Toronto Raptors demolish Miami Heat in first game of the post-Pascal Siakam era as BBQ trio shines

Toronto Raptors demolish Miami Heat in first game of the post-Pascal Siakam era as BBQ trio shines

On your Thursday episode of Locked on Raptors the Toronto Raptors wax the Miami Heat after an emotional day in which they traded away a franchise icon and their best offensive player we’ll dig into how Scotty Barnes Emanuel quickley and RJ Barrett powered the Raptors to their Victory all that coming up on today’s

Show you are locked on Raptors your daily Toronto Raptors podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day Hey what’s going on and welcome to another episode of lockon raptors part of the lockon podcast Network your team every day it is Thursday January the 18th and I’m your host sea Woodley I’ve been covering the Toronto Raptors now for 10 seasons on various platforms you

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Bamat bio uh without Pascal seum of course no Bruce Brown no Jordan wara and no Kira Lewis Jr just yet either short-handed the Raptors handle their business at home against the Heat 12197 uh we will get into the rotational Oddities and arrivals of new players in the mix Grady dick getting some action

And looking pretty good that’s pretty fun we’ll get into that we’ll talk about the Pascal seak trade entirely in the final segment with a SE yakum dedicated good bad and H and all that good stuff but let’s just start with the place you got to start after the trade that

Totally ushers in a new era Scotty Barnes RJ Barrett Emanuel quickley the three dudes around which this thing is going to be built going forward it’s been declared uh all of whom had their hands in this win last night we’ll get into Barrett we’ll get into quickly

We’ll get into Barnes off the top here but first we got to welcome in our guest is Jamar Hines the god of the game recap over there at Raptors Republic Jamar how are you man I’m doing pretty good I don’t think anybody expected what happened yesterday considering the last

Time the Raptors made a big trade with the OG and Obi trade they lost to Detroit and sna the 28 game losing streak which would have been an NBA record if they lost one more game so this was the complete opposite of that where they never trailed yes pretty fun

Stuff um you know got a little hair in the second half as you know things are going to get hairy when you have a very young team that is without its uh previously understood best offensive player but there’s a lot of nice stuff to pull from this game to get excited

About regarding what comes ahead for your Toronto Raptors and let’s begin where I think it’s just it makes the most sense to begin Scotty Barnes this is his team now it’s go time for Scotty Barnes and he had a pretty decent effort in his first game as the clear and

Defined dude on this team 34 minutes 20 points five boards eight assists two Steals and a block nine of 16 from the field one of six from three been a little cold from downtown of late um but still holding up 37% on the season impressions of Scotty barnes’s game here

I I think you know you saw the typical fourth quarter surge that he’s going to bring about glad to see that still a thing maybe you wanted a little bit more from the first three quarters but where we overall impressions of Scotty Barnes so far or so what were your impressions

In the first game of him being the the dude on this team yeah you would want to see Scotty do more in the first three quarters and that will probably be more of a point of emphasis now that he’s the clear-cut guy but he really took over down the stretch

When the Raptors needed somebody to take over Miami had cut the lead till as little as 13 and there is quite a few possessions down the stretch where he just went at BAM out bio who is a all World Defender uh I don’t think that was entirely the plan cuz some of these

Possessions were just complete bailouts where he made some tough turnaround shot at the end of the shot clock he drew an in one there as well so you know really impressive tough shot making from Scotty there and then what really blew the game back open was his driving kick game he

Did it about four different times where normally the recipient was Gary Trent Jr who had a season High 83s you know whatever spot of the P what it be whatever spot of the court whether it be the corner whether it be the wi Scotty just did a great job job of

Driving and just just finding Gary who was you know the hottest he’s been all season so you know between that he had five of his eight assists in the final quarter alone so he had nine points five assists he probably he counted for well over 20 points in the final quarter by

Himself so that’s what really uh put Miami away for good and Miami was playing pretty well coming into this game they had one three in a row they had lost four in a row so yeah again a lot of this game was a big surprise after the

Trade yeah uh you know again just did not expect such a forceful effort I did not expect them to hit 14 threes in the first half either that was pretty wild and I think you know that might be a bit to explain you know the sort of quieter

