Synopsis
Confederacy of Dunks is a basketball podcast. We are Freddie Rivas, Kevin Dowse, and our producer Matt Duncan. We talk NBA hoops, players, coaches, personalities, contracts, fans, arenas - every little detail of NBA life. We are also hardcore Raptors fans. It's a safe bet that you will hear us talk about the Raptors a fair bit. We also like jokes. It's a safe bet that you will hear us make several of those.
Episodes
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S07: Episode 7.163: Yaw Attuah & Sean Woodley
09/09/2020 Duration: 01h02minThe Raptors got destroyed in game 05 and are now facing elimination in game 06. Will they win and force a game 07 (and then win that??) Raptors: Nurse has endless zones but very limited players he trusts to do them. Why? Kyle took the team back from Pascal this series. Does he need to give it back for us to win? This is a weekly podcast. Come next week, what are we gonna be talking about aka what is the Raptors’ fate against Boston? NBA: What non-Raptors/Celtics series is going to 7? Nashing the Nets. How do you feel about coach Steve Nash joining Brooklyn? Quickish Questions and more! Special guests on the pod this week are Yaw Attuah and Sean Woodley! Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.162: Miguel Rivas & Your Boy Brian
02/09/2020 Duration: 01h01minThe Raptors just lost a heart breaker to the Celtics and are down 0-2 in the Eastern semifinals. We recorded post-game to give our reactions to game two! Raps: We talk how winning while down 0-2 is nothing new for the Raps, vent some Smart frustrations and discuss what exactly is going on with Pascal Siakam. NBA: We talk some bad takes that we’ve made in the past that are making us eat our words and make a pick on the Bucks/Heat series and lots more! Special guests on the pod: Miguel Rivas and Your Boy Brian! dunkspodcast.com Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.161: Katie Heindl & Ian Gordon
26/08/2020 Duration: 01h15minThe Raptors beat the Nets in four games to get their first ever playoff sweep, twenty-five years in the making! We cover a lot of ground on this episode: Adrian Griffin, the Masai video, the Fred and Norm press conference, the sweep, 2020 Coach of the Year Nick Nurse vs Brad Stevens, Doncic’s heroics, surprising playoff teams, Quickish Questions and more! Special guests on this episode are Katie Heindl and Ian Gordon! Check out more at dunkspodcast.com Brought to you by the Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.160: Antony Hall & Matt McCready
18/08/2020 Duration: 49minThe playoffs are back! The Raptors start off the Brooklyn series with a commanding 134-110 win. We talk with our guests Antony Hall and Matt McCready about the big win, give our reactions and thoughts about the series, how they should celebrate, and more! If you’re not a fan of the Raptors yet, jump on this playoff journey and we’ll guide you to the promised land of champs! Big announcement is finally here: We have joined the Sonar Network! Sonar has an amazing catalogue of hilarious and insightful podcasts and we’re excited to join this powerful Toronto collective. Check out TheSonarNetwork.com and listen to a great bunch of local pods! Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.159: Adam Christie & Jess Nicolette
12/08/2020 Duration: 01h04minRaps just won a battle of the bench against the Bucks and brought their record to 51-19 with two to go! F**k Brooklyn 2.0 is ready to commence and it’ll be different than last time. Who is number 8 on the rotation and who might be a better fit for that role? Is Nick Nurse robbed if he doesn’t win Coach of the Year? NBA: What playoff series in the west are you most excited for? Out of all the big awards finalists (MVP, 6th man, DOP, etc), who is the biggest snub? Quickish Questions, and lots more fun. With Adam Christie and Jess Nicolette. This is our last pod before the playoffs, woo! Make sure to check out FoodShare’s Dismantling White Supremacy Box, which is “packed full of local, organic produce grown by farms that are led, run or owned by racialized folks.” Please support! Also, please note that our website is no longer dunkspodcast.wordpress.com. We are officially just dunkspodcast.com now. Bookmark us and check out our posts and links there! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dun
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S07: Episode 7.158: Cathryn Naiker & Dan Galea
05/08/2020 Duration: 01h14minWe’re back, we’re healthy, we’re incredible. Raptors record sits at 48-18 after two impressive wins against the Lakers and Heat. RAPS: Fred looking like Steph, Kyle is a legend and OG just shut down LBJ and Bam back to back. Of greatest concern, Siakam looking tentative at times or our deep bench looking a little shaky? The playoffs are going to come fast. What are you thinking when you look at the standings? NBA: Just wild basketball all over the place. What’s the most exciting thing you have watched since the games started counting? The court + game play. Good, bad, ugly, all of the above? Favourite BLM sentiments in the bubble so far? With Cathryn Naiker and Dan Galea! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.157: Alan Shane Lewis & Matt McCready
29/07/2020 Duration: 01h05minBasketball has returned and the Raptors have finished their 3-game scrimmages going 2-1. The season restart is finally here! The next games are gonna count! We talk favourite scrimmage moments, what games we’re most looking forward to with the eight remaining regular season games, and playoff worries! NBA: Getting Chicken at Magic City. What do you think should happen with Lou Will? Who did you forget about until the bubble came back and who were you happiest to see? Big pile of Quickish Questions and lots more fun. Special guests on the pod: Alan Shane Lewis and Matt McCready! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.156: Daniel Reis & Miguel Rivas
