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 7.125: Alex Pavone & Alan Shane Lewis
29/10/2019 Duration: 45minAnother hot post-game recording coming at ya! Raps are now 3-1 after they squeaked by and beat the Magic 104-95. Special guests on this pod: Alex Pavone and Alan Shane Lewis! We now have a Patreon page. Thanks to Marco, Eric and Jackie for being our first subscribers! Thanks for listening and please rate and subscribe on your favourite podcatchers. We really appreciate it! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S07: Episode 7.124: Season Premiere w/ Ian Gordon, James Rathbone & Your Boy Brian
23/10/2019 Duration: 44minSeason 07 premiere of Confederacy of Dunks! We thought we’d commemorate the new season by recording after the intense and jittery 130-122 OT win to start the season off with a short and sweet reaction pod. The banner ceremony, Siakam and FVV going off for 34, thoughts on the game, the season ahead, and more. We now have a Patreon. Check it out! Special guests on this episode: Ian Gordon, James Rathbone and Your Boy Brian. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 123: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Simon Ho, Adam Christie & Derick Deonarain
16/10/2019 Duration: 02h13sOur last off-season episode of the summer is here, which means the NBA season begins next week and season 07 of Confederacy of Dunks premieres! China controversy is heating up some more now that LeBron gave his two cents. Lowry’s extension, pre-season wrap up, award predictions, expectations and more! Special guests on this pod: Spirit of York’s Simon Ho, Sirius XM’s Top Comic Winner Adam Christie, and CBC’s Derick Deonarain! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 122: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Yaw Attuah & Roger Bainbridge
03/10/2019 Duration: 01h10minWe’re just under three weeks from banner night! Raps: Year of the Spice. What’s the best way to use/develop Pascal this year? Media day mood. Everyone is pissed. Are you? What should people expect of OG? NBA: Western conference teams that will definitely not make the playoffs, Top 3 MVP’s, potential sleeper narratives, Quickish Questions and more! Special guests: Comedians Yaw Attuah and Roger Bainbridge! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 121: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Paul Beer & Andre de Pape
18/09/2019 Duration: 01h12minWe’re taking a couple weeks off for Matt’s wedding, let’s crush one more like Gasol and a bottle of rosé. We talk Gasol’s summer of winning, predict the worst teams this year? How does Nurse run offence without Kawhi? Fun team brandings, Quickish Questions and more. Special guests on this one: Paul Beer 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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S06: Episode 120: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Antony Hall & Cathryn Naiker
12/09/2019 Duration: 01h37minIt’s that time of year again. Sports Illustrated has released their top 100 NBA’ers and we of course have some feelings about how our Raptors have made the list (or didn’t make the list! Shoutout to FVV). What was Masai’s worst move as GM/President? Why won’t Danny Green leave Canada and go home to L.A.? NBA: Team USA loses to France. Durant is ripping some hot quotes again. We also look at the SI 100 and pick players who should be rated higher and lower, Quickish Questions and more! Special guests on this episode: Antony Hall and Cathryn Naiker! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 119: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Daniel Reis & Thomas Rivas
06/09/2019 Duration: 01h04minWe are back with some more off-season content after a small bit of technical difficulties last week. Can’t believe it’s been almost three months since the Raptors have won a championship! We talk the banner raising, underrated Raptors, Canadian FIBA blues, duos to watch out for next season, Quickish Questions and more! Special guests: Daniel Reis and Thomas Rivas! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 118: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Katie Heindl & Ian Gordon
22/08/2019 Duration: 01h22minWe’re still a couple months away from tip-off but we still got lots of off-season talk to get to! RAPS: Who is this year’s Siakam? Is Freddie a moron for not hating Wiggins? After winning a championship, are we more excited or less excited about next season? NBA: Boogie, Howard, Gortat, Noah and Mo Speights– We’ve got some thoughts! We rank the East from 1 to 15. Is hustle/intensity quantifiable in anyway, or just weird and anecdotal? Quickish Questions and more fun with special guests Katie Heindl 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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S06: Episode 117: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Chris Dart & Kevin Dowse
