Locked On Raptors

In Episode 1541, Sean Woodley is joined by Vivek Jacob to react to the Toronto Raptors' 121-111 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night in a game that saw the Raptors show some positive signs of life only to fall short to Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris, all of whom scored 30+ points in the game. Off the top, Sean and Vivek discuss the encouraging changes to the rotation Darko Rajakovic deployed in the game, as well the defensive work by Jakob Poeltl and Dennis Schroder, who had their best game working in tandem to guard pick-and-roll since the very early days of the season. Next, Sean and Vivek discuss O.G. Anunoby's prolonged shooting slump and small step back on the defensive end this season and why it's looking more and more like moving O.G. and not Pascal Siakam before the NBA Trade Deadline is the best pathway for the Raptors to retain talent around Scottie Barnes while reorienting the roster around him in a way that can be conducive to success. Lastly, they run through The Good (Pasc