Blake Murphy
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Blue Jays & Raptors analyst @Sportsnet . Host of Jays Talk Plus. I’m just a constant headache.
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Missed being a complete psychopath. Welcome back, basketball.
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The Raptors ran out the shot clock on the first possession to honour Kobe Bryant. The emotion here is...a lot.
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Tonight's Canadian anthem will be sung by the fans. Raptors just leaving it up to the crowd. Really cool.
Monica doing the U.S. anthem.
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Kyle Lowry: "Let me start off by shouting out the women that did the game tonight. I heard it was incredible...That's a huge step in our league and our organization. Maybe they brought us the good luck that we needed." Also mentioned them all by name.
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@AmicoHoops
easier fix: get vaccinated
Raptors have to be vaccinated to get into the U.S., too.
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Kyle Lowry: "I'm not the tallest, I'm not the most athletic, I'm not the fanciest, but I play hard. It's gotten me a long way, playing hard...I won't regret anything I've done because I've played my butt off."
Out. Work. Everyone.
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@Goran_Dragic
it's true, the Toronto Raptors did not win the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket tournament. You got them there.
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Nurse says when he told the team "let's go get one in Oakland" after Game 2, Kawhi spoke up and said "(Expletive) that, let's get both."
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New Balance not making friends along Oakland highways this morning. (Pic from
@OTJSports
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Kawhi received 10/11 MVP votes, by the way. VanVleet got the other.
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What if instead of getting rid of women's hockey at the Olympics we just get rid of terrible sportswriters
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Jamal MUrray on Nikola Jokic: "There's nothing that he can't do except jump."
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My grandmother passed away today. Not sure what the rest of the week will look like for Raptors updates/coverage, apologies in advance. Send good ~vibes~.
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Lowry hasn't seen his kids in almost three months. "I don't want to be going home...and I know they want their daddy to win another championship, but I get to go see my babies."
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The Raptors have announced that their March 24 game will be an all-women broadcast with Meghan McPeak, Kia Nurse, Kayla Grey, Kate Beirness, and Amy Audibert.
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Serge Ibaka has gifted all of his Raptors teammates with scarfs ahead of the team's trip to Brooklyn.
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PG is going to be getting upset with comments on IG all night while Kawhi plays with his favorite app, the calculator
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Haven't seen the Magic die out like this since my parents' divorce.
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Blue Jays confirm that Sportsnet will have its own playoff broadcast here in Canada.
Buck, Pat, and Hazel.
Shulman moves over to ESPN Radio for the postseason, ON the Jays series.
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Pascal Siakam says him, Fred, and Norm had a "last supper" with Malachi Flynn before he left for the G Bubble to give him their perspective on the opportunity.
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Precious Achiuwa, asked to give a message to Jurassic Park: "We're coming home. Y'all know what time it is. I need everybody locked in."
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The Raptors announce that they have signed Nick Nurse to a multi-year extension.
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The Lakers and Clippers being the first to vote to strike, and the Raptors and Bucks reportedly being some of the loudest voices in the room, speaks to the scale of this. Those with the most to lose putting it all on the line.
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The Raptors have signed Yuta Watanabe to a standard NBA contract. Very well deserved.
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Some news: Today is my last day at The Athletic.
Can’t say enough good things about my time there (Toronto Day 1!), especially the chance to work with Eric, Sunaya, Sergio, etc. I hope you’ll continue to support.
I will have an update on what’s next for me soon.
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4/20 reminder that we should be releasing people incarcerated for nonviolent marijuana offenses
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VanVleet on Davis not being in Rising Stars: “None of us have ever played in it, so what difference does it make? Welcome to the party.”
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Whatever happens this week, it's nice that Kyle Lowry is finally being talked about around the league like he's Kyle Lowry and not just a guy.
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Kyle Lowry’s opening night shoes, for warmup at least. Extremely good.
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The NBA just announced that YUTA has the top-selling NBA jersey in Japan so far this season, and the Raptors are tops in merch sales there among teams.
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The All-Star Game is a wholly unnecessary risk. Name an All-Star team, make the donations to HBCU anyway, let players have a week to breathe, don't bring people from 15-20 different places to one and then back out. Kinda can't believe this is a thing.
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I know people will get their jokes off but Bennett was really good in the G League last year. Played his role well, wasn't bad defensively, and has hit 43.4% of his 3s over the last 3 years.
Former No. 1 pick Anthony Bennett has agreed to a non-guaranteed deal with the Houston Rockets, league sources tell
@TheAthleticNBA
@Stadium
.
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Kawhi Leonard ends his speech with a dramatic version of his media day laugh. This guy.