07/08/2019 Duration: 01h12minRecording from Toronto’s up-and-coming West Bend neighbourhood, we’ve got a hot new ep with some great off-season talk! Raps: Lowry wants to stay long term, do we keep him? Raptors get respect in the schedule– We pick our #1 hot ticket game. Does the fan base have anyone to boo? Assuming Kawhi and Danny get a ton of love, who will fans determine to be public enemy #1? NBA: What’s going on with all the Canadian players not playing in the FIBA tournament? Top 3 unrestricted free agent next summer? Know Your Bad Teams QUIZ, Quickish Questions and lots more! Special guests on this episode: Chris Dart and Kevin Dowse! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 116: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Cathryn Naiker, Ned Petrie & Antony Hall
31/07/2019 Duration: 01h14minFreddie’s back from JFL and he’s all torn up and ready to talk some Raps! We bring you a slightly janky time with all the good talking points. Raps: Vince Carter coming back to the Raptors? Who’s the 9th/10th man in the rotation gonna be? Who is the least favourite Raptor of all time? NBA: Who is the MVP? Who is a good candidate to be a breakout player? Is anything wrong with the player empowerment movement? Special guests on this episode: Cathryn Naiker, Ned Petrie 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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S06: Episode 115: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Brendan Halloran & Paul Beer
17/07/2019 Duration: 01h25minBeen a wild, wild free-agency period so far! RAPS: We rank our summer league players in terms of impact (Boucher, Davis, Hernandez, Lloyd, Miller). TIME IS FLYING! We are a month from the championship and 2 weeks from Kawhi/Danny leaving. What is the current reputation of the franchise? We talk hypothetical trades for the Raptors to go back-to-back! NBA: Who won the Russ/CP3 trade? Who are the five best duos in the NBA? With Golden State gone, what will be the dominate style of basketball in the NBA? Quickish Questions, blown intros, lots more! With special guests: Brendan Halloran and Paul Beer! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 114: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Ian Gordon & Derick Deonarain
10/07/2019 Duration: 01h28minWill he stay, will he go? We finally got our answer: Kawhi is joining the Clippers… We discuss our feelings about losing Kawhi (and Danny), what is the plan now? What’s Masai’s next presser gonna be like? What are we getting with the new signings of Thomas, Jefferson and Johnson? With the west now at an incredible parity because of Kawhi, who’s coming out of there with home court? Quickish Questions, we’re cleansing ourselves and tossing some sound bites into Matt’s backyard sinkhole, lots of good NBA talk on this one throughout the whole ep! Special guests: Ian Gordon and Derick Deonarain! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 113: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Matt McCready & Mike Lee
05/07/2019 Duration: 01h23minHelicopters are touching down for a rest tonight, but we got some hot #KawhiWatch takes for ya. Are we having fun??? RAPS: Given the new landscape of the NBA, how do the Raptors stack up with Kawhi and Danny and without Kawhi and Danny? It’s only been three weeks since the Raptors won their first NBA ring. We drown out the Kawhi noise for a second and talk our fondest memories over the last weeks! NBA: What team won free agency so far? Who has lost free agency so far? We talk free-agency surprises, we got Game Genie references, Quickish Questions from the fans and more, let’s go! Special guests on this week: Matt McCready and Mike Lee! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 112: Off-Season Funhouse Edition: Cathryn Naiker & Sean Woodley
26/06/2019 Duration: 01h16minWe’re back in the off-season and it could be a wild one! RAPS: Are the Raptors the title favourites in 2020? How much better can they be? Nick Nurse knows how to win. What’s a win for team Canada? Some are dismissing this ring, others are pondering if we are the best defence ever. How will this team be remembered? NBA: Who won the draft? Do you even care about it? (Shoutout to FVV). Kawhi swung the balance of power in the NBA last year. Who is the 2020 difference maker? Is load management the future? Quickish Questions, some more surprise cannons going off, Last Boys and so much more! Special guests on this episode: Cathryn Naiker and Sean Woodley! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 6.111: Season Finale w/ Simon Ho, Jess Nicolette, Yaw Attuah, Alex Stephenson, Jonathan Yam & Alex Wood