23/07/2020 Duration: 01h03minBasketball is back!! Our first glimpse of the bubbled games has begun. It’s exciting but also super weird and strange… Raptors: Is Perkins puffing up Pascal? Let’s see if we can name 10 players that are for sure better than Spicy in the 2019 season. What are you hoping to see from the Raptors/Rockets scrimmage? The entire team is healthy! Everyone will get to play in the lead-up to the playoffs. Who has the most potential to increase their pre-pandemic role on the team? NBA: So many guys out for various reasons and various lengths! Which team has had the most significant loss so far in the bubble? We pick our all-NBA teams, Quickish Questions and more! Special guests on the pod: Daniel Reis and Miguel Rivas! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.155: Cathryn Naiker & Ian Gordon
09/07/2020 Duration: 01h17minThe Raps are already in the bubble! How nervous are you? Bosh was on the Lowe Post and talked about fracturing his face and missing the playoffs with the Raptors. Does that heartbreak still register for you? Open Gym was already next level. Are they going to win an Oscar for filming stuff in Orlando? NBA: The WNBA just got their tests in and they did a bit better. Liz Campage opted out due to a condition, but otherwise the rate is 5%. Are you excited for the WNBA to, perhaps, have its moment, albeit under ridiculous circumstances? Silver said significant spread in the NBA campus could result in the league shutting back down. Is this the first indication of the NBA having second thoughts or is this just old, cold, calculated Silver? All this bubble talk! The NBA is a massively rich corporation. If money wasn’t an issue, what else would be interesting to see in a bubble? Quickish Questions and more! With comedians Cathryn Naiker and Ian Gordon! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Br
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S07: Episode 7.154: Katie Heindl & Randl Morales
01/07/2020 Duration: 01h55sMore players are being diagnosed with COVID it seems every day, which makes the whole restart feel very weird. Raptors: Fred’s statement. Vince Carter retired and there is a big, swelling feeling, bubbling up in you. What’s the feeling? Raptors have their 8 game schedule. What do you expect? NBA: Is there a tipping point for the cancellation of the NBA season? Is it the Brooklyn Nets? J.R Smith to the Lakers, Noah to the Clippers. What’s another team that needs to add a piece? Who is going to win it all? Quickish Questions and more! With Katie Heindl and Randl Morales. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.153: Alex Pavone & Alan Shane Lewis
18/06/2020 Duration: 01h05minFreddie is about to join an NBA 2K league with our guests and he’s pretty excited about it. Raps: Masai was on Metro Morning. He said, “There seems to be something different in the air this time.” Does that resonate with you? Rumour has it the Raptors are already in Florida. Are you hoping for anything from them in regards to protest? NBA: Is the media being fair with Kyrie Irving? The players have all the leverage here. How do you think they should use it? What team quietly got really healthy in the pandemic? Quickish Questions and more. With Alex Pavone and Alan Shane Lewis! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.152: Yaw Attuah & Antony Hall
12/06/2020 Duration: 01h21minWe hope everyone is doing okay during this difficult time. We took last week off and may take more time off in the future if we feel like our voices are inappropriate. We wanted to listen and keep our eyes open and we’ll continue to do that. Please donate, share, listen, and support: Umoja Robotics Black Lives Matter Toronto Raps unPublished The Baseline NBA Podcast ***************************************** With the NBA getting closer to a potential return, can this Raptors team continue their momentum? Skinny Marc thoughts? The Raptors don’t get to practice at home. Disadvantage? NBA: How should the NBA handle protests from fans and players? The real asterisk is that every team that doesn’t win the championship will call it an asterisk. What is one change you would like to see in the NBA that is positive for black lives? Quickish Questions and some thoughtful discussions with Yaw Attuah and Antony Hall. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.151: Cathryn Naiker & Alan Shane Lewis
27/05/2020 Duration: 01h10minThe NBA is on track to return soon so it’s time to get back to some current basketball! Raps: This pandemic only slowed us down. There are many different scenarios and variables at play, but most have the Raptors playing the Nets or the Grizzlies. Preference? Which Raptor will play the best coming out of the pandemic break? Who will play the worst? FREDDIE’s 2K Fantasy: We’ve got more updates on Freddie’s 2K guy and, uh-oh, the Toronto Sun sent their top reporters again to drop some questions. NBA: Play in or play on or group stage? What is the best way for the NBA to re-create home-court advantage? Matt’s Draft from the Past takes us back to a time when a special meeting happened in Calcutta, also Critters came out. Quickish Questions! With Cathryn Naiker and Alan Shane Lewis. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.150: Dylan Gott & Bobby Brown