Start to this game for Scotty Barnes I suppose like they didn’t exactly need him to go sio mode in the first half as they completely running the heat off the floor um but yeah the fact that he could kind of tap into the well and go and

Finish the way he did kind of walk into his numbers as he typically seems to do that was a really encouraging sign as Scotty Barnes like it’s it’s his mantle now man he’s gota sort of take the Reigns and everything is kind of every move moving OG moving Pascal all of it

Is in some way a bet that Scotty Barnes is the dude and uh pretty encouraging stuff in that fourth quarter last night you know you like to see easier possessions than scoring rainbows over babayo but babayo doesn’t really give you easy possessions either so a little give and take there Emanuel quickley

Let’s talk about him near triple double in this one 178 and N six of 16 from the field still TR a little bit of trouble finishing inside two-point range for him of late um hasn’t quite figured out the you know going through contact and whatnot um but still three of six from

Downtown the three-point gravity is very much there and I think maybe the more impressive thing than just the shoot and scoring is this dude seems extremely ready and already sort of accustomed to the lead guard duties right like he just feels like he’s got a finger on the

Pulse of the game what were your impressions of quickly in this one I thought his playmaking was pretty fantastic yeah from a floor game perspective I think this was Quickly’s most impressive game he had seven assists in the first half alone and I thought he did a really good job with

The pace no one wanted to push no one wanted to slow it down um obviously he’s one of the quicker guards in the league living up to his name so he can easily do that but there was a couple of possessions where you know even I remember one possession where RJ

Wanted the ball early in the possession quickly kind of waved him off noticed a mismatch with Scotty he noticed that a couple times when Scotty had a mismatch and it would get him the ball instead so I just thought that he had a great feel

For who to give the ball to who to distribute how to um facilitate and you know nine of he had nine assists I want to yeah he had nine assists seven in the first half so I thought he did a really good job of that he was flirting with

That triple double I don’t know if he’s ever had a triple double I want to say I want to say he I’m gonna reckon he has not yeah I don’t think so um he only played two minutes in the fourth so if he had a little bit more minutes maybe

He could have gone for that there uh shooter I believe played over six minutes in the fourth so uh I’m sure there’ll be a time when quickley does get that triple double but yeah he also did a good job of like the loose ball type of rebounds where he would kind of

Like Chase it down and beat someone to the ball so yeah I was really impressed with his floor game when it comes to his finishing if it’s not it’s floater this is even going back to New York if it’s not his floater uh he does have trouble

Finishing at The Rim so that’s something that you know off season probably you want to see him improve at especially now being a leag guard finishing is going to be a key aspect of um being the lead point guard so You’ want to see an improvement in that but yeah going back

To the playmaking I think this game I was more impressed than any other game so far with the Raptors yeah and he’s had some good ones right like he’s had some pretty big assist totals already but this one just felt like you know he was to me the biggest orchestrator of

That incredible first half they had you know the the drive and kick the you know his own three-point gravity and the pull-ups and everything just man he’s a fun guy and look as someone who is still a little rattled from the loss of Pascal seaka my previous favorite Toronto

Raptor uh quickly is going a long way towards soothing that a little bit and I think he’s very much taking up that mantle for me as my capital D dude on this team uh let’s go to RJ Barrett quickly nine of 14 in this game continues to hit all of the shots 26

Points seven of 13 at the line didn’t have a great night finishing at the line but got there a ton uh eight boards three assists and my concern after the trade yesterday just kind of thinking about the downstream effects of the move was is this going to thrust Barrett back

Into maybe an overextended role like he was in in New York obviously the system is very different and the system is more conducive to his strengths but you know Pascal SE yakum was a bailout guy for this team right there would be stretches where you know and they had these lws

Last night in the third quarter in particular where the offense kind of dries up and seaka would go be the buckets man and you know Barrett in theory is sort of the next guy in line to fill in that vacuum so I was concerned we might see a little bit more

Of a sort of move to on ball dependence from RJ Barrett didn’t seem like the case though last night really continuing just to kind of be a monster off of cuts moving himself to the rim quick drives you know off of quick decision-making against till the defenses no sort of

