Matt Shantz

I've flipped to The Heritage Classic and let me tell you, this id a tier-1 jersey matchup. Both are super clean and the visual is perfect.

Gobert is getting away with some stuff. A moving screen on one end and a goaltend on the other.

Last campfire of the year was a great one, and we had it early enough that the marshmallow high will hopefully wear off for my son to have a reasonable bedtime.

Jamison Battle has not only taken Gradey Dick's role with the Raptors, he's also taken his role in the post-game team picture.

The Raptors are the 6th team in the 31 seasons of pbp data to get through their first 2 games without ever trailing. Last to do it was the '22-23 Pelicans. No team in those previous 30 seasons got through 3 games without ever trailing.

Wasn't pretty, but Raptors are 2-0 and haven't yet trailed this season. I'll happily take that.

Raps went about 1:45 without any of Barnes/Leonard/Quickley on the court in a close game in 4th Q. Wiz had AD on floor. Raps won the small sample of minutes 4-3. Small thing, but a big thing

Raptors outlet passing has been very sloppy. Going for a lot of home run passes and many leading to turnovers.

Second game and Allen Graves has confidently switched onto Trae Young on the perimeter. Love his confidence and willingness to take on a challenge to stretch his game.

Good riddance to Hellebuyck. Return package isn't great (unless Alexander Command hits or nears his ceiling), but happy the Jets can now move forward.

Yesterday my son helped me clean and oil my bike chain. He was so intrigued. And today on our bike ride to daycare he kept commenting about how great a job we did.

Watching the 76rts get slapped was fun, but its also fun watching the Cavs meltdown and crash. Win-win.

Only just realizing this now, but it's pretty funny that as the Bulls were getting slapped by the Raptors last night and emptied their bench, Tiago Splitter still gave Patrick Williams a DNP-CD. He wasn't even trusted down 40+.

Ja'Kobe Walter was awesome last night. Really strong defensively, including and the point of attack, and while his 3-point shot wasn't falling (I have no doubt it will though) he still leveraged the threat to create drives. Even adding in 4 assists was a nice little addition to the offense.

Slo-Mo adding all the salt to the Bulls' wounds in garbage time.

Darko instinctively calls for Garrett Temple:

Raptors have Giddey in HELL.

Raptors up 35 and Scottie is LIVID about a potential missed goaltend call.

Collin Murray-Boyles' defense is Caleb Wilson's welcome to the NBA moment.

Trying to keep Graves and CMB off the offensive glass looks EXHAUSTING.

Murray-Boyles is noticeably quicker getting up and down the court.

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The Raptors scored a nice number of first half points.

Allen Graves is relentless on the boards.

The Bulls need to give Norman Powell all of the keys to the team.

43 first quarter points and Kawhi only played for 5:15.

lol the Raptors are FUN!

trying to do offense against Shead Walter and CMB seems fucking miserable

3 hours until the *real start to the NBA Season. (*Raptors tip-off)

Someone go get this job and convince the ESPN brass that Stephen A. Smith is too much of a liability and they should instead hire thoughtful analysts who actually enjoy sports.

Huge contrast between the Pistons desire to get to the rim and the Celtics desire to jack it up at every opportunity.

Pretty gross how many election candidates in Winnipeg have AI all over their campaign. Whether it be their website write-ups, campaign images, or School Trustee candidates who openly talk about more AI in the classroom as if it's a good thing.

Good, and I cannot stress this enough, riddance.

Michael Grange is reporting that the Raptors are healthy across the board, including Nate Bittle who is out of his walking boot and resuming on-court activity. So there is your good news for today.

My son picked his Halloween costume yesterday, and he is so excited for his new TMNT costume. He will be Michelangelo. The nunchuck was costly, and we made the decision to go without so no one accidentally gets hit by hard plastic. So what does my wife do?? She crochets a nunchuck!!! She's the best!

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Heck of a showing from the Raptors deep bench and 905.

Malachi Smith is fighting for one of those two-way openings.

Part of it is unfamiliarity eith timing between players, but TJD has not been making enough contact when setting screens.

The 905 are going to be fun.

Graves pursuit of rebounds is inspiring. The shot hasn't been falling, but he's putting in the work.