What an unbelievable moment to close out 2023! 🔥
Thank you so much for the support over the course of year, I can’t wait to cover this team for many more amazing ones 🙏🏻
16 000 🙌🏻
Did some digging on Fred VanVleet:
This season he has played 55 and has received 8 technicals
Ben Taylor has been an official in 6 of his games and in them, Fred VanVleet has received 5(!) technicals
3 of them directly from Taylor himself
He is definitely on to something..
Why does everyone agree that the Suns can't trade Devin Booker because "Kevin Durant needs to play with him" but not giving the same energy to Pascal Siakam
Not saying Siakam is Booker, but the argument should be the same in terms of giving KD all-star teammates
#Raptors
Say what you want about Joel Embiid's thumb injury affecting the series
But MY star Kyle Lowry needed thumb surgery in 2019 but postponed it so he could win an NBA Championship 👀
No matter what anyone tells you, Nick Nurse was a driving force for the 2019 Championship
His defensive schemes were major reasons the Raptors were able to beat the 76ers, Bucks and Warriors
The innovation he brought changed the way many teams play defence
Good luck to him
@AlexHoops_
Woj confirmed the morning of last year’s draft that Jabari Smith was going 1st overall before flipping right before the draft
Things can still change and they change very quickly!
Raptors asset management post-championship
• Kawhi, Green, Ibaka, Gasol, FVV walk
• Refuse to trade Lowry in '21, get Dragic + Achiuwa
• Unload Dragic, lose '22 FRP + overpay Thad
• Lose '24 FRP for Poeltl, who was FA anyways
• OG/Siakam become UFAs in '24
#WeTheNorth
A playoff streak that started with Lowry’s heartbreaking blocked shot in game 7 and went all the way to an NBA championship 🏆
We never knew where this team would take us but it was a fun ride 🔴🦖
I honestly thought I would never get to this point
The fact I’ve been able to organically grow an outstanding community of 10000 people around my love for the Raptors is surreal
Thank you so much to everyone who supported me
I’m not going anywhere anytime soon 🙏🏻
For years Kyle Lowry has been slandered in the NBA media for no reason whatsoever
Today he is the "missing piece" for multiple teams and is one of the hottest commodities at the trade deadline
A clear indication of people disrespecting the Raptors just for the sake of it 🤷♂️🤷♂️
To celebrate 5000 subscribers on my YouTube channel I let the Twitch chat pick my haircut and they have chosen.. Ronaldo's 2002 World Cup look 💈💇
Watch the cut live right now (please):
It probably won’t matter in the grand scheme of the season but..
Finishing with a 4-3 record on this hell sent road trip amidst everything going on behind the scenes is beyond impressive for the Raptors
Massive milestone 🎉
I am always amazed by how many people care about my thoughts on the Raptors 😅
Thank you to everyone who helps keep me going with their amazing support!
The content train is not stopping anytime soon, get on board:
Fred VanVleet drops 39 points on 15/28 shooting, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and only 1 turnover but is branded as “the reason” the Raptors lost
At least try to not make your bias that obvious, defence could stand to improve but he’s far from the problem tonight
I am so happy for Scottie Barnes, it's been a tough season for the team but he still finds a way to shine through
An All-Star at 22 years old, only his third season
The Raptors have a great one!
Considering the OG contract situation, this is a decent return, IQ is a fantastic fit and it’s definitely a bet on RJ’s upside
Initial reaction is solid
Video to come soon..
"This is completely BS, this is shame. Shame for the referees, shame for the league...if that's the case, just let us know so we don't show up for the game."
Darko Rajakovic went OFF at the refs after a Raptors 1-point loss, after some suspect 4th quarter calls.
Please make no mistake, what you just saw was special
Pascal Siakam scored 52 points on 25 (!) shots at Madison Square Garden
What we just witnessed was an all-time great Raptors individual performance, don't take it for granted
The Raptors getting out of the Vezenkov contract without paying a single dollar is pretty insane work by the front office
He really wanted to go to Europe
Siakam's last 5 game before tonight:
🔥 25.6 PPG
🎯 51% FG%
🌶️ 7.6 REB
Second night of a back-to-back tonight while playing a ton of minutes and people are way to quick to forget the good games and jump on the one bad one smh 😩
I want to send a huge thank you to everyone who supports my work, I am so happy with all of the content I was able to put out this week
Extremely grateful to the people on
@AmateurHourHQ
,
@BleacherReport
and most importantly
@TheHammerHQ
who help and enable me to fuel my passion
Three Points:
1. This team is still in such desperate need of a rim protector
2. Achiuwa was horribly underutilized after playing well. Why did he get benched for so long in the 4th?
3. Fred VanVleet is a dog, he deserves your respect 34/12/10
Competitive loss, again
I am growing in confidence that the
#Raptors
will be able to match or improve on any offer a team has for Kevin Durant 🔴
I broke down these thoughts in my latest YT video 🏀
I'm only 20 subs away from 10000, check out the vid to help me get there 🙏
➡️
ESPN Sources: Free agent C Jakob Poeltl has agreed on a four-year, $80 million contract to stay with the Toronto Raptors. Poeltl is represented by Michael Tellem and Sam Goldfeder of
@excelbasketball
. Deal includes a player option.
I spent the entire year on the
#PascalSiakam
hill and I intend to stay there in 2022
Tonight:
25 points
19 rebounds
7 assists
Why not make him an
#NBAAllStar
🚨 Big Announcement 🚨
Today at 4 pm ET I’m going LIVE on the
@BleacherReport
app to talk some hoops! 🏀
Will be focused on the New York Knicks, who could be planning a huge trade for the likes of Zion, Ayton or others 👀
I’ll post a link to join later today, join me then 🙏🏻