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Vivek Jacob

4 months

Hey all, I've decided to start my own Raptors newsletter! Introducing 'Raptors in 7,' where I will provide opinions/analysis of the team. Hope you'll join :) First post is on Scottie Barnes, the great promise, the missteps, and the needed patience:

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Vivek Jacob

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3 years

"hey mister that's not nice"

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1 year

Kawhi calling his own teammate's offensive foul got me howling 😂😭💀

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6 months

Jan. 9, 2024 is the night Darko Rajakovic became the people's head coach

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"This is completely BS, this is shame. Shame for the referees, shame for the league...if that's the case, just let us know so we don't show up for the game." Darko Rajakovic went OFF at the refs after a Raptors 1-point loss, after some suspect 4th quarter calls.

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5 years

Most points tonight: Siakam - 34 VanVleet - 34 Leonard - 30 Green - 28 How fitting is that on the night the Raptors raised their championship banner?

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9 months

Shams will never be forgiven

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2 years

DeMar is so beloved in Toronto that if he won a chip with the Bulls he could probably come through to show it off and Raptors fans would FILL the streets.

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5 years

Last two years Kawhi basically played fuck, marry, kill with the Raptors, Clippers, Spurs. Toronto had the best sex it's had in 26 years, can't be mad about that.

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2 years

You talk about "intent" LeBron was definitely trying some garbage here

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4 years

Ibaka to reporter: Are you in Toronto? Reporter: Yes Ibaka: Oh man, I miss Toronto right now.

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2 years

Tobias Harris: "No disrespect to our fans, but we did not wanna come back to Wells Fargo for Game 7."

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2 years

James Harden on the Raptors: "That was one of the toughest series I've played in just because of their switching, athleticism, length... they throw different defences at you, box-and-ones and zones and mess up the game. Credit to Nick Nurse, they're a resilient team."

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3 years

Fred VanVleet on missing the triple-double: "My teammates don't give me the Westbrook treatment and get out the way so I'm gonna have to have a word with them."

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2 years

kyle introducing the nba to pascal, fred, and og in 2017 vs kyle going up against pascal, fred, and og in 2022

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4 years

Whenever Adam Silver speaks, I hope he remembers he still owes Masai Ujiri an apology.

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4 years

I love how much people hate that the Raptors became NBA champions

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2 years

Vince Carter shared his thoughts on Broussard's comments about Toronto as a city on 'The VC Show' "One thing Toronto is NOT is an awkward city for an African American." Full link:

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3 years

Hi, pumped to say I will be a staff writer for the Toronto Raptors this 2021-22 season. Let's get it

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2 years

Goran Dragic getting all giddy about playing with KD only to get swept in the first round and then watch KD join the Raptors would be quite spectacular.

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4 months

Pascal Siakam commented on Section 119 wearing nothing but 43 and what the experience tonight was like: "To see that whole section with my jersey, it means the world to me."

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4 years

If you could stand by Lowry after the Wizards sweep in 2015, you can stand by Siakam now.

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10 months

Luka Doncic's opening statement post-game: "Congratulations to Canada, they played great. They have one of the best players in the world and it was really tough to guard him." #FIBAWC

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1 year

@SopanDeb This is a top 5 funniest thing Kawhi has ever done, maybe top 3

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3 years

Steph Curry loves Canada

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5 years

Nick Nurse on potential White House visit: "We're here, let's visit Trudeau. We're Canada's team." Said that plans are already in the works for the visit to Parliament Hill. Haven't heard from the White House.

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4 years

Seeing that graphic of most points by a duo in a single NBA postseason again got me curious about trios

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2 years

Woj says the Raptors are lurking in the KD talks

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4 years

The last time the Raptors lost a Game 5 Kyle Lowry had the game of his life in Game 6 and Toronto won a championship. There's your good vibes.

