New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @wtevs.bsky.social broke down a much needed moment of redemption for Immanuel Quickley & the Raptors' gutsiest win of the season. 🏀IQ need that 🏀RJ & the bench turned the tide 🏀CMB's a monster, Ingram's injury & GOODBYE HORNETS youtu.be/m8oKhFYqqgc

me during the entirety of that fourth quarter

i'm not letting any of you dweebs back in the IQ Hive

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to field some mailbag questions before a chat with this year's Wayne & Theresa Embry Fellows Abby Bruyer & Justina King. 🏀What's CMB's ceiling? 🏀Saying NO THANK YOU to AD & Trae 🏀The 2026 Embry Fellowship & how to apply! youtu.be/zYXStAoKa9s

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to talk the Raptors handing the Hawks asses to them again. 🏀Omg Collin Murray-Boyles rules 🏀Balance is this team's superpower 🏀Jak back (soon), the late IQ hook & much more! youtu.be/A-VTVSy7Myc

the raptors are now 11-1 against seeds 5 through 10 in the east

evidence is piling up that gradey dick is kinda solid on defense now

legit transcendent stuff from CMB on defense tonight

oh it's officially a Big Swingin' game

the stock pot's boyling so hard its about to cause a grease fire

the hawks really built a shittier version of the vision 6'9 raptors and thought they were gonna be good

little known fact, porzingis is latvian for big loser baby

scottie's doing some extremely mean shit to an assortment of hopeless hawks dudes

murray-boyles just keeps on doing big man shit real well

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @vivekmjacob.bsky.social and I dug into a 134-117 win over the Hawks. 🏀RJ's back, and the offense has its juice again 🏀Surprise traps, varied coverages, and a damn good defense 🏀Mamu, the CMB-Ingram-Barnes trio & more! youtu.be/DEOQt7sr5VY

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I'm joined by @wtevs.bsky.social to reflect on what ended up being a very good and transformative 2025 for the Raptors. 🏀Ingram, Masai & a year of major change 🏀Players and moments of the year 🏀Can they build on the progress in 2026? youtu.be/CH-pA2QHdzs

the BASKETBALL FEELINGS FEELING OF THE YEAR returns! friends and contributors share the moments, people and memories that stood out to them most in basketball and beyond for 2025

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to talk about how the youths restored my faith in Gen Z in a comeback win over the Magic. 🏀Shead, Walter, Murray-Boyles -- and don't forget Gradey! 🏀It's time to accept that the Raps defense rules 🏀Transition, Bad IQ & more youtu.be/F6GtPhVqdFs

the legitimacy of the raptors defense might be one of the most slept on stories in the entire league this year

well that was fun as shit

murray-boyles working on the most impactful 1/6 game you ever did see

still feels like they've got a shot to pull this one out, but like at least one (1) starter is gonna have to do something

paolo banchero way up there among the league's most joyless watches

the scorers have wiped two of his blocks off the stat sheet meaning he's dropped down into a tie for 233rd all time with the likes of Hassan Adams, Jodie Meeks and Matt Thomas. rough stuff.

the list of dudes he's tied with is who's who of Guys Worth Remembering

i'm a pretty devout Quickley defender and even I'm astonished at what an ugly half he just played

pretty good work to turn this one from an early blowout into a "if they don't wet themselves to open the third they've got a shot" kind of game

considering they score every time they do it I think the raptors should run off defensive rebounds some more

collin murray-boyles does more center things than most centers and his arms are longer than most human beings are tall

with his three blocks in three minutes Mo Bamba has moved up to 201st on the franchise's all-time blocks leaderboard

if not for the heroics of Big Swingin' this would be looking a lot uglier than it already is

Mamu would be Maxmu this summer if I were running a front office

Darko Rajakovic is mad at you, specifically, Canadian person reading this

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @vivekmjacob.bsky.social and I talked about that ridiculous Scottie Barnes performance, which lowkey might have warded off a nationwide meltdown. 🏀23-25-10-3-1... sure, man 🏀RJ's back, offense fixed? 🏀Looming Jak news, Mo Bamba & more! youtu.be/eSaeI64iz0o

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to talk about the Raptors smacking the Heat, which always feels good. 🏀Scottie in command 🏀The bench tells on itself; Murray-Boyles rocks 🏀Uhhh, Gradey? Plus, is 6th the Raps' floor in this East? youtu.be/KyKO5XWNgH0

much like the obvious, never gonna happen solution to the injury crisis to to reduce the schedule, the obvious, never gonna happen solution to tanking is to abolish the draft. american sports owners and fans will instead continue to live scared and complain about how scared they are forever.

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to talk about that huge dud of a weekend. 🏀81 points... against the Nets? 🏀RJ ain't fixing all that's wrong with this offense 🏀Defense still holding up & Jak's health is a 3-alarm fire youtu.be/tRhKM-7oP-U

never has there been a character in film i've more wanted to get absolutely shit-housed with

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where Joe Wolfond and I talk about the Raptors' beating the Bucks in a game that probably shoulda been easier. 🏀Why the Raps need another guard 🏀Scottie is one of the best defenders alive 🏀The Jak Concern is becoming The Jak Problem... youtu.be/hAgG9FRk0gQ

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where apparently the Raptors are being tied to every severely depreciated star on the market. What's the rush, I say! 🏀The latest from Stein, Fischer & more 🏀How the next six weeks could shape things 🏀AD, Sabonis, LaMelo (🤢) & more youtu.be/fp9V9BA15Qk

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where the boys are so very much back. 🏀Barnes, Ingram & some kick ass defense earn the win over the annoying ass Heat 🏀A bench revival! 🏀Small plays with big impact, Collin Murray-Boyles rocks & more! youtu.be/gAkXd6A5l-c

maroon's been the most criminally underused colour in pro sports. so glad the tempo didn't go with turquoise or some other trendy shit that a new NHL team would probably go for.

that win rocked, and it feels that much sweeter because it's another piece of proof that this gimmicky ass heat offense is cheeks

pretty rad little basketball game that

raps do the thing where they spend 14 seconds waiting for Ingram to get a seal in the post before doing anything way too often

more like the miami cold

i feel like I've watched this same raptors heat game 1,000 times in my life

we got a Big Swingin' game from Gradey

the stock pot is at a full rolling boyle

best quarter Gradey's played in a hot minute. and the best the team's point of attack defense has looked in a while, too.