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Will Lou, Alex Wong, and producer Jerome Cheng have you covered on all things Raptors, in addition to the NBA and other culturally relevant topics. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
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Will and Alex walk through the painful ending to the 2025 World Series and discuss: Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s dominance, the improbable series of events in the ninth inning of Game 7, a frame-by-frame breakdown of IKF’s slide home, Andy Pages’ ridiculous catch, where this game ranks on Bill Simmons’ “Level of Losing,” and their personal takeaways from this postseason run.#torontobluejays #bluejays Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou recaps the Toronto Raptors' 117-104 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. He discusses the strong performances from RJ Barrett, Collin Murray-Boyles, Scottie Barnes and Brandon Ingram, then takes questions from the live chat.Three stars: RJ Barrett, Scottie Barnes, Brandon IngramGerald Henderson award: Vince Williams Jr.#nba #torontoraptors #bluejays Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou recaps the Toronto Raptors' 112-101 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. He breaks down the important contributions from Jamison Battle off the bench and the improvements on defense. He then turns his attention to the Toronto Blue Jays (46:35) who catch a run of spectacularly bad breaks with Addison Barger's ground rule double and then Barger caught in a double-play at second.Three stars: Jamison Battle, Brandon Ingram, Scottie BarnesGerald Henderson award: DeAndre Hunter#nba #torontoraptors #bluejays Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou goes live to first discuss the Toronto Raptors' 139-121 loss to the Houston Rockets. He offers solutions for how to fix the Raptors' current problems. He then turns his attention to live-reacting to the Toronto Blue Jays' 6-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers Game 5 of the World Series. He is joined afterwards by Alex Wong (2:10:10) to react to the Jays win and general banter pod topics.Three stars: Brandon Ingram, Scottie Barnes, Collin Murray-BoylesGerald Henderson award: Tari Eason#nba #raptors #bluejays Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will and Alex are joined by author Oren Weisfeld to build a blame pie for the Raptors’ 1-3 start to the season as they discuss Immanuel Quickley and Jakob Poeltl’s slow starts, whether Darko is on the hot seat, how much blame the front office should take, and more. Later, Oren takes us behind the scenes and shares stories from his upcoming book “The Golden Generation.” And finally, it’s another edition of Jays Corner as Toronto is two wins from their first World Series victory in 32 years. Purchase “The Golden Generation” here: https://www.amazon.ca/Golden-Generation-Canada-Basketball-Powerhouse/dp/1770417990Come to Oren’s book launch party this Sunday at Youthful Vengeance from 12-4pm. RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/e2Umw7xntw4Xlu7LcX1r#raptors #torontoraptors #canadabasketballReach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou reacts to the Toronto Raptors' loss to the San Antonio Spurs. He then sticks around until the bottom of the 18th inning in a historic Game 3 World Series battle between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers but we have cut it from the audio podcast. For the full 4 hour experience check out the YouTube stream:https://youtube.com/live/veYxBTPkQyIThree stars: Collin Murray-Boyles, RJ Barrett, Jamal SheadGerald Henderson award: Harrison BarnesSend help. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou and Alex Wong go live after the Toronto Raptors' 139-129 loss to the Dallas Mavericks game on Sunday night. He breaks down the Raptors' unacceptable effort on defense and then brings on Alex to talk about the Blue Jays and answer fan questions.Three stars: Scottie Barnes, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Brandon Ingram's offenseGerald Henderson award: PJ Washington#nba #raptors #mavs Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou goes live to break down the Toronto Raptors' 122-116 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. He also reacts to some key moments in Game 1 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers including a delirious 9-running inning by the Jays in the sixth (1:09:43)Three stars: Brandon Ingram, RJ Barrett, Jamison BattleGerald Henderson award: Cole Anthony#nba #mlb #bluejays Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will and Alex unpack the latest gambling scandal to hit the NBA, debate whether Wemby and the Spurs are ready to take a massive leap in the West, give their first impressions on NBC’s coverage of the league, discuss LeBron’s future with the Lakers, review the best Doc Rivers impersonations, and finally: a special World Series edition of Jays Corner.#nba #victorwembanyama Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou and Samson Folk from Raptors Republic recap the Toronto Raptors' 138-118 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the season opener. They break down the dominant performances by the entire starting five and the strong showings from Gradey Dick and Jamal Shead off the bench.Three stars: RJ Barrett, Scottie Barnes, Gradey DickGerald Henderson award: Onyeka Okongwu#raptors #torontoraptors Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Friend of the show Keerthika Uthayakumar (Keeks!) joins Will to share some "Fun Facts" going into the Toronto Raptors 2025-26 season. They agree halfway through that the word fun was being disingenuous and so they rebranded it to 10 stats to be improved by the Raptors this season.