In Episode 1502, Sean Woodley goes solo to recap an 0-2 weekend for the Toronto Raptors that featured a chaotic and maddening overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls, a hard-fought loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, and a whole of extremely promising signs out of Scottie Barnes. Off the top, Sean digs into why the biggest takeaway from this weekend isn't any of the bad stuff that led to the Raptors' dropping both their games and falling to 1-2 on the season, but rather the overwhelmingly positive play of Scottie Barnes, whose 21-9-7 line on 62.5% True Shooting has all sorts of indication that Barnes' star turn is very much underway. The fact that the Raptors' next most important young player, Gradey Dick, poured in 16 points on 4/6 shooting from deep over 28 minutes on Saturday against the Sixers is another big picture win for a team that has lots of smaller scale issues to clean up. Next, Sean digs into Pascal Siakam's strange role within the offense, and details why a simple switch in the offensive roles occupied by Dennis Schroder and Siakam could help the Raptors squeeze a little bit more out of their half court offense, which currently ranks last in the NBA. To close out the show, Sean digs into the Good (the reception Nick Nurse received in his return to Toronto), the Bad (everything that went awry to close the Bulls loss) and the Hmmm (some not-so-good results from the Raptors' more bench-heavy lineups) from the weekend that was. Come join our growing listener community over on Discord! https://discord.gg/5C5CFKHJ Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! PrizePicks Go to PrizePicks.com/lockedonnba and use code lockedonnba for a first deposit match up to $100! Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. FanDuel Score early this NFL season with FanDuel, America’s Number One Sportsbook! Right now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! That’s A HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUCKS – if your team wins!  Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Episode 1502, Sean Woodley goes solo to recap an 0-2 weekend for the Toronto Raptors that featured a chaotic and maddening overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls, a hard-fought loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, and a whole of extremely promising signs out of Scottie Barnes. Off the top, Sean digs into why the biggest takeaway from this weekend isn't any of the bad stuff that led to the Raptors' dropping both their games and falling to 1-2 on the season, but rather the overwhelmingly positive play of Scottie Barnes, whose 21-9-7 line on 62.5% True Shooting has all sorts of indication that Barnes' star turn is very much underway. The fact that the Raptors' next most important young player, Gradey Dick, poured in 16 points on 4/6 shooting from deep over 28 minutes on Saturday against the Sixers is another big picture win for a team that has lots of smaller scale issues to clean up. Next, Sean digs into Pascal Siakam's strange role within the offense, and details why a simple switch in the offensive roles occupied by Dennis Schroder and Siakam could help the Raptors squeeze a little bit more out of their half court offense, which currently ranks last in the NBA. To close out the show, Sean digs into the Good (the reception Nick Nurse received in his return to Toronto), the Bad (everything that went awry to close the Bulls loss) and the Hmmm (some not-so-good results from the Raptors' more bench-heavy lineups) from the weekend that was.

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Score early this NFL season with FanDuel, America’s Number One Sportsbook! Right now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! That’s A HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUCKS – if your team wins!  Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started.

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