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I watched Pascal Siakam win a G League Finals MVP, why are you all surprised
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The Raptors will all be on one side in the All-Star Game. Lowry and Siakam under Nurse, tampering Giannis at every turn.
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When a woman says they like a sport and the fellas line up to make her prove it with arbitrary questions
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Huge adjustment from Doc to tell Harden the next round has a bunch of off days in Miami
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This is a really nice gesture but I'm not sure why every student needs a million backpacks. One each should be fine, two max.
The
@LAClippers
and Kawhi Leonard announced a donation of 1 million backpacks for every student in the Moreno Valley, Inglewood and Los Angeles school districts.
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Kyle Lowry and his family will be serving hot Thanksgiving meals to 250 food-insecure families this week.
This is the fourth year the Lowry family (and Lowry Love Foundation) have done this.
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“My mom tells me I suck every day” - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on how to stay humble
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Congrats on your first fine, Darko
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Kyle Lowry, told by ESPN he played 53 minutes. "Damn, that’s what it was? Ride 'em like Seabiscuit."
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Pascal Siakam has been named YOUR Eastern Conference Player of the Week
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@seanmdav
You’re going to have to say mommy milky under oath as part of that threat you know
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Cool to see TFC back in another championship. MLSE has truly become an organization of champions and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Shaq thinking the Raptors will get swept should give Raptors fans an additional boost of confidence.
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Be mad at Ted Cruz all you want but he has to do what's best for his thousands of glistening eggs.
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Kawhi Leonard with his 7th game-tying or go-ahead shot in the final minute this year. Raptors win.
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"The purpose of going 3-0 is so you can go 4-0" - Fred VanVleet
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@jtbourne
Yeah, it's all shorthand of points of emphasis for my re-watch. It's not that complicated, it just looks like shit.
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Pascal Siakam, of the NBA Champion Toronto Raptors, is the NBA's Most Improved Player for 2018-19.
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Kawhi on Toronto: “it’s amazing. Everybody’s out...look at it, it’s crazy.”
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Small July 1 technicality: We are officially in the new NBA year, which means the Raptors are now the defending champions.
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Canada Basketball announces a 14-player core for this summer:
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
RJ Barrett
Khem Birch
Oshae Brissett
Dillon Brooks
Luguentz Dort
Zach Edey
Melvin Ejim
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Cory Joseph
Jamal Murray
Kelly Olynyk
Kevin Pangos
Dwight Powell
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Scottie Barnes is now 20. Wild how fast he’s developing in just two days as a Raptor.
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The Toronto Raptors are one win away from an NBA Championship.
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Scottie Barnes is your Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for March+April
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Raptors beat the first-place Warriors, and no other context is necessary,
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My grandmother in Newfoundland passed away today. She was the sweetest lady in the world (and a huge Jays fan). Not being able to properly say goodbye to family members has been really tough this last year. Good vibes appreciated.
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The Raptors got Melo back into the league.
Portland is signing Carmelo Anthony, league source tells ESPN.
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Toronto is finally gonna open up enough shelters because now Tory needs a couch to crash on
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Norman Powell: "My roots are here. I've given everything to the franchise. Obviously, I wanna stay here...But I understand that it's a business."
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Norman Powell says OG Anunoby has been working with Matt Thomas a lot to tighten up his shooting mechanics. Oh boy.
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I am so deep down this "Avril Lavigne died and was replaced in 2003" rabbit hole.
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Raptors official Game 1 injury report: “no injuries to report.”
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Kyle Lowry on the Masai-security video: "It reminds us of Breonna Taylor, because there are police officers out there...who are scumbags, basically."
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VanVleet first jokes that Lowry should have had 50, then gets serious and says Lowry catches more undue slander than anyone in the league (preach) and seeing him lift the trophy was great.
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"I don't shoot trying to miss," Anunoby on not reacting to the winner
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Some heartfelt words from Nick Nurse about Jonas Valanciunas
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they really can't stop stealing from Toronto
The Clippers say they have renamed their
@nbagleague
franchise … it’s now the Ontario Clippers.
More NBA from me:
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Kawhi was asked about "Board man gets paid."
"I used to say that back when I was in high school and college, wanting to get to this league. It's about working hard, outworking your opponent."
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"It's not 3-0 anymore. Let's go have some fun in Philly and see what we can do." - Nick Nurse on the whole nobody has come back from 3-0 but if you get it to 3-1, teams have come back from 3-1 thing
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The Toronto Raptors select Christian Koloko at
#33
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Talked Koloko a couple times this week on The Raptors Show. An EXTREMELY Raptors-y pick.
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@AlexNBCNews
@SpeakerPelosi
you know we can do the whole justice thing without people dying first right
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Fred VanVleet is your Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
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