Commandeering of the offense or over dribbling or anything like that uh pretty encouraging if you were at all worried about what the loss of seaka might mean for an elevated role for RJ Barrett no yeah you’re right about that because um even I don’t even think there was one possession where

The typical bad RJ thing to do would be to just drive into three guys and you know have some sort of turnover or offensive foul or bad shot I didn’t see any of that um he went to the line 13 times he only shot Seven for 13 from the

Line but the fact that he got there 13 times was huge especially in the third quarter when the Raptors were really struggling to score I think uh at one point in the third quarter they only had four points in the first six minutes and then RJ just getting to the line kind of

You know settled things down kind of got things a little bit back in place um he continues to be a great finisher at The Rim um I I’m just it’s it’s still kind of new to me because I’m not used to someone on the Raptors that could get to

The rim at regularity and scor that efficiently like he’s been over 70% at The Rim so I’m still it’s still kind of new to me and with the ball movement that the Raptors are preaching it was on full display yester today uh I don’t

Think that is going to be too much of a worry where he’s just holding the ball and you know trying to just do it all on his own I mean you still got other guys that can score obvious obviously with Scotty and quickly and you know if if

Gary’s anything like he was shooting yesterday so there’s still other guys that you can kind of lean on from time to time which you know and and preach the ball movement if if this is kind of the role that RJ is going to play and obviously you know with Pascal being

Gone his usage will go up quite a little bit but if he can manage that and still be efficient and the ball movement is still a point of emphasis I don’t really see a problem yet but we need more games to figure that one out yeah this was a

Bizarro game top to bottom I don’t think it’s indicative of what this team is going to be necessarily from now to the end of the season uh you know if they want to hit 14 threes and a half every night great I’m down but that seems a little far-fetched either way

Encouraging signs from the BB Q Trio who uh this whole thing is kind of built around now we’ll see as they progress forward we’re going to come back on the other side get into some rotational stuff Gary Trent Jr starting Grady dick playing minutes and uh you know where

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Last night some rotational stuff to get into here Gary Trent Jr let’s start here we we’ll get into Grady dick uh Christian Koko where Bruce Brown and Jordan are going to fit coming up in just a sec here but uh Gary Trent Jr starts last night has his best game of

The season 28 points a classic two rebound zero assist line a pure Gary Trent Gunner Knight we love to see it uh 10 of 13 from the field and eight of nine from downtown for Gary Trent Jr the beneficiary of a lot of really beautiful possessions of ball movement that ended

Up in his hands he’s the trigger man and he did so extremely well last night Bruce Brown obviously played about the same position of course Bruce Brown can kind of play anywhere he’s a bit of a Swiss army knife player um but my question to you Jamar is Gary Trent Jr

Or Bruce Brown Starting in that two spot do you think Gary Trent Jr just runs with this job now obviously the defense will be hurt by his appearance in that lineup I I would think considering what Bruce Brown can do on that end of the floor um but the shooting obviously a

Huge boom to the offensive uh just like upside of that group where you at with Gary Trent Jr and you know where he fits into the starting lineup now and hey maybe even Beyond this season yeah it’s interesting that last part you brought up because

With him being only 24 years old and we talked timeline all the time 25 today I should say it’s his birthday oh he turns 25 today did not know that oh so anyway with him fitting timeline wise maybe they actually keep him around um I was thinking maybe not but it might make

Sense to just keep him as you know you know being a shooter and you saw what he can do at times yesterday it’s having a little bit of a Down Season his roles changed a bunch but it wouldn’t shock me to see of the three guys that the

Raptors had you know contracts running out he’s the one that ends up staying in terms of Bruce Brown I kind of wonder where his head is at yeah free picks Indiana after winning a championship of Denver only plays three months did he pick Indiana or did uh

Indiana’s giant checkbook pick him uh I okay you know hand hand in hand hand in hand I mean he could he could have um he could have taken lesser state of Denver if he really wanted to uh M Michael Malone’s uh Parade Where Brucey B ain’t going nowhere type of thing still kind

