match
  
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• Toronto Raptors lose seventh straight game to Fred VanVleet and Houston Rockets

  23-12-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Though Fred VanVleet might not have been the most effective in his first game playing against his former team, he would get the last laugh as the Houston Rockets took down the Toronto Raptors 114-110 at Scotiabank Arena on Sunday.Toronto’s seventh straight loss dropped the team to 7-22, the third-worst record in the NBA. It was another close loss for Canada’s team, as 13 of their 22 losses have come by seven points or less, including five losses by that mark throughout this losing st
  
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• Raptors vs. Rockets Game Highlights | December 22, 2024

  23-12-2024 03:07 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Quick Reaction: Rockets 114, Raptors 110

  23-12-2024 02:29 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Grades coming soon, comment away.The post Quick Reaction: Rockets 114, Raptors 110 first appeared on Raptors Republic.
  
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• Top Raptors Stories of 2024: What can Bruce Brown provide to this version of the Raptors?

  22-12-2024 18:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Welcome to Raptors Republic’s new New Year tradition. As decided by you, the readers, it’s time to dive into the 10 most-most read editorials of the year at Raptors Republic. You can find the full top-10 list of released articles for 2024 (as each one is released) here.I limited the list to editorials because news items and other pieces can often have more reads than columns. But these pieces — and I’m including post-game pieces — are the ones that take the most wor
  
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• Raptors Republic’s 2024 Year in Review: Number 10

  22-12-2024 18:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Welcome to Raptors Republic’s new New Year tradition. As decided by you, the readers, it’s time to dive into the 10 most-most read editorials of the year at Raptors Republic. You can find the full top-10 list of released articles for 2024 (as each one is released) here.I limited the list to editorials because news items and other pieces can often have more reads than columns. But these pieces — and I’m including post-game pieces — are the ones that take the most wor
  
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• Gameday: Rockets @ Raptors, December 22

  22-12-2024 15:48 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The Houston Rockets sit at 3rd in the western conference with an 18-9 record and are having a great season. Tonight they are slated to do battle with the Toronto Raptors on the road and like it has been many times this season for Toronto, it will be an uphill battle. Toronto luckily avoided their star young player Scottie Barnes missing serious time with his ankle injury, and they should have RJ Barrett back in the lineup as well, so there is more light at the end of the tunnel tonight.Houston&r
  
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• Are the Raptors on the right track? – Samson’s Mailbag

  21-12-2024 20:48 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Samson Folk is joined by Louis Zatzman to answer listener questions and check in on how the Raptors season is going so far.So, are the Raptors on the right track? Has their development and decision making done a good job of propelling them towards a successful future? Samson & Louis deliberate on all the things that have been going well, and the other things that… haven’t.
  Is Ochai Agbaji the level of player who can perform on a good team? Maybe even a great one? The fellas disc
  
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• Scottie Returns and the Youngest Starting Lineup in Team History | Raptors Today

  20-12-2024 22:40 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Raptors 905 drop first game of G League Winter Showcase to Rio Grande Valley Vipers

  20-12-2024 18:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The Raptors 905 dropped their first of two games down in Orlando, Florida, at the G League Winter Showcase, losing 120-103 to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers Thursday afternoon at the Orange County Convention Center.The Vipers got out to an immediate 7-0 lead before cashing in on their first four attempts from deep, making the lead double digits in a snap of a finger. The 905 would respond well, however,going on a 16-6 run to end the quarter behind good minutes from Eugene Omoruyi and Evan Gilyard
  
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• Jimmy Butler getting traded, NBA Cup, All-Star Grules & more

  20-12-2024 17:25 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  In this week’s episode of the Buckets And Tea NBA Show, host Cathryn Naiker welcomes basketball analyst Samson Folk to explore the recent developments surrounding the NBA Cup. The discussion focuses on whether this new initiative was a decisive success for the NBA, as well as its implications for the Milwaukee Bucks and their status in the championship race. They dive deep into how the performance of teams in the Cup could impact the MVP race and the broader narratives shaping this NBA sea
  
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• Raptors’ youth have their moments in loss to Nets

  20-12-2024 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  It was Eras night at Scotiabank Arena and I don’t know about you, but the Toronto Raptors were feeling 22.  Scottie Barnes returned to the lineup after missing two games with a right ankle sprain, but Jakob Poeltl was out with the bilateral groin strain he sustained Monday against the Chicago Bulls and RJ Barrett was a late scratch due to illness. Jonathan Mogbo and Ja’Kobe Walter started in their absence and the starting lineup had an average age of 22, the youngest in team his
  
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• Are the Raptors ready for life without Jakob Poeltl?

  20-12-2024 14:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  The reality of a team that has the fourth-worst record through nearly two months of play is that most folks watching have already begun to shift their focus forward. Thinking more about what could, or should be, and less about what is.And while the “is” undoubtedly matters, the injury-riddled Toronto Raptors and their fans have had little opportunity to figure what exactly they are to this point. With over 100 man games lost, the ability to identify or evaluate players and combinatio
  
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