The Rapcast

Today Buckets & Tea NBA show is launching on the Raptors Republic. Host Cathryn Naiker each week featuring a special guest will talk a bit about the NBA, then dive into her Raptors homer moment segment and then capping things off with her signature "Hot Girl Summer Nick Nurse Highlight of the week," don't worry, she explains.  This week's episode is special guest comedian Freddie Rivas. They talk about the PortlandTrailblazers, firing Neil Olshley, and who they should trade. Then they talk about the Chicago Bulls and former Raptors Demar DeRozen exceeding expectations, should he make the all-star team this year? After OKC's embarrassing loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, we rant about Sam Presti and how we dislike their tanking plans. Then in our Raptors homer moment, we talk about Scottie Barns's love for Pascal Siakam, what would Freddie say if he got to meet Pascal at a 905 game? Fred Van Vleets all-star case, should the fans rally around him this year? Finally, in our Hot Girl Summer Nick Nurse HIghlight of the week, we talk about Russell Peters hanging around the team and Cathryn speculates if they might now be friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CANADA WINS BRONZE! Follow Alex Adams on Twitter: @AlexAdamsBTP and the Behind the Play Podcast! Don't forget to like, comment and share the video. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/38IlV8U Read our articles: https://bit.ly/38FCq5B Instagram: https://bit.ly/3jKJnsg Twitter: https://bit.ly/2WOyTiy Tik Tok: https://bit.ly/38FDlTB Facebook: https://bit.ly/3kQXVG6 LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2X15aDk Buy $RAPS: https://bit.ly/3naFrDr #raptors #wethenorth #BlueWireVideo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CANADA MAKES THE OLYMPICS, thanks to SGA and Brooks down the stretch. WHAT A WIN. FINALLY, after all the pain! They have made it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(0:00) Expectations for Canada (7:00) RJ Barrett's play for Canada (17:00) Jordi Fernandez (26:00) Murray Pulling out (35:00) Does Canada make the Olympics? (43:00) Raptors talk Don't forget to like, comment and share the video. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/38IlV8U Read our articles: https://bit.ly/38FCq5B Instagram: https://bit.ly/3jKJnsg Twitter: https://bit.ly/2WOyTiy Tik Tok: https://bit.ly/38FDlTB Facebook: https://bit.ly/3kQXVG6 LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2X15aDk Buy $RAPS: https://bit.ly/3naFrDr #raptors #wethenorth #BlueWireVideo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Host Cathryn Naiker sits down with prolific NBA journalist Katie Heindl to talk about Kyrie Irving and his latest anti-Semitic comments, Josh Primo being let go from the Spurs, the 76ers losing 2 second-round draft pick for tampering, and should the Lakers trade for Myles Turner? In our Raptors Homer moment we talk bout the highs and lows that existed this week. The embarrassing loss to the 76ers and the excellent bounce-back game against the Hawks. We do an early analysis of Siakam's MVP odds and debate which Raptor will be our 6th man come playoffs. In our Nick Nurse Hottie Highlight of the week, it's all about Halloween. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode we quiz our contestants on all time assists leaders, top 10 triple doubles, the oldest players of the 2000s and other weirdly too specific numbers! WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A TRIVIA SHOW! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Run It Back, the boys discuss the recent Raptors struggles, react to the community hot takes, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samson Folk is joined by Louis Zatzman to answer listener questions and check in on how the Raptors season is going so far. Don't forget to like, comment and share the video. Please Support Our Sponsors! Sober Carpenter: https://sobercarpenter.com/ 0:00 - Introductions 1:30 - Are the Raptors on the right track? 8:40 - Projecting players onto good teams 16:35 - Fandom 20:18 - Olynyk/Brown/Boucher trades 24:45 - Scottie as a roll man 32:45 - Boyz II Men Christmas 33:50 - Second draft prospects 36:52 - Ja'Kobe's offensive imagination 37:20 - Sponsorship 37:50 - Raptors positional needs? 42:30 - Louis wants Cooper Flagg 44:40 - The Raptors need a defensive bastard 47:00 - Dream Interviews 53:00 - Goodbyes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Cathryn Naiker is joined by Samson Folk to discuss the NBA Cup, was this a success for the NBA, and are the Bucks back in championship contention? Will this game have an impact on the MVP race and more. Then The Jimmy Butler trade rumors took a turn with Shams reporting and Butler's agent pushing back on the reports. Will they find a suitable trade partner for him and should they be pursuing such a trade? Then the NBA has changed its All-Star rules AGAIN to a mini-tournament style. How do you get players to care about the All-Star game and are these gimmicks becoming a bit much? Then on our Raptors homer moment, Samson breaks down how the Raptors have been doing in Scottie's absence and the possibility of him taking the court again. Then in our hottie highlight of the week Samson chooses between Trae Young's dice roll and Popvich's thanks for the well wishes in his recovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samson Folk & Trevon Heath discuss all the latest in the Raptors world, focusing a little bit extra on the Raptors trade prospects.  0:00 - Introductions 1:15 - Scottie is BACK 4:00 - Is an audiobook, reading a book? 5:10 - How do the Raptors survive without Jak? 13:11 - Will the Raptors trade Jakob Poeltl? 