The Rapcast by Raptors Republic

Host William Lou recaps the Toronto Raptors’s embarrassing loss to the Denver Nuggets. – Gerald Henderson award: Jamal Murray

On this episode of Talking Raptors, the guys avoid the outside world which is littered with Halloween Madness and sit down to chat about the west coast trip so far. A now sober Nick and Barry discuss: - West Coast Tripping. - Lowry Loves the Spurs. - Uber No More. - Norm singing for Go Daddy. - Social Media Action. -Around The League. All this and a little bit more. As always we thank you for listening and we hope enjoyed the episode. Lets Go Raptors.

Host William Lou recaps the Toronto Raptors’ impressive win over the Portland Trail Blazers. – Three Stars: Bebe “Brazilian Bill Russell” Nogueira, DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry – Gerald Henderson award: Evan Turner

Host William Lou is joined by Asad Alvi (@swarlayzers) to review this week in Raptors basketball. Topics: - Offensive rating (8), Defensive rating (5) - How to close games against elite competition - DeMar DeRozan's improvements on defense - Emergence of Pascal Siakam and Jakob Poeltl - Kyle Lowry and Norman Powell struggling - How Jonas Valanciunas helps the starters - Starting lineup changes - Twitter questions

Host William Lou is joined by Sahal Abdi, Asad Alvi and Harsh Dave to break down the Raptors’ comeback win over the Los Angeles Lakers – Three Stars: Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Pascal Siakam – Gerald Henderson award: Julius Randle

Host William Lou breaks down the Raptors’ loss to the Golden State Warriors. – Three Stars: Jakob “Not Jonas” Poeltl, Pascal Siakam, DeMar DeRozan – Gerald Henderson award: David West

With the season getting on the way, Nick and Barry get together to discuss the events of the week. We got our first glimpse of the beloved team and the guys break down what they see.  They discuss: -Hayward and The Boston Celtics -The Team So Far -The ACC -Drake -Sprite Commercial -Stripes All this and a bit more. Some things to note; this episode was recorded before the Spurs game. Another note, during this recording Nick is about 4 beers deep and Barry is stone cold sober. We thank you for listening and we really hope you enjoyed. Lets go Raptors.

Host William Lou breaks down the Raptors’ loss to the San Antonio Spurs – Three Stars: Jakob Poeltl, DeMar DeRozan, Delon Wright – Gerald Henderson award: Dejounte Murray

Host William Lou is joined by Joe Wolfond to discuss the first two games of the season. Topics: - Revamped offense - How to balance DeMar DeRozan - Killer second unit - Delon Wright and OG Anunoby as standouts - Yung Gunz 2.0 - Jonas Valanciuans injury - Preview: SAS, GSW, LAL - Twitter questions

Host William Lou breaks down the Raptors’ smack down against the Philadelphia 76ers. – Three Stars: DeMar DeRozan, Delon Wright, Serge Ibaka – Gerald Henderson award: Jerryd Bayless

Host William Lou breaks down the Raptors’ season opener against the Chicago Bulls. – Three Stars: CJ Miles, Jonas Valanciunas, OG Anunoby – Gerald Henderson award: Lauri Markkanen

Raptors basketball is here! The city is getting pumped up for whats shaping up to be another great year for the franchise. On the first episode of the 5th Season of Talking Raptors, Nick and Barry explode with excitement. They discuss: -Raptor Player Predictions. -Eastern Conference Predictions. -Western Conference Predictions. -NBA 2K18. -Some Stats. -League-wide Raptor Disrespect. All this and a bunch more. (Note that this episode was recorded Monday Oct 16th.) As always thank you for listening and we really hope you enjoy the episode. Looking forward to a big year. Lets go Raptors.

Host William Lou is joined by Blake Murphy on the Weekly show.\ Topics: – Modernizing the offense with more threes and assists – Giving credit to Dwane Casey and DeMar DeRozan for buying in – CJ Miles and OG Anunoby giving us life – Rotation battles: PG, SF, C – What is the deal with Bruno Caboclo? – Regular season win prediction – Twitter questions

Host William Lou breaks down the Raptors' preseason finale against the Chicago Bulls. - Three Stars: CJ Miles, OG Anunoby, Kyle Lowry - Gerald Henderson award: Justin Holiday

Host William Lou breaks down the Raptors’ preseason game against the Detroit Pistons. – Three Stars: Jonas Valanciunas, CJ Miles, DeMar DeRozan – Gerald Henderson award: Fish Sticks