20/05/2020 Duration: 01h06minIt’s been a fun five weeks watching The Last Dance. It gave us the basketball content we so desperately needed during this ongoing crisis and we’re grateful for it. And now it’s over! Where do you rank The Last Dance among other sports films/documentaries? There are rotation players and role players and Steve Kerr was one of the best role players. Who is your favourite role player ever? Who was the best adversary to MJ? What were your top moments from the entire doc? Matt’s Draft from the past (birth of a new era), Freddie’s NBA 2K player, Quickish Questions and more. With Dylan Gott and Bobby Brown. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.149: Antony Hall & Thomas Rivas
13/05/2020 Duration: 01h21minEpisodes 07 and 08 of The Last Dance aired and we’ll continue to relate our content to the doc! Time stopped when they asked Cartwright if MJ is a nice guy. The answer is no and it was cringeworthy. What is the best musical sting to edit into that pregnant pause? We all know Michael has final say on this doc. Who is the biggest omission from the doc so far? Matt’s Draft from the Past! A time when the World Wide Web, Doom and probably the most popular stuffed animals were introduced to the world. He was mean to Scott, he made Steve Kerr punch him and he basically admitted to bullying teammates he felt couldn’t cut it. Is MJ a good leader? Is there a better way to lead? Freddie’s 2K player highlights and the press keeps turning up some interesting reporters! Watching this doc, what’s something that you wish you saw in today’s NBA that isn’t really there anymore? Quickish questions! With Antony Hall and Thomas Rivas. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Ne
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S07: Episode 7.148: Patrick Ronan Stewart & Yaw Attuah
05/05/2020 Duration: 01h15minThe pandemic can’t keep us down, so let’s keep injecting some basketball content into our minds until the season resumes. Lots of episode 5 and 6 content related to Last Dance! If you watched episode 5 and 6, what’s more shocking: An incredible New York Knicks team or a dominant Charles Barkley? We’ve got some more updates to Freddie’s 2K character and the reporters are showing up for this one. Toni Kukoč proved himself after a tough start. Who else is a good example of that? Blast from the Drafts: Matty takes us through some highlights of an old NBA draft, a truly, madly, deeply important one for the Raptors. Jordan’s first three finals weren’t easy, but it seems like his toughest battles early on were in the Eastern Conference. What is your all-time favourite non-finals series? Quickish Questions! With Patrick Ronan Stewart and Yaw Attuah! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.147: Katie Heindl & Andre de Pape
29/04/2020 Duration: 01h24minTwenty years from now, when the Raptors get to make their coronavirus Last Dance-style documentary, what will it be called and who will be the hardest interview to get? In the spirit of episodes 3 and 4 of Last Dance, who should the Raptors send to Vegas for 48 hours and what would Serge do when he was there? We get into the recent episodes and talk about the Worm! We’ve got updates on Freddie’s 2K segment, Matt takes us back to a very deep draft that coincided with the release of Tetris and Ghostbusters, Quickish Questions and more! Special guests this week: Katie Heindl and Andre De Pape! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.146: Adam Christie & Nigel Downer
22/04/2020 Duration: 01h24minWe’re churning out some basketball butter for you here, so slap two pieces of bread on your ears and have a listen! NBA fans are going nuts for The Last Dance and so are we. We dive heavy into the first two episodes. Stay tuned to see which guest is silently watching it for his third time while we recorded! Freddie 2K: A dramatic reading. We catch up on Freddie’s 2K character and, people, his stats are not getting better! We Hollywood cast The Last Dance within the first two aired episodes and you’re damn right that Brad Pitt will play someone. We going to the top! Blast from the Drafst Segment: Matt takes us back to an NBA draft during a time when the Wii came out and Facebook went public. It wasn’t a Primo draft, that’s for sure. More Last Dance talk, Quickish Questions and more. With special guests Adam Christie and Nigel Downer! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.145: Alan Shane Lewis & Ian Gordon
15/04/2020 Duration: 50minThe NBA just released a H.O.R.S.E. competition and, love it or hate it, we applaud the effort. We’ve got some new segments to chew on! Put yourself in Freddie’s shoes as he tries to make it in the NBA2K, or step inside the phone booth with Matt and head back in time to an NBA draft that won’t be overshadowed by The Matrix or the fears of YTK. Quickish Questions and more! Special guests on the pod this week are Alan Shane Lewis and Ian Gordon! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.144: Ned Petrie & Andre de Pape
09/04/2020 Duration: 01h09minWe’re all missing basketball right now, so we’ve got some fun hoops content for you to enjoy. Hang in there, everybody! On this episode, we ask the question: What is your basketball escape? Are you 2K’ing your brains out too? Chicago is chasing (and possibly paging) Bobby Webster? Is this even appropriate right now? If the season is cancelled but free agency resumes, what do the Raptors do with Serge, Fred, Gasol & Boucher? People are clamouring for any type of basketball right now. What’s the basketball idea or rumour that’s excited you the most?Fun Quickish Questions round to top it all off! Special guests on this pod: Ned Petrie and Andre De Pape! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network