Of cracks me up but you know hammered Jamar it’s fine no it was hilarious and Malone was probably the most hammered coach I’ve ever seen at a parade but yeah I I just I just kind of wonder what the Raptor plans for him is he does have a team option for next

Season it was a twoyear $45 million contract and I probably would see Gary starting at least to begin with and I also don’t know if to be okay with that to be coming off the bench um it’s one thing to be coming off the bench for a championship team it’s another thing

To be coming off the bench for a rebuilding team so yeah it’s it’s gonna be really interesting he could play the two he could play the three he’s even played some point uh but he won’t really he played the five on Kevin Durant teams before it’s crazy true yeah like you

Said Swiss army knife so I just feel he’s just going to be a wing on this team maybe like slot him between the two three and four I mean you you already have Shooters your backup point and I don’t want to see Bruce Brown play in

The five to be honest so might have to with the right they’re going with their Center position right so at first I see benol I mean like I could be wrong but it’s he could do a variety of things so it’ll be kind of interesting to see what role Darko has

In mind for Bruce Brown and the Raptors plan in general if they even plan on keeping him who knows they flip him at the like close to the deadline he may only be here for a cup of tea maybe maybe a guy like Jordan waro is gonna be

Here longer you never know so yeah it’s it’s it’s interesting I I I don’t even know if I can get into like full role yet because I don’t know how long Bruce Brown’s going to be here if he’s flipped in like the next week or two it wouldn’t

Surprise me yeah for sure there’s already reports from Ian Begley today that if the Raptors were to make Bruce Brown available able that uh they’d be very very interested in procuring his services and that’s coupled with some stuff from Stephan Bondi out New York about Quinton Grimes maybe being on the

Outs there maybe there’s something there maybe you just assemble the Nicks bench on the Toronto Raptors and uh you’re fine with that I don’t know I mean I I love those Knicks teams and I love Grimes quickly and Barrett so you know I’d be fine with it personally um but

Yeah you know Bruce Brown interesting guy I think you know I know they urge as well trade him he’s trade ballast do you go get stuff for him and yeah maybe they do that that’s probably where this ends up going but like teams need good roll guys he’s

Only 27 he’s on a balloon payment right now yeah but like the team can afford it for the next couple seasons on account of they don’t have any big money on the books now they’ll have quickly this summer and then BR Barnes obviously gets expensive in 18 months or so but with

Brown I mean like there’s got to be some tangible value like developmentally to having a glue guy like that who again is pretty young who in theory like 18 months from now if he did expire maybe you keep him you have his bird rights you keep him around on like a more Team

Friendly deal I even think Bruce Brown knows he’s not a $22 million a year player he got that crazy balloon payment and took it as he should have from the Pacers but I can’t imagine he’s looking at four years 80 on his next contract or anything like that so maybe there’s a

Way to keep him around and have him be a sort of you know a glue guy on a Scotty Barnes team I I just I wish they would let it breathe a little and the nice thing with Bruce Brown is they don’t have to trade him at this deadline right

Like he’s on the team for next year it’s a team option you would assume they’d keep him around and not just let him walk after trading for him um with him being kind of the only tangible real basketball player that you can count on being decent coming back in this trade

And so I’m fine if they let it breathe a little bit I also do think Gary Trent Jr should start though and I think you should give him some run here and see is it worth investing in him long term you’re going to have his bird rights

Presumably going into the summer I don’t see necessarily A need to trade Gary Trent Jr right now you’re probably only getting like a second round pick form anyway and I’d rather just see him play this thing out and see if you can build something with a guy in Scotty Barnes

Who historically he’s performed very well with so that’s kind of where I’m at on that you know Bruce Brown though featuring into some lineups closing games at times give me a quickly Barrett Trent Brown Barnes super duper small look that’s a okay with me get weird

Here this is like the priority for the rest of the season is get weird um and also play young guys Grady dick last night plays in this game six points four assists a couple steals two of two from three wonderful to see after the year

That it has been for Grady dick at every level of basketball he’s played at for the Toronto Raptors summer league g-league NBA um really good to see him get into the mix last night thoughts on Grady dick his performance and where he might fit into the plans here as the

