after tonight the raps are up 6th in half court offense. the world is upside down.

that game was always exactly one 5-minute stretch of the raptors caring away from being a double-digit win. it's the nets, but it nice to see IQ keep up the nice run of form. pls for the love of god stop fouling so much. i can't believe this is just a team that takes care of the ball now.

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @vivekmjacob.bsky.social joined me to sniff some stuff out from the first 10 Raptors games. What's real, what's not & what are we still unsure on? 🏀The East: jumbled all year? 🏀Better days ahead for the starters 🏀Is the offense legit? youtu.be/K6b7n3TxiFs

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @vivekmjacob.bsky.social joined me to sniff some stuff out from the first 10 Raptors games. What's real, what's not & what are we still unsure on? 🏀The East: jumbled all year? 🏀Better days ahead for the starters 🏀Is the offense legit? youtu.be/K6b7n3TxiFs

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where the Raptors split a pair of games in Atlanta in Philly, but look every bit like they're gonna hang in the East playoff race all year. 🏀Winning when you don't have it👍 🏀The East totally rocks 🏀Darko, IQ's alive. THE CUP & more! youtu.be/VM9utFDcuDg

who needs a world series when the nba cup is coming home

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I'm joined by @orenweisfeld.bsky.social to talk about his new book, The Golden Generation! 🏀Biggest takeaways from reporting the book 🏀Inflection points for the program 🏀RJ Barrett's start to the season & more! youtu.be/wmEvVPbf_EQ

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @wtevs.bsky.social joined me to answer some mailbag questions from the freaks. 🏀Is it worth it for the Raptors to pursue Ja Morant? 🏀What if none of the backup SGs pop? 🏀Who on the 15-man roster won't be here post-deadline? And more! youtu.be/9b7HQHOrxPM

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to talk about a Raptors demolition of the Bucks. 🏀Scottie Barnes, hoo baby 🏀The Raptors math is very much mathing 🏀Mamu, Jak back, Agbaji on the outs and more! youtu.be/wajyU6pC4oU

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to talk about a Raptors demolition of the Bucks. 🏀Scottie Barnes, hoo baby 🏀The Raptors math is very much mathing 🏀Mamu, Jak back, Agbaji on the outs and more! youtu.be/wajyU6pC4oU

it's so obvious that the blue jays just completed the first half of their 2013 and 2014 san antonio spurs arc, and yes I'll be shooting that copium all winter long thank you very much

didn't think they'd start running it back so quickly but hell fuckin yeah

raptors might be good huh

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I'm joined by @vivekmjacob.bsky.social to play What's More Likely: This Team Can't Miss Edition. 🏀IQ finishes at 40+% 3FG OR Scottie finishes under 32% 🏀RJ: 65+% at the rim OR 75+% at the line? 🏀Top-5 eFG% OR Bottom-5 eFG% allowed? youtu.be/Q8fmWMW6nW4

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to talk about the Raptors getting right with a couple takin' care of business wins. It doesn't ease the pain of the Jays losing, but at least we're not in spiral mode. 🏀Ingram-RJ-Scottie: Real good 🏀IQ, wtf 🏀THE CUP IS OURS youtu.be/3LMlGHnDirE

I gotta get better at posting both on Twitter and Blue Sky lol. ICYMI, On a Blue Jays team that lost in heartbreaking fashion that will sting for some time, but not before giving fans memories they've yearned to have for 32 years. For Yahoo Canada: ca.news.yahoo.com/world-series...

this week’s BASKETBALL FEELINGS is about baseball

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where Joe Wolfond joined me to try and diagnose what's ailing the Raptors' defense before turning our attention to the Blue Jays. 🏀Will the D stabilize? 🏀Parallels between the Jays and the 2019 Raptors 🏀That Team O' Destiny feeling youtu.be/MW_DBgaFwek

it's a beautiful day to light yamamoto's ass up

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @wtevs.bsky.social joined me to talk about the Raptors' defense stinkin' up the join again vs. Houston. 🏀Horrible D undercutting a genuinely good offensive start 🏀IQ and the need to slow it down 🏀The Stock Pot (👍), the bench (💩) & more! youtu.be/0iTRBeD6Fb8

brandon ingram's pretty good at this shooty hoops thing

watching the raptors try to grab a defensive board against the rockets is infinitely more stressful than watching the jays try to get Shohei Ohtani out

the raptors have five (5) rebounds as a team through one quarter, as you might expect going up against Team Kaiju

darko and udoka seem to not care that we all have a baseball game to watch. scolding timeouts galore.

