Adam Laskaris
@adam_la2karis
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Raptors/Jays/Leafs and a bit of everything else @OffsideCAN / looking for more hobbies. he/him / Email: [email protected]
Toronto
Joined September 2019
This is why we need to fund the arts.
DWYANE WADE STATUE 🔥. Miami Heat unveil D-Wade's statue outside Kaseya Center
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Katie Gaudreau has added a touching note to her brothers in her ring. ❤️
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Tie Domi after hockey practice when his son won't leave the rink:.
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Are the Leafs good in the playoffs? No. But are they fun to watch? Also no. But do they provide you hope that they’ll figure it out one of these years? Also no. But are their players easy to root for and universally well-liked without any issues within the fanbase? Also no. Bu-.
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Sporting a neck brace and an arm cast, Toby Swanson (son of #BlueJays pitcher Erik) has returned home. 💙 🫶
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Dave Stieb said he was blown away by the quality of the @jon_bois/ Alex Rubenstein/ @secretbase doc on his life. “I'm grateful for those guys taking the time to do that because I thought it was one of the most awesome documentaries I've ever seen.”
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Michael Buble is… having a good time in Toronto. “My buddy told me it was a microdose of mushrooms, he was lying. I thought I was in Blades of Glory for most of the time I was out there, but then I realized ‘holy shit, I’m at the NHL All-Star Game’.”
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DeMar DeRozan on signing a one-day with the Raptors when he retires:. “Definitely. It’s the only place I wanna go out.”
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Canada who’s proud??? Look who dropped by to congratulate the team! Argentina here we come!! @thevoyageurs @footy_prime @onesoccer @CanadaSoccerEN @OntarioIsSoccer @CANSoccerDaily @craigforrest1
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Buck Martinez isn't a fan of the #BlueJays pitching change today, taking out Jose Berrios in the 4th:. "There's no reason for him to come out of that game. You didn't know what Kikuchi was going to do, you knew what Berrios was doing. There was no reason to make the change."
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Penny Oleksiak and Bianca Andreescu have linked up in Paris.
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@FanDuel @SHAQ @StephenCurry30 @KingJames @Giannis_An34 @KDTrey5 @alleniverson this might be the only way Team C makes any sense.
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#BlueJays pitcher Erik Swanson’s son Toby headed to his first day of the school year today. A little over six months on from a life-threatening car accident, great to see him smiling 🥲
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Morgan Rielly on his draft process today:. “It was more about making Mitch wait than taking Willy first.”
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the nhl all-star circle of life: .-teams announced. everyone upset.-you realize you’re not going to watch.-ovechkin drops out .-jerseys announced. everyone upset .-you realize you’re not going to watch.-all star weekend comes and you don’t have other plans so you throw it on.
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"Sheldon, why would you start your worst defenceman in a building you know was going to be this loud. ?"."Who was our worst defenceman?"."Justin Holl."."That's your opinion, I guess."
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The thing that makes me saddest about Johnny Gaudreau is everything that involved his decision to leave Calgary was clearly family-first and instead of being praised for it, he took a lot of heat and judgements about his character. Never said a bad word about the city or his.
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Saw a Mariners fan getting northbound on the subway at union just now and I can only assume someone gave him wrong directions.
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#Raptors Superfan Nav Bhatia is taking the 45 Kipling bus today. Imagine just hopping on and seeing the local legend.
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Re: the sounds of the #Leafs broadcast on Prime, can confirm the Monday Night Hockey broadcast is employing an "enhanced microphone package" that includes picking up ice, crowd noises, and ambience. Noticed a lot of comments on the crowd sounding different, that's why.
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Pascal Siakam on his current relationship with Kawhi Leonard: “We don’t really talk as much (as we used to). I have his number. When we see each other, it’s always love. I always feel like if I reach out, he’s always gonna be there.”.
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“I would love to spend my entire career here… it’s a match made in heaven.”. Spoke to Fred VanVleet today, who says he’s “confident we’ll figure it out” when it comes to his next contract with the #Raptors.
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Scottie Barnes says that his connections with departed #Raptors teammates run deeper than basketball. “Always gonna be talking to those guys, FaceTiming those guys… Those guys are like family to me.”
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OG Anunoby update: he’s at the #Raptors draft party and smiling and meeting members of the food staff serving the media/team. Briefly locked out of the facility on the way back in but managed to get back inside.
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Here’s the full three minute answer of #Raptors president Masai Ujiri being asked if it would benefit him to be colder in terms of management. “Colder than I am now? I mean, goddamn.”. Touched on DeRozan trade, losing VanVleet, firing Casey & Nurse:
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The Raptors are bringing back an old promo!. 100 points = free pizza! No more “if the other team misses a free throw in the fourth quarter” shenanigans.
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Nobody:.Absolutely nobody:.Scottie Barnes at 2:44 on a Friday afternoon:
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Vince Carter on recreating the photoshoot with Mats Sundin:. “Walking into the same practice facility, taking the same picture in the same area, having that conversation again, now as 40-something year olds, was pretty, pretty cool that it worked out that way.”
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Whole Raptors squad pulled up to MLSE Launchpad to surprise a middle school girls’ basketball tournament:
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Auston Matthews and Clayton Keller’s dogs are having a play date.
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Luka Doncic on why he helped up O.G. Anunoby mid-play:. “He’s one of the nicest dudes in the league. He never talks trash. I tripped him, but not on purpose, so that’s why I did that.”
Luka Doncic just helped O.G. Anunoby up after he fell to the court … while the game was going on and the Raptors were heading the other way. Kind gesture! Hope someone got a photo!.