Season goes uh along down this down the second half year like do you think just giving Grady dick regular rotation minutes is wise right now for the Raptors yeah just just play him you know I think you know you let him get experienced on the Fly there’ll be some

Highs there’ll be some lows but you know 13th overall pick you’ve moved some guys that would have played positions that they they kind are kind of in the way position wise um there isn’t that winning expectation to make a play in or playoffs or anything like that I would

Just play him and and see how goes yeah I’m with you there you know the g-league team is in a state of disrepair I don’t know if it’s the best developmental environment anyway right now and uh having him just play at the NBA level take his lumps you know I think that’s

Probably the best course of action now he’s gotten that run at the g-league he brings an element to this team that they need let’s just see if he can run with it and hey if he has a bad first stint don’t put him into the second if he has

A good first stint put him in in the second and see what he can do um the other quick thing Christian Koko waved to make the trade legal roster size wise uh per Blake Murphy um you know this seems as though it might end up with

Koko returning to Toronto via the 905 at some point this summer obviously been out since the summer with the respiratory thing I don’t know if there’s much of a take on this frankly it’s just it’s a bummer that it happened and the way it’s gone for Koko is just a

Real real upsetting thing considering the promise he showed specifically as a defensive anchor type last year where he walked on the floor and the team was incredible like a like a sub 100 defensive rating just simply by having him out there um you know it’s a it’s a

Tough blow it’s bad luck there’s nothing to really say about it other than hope all is well with Christian Koko and hopefully they can find a way to work him back into the plans here going into next season via the 905 or whatever it might be um but yeah that’s uh the last

Bit of housekeeping on the rotations and whatnot we’ll figure in where Jordan no figures sometime down the line I’m sure we might see it tonight if they’re with the team for the game against the Bulls uh we’ll come back in the other side get into The Good The Bad and The H Pascal

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And uh pasel C aam trade it was a big emotional day yesterday man it was there was a lot going on and we’re still kind of dissecting and working through our feelings and so The Good the Bad and the H today usually a thing reserved for little observations from a game it’s all

Going to be devoted to the Pascal sakam trade a thing we liked about the trade or Pascal siakam’s time in Toronto in General a thing we didn’t like a thing that’s a h uh that’s a little intriguing you know lots of different directions to go here it’s kind of a broad open canvas

I will start my good Jamar is that we finally got some clarity you know the the return for Bruce Brown of Bruce Brown Jordan AA Kira Lewis Jr and three first round picks that are all going to be in the 20s most likely not exactly inspiring I don’t like the way it was

Handled I think the front office really really bungled this as I’ll get to it my bad but the good here is we know what this team is about now we know this is Scotty Barnes Emanuel quickley and RJ Barrett and everything else around it and there is like some calming effect to

That and it’s not like you know they win the game last night and I’m sure the the ghouls out there will be like addition by subtraction Ying Theory Pascal SE yakum was the problem no I think the bigger problem here was that this team spent the last two years under a cloud

Of unbelievable uncertainty that just soured The Vibes made everything just uncomfortable and strange and uncertain and unclear and murky and that’s gone now and I think we saw a team play with a little bit of freedom of all of that stuff last night and I think that is my

Good what is your good Jamar my good just going over Pascal’s entire career I think he’s the Raptor’s biggest success story developmentally obviously coming in as the 27th overall pick a rather known goes to the G League wins a title there um the MVP you know he started quite a

Bit as his rookie out of necessity because of the fact that the Raptors that was during a time when they had no power forwards whatsoever that was the same year they were hoping that Jared Sullinger would come back and be somebody uh they had went through Lewis

Skola uh the year before and it was just like a rotating after Amir Johnson just a rotating of power fors where they didn’t they basically didn’t have one he comes in benchmob plays a little bit there solidifies the spot in 2019 most improved player becomes the number one

Option a couple years later all from a 27th overall pick that you know a lot of people didn’t know much about coming into the league uh he was just supposed to be an energy guy that runs up the floor maybe get a couple baskets here and there and defend not become a

