Confederacy Of Dunks

Rough week! The 13-4 Raps never lost three in a row last year, but have already this year. Why did we lose three games in a row? According to the scheduling gods, the Raptors have had the easiest schedule in the NBA so far. What do you expect to see when things get a bit harder? NBA: The Warriors are not coming out to play. How does this all shake out? Is Durant leaving? What is the best story of the first month of basketball? Quick-ish questions, and we’ll (maybe) tell you something you don’t know about Pascal Siakam, Charlie Villaneuva, and Sebastian Tellfair! With special guests: Patrick Ronan Stewart and Thomas Rivas. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Raptors are 12-3 and on a two-game losing streak with Boston next on Friday. RAPTORS: Casey’s revenge game. What stood out? A couple bad losses or an omen? Siakam is amazing & Monroe had a good debut. Is the depth on this team overstated? NBA: Butler in Philly. Who won the trade, did both teams win/lose? Is there trouble in G-State? What should be done with Carmelo Anthony? Quickish Questions, Tell Me Something.., and more! With special guests Will Weldon and Dylan Gott! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Raptors are coming in hot with a 7-1 start! Things are good! How good though? We talk out our early impressions. Nurse is de-emphasizing the bench, who is our 6th now? Do we actually miss Poetl? NBA: We talk Struggling teams with talent (Houston, Washington, OKC). How good are the Bucks, Klay’s 14 3’s and the Cavs firing Ty Lue. Quick-ish Questions and we’ll take some deep cuts on former Raptors Reggie Slater, Anthony Carter, and Shawn Respert. Special return guests: Nigel Downer and Miguel Rivas! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

The Raptors are off to a hot 4-0 start, so we got lots of Raptor talk to get to. The Kawhi effect: He’s clearly making the whole team better, but whose game is benefiting the most? Nurse is looking great, we give our early takes and finish off Raps talk with an early season Raptors quiz. NBA: We do win-total predictions for all 5 currently undefeated teams: (Toronto, Milwaukee, Denver, Detroit, New Orleans) Pick a mirage team (a team that is out-performing or underperforming their potential) and an extensive Quick-ish Questions round. With special guests Ian Gordon and Ben Davies! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

NBA IS BACK! Raptors are going to the finals, you heard it first here! Raptor talk: What is the starting lineup/what should it be? What’s this teams greatest weakness? We all give our first-week outlook. NBA talk: Who is the first player of the month west/east? What’s going to be the dominant early storyline? QHot T.M.S.I.D.K. segments with producer Matt, Quickish Questions and more! Special guests on this episode: Alan Shane Lewis and Chris Dart! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

It’s the season 06 premiere, which means it’s time to gear up for the big season start next week! Kawhi is smiling and Danny Green is becoming his agent. Is Kawhi getting enough MVP love? What can we take away from the Raptors’ three pre-season games so far? “Pound the Rock” era is over. What era is this and how should we define it? NBA: Murray’s out, Dwight’s injured, Phoenix’s GM has been fired one week before the season start, fantasy season is approaching so we test the guests on who led in each stat category last season. Quickish questions and more! With special guests Adam Christie and Joshua Elijah! We our now on Spotify! Please save it to your profile and give a listen! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

The preseason has begun, so we’re glugging red wine in excitement on this one! This is our last off-season special before season six. Raps talk: Kawhi is healthy, talkative and very good. Now what? What has stood out so far in the preseason? Battle at Centre: Nurse looks like he made good on his promise and is only playing one C at a time. Should Serge start over JV? NBA: Lebron is a Laker, Tony is a Hornet and DJ is a Maverick. What’s the weirdest? We also do a Depth Chart name game to test our guests’ NBA roster knowledge. Quickish questions and more.With special guests Neema Nazeri and Jarrett Campbell. Thanks for listening to all our off-season specials this summer. We look forward to season six, the 2018-19 season of destiny! Please subscribe and rate on iTunes, we’d really appreciate it. Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Kawhi has finally spoke (and laughed?) We got all your media day takes! Raptors: Who is the leader of this team? Does Greg Monroe play and what does that mean? Masai’s rant– Is the “players don’t wanna play here” thing overblown? NBA: Jimmy Butler saga, should Thibs be fired? Like last week, we vote on the eastern conference top 8 playoff standings. Quickish question round and more! With special guests: Gary Rideout Jr. and Tim Rabnett! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

We are three weeks away from our season six premiere and we still got lots to talk about heading into the season. Raps talk: Butler rumours wont go away. Could we? should we? What other spots make more sense? Bebe signed in Spain and he’s officially not coming back to Toronto. We talk our fav Bebe memories! We rate what makes us most nervous: New Nurse, weird Kawhi or aging Serge? NBA: West playoff teams 1-8. Who is the best dunker in the NBA? Special guests: Roger Bainbridge and Nick DiGatetano! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