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thinking about the time Taylor Swift did a commercial for Nashville Predators flex packs
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Asked Sidney Crosby about the #Canucks having six All-Stars given his history with Rick Tocchet and Jim Rutherford: . “They’ve done a great job. I don’t know if people before the year would be predicting where they’d be at, and some of the seasons the guys have had. I think
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For a man who’s usually got a lot to say, Auston Matthews left Jack Edwards literally speechless tonight.
I need the Jack Edwards Matthews goal call NOW.
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Have we ever considered that maybe Pizza Pizza is the reason for the Leafs’ cup drought?
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The Oscars should have an award for best press tour each year. It’d be my favourite one.
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Zach Hyman taking Chris Kunitz’s role as “guy who gets a roster spot because his friend is the best player on the team.”. We’ve really passed the torch.
What would a best-on-best Team Canada roster look like right now?. You voted.
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A&W is offering Shohei Ohtani (& Yusei Kikuchi) free Buddy Burgers for life if he signs with the #BlueJays. A&W is the official burger of the team, for what it’s worth.
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Timberwolves coach Chris Finch on what makes #Raptors O.G. Anunoby stand out as a defender:. “He can literally guard Lillard one night and Embiid the next.”
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Pascal Siakam seems to love his Siakam swirl McFlurry:
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Asked Fred VanVleet his thoughts on Scottie Barnes making his first All-Star game in his third year with the #Raptors:. “It'll be good for him to kind of be in that locker room amongst peers, amongst other top players in the NBA, so I'm happy for him and he deserved it. He’s
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Fuck it, it’s time to get emotional on the timeline about John Tavares. I try to avoid swearing as much as possible on Twitter, but holy shit, last night absolutely *broke* me like no other sports experience of my lifetime. Here’s my attempt at unpacking it all:.
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ESPN's @BobbyMarks42 says the #Raptors are the "leader of the clubhouse" for Kevin Durant. "For me, it's all about Toronto."
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Overheard in the Scotiabank Arena 300s standing room last night after the final buzzer:. "Everybody! We're smoking joints! What are they gonna do, kick us out?". They were in fact smoking joints.
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The Leafs-Red Wings goalie graveyard pipeline needs to be studied.
Jack Campbell signs a one-year deal with the #redwings worth $775,000.
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Fred VanVleet confirms his third child is his second daughter, Layla. “It’s good to be back at work…. I had a death in the family and the birth of my child all in the same couple of days… it gives you great perspective on life.”
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Someone at @BauerHockey didn’t realize that their PWHL shop preview pages were public. Gives us an insight into the team name finalists (actual names with asterisk). Toronto: Torch, Sentinels, Sceptres*, Tempests.Ottawa: Advance, Alert, Charge*, Guard.Montreal: Lumieres, Metro,
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Fred VanVleet said he was closer to the team before the recent run of trades but a certain Fred Jr. keeps pulling him back in. “Whether I want to or not, my son always makes me watch #Raptors games. He’s always asking when the Raptors are playing, we watch games on a daily.
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There are representatives from the Bucks, Timberwolves, Pacers, Clippers, and Grizzlies here today checking out the Raptors-Knicks game. Speculate away!.
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Asked Kyrie Irving about Pascal Siakam’s offensive growth throughout his career: .“You’re on social media, right? We all saw as many Spicy P clips at Rico Hines runs as we could possibly see… I definitely felt his presence around Los Angeles this summer.”.
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Ochai Agbaji on his first conversation with #Raptors president Masai Ujiri after the trade:. “He was basically saying, you’re with family now.”. Mentions how Ujiri and his father are close.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Toronto:. “The NHL could never give back to Toronto what the city has given to our league over the last 107 years.”
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Jalen Suggs on Jakob Poeltl: . “He’s crazy. He’s a force in the paint. He fits what [the #Raptors] want. He’s a big physical big man who can hit you in the mouth. I respect that a ton, I respect the way he plays.”
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In July I talked to Andre De Grasse about his relay team. “We’re kind of like a family now, because we’ve known each other for so long. We’re hoping for some magic. we’ll try to put that all together and try to bring back a medal for Canada.”. Someone was a magician today🪄🥇
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Juancho Hernangomez and Scottie Barnes are currently having a dance battle at Nick Nurse Foundation’s “An Evening of Music” during Kardinal Offishall’s DJ set. New Raptors bromance well underway.
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Pascal Siakam was asked about the noise surrounding the #Raptors ahead of this week’s trade deadline:. “What noise?”
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Brock Boeser on if there was any difference with Rick Tocchet compared to a usual #Canucks game:. “For me, it was probably the same, because I was -3.”. Adds it was cool having Gretzky out there.
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Asked Scottie Barnes about Vince Carter being in the building tonight. Said he first met up with Carter when he was in high school and they’ve linked up in Orlando before. “Seeing Vince always brings a smile to my face. One day I’m trying to be in the gym with him and learn
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Sebastian Aho on the NHL’s return to the Olympics and best-on-best international competition;. “Our generation hasn’t had the chance to do this as NHL players… I’m very pumped.”
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Watching the game from the crowd, it seems.
where is joey votto.
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One of the most chaotic ways to end your season I've ever seen. A well-executed pick by the referee and the Vancouver Whitecaps crash out of the MLS Cup playoffs.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with some honesty about growing up in Hamilton:. “It’s a smaller city. Not that many people go there. It’s not a tourist attraction. Very family/oriented. Not many things to do, so you have no choice but to focus on your craft.”
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who decided to call it a "los angeles penalty kill' and not "short kings".
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Darko Rajakovic on Scottie Barnes:. “He’s the face of the franchise, but at the same time, he’s 22. there’s gonna be nights when it’s like ‘he’s a prodigy’, and there’s gonna be nights when it’s like ‘what are you doing?’ and that’s ok.”
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