16:20 - RJ Barrett's pick n' roll 17:25 - Back to Jak trade talks 20:35 - Olynyk & Boucher trade value 23:40 - Ochai's extension & Davion trade 27:50 - Who is untouchable on the Raptors? 30:00 - Gradey Dick check in 34:15 - Sponsorship 36:25 - Previewing Brooklyn 37:00 - The Schroder trade 38:40 - Back to the Brooklyn preview 42:27 - Where are the two-way wings? 44:28 - Who is the MVP? 47:35 - When will the Raptors have a cup run? 48:07 - We made a HUGE mistake 48:40 - Back to the cup run 50:20 - Our friendship 52:00 - Special Tre & Samson Christmas episode 52:45 - Tre lies about racket sports 55:30 - Strong Ankles 57:00 - Goodbyes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Run It Back, the boys discuss Scottie Barnes' recent injury, the Karl Anthony-Towns Dagger, and the 905's recent comeback victory against Maine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samson Folk takes a look at all of the Toronto Raptors moves of the past few years and grades them all. Please Support Our Sponsors! Sober Carpenter: https://sobercarpenter.com/ 0:00 - Introductions 1:44 - There's churn, baby 2:12 - The Jakob Poeltl Trade 6:15 - Hiring Darko 7:12 - Drafting Gradey Dick 8:15 - Fred VanVleet & Dalano leave the team 10:40 - Jalen McDaniels signing 11:48 - Jakob Poeltl signing 12:39 - Dennis Schroder signing 14:00 - JONTAY PORTER SIGNING 15:58 - OG+Precious/RJ+IQ trade 18:40 - The Pascal Siakam trade 21:48 - Salary dumping Schroder & Thad 22:45 - Ochai & Kelly trade 26:10 - Jalen McDaniels/Davion trade 27:35 - Sponsorship 29:10 - The 2024 draft 33:20 - GTJ leaves 35:20 - Scottie's extension 37:30 - IQ extension 41:12 - 2-way churn (mostly Jamison Battle) 42:38 - Goodbyes (call me a dummy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Cathryn is joined by both Katie Heindl & Chelsea Leite to discuss the new WNBA Toronto team NAME AND LOGO, The Toronto Tempo! Then we go down the journeys of our respective careers. What inspired us to pursue a career in basketball? What were some of our past jobs? What is our favourite and least favorite part of our jobs? Our Favourite Player interaction. and our special Hottie Highlight is all about the athletes we had crushes on growing up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samson Folk & Trevon Heath discuss the Raptors at large, but focus on their young guards, Ja'Kobe Walter & Gradey Dick. Please Support Our Sponsors! Sober Carpenter: https://sobercarpenter.com/ 0:00 - Introductions 1:30 - We went paintballing 4:16 - Scottie' ankle injury 7:06 - Ja'Kobe Walter has been great 14:04 - How Gradey & Ja'Kobe fit together 16:00- Gradey's sophomore szn 23:01 - Starting Lineup of the future 27:01 - Sponsorship 27:48 - Samson was a carpenter 29:38 - RJ Barrett surviving the Knicks 39:23 - Tre's smile 41:43 - What do we know about the Raptors? 48:30 - The Tank status 52:38 - Will Tre's family accept Samson? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Confederacy of Dunks the GAME SHOW is back and this time its an all NBA Quiz with Jay Rosales and Arthur Simeon! Can you name all the highest scoring rookie games since 2000? Give it a shot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Run It Back, Coty, Zulfi, and Kyle discuss if the Raptors should tank, the 905's recent schedule and early all-star nominations! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samson Folk answers listener and viewer questions about the Toronto Raptors. 0:00 - Introductions 1:20 - Yapping about tanking 13:25 - Immanuel Quickley film room 33:30 - Kelly Olynyk will help the offense 38:00 - Bruce Brown & Ochai Agbaji 46:50 - Jonathan Mogbo's development 53:40 - Scottie's pnr counters 58:35 - Tanking again + goodbyes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Cathryn Naiker is joined by the NBA Bit Host Mike Zakarian. They discuss the Toronto Tempo name and logo being leaked this week! Thoughts on the name, style, and colorway. Then they discuss the NBA Cup quarter-finals, who are they surprised by, who's going to win & more. They look at the playoff picture, the leagues need to abolish the conferences, the mess that is the Lakers, and expectations on LeBron at almost 40! Then in the Raptors' homer moment, we talk about R.J. Barret being better at home, is it permanent or is he still a streaky player? Then in the Hottie Highlight of the week, it is between Jimmy Butler visiting Kyle Lowry Rd, Jared McCain's tik toks, or the biggest surprise of all, Andrea Bargnani revisiting his Primo pasta commercial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samson Folk & Trevon Heath talk about the latest in the Raptors world, but mostly about Scottie Barnes & his stardom + development. Please Support Our Sponsors! Sober Carpenter: https://sobercarpenter.com/ 0:00 - Introductions 2:20 - What can God deliver to Raptors fans? 3:00 - Scottie returns and fixes so much 5:06 - Scottie erased Pascal 8:35 - RJ's elite offense since Scottie's return 15:38 - Re-ranking Scottie in the 25 under 25 24:28 - Scottie in the Top 5 28:10 - Scottie driving vs. Shooting, all the stats 41:45 - Sober Carpenter ad read 43:00 - Bargnani's commercial 45:05 - Would Bargnani be awesome today? 48:25 - Previewing the Thunder game 48:45 - Interrupting for banter 49:45 - Matching up against the Thunder 52:10 - How do you attack the Thunder? 1:00:15 - Tre betrayed Samson 1:01:30 - Getting Tre credentialed 1:03:20 - Goodbyes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode Cathryn Naiker and Imman Adan play COD THE GAME SHOW. This week its ALL trivia and real scoring! Who will win? Play along at home and let us know how you did! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices