Samson Folk (the coach)

Myself & @Pullup_Tre are talking Raptors - Tre’s smile is back - Is shooting the thing holding the Raps back? - Ja’Kobe & Jakob turning it up - IQ’s usage - Scottie’s scoring youtu.be/xWAay4y0SfA?si…

When RJ has been healthy this season, good half court offense is a possibility for the Raptors

wrote about jakob poeltl & rj barrett getting healthy & playing their best ball of the season, and what that means for the raptors: raptorsinseven.substack.com/p/signature-wi…

I turned auto-caps back on my life is getting too serious

Myself & @Pullup_Tre are back for a winning version of the pod - RJ Barrett’s great play - how can the Raptors speed up? - job market is fake + more youtu.be/S9d2DHjka4c?si…

Anyways. Back to work. The Raptors had their best win of the season tonight after all hope was lost 5 days ago. Here’s how they did it. youtube.com/watch?v=a2DG9N…

On the Raptors best win of the season, Scottie Barnes the defensive weapon, and the extra attention the coaching staff provides to cook up winning game plans: raptorsrepublic.com/2026/03/15/rap…

“They still need to be more creative in how they use him” @samfolkk analyzes how the team uses Scottie

In about 10 minutes I’ll be going live to dive into the Raptors clutch offense + answer listener questions youtube.com/live/3nSv2S8CP…

Raptors needed this one, they needed it bad

@MoeSquare did BI ever graduate to quotations for you, or did the word star ever enter your idea of him haha

@samfolkk (It won't happen obviously, but at this point, their best bet might be landing a flawed "star" and hope they're rejuvenated enough so I can take the quotations off of star lol)

Ideally, Scottie isn’t your best player, it would be incredible to add someone better Cleveland traded for Mitchell to pair with/ Garland, Mobley & Garland isn’t even there anymore, for example The Q is: does Scottie fit w/ better players? The answer is definitely yes

@Dee__Bookz he definitely has the most value by a wide margin

@samfolkk I hate to say it but trading Scotty might be the only way to rebalance the roster and bring positive assets back in the fold

@Dee__Bookz yes, lots of stuff to address

@samfolkk This team is a mess. How do we get an elite PG? Does quickly work as a starting SG, that means we move off Rj. Is BI the long term solution at SF or would CMB look better there with Scotty and a floor spacing defensive big. Need shooters off the bench who can defend. Smh

@Raptors96 would be incredible yeah

@samfolkk I dream about a Raptors team with Ant and Scottie

really liked Fleming out of the draft, he looks great tonight

@jdylanmoro For Gradey, and I could be wrong, I personally think his point of failure is in his core strength - both in shooting and defensively He gets so elongated on his jumper that the rigidity and strength necessary to create a consistent repeatable motion needs a really strong core

@samfolkk agreed, & both showed early signs of the shooting prowess transferring to the association f/ college. do you think a fade of opportunities and/or fine line of mental confidence f/ coach & teammates behind you w/ green light versus little voice that says you’re pulled if mistakes?

for starters Reed & Castle weren’t in that draft, and Brandon Miller is the best shooter by some measure but it has been kind of funny that Gradey & Hawkins — who both were elite college shooters — are shooting 30% & 29% from downtown this season

@TannerBennet1 the Raptors have had quite a few non shooters develop in the past, maybe this is the price they pay now hahah

@samfolkk Ah my bad. It all blends together these days lol. Guess it just goes to show how college doesn’t always translate to NBA.