the stock pot is boyling early tonight

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @vivekmjacob.bsky.social joined me to fire up the CONCERN-O-METER. How troubling are some early season Raptors trends? 🏀Is Jak, like, OK? 🏀IQ's shooting woes 🏀The defense? Woof! Plus more! youtu.be/asoKsjop8jg

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to talk about another ugly night for the Raptors' defense, this time against Wemby and the Spurs. 🏀Aggression without intention 🏀The Stock Pot is here!!! 🏀RJ good, Starters almost incomprehensibly bad.. so far youtu.be/DEJhhrdaicY

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo to talk about a defensible loss to the Bucks, and a less defensible one in Dallas. 🏀Dial down the aggression a smidge, maybe? 🏀Needing more from Jak & IQ 🏀Scottie's casual brilliance vs. the Mavs Plus more! youtu.be/id8l1EUEe1M

you say the jays didn't score and that's bad, I say they made Snell throw 28 pitches and that's basically like being up 4-0

definitely very locked into the second half of the basketball game

ingram is the master of foul grift this team's been missing for years

really would be nice if the refs called this game with the timing of first pitch squarely in mind

"do you have any questions about basketball?"

these pretty much all kick a supreme amount of ass

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I teed up tonight's Raptors-Bucks matchup, and why I think the East is shaping up to be super compelling in the 3-11 range. 🏀Styles, fights, etc. 🏀The East is bad, but it's not "Bad" 🏀Raps, Blue Jays & the power of friendship youtu.be/TUD0qgYRWlE

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @wtevs.bsky.social and I talk about a rollicking season opener for the Toronto Raptors, through whom the East clearly runs. 🏀A stylistic vision, perfectly executed 🏀The fellas, they're pesky! 🏀An erotic Quin Snyder/Darko embrace & more youtu.be/Hhegz4q1IfQ

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @wtevs.bsky.social and I talk about a rollicking season opener for the Toronto Raptors, through whom the East clearly runs. 🏀A stylistic vision, perfectly executed 🏀The fellas, they're pesky! 🏀An erotic Quin Snyder/Darko embrace & more youtu.be/Hhegz4q1IfQ

can’t take this one away from him though

when the threes eventually fall, and they will, that version of Quickley tonight is a very good winning basketball player

people are saying more and more that the toronto raptors are a wagon

i know i'm the loser optimist guy re: the raptors most years but i'm genuinely very into watching this year's team, and think they'll be pretty good, and more importantly, competitive and interesting. excited to cover them in a way I haven't really been for a few years now.

3-ish hours left to get your picks in for the @lockedonraptors.bsky.social over/unders & props contest. Winner gets a pair of tickets to a game next season, on me! Takes like 3 minutes to fill out. Do it! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

BREAKING NEWS: SANDY BRONDELLO IS THE FIRST HEAD COACH OF THE TORONTO TEMPO

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo as a new season gets set to open up tonight in Atlanta. And boy ain't it nice that they're gonna actually try this year... 🏀Welcome back to watching a real NBA team 🏀Toxically positive predictions 🏀The East, 1 through 15 youtu.be/XL9OhbwGDLg

3-ish hours left to get your picks in for the @lockedonraptors.bsky.social over/unders & props contest. Winner gets a pair of tickets to a game next season, on me! Takes like 3 minutes to fill out. Do it! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I went solo as a new season gets set to open up tonight in Atlanta. And boy ain't it nice that they're gonna actually try this year... 🏀Welcome back to watching a real NBA team 🏀Toxically positive predictions 🏀The East, 1 through 15 youtu.be/XL9OhbwGDLg

It's a tradition as old as me, and dirt, and water. The @lockedonraptors.bsky.social annual over/unders contest between @vivekmjacob.bsky.social, @sahalabdi.bsky.social and I. Listen to the show: youtu.be/D8PdsQEOwho Make your picks in the listener competition: forms.gle/W3vrXHHoM4fA...

It's a tradition as old as me, and dirt, and water. The @lockedonraptors.bsky.social annual over/unders contest between @vivekmjacob.bsky.social, @sahalabdi.bsky.social and I. Listen to the show: youtu.be/D8PdsQEOwho Make your picks in the listener competition: forms.gle/W3vrXHHoM4fA...

And as always, make your own picks along with us at the link below before tip-off tomorrow. Most correct entry at season's end wins a pair of tickets to a game next year on me! forms.gle/PiZBFQEiiu49...

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where I'm joined by @vivekmjacob.bsky.social and @sahalabdi.bsky.social for our NINTH annual over/unders and props contest. This is my year, damnit. 🏀18 over/unders & props for the season ahead 🏀Will toxic optimism finally be rewarded? youtu.be/D8PdsQEOwho