Doug Smith
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Doug Smith
@smithraptorsbeat.bsky.social
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Been chronicling the zaniness of the Raptors and NBA for nigh on three decades now. Survived everything, too
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Biggest game of the season so far for the Raptors. They'll start Quickley, Barrett, Ingram, Barnes, Poeltl in Atlanta against Young, Daniels, Risacher, Johnson, Porzingis
Raptors have declared Collin Murray-Boyles (right forearm muscle) and Ja'Kobe Walter (illness) out for the season opener tonight in Atlanta
Raptors move start times for games Friday and Wednesday to 6:30 pm to accommodate World Series games, Leafs move starts to 5 pm Saturday and 6 pm Tuesday

Ball games on scoreboard at SBA post-game for all 4 of them
Raptors do some bookkeeping and exercise 2026-27 contract options on Gradey Dick (4th year) and JA’Kobe Walter (3rd). Totally a formality and expected
Appreciate that. There does seem to be just something about him
Perhaps you've heard between innings of Blue Jays playoff games but there's a Raptors season starting tomorrow.
Because we love The People and want to serve them, what we've prepared to get you ready:
First, there's a new guy in town
www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...
Why Brandon Ingram’s connection to his Raptors teammates goes deeper than basketball
Months of enforced idleness offered Brandon Ingram, the former NBA all-star, a chance to learn the values of his new colleagues. It’s what leaders do.
www.thestar.com
I don't know the order and I'm not sure it matters but if the first pitch World Series honours don't go to Cito Gaston and Joe Carter on Friday and Saturday, somebody's asleep at the switch
Anyone else drawn to load up the playlist with all kinds of Rush today for some reason?
My goodness gracious
What a tremendous game

Sports, man. It’s the bees knees
Do you run Bassitt out for the ninth? I would
I would submit that Game 7 has lived up to Game 7 expectations
I have been impressed all summer by the true passion - and brief moments of insanity - of Blue Jay fans.

As hard as it may be, try to enjoy tonight, it may be a once in a lifetime and you should savour it
Just saw an email that Mike Morreale is stepping down as commissioner of the CEBL. I've followed that league pretty closely since inception and I can tell you that basketball people across Canada owe a huge debt of gratitude to him.

No joke; there's no CEBL without Mike.
Delightful game. Team that turned 3 DPs beat team that committed 3 errors
Funny, that

Monday ought to be fun
We are fortunate to be living in the era of Ohtani

This, given the stakes and the game, has to be one of, if not the, best baseball games ever played by one person

And I don’t think that’s hyperbole
That's managerial malpractice
Highest leverage inning of the season?
Sure, Brendon Little. Obviously.
Highest leverage inning of the season?
Sure, Brendon Little. Obviously.
I know nothing but I know Little was a big, big bad gamble
Gausman should have screamed at Schneider just for the jokes
The caveats (big, big caveats) being that it's the pre-season and those are the Nets but that's as good a quarter as Scottie Barnes has played in a long time.
He's got 13 points and 3 steals, Raptors up 37-27 after one