Consistent 20 point per game score a facilitator an all NBA player an All-Star nothing like that so just from the development perspective I think he’s the Raptor’s greatest uh success story regarding that really really good good uh my bad just how unceremonious the end was and just how toxic this whole season

Felt around Pascal and you know sort of connected to that I I think because he had been in the trade RoR Mill for so long and because the market was so depressed for him I do think in general Pascal SE yakum will go down as one of the more underappreciated great Toronto

Raptors of all time and frankly one of the more underappreciated great players of his generation in the NBA this dude’s a two-time all-nba player he is really bloody good and I think because people fixated on the bubble I think because the constant swirling trade rumors I think because Scotty Barnes became this

Shiny new sexy thing I think Pascal is going to really go down as a guy who just was not appreciated in his time as a multifaceted multi-talented playmaking forward with a skill set at his size that very few dudes possess and my hope is that that appreciation comes around

Playing with Tyrese halberton and Miles Turner uh that’s going to be such an awesome environment for him uh Jamar what was your bad yeah my bad is about the same you’re you’re right in terms of just being one of the more unappreciated Raptors it’s it’s it’s weird and there were so many

Signs this season of him just being kind of phased out whether it be offensively where he was just on the wing to begin the season and he was taking like eight shots in a game that kind of uh sorted itself out as the season went along and he actually played pretty decent

Offensively yeah offensively defensively kind of took a hit kind of like in the in the OG sense where you know basically the writing was on the wall so the defensive effort kind of fell off and when you talk about um you know playing now in the states I do feel

Playing on an Indiana team and normally a Midwestern team is I mean yeah is not going to get um that many eyes on them but the way Halle Burton’s been so electric this year I feel more people are paying attention to the Pacers than you know a typical season and just that

Type of fit and I feel like even with anobi it was funny I was looking at um Defensive Player of the Year odds and an anobi was like third or fourth yeah and which is which is which is amazing considering the type of Defense he was playing with the Raptors before the

Trade which were we were even on a a pod I was on a couple of times ago where we’re like yeah he hasn’t been that great defensively this season but you quiet quit on defense for a month and a half in the season I don’t think should

Win defensive player of the year but that’s just me like but he’s up there but he’s up there yeah I I I think that that I mean and obviously New York is a New York Indiana like way different in terms of coverage and everything like that but I just feel like you know

Indiana has a chance to you know actually do some damage in the playoffs if him and halberton canel pretty quickly they can’t they could easily be in the second round or something like that and I feel like you know him being noticed there more it’s going to be frustrating for Raptors fans where

Someone’s going to be like hey yeah this Pascal seak guy is actually pretty good yeah he made two all NBA teams you think this captain obvious that is definitely going to happen because it happened with OG’s first game in New York where it’s like yeah actually this guy’s actually a pretty good Defender

And it’s like oh my goodness man do you guys even watch this team well the no they don’t no no no nobody watches nearly as much basketball as they Proclaim to watch I think this is the clear thing that we learn when these things happen yeah very few Zack Low’s

Watching I’m not sure about how many other people are watching nikayas Duncan’s watching but bums me out that he gets to play with Miles Turner now when him and Miles Turner was my dream toon a raptor front court for a very very long time um and apparently it was

Pascal siakam’s dream front Court as well per the reporting from Sam amck today on the trade so you know good stuff my you know we’ll get into sort of the on court stuff the ramifications I suppose of not having Pascal as we go forward here but I’m just it’s a bit of

An interesting hypothetical not even a hypothetical just sort of a you know the the fork in the road type thing the Raptors get Scotty Barnes in the draft in 2021 and he’s awesome right away and I just wonder did that kind of break the front office’s brain a little bit did it

Sort of totally throw a wrench into what their post tile plans were going to be I don’t really know what their post-title plans were other than just kind of ride it out with Fred and Pascal and OG and see if you can kind of be a pretty fun

Team and then eventually parlay that into another win now trade for a star at some point that seemed like their intention then they draft Scotty Barnes which by the way like I’m really excited for what comes next I’m very eager to watch the Scotty Barnes era I think he’s