#raptors #torontoraptorsReach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daaaaaaaa Mariners lose! Will Lou and Alex Wong celebrate a delirious Game 7 victory as the Toronto Blue Jays advance to the World Series for the first time since 1993.Three stars: George Springer, Jeff Hoffman, Chris BassettGerald Henderson award: Bryan Woo's lethal face cardReach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will and Alex are joined by TSN’s Josh Lewenberg to make predictions for the upcoming season including: what will the conversation around Scottie Barnes be about this year, Brandon Ingram’s upside, most surprising player, which Raptor is most likely to be traded, the team’s win total, and more. Later, they discuss the Raptors Halloween party, the proper etiquette for tipping, and look ahead to Game 7 between the Blue Jays and Mariners.#raptors #torontoraptors #scottiebarnes #brandoningramReach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou breaks down the Toronto Raptors' final preseason game in their 119-114 win over the Brooklyn Nets. He discusses the tremendous showing from Scottie Barnes who had 31 points, the point guard mastery from Immanuel Quickley, and Brandon Ingram's impressive playmaking in crunch time to seal the win.#raptors #torontoraptors Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou breaks down the Toronto Raptors' 110-108 loss to the Boston Celtics in preseason. He looks at how the Raptors starting five performed, the off-nights from Scottie Barnes and Immanuel Quickley, and then takes music recommendations from the live chat.Three stars: Brandon Ingram, RJ Barrett, Ochai AgbajiGerald Henderson award: Xavier Tillman#nba #raptors #celtics Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will and Alex are joined by James Herbert of CBS Sports to make their annual NBA awards predictions. They debate the MVP race between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokić, discuss whether Nico Harrison could take home Executive of the Year, and share their picks for Best Teammate and other awards. Later, they choose their most intriguing players for the season and debut the inaugural edition of “Who He Coach For.”#nba #nbaawardsReach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us!Simply Spiked Canada: https://www.simplyspiked.ca/en-CA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will and Alex share their takeaways from the Raptors’ preseason so far, including thoughts on the team’s emerging defensive identity, Brandon Ingram’s potential as a true number one option, and whether the roster might be overloaded with shooting guards. Later, they dive into the most obscure NBA player references in rap lyrics and play a preseason edition of “Who He Play For.” Finally, it’s Jays Corner, as they react to Toronto’s disappointing Game 1 loss to the Seattle Mariners.#raptors #torontoraptors #torontobluejays #jays #bluejaysReach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us!Simply Spiked Canada: https://www.simplyspiked.ca/en-CA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou breaks down the Toronto Raptors' 113-112 win over the Washington Wizards in preseason action. He gives credit to Darko Rajakovic for drawing up yet another game-winning play, and then touches on the conversation on Scottie Barnes' approach on offense.Three stars: Chucky Hepburn, Immanuel Quickley, Scottie BarnesGerald Henderson award: Will Riley's two free throws#raptors #torontoraptors Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us!Simply Spiked Canada: https://www.simplyspiked.ca/en-CA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Lou reacts to the Toronto Raptors' 107-105 win over the Boston Celtics in preseason. He breaks down Chris Boucher's return to Toronto, the great effort by the third stringers to come back in dramatic fashion, and shows love to Gradey Dick's continued improvements.Three stars: Gradey Dick, Chucky Hepburn, Jonathan MogboGerald Henderson award: Chris Boucher#raptors #torontoraptors #celtics Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us!Simply Spiked Canada: https://www.simplyspiked.ca/en-CA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s the October Banter Pod! Will, Alex, and Jerome debate whether it’s ever acceptable to wear a Yankees cap in Toronto, recap their celebration dinner with Bobby Webster, and share the highs and lows from their trip to Calgary for Raptors training camp. Later, Alex delivers his latest takes on why guys should hype up guys more, imitation crab, the comeback of business cards, and his decision to retire as a glizzy guy. Finally, the crew dives into listener questions and highlight the best fan emails from the inbox.Reach out to the show by leaving a voicemail at hellowelcome.show or email the guys info@hellowelcome.showCheck out our merch! Visit hellowelcome.show and click on the merch link.Original Music by DIVISION 88.Reach out to sales@thenationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us!Simply Spiked Canada: https://www.simplyspiked.ca/en-CA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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