Host Cathryn Naiker is joined by Esfandier Baraheni to discuss NBA's opening night. What are their early takeaways and are they prepared to walk about any of our early season predictions? Then the 76ers and Joel Embiid are "under investigation" regarding the staus of his injuries and his statement regarding not playing back-to-back games. How shoul…

Samson Folk & Trevon Heath discuss the Toronto Raptors opening loss of the season and how key players performed. They also look ahead to the upcoming games vs. the Wolves, detailing how the matchups will change each game. 0:00 - Introductions + Scrappy Teams 2:05 - The Raptors had ball pressure for a moment 4:20 - Why the defense fell apart 5:50 - …

This week on Confederacy of Dunks, hosts Freddie Rivas and Andy Hull welcome special guest Alan Shane Lewis from This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Canadian Baking show to talk about insane Toronto Raptors Pre-Season grades that Freddie made up, teams that have never won a championship and they finish off brainstorming nicknames. Learn more about you…

Samson Folk takes listener questions with Louis Zatzman. They discuss how many All-Stars are on the Toronto Raptors' roster, Scottie Barnes' improvements, and a whole bunch of basketball stuff. 0:00 - Introductions 1:20 - How many All-Stars are on the roster? 5:50 - Gradey Dick's Development 9:30 - Scottie's Unique Development 11:35 - Gradey's Shoo…

Buckets & Tea NBA Show is Back! Hello & Welcome's Jerome Cheng joins host Cathryn Naiker to discuss some wild NBA predictions. Which team is going to surprise a casual out of the East and West? Which team is going on sale (blowing up/trades) by the deadline? and by the end of the season? Who is going to win the stupid NBA Cup LOL Biggest Leap forwa…

Samson & Tre are joined by producer Es to discuss Gradey & Scottie popping off, plus the awards draft. 0:00 - Introductions 2:10 - Boston win recap 4:40 - Gradey's offensive improvements 11:30 - Should Gradey start? 13:30 - Gradey's passing 15:50 - health updates for the team 16:27 - Scottie Superstar 18:40 - Scottie's pnr numbers 20:00 - Scottie's…

On this week of Confederacy of Dunks, Freddie Rivas and Andy Hull welcome guest Anthony Hall from Toronto's Second City. They of course riff on the insane new theme song that Andy has created, and move on to talk a little bit about the Toronto raptors pre-season. The guys talk about IQ, Jamaal Shead, Chris Boucher and Peyton Prichard somehow always…

Samson Folk is joined by dear friend and co-host Trevon Heath to discuss the state of the Raptors. 0:00 - Introductions 2:08 - Addressing the lack of podcasts 2:40 - Is Scottie a better leader now? 6:40 - Scottie's role on defense 8:33 - Update on RJ & Ja'Kobe's injuries 10:00 - Gradey as the 5th starter 10:45 - What Tre liked from camp 12:35 - End…

This week our boy Adon Moss hops on the pod to talk about PRESEASON! But also NBA point guards and Andy tells a story of how he ruined Kraft Hockeyville for everyone! Workin on a NIGHT SHED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon Raptors Republic

This week it's just Andy and Freddie and we talk all about the Raptors 2024-25 presser, the expectations and how open everyone was about a rebuild. We also go deep on some jersey talk and then finally pay our last respects to the legend Dikembe Mutombo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Samson Folk & Trevon Heath are joined by Blake Murphy to discuss the latest in the Raptors realm. 0:00 - Introductions 1:50 - Can you podcast from VIA Rail? 2:30 - Vince's jersey retirement 5:30 - Blake's Raptor Show w/ Matt Bonner 7:50 - Es' on scene reporting of the Vince stuff 12:30 - Ja'Kobe Walter's injury 14:05 - Is IQ injured? 14:35 - Can IQ…

This week Imman Adan is back on the pod and we talk about the Raptors first ever jersey to hit the rafters and all the fun, nostalgic and yes, complicated feelings that come with looking back on Vince Carter's tenure with the team. We also talk about the upcoming seasons expectations and even find some time to shit on Jayson Tatum again. It's a per…

Samson Folk & Trevon Heath discuss the latest in the Toronto Raptors realm. 0:00 - Introductions 0:30 - Tre's horrible month 2:00 - Being a family man 2:45 - New Jerseys!!! New Court!!! 7:20 - is the NBA Cup great?? 10:00 - Bruce Brown surgery 12:35 - Will Gradey start? 15:30 - Scottie's statline 24:15 - IQ's statline 31:55 - RJ's statline 42:00 - …

This week Jay Rosales hops on the pod and we take the bait and talk about a list on the internet. Actually 2 lists. LETS DEBATE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon Raptors Republic

Summer is over and we are slowly getting back in Basketball mode. This week we talk with Chelsea Leite from Raptors HQ about which teams need to be all in this year. We also get Chat GPT to pitch us some Raptors slogans for the 30th anniversary season with some interesting results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

This week comedian and producer Dan Galea joins us for some NBA Welcome to Wrexham/Villain talk as well as who we'd upgrade on the current Raptors squad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon Raptors Republic

Samson Folk answers listener questions about a wide variety of things. Timestamps for you lot. 0:00 - Intros 0:30 - How does Scottie become All-NBA? 3:00 - Prioritizing prospects over Agbaji? 5:00 - Are catch-all stats good? What do possession numbers mean? 9:10 - Putting Wembanyama on the Raptors 10:00 - Quickley's pull-up + Drives 12:27 - Who sta…

This episode we have comedian Arthur Simeon on and we talk who is the best current NBA Jam duo plus we just say the names of some old Raptors and have a bit of a laugh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon Raptors Republic

It's an all fun Summer episode this week with Matt McReady and his trivia challenge and then its a DRAFT! We draft the all time international (aka non-US) team and then fail to talk about FIBA basketball for at least another 4 years probably? Go vote for the winning team on twitter and instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm…

This week Host Cathryn Naiker is joined by Raptors HQ's Chelsea Leite, to discuss Olympic Hangover highlights, and what we enjoyed most about the competition. Then switching gears and looking at this upcoming season, which teams are we most excited to see again, and which ones do we think are going to flame out? Which free agent moves are we lookin…

Double whammy! This week its just Freddie but he's joined by Baskets and Tea host Cathryn Naiker! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon Raptors Republic

Canada's Mens Basketball Olympic Hopes are dashed and will we ever recover? Let's talk it out with our pal Darren Menezes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon Raptors Republic

This week Host Cathryn Naiker is joined by Samson Folk who have a fun, and loose conversation about Team Canada's loss to France. Where did it all go wrong? How do they feel about Jordi's decision-making? Why was Zach Edie & Wiggins left off the team and is this an anti-canada conspiracy? (jokes) How to recover emotionally after a bad loss. Then th…

Alex & Samson breakdown Canada's heartbreaking loss to France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon Raptors Republic

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