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Are The Toronto Raptors Heading In The Right Direction? | 2024-25 NBA Season Lookaheads



Are The Toronto Raptors Heading In The Right Direction? | 2024-25 NBA Season Lookaheads

Dan is joined by Samson Folk (@samfolkk) from Raptors Republic (@raptorsrepublic) to talk about the 2024-25 Toronto Raptors season—as well as their long-term endgame. SUPPORT SAMSON’S WORK HERE: https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/author/sam/https://www.youtube.com/user/raptorsrepublic. CHAPTERS BELOW.

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CHAPTERS⬇️
0:00 – INTRO
1:41 – Offseason impressions
3:14 – Toronto’s overall direction
5:41 – Samson’s biggest storylines
11:03 – RJ’s continued development
15:24 – What is IQ’s ceiling?
27:37 – Are NBA teams changing how they defend?
30:33 – How will the Raptors defend?
32:50 – Jakob Poeltl’s importance to Toronto
39:48 – Toronto’s big man rotation
43:11 – The next evolution for Scottie Barnes
47:15 – Bigs who operate from the elbows
49:23 – Continued development of Gradey Dick
56:24 – The future of Ochai Agbaji
1:00:27 – Thoughts on Ulrich Chomche, Davion Mitchell, Jamal Shead, Ja’Kobe Walters
1:14:58 – The strength of the starting five
1:17:17 – Top-10 rotation
1:19:36 – Best crunch-time unit, funky lineups we want to see
1:23:49 – How many games will Toronto win?
1:28:39 – Chris Boucher forever

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4 Comments

  1. @HardwoodKnocksNBA

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  3. @danfavale9168

    Timestamps👇
    0:00 – INTRO
    1:41 – Offseason impressions
    3:14 – Toronto’s overall direction
    5:41 – Samson’s biggest storylines
    11:03 – RJ’s continued development
    15:24 – What is IQ’s ceiling?
    27:37 – Are NBA teams changing how they defend?
    30:33 – How will the Raptors defend?
    32:50 – Jakob Poeltl’s importance to Toronto
    39:48 – Toronto’s big man rotation
    43:11 – The next evolution for Scottie Barnes
    47:15 – Bigs who operate from the elbows
    49:23 – Continued development of Gradey Dick
    56:24 – The future of Ochai Agbaji
    1:00:27 – Thoughts on Ulrich Chomche, Davion Mitchell, Jamal Shead, Ja’Kobe Walters
    1:14:58 – The strength of the starting five
    1:17:17 – Top-10 rotation
    1:19:36 – Best crunch-time unit, funky lineups we want to see
    1:23:49 – How many games will Toronto win?
    1:28:39 – Chris Boucher forever

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