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Raptor Queens Podcast
The FIRST ever women-led Toronto Raptors podcast. Tune in for game and player analysis, team news, fun topics around the league, and a little gossip here and there aka "tea time". Featuring co-hosts Sarah Kalil and Alison Hope.
Episodes
84 episodes
The Upside Down World of the NBA Tankathon: Raptors competing for a championship
It's the final round of the tankathon tournament and seven teams are competing HARD for the bottom five spots in the league. Should the Raptors compete harder? What's the game play man? Opinions are divided. A hard left turn into a ...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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All-Star Break Raptors Fix - the blunders, the bigs, and Brandon Ingram
**JOINED BY SPECIAL GUEST IMMAN ADAN**Craving Raptors content during this AS break? We've got you covered with analysis of the Brandon Ingram trade, stats that highlight his game and his fit with the Raptors. How will the offense look? ...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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The New Landscape of the Toronto Raptors (oh yes, and the NBA)
We're back! January was an unexpectedly fun month in Raptors Land and we identify some of the factors leading to TOR being one of the hottest teams in the league ATM. Can't NOT talk about the bombshell trade on the weekend: Luka for AD. Who won...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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Leadership and Accolades: Is Scottie "The One"? Are our Rising Stars All-Rookie candidates?
It's a WINNING STREAK and if you need a excellent pairing with your holiday season hot chocolate, we got you. After a fun week of close and exciting games, we analyze some key contributors--the rookies. In depth looks at Shead, Walter, Mogbo an...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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Centers, Threes, and Toxic Assets: The Raptors are the best bad team in the league!
**Incoming* The latest Raptors Queens pod has dropped. After RJ Barrett's triple double performance and his 39-piece, we look at the nitty gritty of his transformation from "toxic asset" to offensive centerpiece, how he has developed, how...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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No Sarcasm: The 2-6 Raptors are off to a great start. You should watch them.
Never in a million years did we imagine the team would start 2-6 and we'd be talking about this team in positive terms, but this young Raptors team is a fresh, energized group playing competitive developmental basketball that is FUN to watch!&n...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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The Annual Paul Jones Episode! Riding the Ferris Wheel of Franchise Ups and Downs
THE ANNUAL PAUL JONES EPISODE! We're joined by legendary Raptors play-by-play broadcaster Paul Jones. Paul has been with the team from its inception and knows a thing or two about franchise history. Who better than Paul than to provide some per...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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Raptors Post-Trade Identity: Explaining the Trades, and Predicting the Future
****Special Guest Tre Heath @Pullup_Tre****Join us for our post deadline episode and our wide ranging discussion about who's in, who's out and what the rest of the year will look like. Why isn't Chris Boucher getting playing time? Why i...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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The Break-Up Episode: Siakam to Indiana. The End of a Love Story and the Beginning of a New Era
**Special Guest Zulfi Sheikh @zulfi_sheikh**After 2 years of rumours, Pascal Siakam was traded to the Indiana Pacers. Emotions are high: sadness, betrayal, anticipation, relief...all post-break-up emotions are valid and possible in the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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A NY (New Years') Miracle? The OG for RJ and IQ trade!
****Special Guest Jamar Hinds**** When all appeared most gloomy, a NY (New Years) miracle happened...a trade. Now the Raptors have a winning streak along with fresh optimism and dare we say it - a balanced roster?? We analyze ini...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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Raptors: Finding and Answering the Right Questions
The quarter mark the seasons, and the Raptors are decidedly mediocre. The Front Office is evaluating but what questions are they asking? What questions should they be asking? And what answers are they finding? The Raptors Queens discuss what is...
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Raptor Queens Season 5: New developments, new coaches, and lifelong villains.
