Locked On Raptors

In Episode 1689, Sean Woodley goes solo to break down the Canadian men's national team losing 82-73 to host nation France in the quarterfinals of the Olympic men's basketball tournament in Paris on Tuesday. Off the top, Sean shares some of his broader thoughts on the loss, Canada's miserable start and the officiating before digging into why the Achilles heel of this roster came around to bite Canada and end their medal hopes against the bruising French frontline, with Mathias Lessort and Guerschon Yabusele leading the charge against and overmatched Canadian front court. Next, Sean digs into the poor performance of Jamal Murray, who was supposed to give this Canadian team the best guard play in the tournament in concert with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but who went just 3/13 in the loss to France to put a capper on a rough tournament for the Denver Nuggets star. Lastly, Sean runs through The Good (the second half effort), The Bad (the international field only getting stronger from here) and The Hmmm (was this tou