Locked On Raptors - Daily Podcast On The Toronto Raptors

Kyle Lowry has officially retired as a Toronto Raptor after signing a one-day contract with the team on July 7th. In Episode 2146, Sean Woodley, Katie Heindl and Vivek Jacob chat all about a celebratory day for the Raptors franchise at OVO Centre as the greatest player in franchise history called it quits after a 20-year NBA career. Off the top, Sean, Katie and Big V talk about the specialness of Lowry's career with the Raptors, and the various emotions felt as he fielded questions from Raptors media one last time. Next, they reflect on their favourite elements of his career in Toronto, from his most memorable seasons, to the joy and unselfishness with which he played, and some of the flashpoint moments that stand out from his glorious 9-year run in Toronto. Lastly, they talk about what they're hoping to see during the upcoming year of celebration of his Raptors career,

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There are many winners coming out of the Kawhi Leonard trade, but the biggest just might be Scottie Barnes. In Episode 2145, Sean Woodley goes solo to talk about why Scottie Barnes stands to benefit a ton from the addition of Kawhi Leonard on offense, on defense, and with regards to his longer term development into a foundational superstar. Off the top, Sean gets into why this was clearly a trade made with optimizing Barnes at the forefront of the Raptors' minds, and why Kawhi is the perfect running mate to allow him to ease into his superstardom as opposed having the burden of it thrust upon him in full this season. Next, Sean talks about all the ways in which Barnes' offensive game should be uplifted by the things Leonard brings to the table. Lastly, Sean gets into why replacing Brandon Ingram with Kawhi should free up Scottie to the most devastating version of himself on defense that we've yet seen. 

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The Toronto Raptors have extended head coach Darko Rajaković and now he gets to go to work with a very good team headlined by the newly acquired Kawhi Leonard. In Episode 2144, Sean Woodley and Joe Wolfond discuss why the Raps head coach's extension was very deserved, and what he figures to be able to do with a contending roster as the Kawhi Leonard 2.0 era begins next season. They discuss whether Leonard will fit into the Darko Ball ethos of the team on offense, why he's so good that the Raptors should be more than eager to concede some of their offense to Leonard's whims, and he Darko might be able to deploy the defense in an even more devastating way than he did last season when the Raptors were one of the best defenses in the NBA. Plus, they get into how tantalizing the wingy quarter of Leonard, Scottie Barnes, Collin Murray-Boyles and RJ Barrett is as a two-way unit of destruction, whether they're concerned about the team perhaps being limited in the number of ways it can play as currently constructed, and whether the team is deep enough to withstand any injury that could be incurred by the oft-injured Kawhi. We're very excited, friends.  

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The Kawhi Leonard reunion with the Toronto Raptors is clearly twinged with nostalgia, but is the good or bad kind? In Episode 2143, Sean Woodley is joined by Katie Heindl to talk about Kawhi coming back to Toronto and whether or not the nostalgia at play is the damaging and regressive kind, or something that will help propel the Raptors into their next era. Plus, Sean and Katie dig into some Kawhi-themed mailbag questions. Will Kawhi now be in line to get his jersey retired by the franchise? Does his return alter the narrative about Toronto being an distant outpost of the NBA? Would we have preferred Jaylen Brown or Kawhi Leonard considering the cost to acquire them by the Sixers and Raptors respectively? And how will the Raptors stack up in a reshaped Atlantic Division and loaded Eastern Conference?

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Sean has a lot of takes about the Toronto Raptors trading for Kawhi Leonard, and they're frankly indisputable! In a bonus episode of the pod, Sean continues to react to the Kawhi trade by outlining 12 inarguable takes about the Raptors re-acquisition of the dude who brough the franchise its first and only NBA Championship. Topics hit on by these takes include having cake and eating it too, Immanuel Quickley and Jakob Poeltl's contracts, RJ Barrett being in for a career year, Brandon Ingram's sole season with the Raptors, why the Pascal Siakam trade is good now, and of course, LeBron James' future. 

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