Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby are both standing out for their teams in the Eastern Conference Finals, which has a lot of folks reflecting on what could have been had their stayed in Toronto, but was there any way the Raptors could have salvaged the Siakam-Anunoby version of the team? In Episode 1874, Sean Woodley and Vivek Jacob take a look back on the past few years of Raptors transactions made and not made and try to piece together an alternate version of the past that sees Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby stick it out in Toronto for the long haul. Off the top, they get into the mid-season trades of Anunoby and and Siakam during the 2023-24 season, why by the time those deals were made, there was no salvaging the team build around them, and why the returns in the deals hold up as pretty solid, if imperfect. Next, they take a look back at the Jakob Poeltl trade in 2023, and the summer of action that preceded it in 2022 that really was the point at which the core became doomed to fail. Lastly, they examine the impact that drafting Scottie Barnes had on the team's trajectory, and why him falling into the team's laps after the Tampa Tank season may have set the entire course of actions that led us to where we are today.

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The Toronto Raptors have said they want to add a young big man to the team; what if they added a young and WEIRD big man with the ninth-overall pick? In Episode 1873, Sean Woodley digs into a trio of super interesting big man prospects in this year's class and gets into whether or not they'd make sense for the Raptors to take a swing on with the ninth-overall pick. Off the top, Sean gets into Michigan point center Danny Wolf, who does things with the ball in his hands that big men are not supposed to do. But is he TOO strange a prospect to really hit in the NBA? Next, Sean gets into Georgetown freshman Thomas Sorber, who's a bit more traditional as a defense-first, interior scoring big man, but who brings plenty to the table as a connective passer as well. Lastly, Sean talks about Stanford big man Maxime Raynaud, who's coming off a crazy productive season at Stanford and might be the single best bet in this year's big man class to be a true stretch big at the NBA level. But can he hang on the defensive end?

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Who would be the best fitting prospects for the Toronto Raptors to take at 9th-overall in next month's NBA Draft? In Episode 1872, Sean Woodley is joined by Trill Bro Dude (You Know Ball) to talk about the Toronto Raptors ideal potential options with the 9th-overall pick in the NBA draft, whether fit needs to be a consideration for a Raptors team that already has a very specific roster but could also gain a ton from nailing a high upside swing, and some of the ideal guys for the Raptors to target, with thoughts on Texas sharp shooter Tre Johnson, Cooper Flagg's teammates at Duke, Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach and rising wing prospect Cedric Coward out of Washington State. Lastly, they into the Raptors top pick in last year's draft, Ja'Kobe Walter, who's become a bit of a main character on the You Know Ball podcast, as Sean makes the case to Trill that Walter is good actually!

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The Toronto Raptors have long been pegged as having a clear type of prospect they dig in the NBA Draft, but do they still actually target the classic "Raptorsy" prospects they were once known for? In Episode 1871, Sean Woodley goes solo to dig into some NBA Draft-themed mailbag questions from the listeners! Off the top, Sean digs into whether the Raptors' recent selection of Gradey Dick and Ja'Kobe Walter mark a change of direction for the Raptors front office, and answers whether or not such a thing exists as a "Raptorsy" prospect anymore. Next, Sean gets into the last fourth ninth-overall picks -- Zach Edey, Taylor Hendricks, Jeremy Sochan and Davion Mitchell -- and discusses where those teams went wrong, if they did at all. Lastly, Sean dives into a question about the types of skills he tends to watch for in prospects that hint at their NBA translatability, including feel blended with athleticism, passing acumen, shot-making and multi-role projectability.

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Would Kasparas Jakucionis, Egor Demin or Jase Richardson be an ideal guard for the Toronto Raptors at ninth overall? What about Noa Essengue, Carter Bryant or Collin Murray-Boyles on the wings? Or Khaman Maluach, Derik Queen or Asa Newell in the front ourt? In Episode 1870, it's time for draft-themed, brand-new, classic Locked On Raptors Stupid Little Game called PICK ONE, where Sean Woodley and Vivek Jacob pit three prospects the Toronto Raptors could consider at 9th-overall against one another and pick the ideal fit! Off the top, they get into why Jakucionis is both of their choices in the guard tri-force, and why it's not especially close when pitted against Richardson and Demin. Next, there's a little less agreement on the wing side of things, as Sean and Vivek make their cases for and against French wing Noa Essengue, Arizona project Carter Bryant, and South Carolina sophomore Collin Murray-Boyles. Lastly, they chat about whether Derik Queen, Khaman Maluach of Asa Newell would check the most boxes for the Raptors should they opt to select a big man at nine.

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