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Sahal Abdi breaks down the Raptors home loss to the Indiana Pacers Monday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Samson Folk details the Raptors loss to the Pacers. Reggie Evans Award: Jakob Poeltl QR Comment: TMLfan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 10, Episode 282 First up, the Raptors are clearly playing better basketball since acquiring Poeltl, but the question remains: does this team have another gear in them this season? Next, we'll be sharing ideas for a Raptors Bingo game to liven up your potential play-in viewing. What items will be on the bingo board? Moving on, with only 10 games left in the regular season, there are still some teams that leave us scratching our heads. Who is the team you still don't understand, and what are their chances of making the playoffs? Finally, it may be a bit early to start talking about the playoffs, but we can't help but wonder: what is the playoff series we most want to see? We'll be discussing some of our dream matchups and what we think the outcome would be. With Sean Woodley and Dan Galea! Creative Commons licensing credits for each episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oren Weisfeld is joined by Samson Folk in a Rap Up LIVE / Raptors Reaction Podcast crossover to discuss the Raptors 111-118 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, where the Raptors fail to reach .500 for the fifth time this season. They discuss what went wrong for the Raptors, Precious Achiuwa's game, what makes the Bucks so good, and much more. Tune in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oren Weisfeld breaks down the Raptors 122-107 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves Saturday night. He talks Pascals strong night, OG's continued impact, and what has kept the Raptors hot throughout this undefeated week. All this and more on the Rap Up LIVE!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samson Folk & his best friend Aleg detail the Raptors win over the Wolves. Reggie Evans Award: Pascal Siakam QR Comment: CJT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sahal Abdi and Keyane Haddad break down the Raptors 128-111 victory over the OKC Thunder Thursday night. They discuss Pascals bounce back game, OG's new role defensively, Koloko over Achiuwa, and MORE all on the Rap Up LIVE!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Samson Folk and Trevon Heath talk about the latest in the Raptors world. Timestamps may be affected by implemented ads. For your car needs and to support our sponsor click here: https://www.queensway.ca/samson-folk/ 0:00 - Happy Birthday Tre 2:20 - Pascal's driving game + slump 8:20 - What does Pascal do as a counter? 11:30 - The Scottie & O.G. duo 13:40 - Pascal and Scottie's finishing style 18:05 - O.G. turning things around 20:50 - O.G.'s future, and contemporaries 31:20 - The Fred + Jakob partnership 35:40 - The Precious situation 40:44 - Koloko's return! 48:15 - Will our predictions bear out? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NBA season is winding down and the Toronto Raptors still have a lot to sort out. Is the play-in tournament all but guaranteed? What is the rotation in a do-or-die series? And that's why Cathryn had to recruit the most knowledgable person to figure it all out: Blake Murphy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Samson Folk details the Raptors win over the Thunder. QR Comment: TheSpiceTyrant Reggie Evans Award: Fred VanVleet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keyane Haddad and Sahal Abdi break down the Raptors 125-110 win over the Denver Nuggets Tuesday night. They talk Freddys big night, Pascals struggles, Jakob and Precious's minutes in the rotation, as well as some baseball talk. All this and more on the Rap Up LIVE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Samson Folk details the Raptors win against the Nuggets. Reggie Evans Award: O.G. Anunoby QR Comment: Lolek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oren Weisfeld and Nigel Nicholas break down the Raps 122-112 loss to the Lakers Friday night. They talk about the Raptors disastrous road trip, the offensive struggles, the bench depth and more all on the Rap Up LIVE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Samson Folk details the Raptors loss to the Lakers. QR Comment: Repeat Reggie Evans Award: O.G. Anunoby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samson Folk and Trevon Heath talk about the latest news in the Raptors world, and their bet. Timestamps may be affected by 30 seconds or 1 minute depending on implemented ads. 0:00 - Introductions 0:40 - Fred vs. the refs 14:20 - Scottie's development with the new look Raptors 21:35 - Where does Precious fit? 30:25 - Jeff Dowtin deserves another long look 34:00 - The Fred + Jak pick n roll 36:30 - Who decides when to roll? 38:40 - The next 5 games 46:25 - Will Tre go bald? Will I lose my beard? 58:00 - Tre has his smile back 1:00:15 - Blue Jays Talk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Cathryn Naiker has a lot to talk about. Injuries, suspensions, and a self-inflicted hiatus. Luckily expert NBA journalist, Louis Zatzman, joins the show to help make sense of a messy week in the National Basketball Association. And this week's Raptor Hottie Highlight is particularly fiery. "Not-so-steady" Freddy takes a chunk out of the officials with little regard for his wallet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 10, Episode 281 In this episode, we start by discussing the recent ejection of Scottie Barnes during the Raptors game against the Nuggets. Scottie getting tossed was pretty egregious, and we share some of our own memorable moments that left us shaking our heads as Raptors fans. Moving on, we take a closer look at the Raptors' recent performance since acquiring Jakob Poeltl. The team is currently 21st in offence, 12th in defence, and 18th in net rating with a record of 6-4. We discuss the potential of this squad and what the best-case scenario could be for them, including their chances of making it through the play-in and causing problems for other teams in the playoffs. Next, we turn our attention to which team we would choose to shoot a documentary of this year. With so many exciting storylines and personalities across the league, it's a tough call, but we share our top pick and why we think they would make for great viewing. Finally, we wrap up the episode by discussing the toughest team in the league. From physicality to mental toughness, we debate which team has what it takes to come out on top. With Sahal Abdi and Nigel Nicholas! Creative Commons licensing credits for each episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Samson Folk details the Raptors loss to the Clippers. QR comment: LeeZ Reggie Evans Award: Chris Boucher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Toronto Raptors lose a heartbreaker in Denver after dominating the Nuggets for most of the night thanks in large part to a refereeing controversy, where Scott Foster took center stage by ejecting Scottie Barnes. Oren Weisfeld and Sahal Abdi break it all down live on the Rap Up (sorry no reaction pod tonight) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Samson Folk brings on his pal Louis Zatzman to talk about the Raptors elder statesmen, and how they've been doing so far this season. Timestamps may be affected by 30 seconds or 1 minute depending on implemented ads. 0:00 - Introduction/Setup 3:00 - Fred VanVleet, selfish or no? 6:55 - Comparisons inform perception 8:58 - How do the Raptors succeed on offense? 10:25 - Fred or Pascal, who is beating their defender? 12:35 - Fred on-ball vs. off-ball 18:30 - How has Poeltl helped Fred's playmaking? 23:30 - Louis has some Fred stats 24:25 - Good players, enhance playmakers 33:20 - What types of passes is Fred making? 39:30 - Can Fred lead a top 10 offense? 40:50 - How is Fred helping the offense? 44:50 - Where do we arrive on Fred's playmaking? 51:40 - Pascal's changing game over the season 58:10 - The rest of Pascal's season 1:00:10 - Siakam's counters are difficult 1:04:30 - How has Jakob changed this team? 1:09:10 - Poeltl is the world's best changeup 1:13:10 - What do we think of the trade? 1:18:15 - Jakob's absurd efficiency 1:28:10 - The purpose of conversation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices