In Episode 1438, Sean Woodley is joined by Katie Heindl (DIME, Basketball Feelings) to break down Michael Grange’s latest reporting at Sportsnet about the internal strife that went on within the 2022-23 Toronto Raptors, the rift between Fred VanVleet and Pascal Siakam and the younger players on the team (presumbably Scottie Barnes?), and why it’s starting to feel like the Raptors are quickly headed towards the end of an era, with a Siakam trade very possible this off-season. Off the top, they dig into their biggest takeaways from Grange’s piece, which seemed to prove a lot of what we thought was going on during the back half of a tumultuous Raptors season, and implicates every level of the franchise — the front office, the coaching staff, the vets, and the young guys — as part of the failure that was 2022-23. Next, they examine the possibility of a Pascal Siakam trade, which could go down soon, or not at all. But is there some potential value to simply ripping off the band-aid and pivoting into a new era for the franchise? And if that does happen, what’s the feeling on the VanVleet-Siakam core and the runway they got as the faces of the team? Lastly, they quickly discuss what they’re looking forward to from the Raptors Vegas Summer League squad.
Read the Grange piece here! https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/as-raptors-continue-player-and-coaching-staff-turnover-will-siakam-be-next-to-go/
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9 Comments
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ATL/TOR/PORT 3 team trade has multiple players and picks to satisfy each of them. Love Siakam as a person and respect his work ethic/talent. He finds himself in Demar territory where he is not able to carry the Raptors like a true superstar.
The Siakam/FVV era ended with 2 playoff wins in 4 years. 2 said wins that came with FVV not even playing. They failed the Raptors, not the other way around. Good riddance to a frankly bad product of an era to watch.
Grange is and always has been an idiot, he knows nothing, he's almost as bad as Leo Rautins.
There is a weird lean toward the Pascal/FVV side from Sean. Did Scotty hurt you?
SB is way over rated by most of the TO media he will never be MIP or a NBA champion or 2 time All NBA remember you heard it here first
DB will never have an NBA shooting stroke
All I know is that scottie was the rap I saw at Fred Van Vleets basketball camp to work with kids!!😮
Grange just a mouth piece for FO so they don't look bad. FO but all these UFAs on the market with Siakam seeking supermax, so the whole team was disfunction plus you have sneaky Watson trying maneuver his way into a head coaching position. These are all on Masai. Watson is Masai's hire