In Episode 1688, Sean Woodley and Vivek Jacob react to the Canadian men's basketball team hanging on to beat Spain 88-85 on Friday to move them to a perfect 3-0 in the Group of Death at the Paris 2024 Olympics, with a likely quarterfinal date with the host nation France awaiting them on Tuesday. Off the top, Sean and Vivek dig into their biggest takeaways from Canada's win over Spain, including RJ Barrett's monumental late-game dagger from the left corner, Andrew Nembhard's outstanding performance, and why Canada taking care of business in three tight games should provide plenty of hope for Canada's ability to navigate the knockout rounds, even though Jamal Murray really needs to get himself right if a surprise gold medal run is to be a serious possibility. Next, Sean and Vivek examine the potential matchup with Victor Wembanyama and France in the quarterfinals, which is the most likely outcome for Canada barring a South Sudan upset over Serbia on Saturday. Lastly, Sean and Vivek run through The Good, The Bad & The Hmmmmm from Canada's third group game on the men's side, and take some time to talk about a disappointing start to the tournament for the Canadian women's team, who are in need of a win over Nigeria in their final group game and some help if they're going to advance to the knockout rounds next week.

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In Episode 1687, Sean Woodley is joined by Vivek Jacob and Sahal Abdi for the conclusion of their 7th annual Toronto Raptors over/unders and props contest covering their predictions for the 2023-24 season, which of course did not go to plan for the Raptors. Join Sean, Vivek and Sahal as their revisit their pre-season takes about the Raptors that at the time employed Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby and more, and watch the drama unfold as a winner is crowned not just among the three on the show, but in the listener competition as well! We revisit our preseason picks for individual player stats, as well as some team-level predictions, most of which went horribly wrong. Will preseason pessimism be rewarded? Tune in to find out!

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In Episode 1686, Sean Woodley is joined by Jamar Hinds (Raptors Republic) to talk about the Canadian men's national team taking down Australia to improve to 2-0 in Group A action at Paris 2024, with Toronto Raptors wing RJ Barrett's 24-7-5 effort leading the way. Off the top, Sean and Jamar gush about Barrett's continued run of excellent play for the national team, how his offense helped steady Canada after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander picked up two early fouls against the Aussies, and whether or not he's the best player to ever live. Plus, some thoughts on another tough outing for both Jamal Murray and Kelly Olynyk, and how they might be able to help one another find some consistency in this tournament as the medal rounds loom large. Next, Sean and Jamar chat about the defensive adjustments made by Jordi Fernandez going into the second half, Canada's nasty perimeter defense, and the shortened rotation that Fernandez rode down the stretch. Lastly, they run through The Good, The Bad & The Hmmmm from Canada's second game in Paris before some quick thoughts on the Toronto Raptors unveiling their logo for the upcoming 30th season in franchise history. It's purple!!!

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