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4 years

Russell Westbrook's turnover masterpiece:

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2 years

Lmao Gary Trent Jr with the full fit breakdown of Gary Trent Sr

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3 years

Yeah, KD's got a whole lotta respect for the Raptors: "This is a championship organization and you respect how they approach the craft everyday. You know Nick Nurse is gonna have them prepared, they've got a lot of young guys that'll sure run through a wall for Nick."

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3 years

This is just ridiculously good effort from Yuta

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4 years

Pascal Siakam played 46 minutes. Fred VanVleet played 45 minutes. They combined for ONE turnover.

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6 months

Ben Taylor walking into the Lakers locker room after the game

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4 years

Masai Ujiri says that while fans are entitled to their opinion with regards to the team's performance, a line was crossed specifically with Pascal Siakam.

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2 years

Gary Trent Jr says there's no one he's taken more from in terms of day-to-day approach and work ethic than Pascal Siakam.

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4 years

Never gets old.

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4 years

This is a Canadian heritage moment

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2 years

lmaaoooo this cut from the Kane pen to the Mbappe celebration

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2 years

Matt Devlin losing it to Jack Armstrong saying Ron Jeremy instead of Ron Burgundy is the greatest thing I've ever seen

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2 years

"Hi, I'm here to destroy you."

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3 years

KD says he spent time last night thinking about what Nick Nurse would throw his way in terms of schemes because "he's the type of coach that keeps you up at night"

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5 years

Marc Gasol is a national treasure

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4 years

When Pascal Siakam was drafted 27th he was compared to Bo Outlaw and in 4 seasons he's won MIP, a chip, been an All-Star and made the All-NBA Second Team. People wanna talk about ROI on a contract he hasn't started yet? Take a minute and think about the ROI on his rookie deal.

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1 year

He's back!

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3 years

Pascal Siakam before having made a single contribution on the court: - Stepping outside his comfort zone to text the younger guys and check on them - Been the most vocal and engaged person on the bench - Hosted the team Halloween party This is tremendous leadership.

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2 years

Asked JV about Fred VanVleet playing at an all-star level: "Man, he took Kyle Lowry's spot now."

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10 months

Dennis Schroeder will start his Raptors career as a world champion and FIBA World Cup MVP, that's pretty cool.

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1 year

If I gotta watch Ben Simmons in a Raptors uniform

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2 months

This is a different level of healing for Canadian hoops fans

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2 years

Scottie says his goals this summer are to get bigger, stronger and improve his shooting

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5 months

Sauga STAND UP

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6 months

Inside the NBA discussing Darko's rant now 👀 Chuck: "He was 100 percent correct"

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2 years

Raps PR informs that Fred VanVleet has become the first Raptor since Kawhi Leonard to drop 30+ in three straight games

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2 years

Vince Carter showing some love for Pascal Siakam on NBA Today "He is on his way to being Top 5"

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3 years

OG pulled down the mask to show Serge the smile

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2 years

Scottie Barnes on the fans' "Scottie" chants: "They're family as well, they've been cheering me on and supporting the whole way."

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6 months

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3 years

The Royal Family

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3 years

Kyle Lowry with a full page thank you in the Toronto Star:

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2 years

Scottie considers Justin Champagnie and Isaac Bonga the best huggers on the team. Says he was scared to hug Fred at first but Fred hugged him right back. "Something about Fred's hug is just heartwarming... OG too."

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2 years

Siakam says part of the extended conversation with Embiid after was apologizing for unintentionally hitting him in the face, says he felt awful about it.

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10 months

Beat defending champ and No. 1 Spain Beat No. 2 USA Beat No. 5 France Beat No. 7 Slovenia Canada earned its first ever FIBA World Cup medal the hard way. So proud of this team 🥲

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3 years

Raptors have had the 4th pick three times in their history. The first two brought Vince Carter and Chris Bosh to the franchise, now Scottie Barnes. You know the vibes.

