Samson Folk
There’s no question what position the underdog holds in our culture. Watching an underdog achieve success calls out to the very depths of the human condition; a reminder that our potential is limitless, that one can punch above their weight. It’s deeply cathartic. Seeing the Raptors sans Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka go into Staples…
Host Samson Folk details the Raptors inspiring win over the Lakers. Reggie Evans Award: Chris Boucher Mitchell Robinson Award (for the Lakers): Kyle Kuzma QR Comment: diggs Grab the iTunes feed or check us out on Stitcher on Android. There is also the plain old feed or just listen below: Listen to “#1080 – Heart, Gumption and the Helpless Lakers…
Host Samson Folk details the Raptors win over the Pelicans. Reggie Evans Award: Pascal Siakam Mitchell Robinson Award: OG Anunoby’s Heel QR Comment. og.omi Grab the iTunes feed or check us out on Stitcher on Android. There is also the plain old feed or just listen below: Listen to “#1079 – Siakam explodes as Raptors handle the Pelicans and injuries…
Fun game, hope Lowry and Ibaka are better soon. TOR Raptors 122 Final Box Score 104 NO Pelicans A+ P. Siakam39 MIN, 44 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 0 STL, 17-27 FG, 5-10 3FG, 5-5 FT, 0 BLK, 4 TO, 6 +/- 26 in the first half, 18 in the second. Had the Pelicans defenders…
Host Samson Folk details the Raptors victory over the Kings. Reggie Evans Award: Serge Ibaka QR Comment: Moco Grab the iTunes feed or check us out on Stitcher on Android. There is also the plain old feed or just listen below: Listen to “#1078 – Ibaka Explodes as Raptors fend off wily Kings – Raptors Reaction Podcast” on Spreaker.
There was a time when the Kings were openly mocked, where the general public brought up their ineptitude as a talking point. A Seinfeld-esque “water cooler” discussion. “Can you believe they’re testing out 4-on-5 basketball?”. “Can you believe they fired Michael Malone?”. But last year they switched up the formula, putting the reigns of the…
Host Samson Folk brings on the talented and tumbleweed-esque, Freddie Rivas to talk about the Raptors and the NBA at large. – What do our voices look like? – Worse loss, Celtics or Bucks? – NBA Twins – OG’s Leap – Nick Nurse’s Challenges – Favourite Rule Change of the Past 20 years – Rule…
You know the woozy feeling you get when you stand up too fast? The Raptors had that for the first 14 minutes of the game against the Bucks last night. There was one exception, that being Kyle Lowry – the man who is never woozy, and by proxy of the size of his butt is…
Host Samson Folk details the Raptors loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. Reggie Evans Award: Kyle Lowry QR Comment: Arshdeep Singh Grab the iTunes feed or check us out on Stitcher on Android. There is also the plain old feed or just listen below: Listen to “#1076 – Lowry’s brilliance falls just short to Bucks – Raptors Reaction Podcast” on Spreaker.
Host Samson Folk details the Raptors fun win over the Detroit Pistons and former coach, Dwane Casey. Reggie Evans Award: OG Anunoby QR Comment: Bherbs Grab the iTunes feed or check us out on Stitcher on Android. There is also the plain old feed or just listen below: Listen to “#1075 – Raptors coast to first win over Casey –…
Such a fun game. The Siakam show. DET Pistons 113 Final Box Score 125 TOR Raptors A+ P. Siakam30 MIN, 30 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL, 13-21 FG, 3-6 3FG, 1-1 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 20 +/- A world ender. A destroyer of worlds. Siakam has made the superstar turn, and there’s…
OG Anunoby has a certain proclivity towards the word “cool”. He often uses it to describe things that other people get really excited about, describing it in what seems like dead-pan. When asked whether he prefers blocks or steals, the answer was: “I don’t know. I guess equal. They’re both cool.” ?: What have you…