20/06/2019 Duration: 01h42minHOLY SNIKES! After 111 episodes, we can finally say that our Toronto Raptors are NBA champions!!! It’s our season 06 finale, and we got lots of hot takes from guests about their favourite moments from this championship run. Lots of love for Lowry, the mess of the parade, the Masai altercation, THE SHOT, so much more, Tell Me Something I Don’t Know segment (We reach the 100th Raptor!) and you best believe Freddie’s shooting more cannons off. These last six seasons of the podcast have been a wild ride and we love doing this. Thanks so much for listening and we’ll see you in the off-season! Special guests on this episode: Simon Ho, Jess Nicolette, Yaw Attuah, Alex Stephenson, Jonathan Yam and Alex Wood! Our friend Mark Baker was trampled at the victory parade and tore his achilles. Please donate a couple bucks to his GoFundMe if you can! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 6.110: Cathryn Naiker, Gary Rideout Jr., Ned Petrie, Thomas Rivas, Elisa Nobrega & Jason DeRosse
13/06/2019 Duration: 01h25minA tough, weird, emotional loss in game 05 has the Raptors heading back to Oakland with a 3-2 lead in the series. They could win it all tonight!! We did a call-in episode to get some hot takes on the series so far, the Durant injury, what the Raps have to do to close out the series, and you’d better believe Freddie’s setting that cannon off again! Next week is our season six finale. What an amazing season it has been! Special guests on this episode: Cathryn Naiker, Gary Rideout Jr., Ned Petrie, Thomas Rivas , Elisa Nobrega and Jason DeRosse. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 6.109: Ennis Esmer & Cathryn Naiker
04/06/2019 Duration: 01h22minRaptors are tied 1-1 in the NBA FINALS!! RAPS: We are going to need everyone and everything to win this series. Kawhi’s buying houses and suing Nike– He’s staying! Which tier do we need more from to win: Tier 1 (Kawhi), Tier 2 (Kyle, Pascal & Marc) or Tier 3 (Serge, Danny & Fred)? There are so many new Raptors fans because of the finals. What tips or clarifications would you tell them? The Warriors overcoming despite injury seems to be the narrative that’s forming this finals. What does Nick Nurse do to change that? Should he try to surprise Steve Kerr? NBA: It’s the finals, but 28 teams are at home. Who is the most deserving player to have never had a finals appearance? Adam Silver recently said that the NBA is not considering expansion. What should they be considering? Quickish questions and more! With special guests: Ennis Esmer and Cathryn Naiker! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 6.108: Graham Kay, Ian Gordon, Thomas Rivas, Will Weldon, Cathryn Naiker, Andre de Pape & Jonathan Yam
28/05/2019 Duration: 01h32minWe’re back from the wedding break and THE RAPTORS ARE GOING TO THE NBA FINALS!!! This is biggest moment yet for Raptors’ fans so we had to do a call-in special and get as many takes as possible. Special guests on this episode: Graham Kay, Ian Gordon, Thomas Rivas, Will Weldon, Cathryn Naiker, Andre De Pape and Jonathan Yam! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 6.107: Christian Smith & Paulina Vu
08/05/2019 Duration: 01h01minA huge, thunderous win in game 5 has put the Raptors up 3-2 in the series. Freddie is getting married, so we’re heading into a two-week break until he gets hitched! RAPS: Balance scoring, scorching defence, blood and big dunks. What was the best moment of that game last night? Kawhi’s greatness: How should Raptors’ fans contextualize what they are seeing? How great is this? Nurse making moves! Playing Serge big minutes seemed to have turned the series. What can Philly do to counter our big lineups? NBA: Is this the most wide open the playoffs have ever been or are the Warriors’ struggle a mirage? Is Denver the most underrated team in the NBA? Is Boston done? What should Danny Ainge do if they go out in 5? Special guests on this episode: Christian Smith and Paulina Vu! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
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S06: Episode 6.106: Alex Pavone & Alan Shane Lewis
01/05/2019 Duration: 01h02minTough loss put the Raps into a 1-1 tie with Philly. RAPS: Top disappointments from game 2: What went wrong? What went right for the 76ers? What’s the key for the Raps going forward? NBA: Players VS Refs. Are things getting worse? What should be done about it? What’s the most exciting player VS player matchup in the 2nd round? Of all the 8 teams eliminated, who is in the best position going forward? Quickish Questions, molly sellers and Big & Tall clothiers! Special guests on this episode: Comedians Alex Pavone and Alan Shane Lewis! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network