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2 years

Precious Achiuwa tells @Kayla_Grey on the broadcast that Fred VanVleet came through with a couple spots for him and Scottie Barnes on the private jet after their flight kept getting delayed.

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3 years

Norman Powell says Toronto was always the perfect fit for him as an underdog in an underdog city.

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4 years

Things you don't notice at first glance: Masai and Serge ensure the Larry O'B gets from Larry T to Kyle Lowry Ibaka: "K-Low, K-Low, you go first"

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3 years

Marc Gasol with the "He's doing that now??" on the OG pull-up fadeaway

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3 years

Tomorrow

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4 years

I could watch the disbelief and pure joy on Marc Gasol's face ALL. DAY.

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1 year

Energy in the building is CRAZY right before the game tonight

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4 years

Siakam extended Fred extended OG extended Nurse extended Get Masai done and the Raptors are WINNING for a long time yet

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2 years

He's here

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6 months

NBA reviewing the Raptors Lakers L2M report before sending it out

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6 months

Maple Jordan indeed

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2 years

Trust that Masai and Bobby will make the right decision.

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2 years

hmmm I wonder what about fireworks on Diwali deteriorates the air quality so much more than Canada Day or Victoria Day to require this warning...

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Environment Canada, Province warn of possible ‘deteriorating air quality’ due to Diwali fireworks

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3 years

Fred's so happy to have his Day 1 back 🥺

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4 years

Nick Nurse rocking the Raptors Black Lives Matter shirt

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2 years

Otto will be rocking No. 32

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2 years

yo that was some bull shit from lebron

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4 years

Fred got the ENERGY now

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5 years

Toronto is in Canada.

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5 years

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Vivek Jacob

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2 years

Wholesome Pascal and Biz

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2 years

RAPTORS DEFEAT CELTICS AND EVAN SCOTT

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4 years

Kyle Lowry getting picked ahead of Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook for an All-Star game, you truly love to see it.

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2 years

chris boucher has sacrificed his body time and time again for the team, this time it's his face. his energy level was what started to ignite the raptors tonight when they were down, he's been a true impact player this season. nothing but respect.

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2 years

the moment of today's end of season availability comes courtesy @michaelgrange 's cough throwing Precious into a fit of laughter

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3 years

tell me kawhi ain't nothin' but a heartache

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2 years

Masai Ujiri during the season about heavy minutes: "Some of it is to put them in those situations because, what's a playoff situation going to be eventually when these guys play? It's going to be like that, it's them playing in heavy situations. We have to learn these things."

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2 years

Standing ovation for the Raptors as the game ends, the belief in this team is palpable.

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4 years

Missed this live but lmao at Kyle and OG in the Nets huddle and Terence trying to get in there too

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2 years

all season we talked about the raptors' youth and how much they needed to learn and when everything was on the line it was they who came through and the two most experienced players who fell way short

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Vivek Jacob

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2 years

Over Malachi Flynn's last 145 minutes spanning seven games, he has a total of two turnovers.

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Vivek Jacob

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1 year

I've been pretty vocal about Dillon Brooks being a coward with his trash talking/cheap shots and that stands. Still, you have to move pretty low as a team to get a report like that out. Where's that "under any circumstance" energy from teams when people commit actual crimes?

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10 months

Dillon Brooks on Noah shooting analytics at OVO helping with his shot: "In Toronto they got this machine that helps you with your arc and I just had that number in my head every single time."

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2 years

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3 years

Three hours, three of each medal for Canada!!! Men's 5,000m: Moh Ahmed 🥈 Men's 4x100m relay: Canada 🥉 Women's soccer: Canada 🥇

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Vivek Jacob

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2 years

Thad Young will bring solid defence across a couple positions, playmaking, and a veteran presence in the locker room. Has a good relationship with OG Anunoby as well. He'll represent a good return for Dragic imo.

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4 years

The Raptors have won as many games in a row as Sam'sixth-seeded Hawks have won on the season.

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