Brook Lopez

Top 100 Players to Finish the Season 50-26

To the surprise of no one, the NBA is trying very hard to finish it’s season. Players and owners alike have a watchful eye on dropping revenue, and will do their damndest to mitigate the financial losses that COVID-19 has subjected to their sector. Naturally, there’s a lot left to figure out before anything pops…

Samson Folk

Gameday: Raptors @ Bucks, May 17 – Game 2 (Bucks Up 1-0)

There’s basically two schools of thought in the conversations surrounding the Raptors right now: The Raptors played bad, pushed the Bucks and, provided that they play better, they can steal Game 2. This is the stance of a great deal of Raptors fans, as it should be. The Raptors starters played 40+ minutes, the Bucks…

Samson Folk

Room For Optimism as Raptors Lose Game 1

I wrote a piece back in December called “Finding Good Things, in a Sea of Good Things”. I talked about Delon Wright’s 3-point shot, Pascal Siakam’s unparalleled dominance when defending corner threes, and Kawhi Leonard’s forays into the paint. Now, like that time in Raptorland, there’s a lot of things to like from the team.…

Samson Folk

Gameday: Bucks @ Raptors, Jan. 31

I’ve made the drive from Milwaukee to Toronto before, and I’ve gotta say, NBA teams are pretty clever to do this whole “flying” thing. As glorious as it sounds, a friend once told me that you could see the curvature of the earth when you were in a plane and based on that comment alone,…

Samson Folk