Awesome and I I think he’s got a chance to be really really excellent but I do Wonder just like drafting Scotty Barnes did that totally warped their brains as to how to do this thing how to build this thing and you know again I we can’t know the answers really of what would

Have happened had they drafted somebody else or a player at a different position who complimented Pascal a little more like they they draft maybe they draft shenon or something like that they don’t move up in the draft lottery they get shenon at seven or something like that

How does that change the course of Raptor’s history just an interesting h i you know there’s probably a timeline here where the Raptors do make a more concerted effort to build a normal team around Pascal SE AUM but I think drafting Scotty Barnes probably rightfully instantly changed their

Priorities and you know we’ll never know the alternate Pathways here but that’s just something I’ve been thinking about the last little while is your H regarding Pascal cakam one way or another um my is Valentine’s Day the Pacers are I believe they’re in Toronto on the 14th so yeah it’s a pretty quick

Turnaround in terms of him coming back to Toronto um the reception should still be pretty damn good I mean like this is a oh if it’s not people’s brains are lost like got to be a at the very worst at the very worst it’s the top five Raptor of all time greatest power

Forward of all time with the Raptors who wanted to be here which star players never have wanted in the history of the franchise like yeah it’s basically him andar and and Kyle a couple times begrudgingly came back when he had his eyes looking at San Antonio or something like that but yeah

The reception should be great um obviously uh the I’m excited to see the fit with him in Indiana and yeah I’m just I’m just waiting for that game it’s kind of like Raptors reunion month we just played Kyle yesterday playing thear today you know Pascal is around the

Corner um I believe OG has a return to Toronto at some point this season because the Knicks only came here once so it’s kind of funny it’s yeah it’s Raptors return Raptors alumni type of month very emotional week and month no doubt uh lots of roller coaster feelings

For sure uh we’ve gone far too long we’re going to wrap it up there Jamar thanks so much for hanging man it was great chatting with you about this Bizarro game and a Bizarro day in Toronto Raptor land at least there’s some clarity and some you know vivly

Bruce Brown rumors will be around there I’m sure but we got a little clarity now we could just watch some hoop which is exciting and I’m very much looking forward to that uh Jamar anything you want to promote for the good people out there yeah I got a preview for the Bulls

Game up right now on Raptor Republic you could also follow me Jamar BH I have a link to all my Raptors Republic work there uh I believe this is the only TNT game for the Raptors this entire season I don’t think they played one this season yet and I think rapor Bulls baby

It’s Prime Time television [Laughter] uh yeah I think and then I think the second part of that double header is Grizzlies te- wolves and with the Grizzlies being all banged up that’s that well you know you win some you lose some yeah uh you can’t have a perfect

Television schedule that’s for sure uh either way thank you so much for tuning in please follow subscribe to rate review tell a friend always appreciated when you support the show however you support the show uh and you can join us in the Discord link is in the

Description as always it’s free to join we love to see you in there we will talk to you again uh tonight I’m gon to do a little quick postgame recap episode after Raptor bulls and then tomorrow our pal Tony East will be along as we will talk about the Raptors Pacers trade with

The host of lock on Pacers one Tony East uh not the purveyor of a gentleman’s club in 1990 scar brro he’s a different guy uh the people who know know either way we’ll leave it there thank you so much for tuning in talk to you later tonight after Raptor Bulls in the

Meantime thanks for hanging bye bye

In Episode 1559, Sean Woodley is joined by Jamar Hinds (Raptors Republic) to chat about the Toronto Raptors’ 121-97 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night just hours after Pascal Siakam was dealt to the Indiana Pacers. Off the top, Sean and Jamar chat about the early returns on Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett as the new vanguard of the new era of Raptors basketball. Next, they chat about Gary Trent Jr. lighting up as a member of the starting lineup, the where Bruce Brown fits and if he’s going to stick around at all, the play of Gradey Dick in his return to rotation duty, and Christian Koloko getting waived to make room on the roster to complete the trade. Next, Sean and Jamar run through a Good, Bad & Hmm related entirely to Pascal Siakam’s time in Toronto, and the deal to the Indiana Pacers.

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