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Scottie & Gradey Team Up / Final Roster Spots / Defensive Improvements - Samson's Mailbag
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Samson Folk takes listener questions with Louis Zatzman. They discuss how many All-Stars are on the Toronto Raptors' roster, Scottie Barnes' improvements, and a whole bunch of basketball stuff.
0:00 - Introductions
1:20 - How many All-Stars are on the roster?
5:50 - Gradey Dick's Development
9:30 - Scottie's Unique Development
11:35 - Gradey's Shooting
17:15 - The Raptors are Screening Better
21:22 - Scottie & Gradey better than Scottie & IQ?
27:33 - Can a Gorilla play basketball?
30:35 - Can the Raptors offense be good?
32:50 - 15th man (speculation/reasoning, skip ahead for answers)
42:55 - Mogbo's Role/Development
48:00 - Ochai looks much better
50:20 - Reacting to Raptors roster moves
56:22 - Lonnie Walker
58:46 - Mikal Bridges jumper
1:00:30 - Authoritarian Basketball
1:01:55 - What's important from Preseason?
1:05:00 - Scottie's perfect co-stars
1:08:20 - Raptors identities?
1:14:15 - What makes a backup guard successful?
1:18:20 - 2 Guard Lineups
1:23:25 - How many wins for the Raptors?
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