The Kawhi Leonard saga takes another turn with him buying a house in Toronto – does it mean anything or does he just hate renting? The Raptors’ press-day expectations, do we have any? We talk Sports Illustrated’s top 100 players, how do we feel about where the Toronto players on that list? Rules changes, quickish questions and more! With special guests Alex Pavone and Jonathan Fried! Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Episode 76 – Deng is on the market, should the Raptors ring the bell and grab him or do we have too much depth already? DeRozan had a higher assist rate last season than Kawhi has ever had, is Leonard expected to become more of a playmaker or just be a defensive ringer? Which of these summer takes will have the greatest impact: Norman Powell killing it in the off season, Monroe adding a 3 or JV showing well in Europe? NBA: Favourite memories of newly retired Manu and West. Who has the best handles in the NBA? What’s the best potential playoff matchup in the league? Quick-ish Questions and more! With special return guest: Yaw Attuah! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

With help from the injury ghosts of Raptors’ past, we talk Raptor offense/defense ratings: will we see a change this year? Is Nurse gonna play Raps like Houston? Can JV handle extra touches? Can Kawhi do what Harden does? Who gets the ball to the corners? We then go league-wide asking who’s the biggest name to get traded during season, which active Canadian player finishes with the best career, and lots more. Special guests on this episode: Will Weldon, Jim Kim and Ian Gordon! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Episode 74! We signed Kay Felder, what does that mean for Raptors? Kawhi’s buddy, Jeremy Castleberry, has been hired by Raptors. Is catering to Kawhi the right idea? How much should the Raptors commit to resigning Leonard versus focusing on this year? Are the Raptors the deepest team in the NBA? Can Jonas play D in the playoffs? Have Raps’ fans gotten too low on Serge? NBA: Who is the 2019 Oladipo? (Going from overpaid to underpaid). What is something another sport has that the NBA should adopt? The most overrated player in the NBA is….? Rapid-fire questions to finish it off. With guests Peder Myhr and Matt McCready! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

We’re back from summer vacation! The Raptors got snubbed again on the Christmas Day game– Are we slighted or delighted? Where does the recently signed Moose fit in? Plus, we got a Kawhi/Masai/Drake conspiracy theory that’ll make you run wild and debate why the Raptors aren’t outright favourites to make the finals. We shift to the NBA to ask the question: Is the West overrated? What are the chances of making the playoffs now for the Spurs, Pistons, Nuggets and Cavs? Who’s the most underrated player in the NBA? We finish it off with some classic rapid-fire questions! Special guests on this week: Ennis Esmer and James Rathbone! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Well, we’ve just had the most emotional day yet as Raptors fans. The face of our franchise, DeMar DeRozan, has been traded along with Jakob Poeltl and a protected 1st round pick for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green! DeMar, you meant everything to this franchise and we really, really hate to see you go. Thank you for your loyalty, your hard work, your passion for Toronto. We look forward to your jersey being raised to the rafters one day! We’re taking a vacation for a couple weeks but, before we do, we gotta dissect this trade from every direction we can! We got a bunch of phone-in guests on this episode: Kathy Rivas, Ben Miner, Thomas Rivas, Yaw Attuah, Brian Winslow, Alex Wood, Ben Davies and Katie Heindl! Enjoy this special ep and we’ll see you when we’re back from vacation. Thanks for listening! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

We recorded episode 71 a short while after hearing that the Raptors might be engaged in some Kawhi Leonard trade talks! Should we package Lowry for him? What is DeMar gonna look like playing D for Nurse? Should the Raps be favourites in the East this year? We talk NBA topics like Tony Parker leaving the Spurs, Carmelo being let go by OKC [what’s his best fit?] and does anybody really care about Summer League? Special guests on this episode: Roger Bainbridge and Your Boy Brian! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Bodabing Bodaboom! Free Agent Frenzy! We talk Raps, the Van Vleet signing, LeBron leaving the east [what does that mean for Raps?], who should they sign with the mid-level exception? And YOU KNOW we’re talking this insane 2018 Free Agency period, rapid-fire questions and more! With special guests: Nick DiGatetano, Andre De Pape and Josh Finkleman! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Just before we recorded, we got some breaking news: The Raptors hired defensive coach from OKC, Adrian Griffin. Hot news for the hardcore fans! Should the Raptors have traded into the draft? What’s DeRozan’s trade value? Is there a favourite Bebe moment and should the team retain him? Plus we talk which team lost the 2018 draft, which team is the biggest wild card right now, NBA rumours and some janky-but-fun rapid fire! We got some great guests on this episode: Ben Miner, Will Weldon and Tim Rabnett! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

We’ve nursed the news of a new Raptors coach and we’re ready to evaluate. We talk the MLSE mystery purse, Nurse first impressions, draft rumours [Raps want in], Kawhi wants out [where does he go?], shooter trivia, rapid fire questions, draft takes and more. With special guests Alan Shane Lewis, Ian Gordon and Rob Mailloux! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

We’re back in the Basketball Funhouse and we recorded just after hearing news that Nick Nurse has been hired as the new head coach of the Raptors! We talk extensively about what that means for the franchise. We also talk our favourite Raptor moment of the season, picking one skill to improve any player on roster, Decision 3.0 [where does Bron go?], KD and G-State’s legacy, rapid fire questions and much more! Special guests: Graham Kay and Ian Gordon! Brought to you by The Sonar Network Support Confederacy of Dunks Brought to you By: The Sonar Network