The Raptors Show with Will Lou

canz55 · Post #21 » by **canz55** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:37 pm

Samson Folk is the most impressive, intelligent non-mainstream analyst out there right now imo.

He'll open his post match pod not long after the game is over doing a poetry rap-jam using lyrical annotations with players names etc. That's impressive.

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edgehead411 · Post #22 » by **edgehead411** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:38 pm

Not a fan. They really lack entertainment value in their shows and they come across stale and boring. Great some dedicated Raptors content but do they have to sound like they're doing play-by-play for a cemetery?

alpngso · Post #23 » by **alpngso** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:49 pm

canz55 wrote:Samson Folk is the most impressive, intelligent non-mainstream analyst out there right now imo.

He'll open his post match pod not long after the game is over doing a poetry rap-jam using lyrical annotations with players names etc. That's impressive.

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second this as well

dublo7 · Post #24 » by **dublo7** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:38 pm

Been listening to will Lou via podcast at least 2 yrs now. Good info great raptors content. When I get tired of NBA radio ignoring us or saying Lowry or Demar is not good enough ( before this year).

Yeah good stuff hope it continues. We need a slander cast soon hope vs Celtics or Knicks.

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johanliebert · Post #25 » by **johanliebert** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:39 pm

edgehead411 wrote:Not a fan. They really lack entertainment value in their shows and they come across stale and boring. Great some dedicated Raptors content but do they have to sound like they're doing play-by-play for a cemetery?

Their podcast sounds like two college kids who decided to start a show. This fan base must be vying for any content if this has favourable reviews. Hopefully they’ll improve but for now it’s amateur hour,

edgehead411 · Post #26 » by **edgehead411** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:42 pm

johanliebert wrote:
edgehead411 wrote:Not a fan. They really lack entertainment value in their shows and they come across stale and boring. Great some dedicated Raptors content but do they have to sound like they're doing play-by-play for a cemetery?

Their podcast sounds like two college kids who decided to start a show. This fan base must be vying for any content if this has favourable reviews. Hopefully they’ll improve but for now it’s amateur hour,

I think they have a big network that are very proud and supportive. It won't last.

Mascot · Post #27 » by **Mascot** » Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:01 am

Post game shows are great. With alex is good but when there’s another guest sometimes there isn’t much basketball talk. They need to add in some more content about the rest of the nba instead of going off on peoples life history but at least we do have a dedicated show now.

I usually listen to it every night while falling asleep.

mdenny · Post #28 » by **mdenny** » Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:13 am

Loving the extra content this year.

As someone who works in the industry....it's extremely difficult to fill a full hour with content everyday. This is why so many radio/podcast hosts resort to that annoying super hot-take approach where they try to manufacture fake controversy and debate.

I appreciate that they're more mature than that cringey alternative. Agreed that some of the guests can be boring but there's not much else to fill the hour. Especially when there's a 2 or 3 day break between games.

So all in all....it's been pretty great imo.

Kingsway_fan · Post #29 » by **Kingsway_fan** » Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:32 am

It's outstanding... always listen to it the next day or so.

WaltFrazier · Post #30 » by **WaltFrazier** » Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:42 am

djsunyc wrote:i like them and i listen to them everyday.

they like sometimes put on a really professional raptors related show then it goes into random talk that sounds like an amateur podcast instead.

i'm not sure where they will eventually land but it's like we hear mike breen + jvg at times and then it becomes matt and jack singing.

with that said - the postgames are really great.

Everything they say outside basketball is pretty lame. But the basketball talk is surprisingly good. I only listen when I'm in the car so not very often these days

Post #31 » by **Reeko** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 8:02 pm

Sportsnet is finally putting their stuff on YouTube. It shouldn't have taken this long.

Watch on YouTube

MastarCommandar · Post #32 » by **MastarCommandar** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 8:29 pm

Love the show. Will and Alex have good chemistry. Listen as a podcast and just skip the boring guests.

Side note, I heard Alex interviewing Alvin Williams early on and Alvin sounded much more relaxed and well spoken than he does on the raps broadcasts. Hopefully it will click for him soon because he's still pretty rough to listen to.