We back! In our 5th year of covering the Toronto Raptors! We've got analysis. We've got fun AND we've got love for the game. First up, our observations as credentialed media for a Raptors home game, behind the scenes. Then a detailed brea...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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Resolving Tensions: Roster Failures vs. Coaching Failures and a Good-Bye to Nick Nurse
Parting is such sweet sorrow. Nick Nurse fired - where did it all go wrong? How to fix it? We discuss roster construction, chemistry, short leashes and long goodbyes. And what's to be gleaned from Masai's post season comments? We've got that to...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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Playoff Predictions, Raptors Awards and Keeping it Real on Betting Odds
It's here! End of the season awards for the Raptors and the NBA as handed out by the Raptor Queens. Hard to believe 82 games have been played but now we're focused on the play-in. The 3 keys to a Raptors W and we expect our analysis will age we...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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Raptors Preferred Play-in Match: Swipe Right on ???
Play-in with our special guest Adon Moss aka "37-year-old Kyle Lowry" from Raptors Republic! We examine potential play-in matchups - which teams are more favorable/less favorable for the Raptors to get into the play-offs? Are season series reco...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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Starters and Non-Starters: the Raptors Road to the Play-in
Incoming! New episode with special guest Imman Adan from Yahoo Sports/Dishes and Dimes. We look at the recent 5 game road trip and what went wrong....some fixable, some roster driven and some intangible. Fair criticism with a dash of hope for t...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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The Final Stretch and a Special Guest - Raptors End-Of-Season Run!
New episode alert: with special guest Jamar Hinds. 20 games left and we've got analysis on the Raptors D and O since the trade deadline. We diverge into analysis of other favorite teams around the league and revisit our preseason predicti...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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They have a Cave Troll. I mean, a Center. The Raptors have a Center.
Incoming Post Trade Deadline Special. We assess the impact of Jakob Poeltl on the Raptors offence, what he brings and how the schemes might change. How does this trade stack up against the expectations of the fanbase? Is there a grand pla...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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The Raptors Slump: Shooting, Team Chemistry, and Optimism through Misery
The Raptor Queens latest episode, unscripted as we weigh in on the topic everyone's talking about - The Raptors...Slump. We look at the reasons and yes, we had a lot to choose from, but our answers may surprise you. Trade talk is heating up - D...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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Bugs, Slumps and The Next Generation: Raptors Ball has it all.
Raptor Queens coming your way to kick-off a slower Raptors schedule for the next 2 weeks. Think the Raptors have been bitten bad by the injury bug? Some surprising context...as bad as you imagined or better than you thought? What happens with O...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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Spicy Early Season Takes: Impact Players, Changing Roles, and League-Wide Collapses
Raptors Queens incoming with early-seasons trends and analysis. Some positive surprises, and some glaring weaknesses. Who is the Raptors most-impactful player to start the season? There are at least 2 right answers. How has the Raptors offence ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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Raptors Back in Action: First-Week Observations & Young Gun Projections. Kicking off our 4th season in style.
Holla! Celebrating our 4th season of Toronto Raptors coverage, ad-free. No lawn care or mattress sales, just good vibe coverage of your favorite team. We kick off the season with an in-depth look at the Raptors first week in action, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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Raptors Higher Ambitions: The Future is Now, and it's Spicy! All Aboard the A'Chui-Chui'wa Train!
What a week! From 3-0 to 3-2 and a fighting chance. We look at games 3-5, the broad strokes and the standouts, who is winning the battle of the coaches, and of course give kudos to the freshly minted ROTY. Yes, we are all up in our feels....
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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The Annual Paul Jones Episode
It's here! The Annual Paul Jones Episode just in time for the playoffs. Paul has been there with broadcast calls and analysis since the Raptors inaugural season and believe us, he's seen it all. Wanna know how the Raptors stand in their first r...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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Mismatches, ROTY Race, and deep-dive look at Precious! Raptors basketball with a special guest!
New episode today with very special guest, THE Samson Folk, beloved #RaptorsRepublic writer and podcaster. A run down of the Raptors record over the past two weeks then we hit the ROTY conversation hard. Samson brings his meticulous attention t...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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