Tor_Raps · Post #33 » by **Tor_Raps** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 10:21 pm

Reeko wrote:Sportsnet is finally putting their stuff on YouTube. It shouldn't have taken this long.

Watch on YouTube

They should just air it on one of their channels like they do with many of their other shows. Sportsnet 360 seems like the best bet. Not like they have any good programming on around that time.

dgr81 · Post #34 » by **dgr81** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 10:27 pm

MastarCommandar wrote:Love the show. Will and Alex have good chemistry. Listen as a podcast and just skip the boring guests.

Side note, I heard Alex interviewing Alvin Williams early on and Alvin sounded much more relaxed and well spoken than he does on the raps broadcasts. Hopefully it will click for him soon because he's still pretty rough to listen to.

at least he talks about the game, unlike leo and jack.

mdenny · Post #35 » by **mdenny** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 10:44 pm

Reeko wrote:Sportsnet is finally putting their stuff on YouTube. It shouldn't have taken this long.

Watch on YouTube

Imma little surprised the executives let them do that. Good news for the audience.....but i'll never visit the horrible SN website anymore.

Post #36 » by **Reeko** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 11:26 pm

mdenny wrote:
Reeko wrote:Sportsnet is finally putting their stuff on YouTube. It shouldn't have taken this long.

Watch on YouTube

Imma little surprised the executives let them do that. Good news for the audience.....but i'll never visit the horrible SN website anymore.

Curious, why are you surprised the execs at SN let them do that?

Post #37 » by **Reeko** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 11:32 pm

dgr81 wrote:
MastarCommandar wrote:Love the show. Will and Alex have good chemistry. Listen as a podcast and just skip the boring guests.

Side note, I heard Alex interviewing Alvin Williams early on and Alvin sounded much more relaxed and well spoken than he does on the raps broadcasts. Hopefully it will click for him soon because he's still pretty rough to listen to.

at least he talks about the game, unlike leo and jack.

Thank you. Alvin isn't Jeff Van Gundy out there, but at least he stays focused on what's happening on the court and he brings unique insights to each game. I don't recall him at any point this season going on a long tangent about his playing days, and he was a legit NBA player. As opposed to Leo who would go on these long monologues about playing back in the day, when he could barely get off the bench in his two NBA seasons as a player.

ForeverTFC · Post #38 » by **ForeverTFC** » Tue Dec 7, 2021 12:01 am

edgehead411 wrote:
johanliebert wrote:
edgehead411 wrote:Not a fan. They really lack entertainment value in their shows and they come across stale and boring. Great some dedicated Raptors content but do they have to sound like they're doing play-by-play for a cemetery?

Their podcast sounds like two college kids who decided to start a show. This fan base must be vying for any content if this has favourable reviews. Hopefully they’ll improve but for now it’s amateur hour,

I think they have a big network that are very proud and supportive. It won't last.

It's content. Has to start somewhere and unless we support it as fans, it won't get any better (and it may not continue to exist even in this format without any support).

Zach Lowe, Chad Thorpe and the Will Lou pod are the only ones I'm listening to at the moment with regularity. I throw on the pods when I'm travelling to work or in the gym. Between these 3 and RealGM, I get my weekly NBA fix.

Raptors_Dynasty · Post #39 » by **Raptors_Dynasty** » Tue Dec 7, 2021 12:36 am

Will is hilarious

mdenny · Post #40 » by **mdenny** » Tue Dec 7, 2021 1:04 am

Reeko wrote:
mdenny wrote:
Reeko wrote:Sportsnet is finally putting their stuff on YouTube. It shouldn't have taken this long.

Watch on YouTube

Imma little surprised the executives let them do that. Good news for the audience.....but i'll never visit the horrible SN website anymore.

Curious, why are you surprised the execs at SN let them do that?

Same reason i figured lots of this type of content doesn't go on youtube. Because they'd prefer the clicks and traffic on their websites and platforms? I don't know that for a fact....that's just what i always assumed. I'm just a sound guy so i dont know anything about how that stuff works.

Are you liking the New Raptors Show?