Locked On Raptors

The Toronto Raptors started life without injured star Scottie Barnes on Wednesday night with a wildly entertaining 138-133 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on the road. In Episode 1738, Sean Woodley goes solo just after the buzzer to run through his biggest takeaways from the game, Jonathan Mogbo starting and Jamal Shead impressing again, and more from a loss that sends the Raptors to 1-4 on the season. Off the top, Sean digs into how the Raptors pillars of competence: Jakob Poeltl (20 points, 16 rebounds), RJ Barrett (31 points, 8 assists, 4 threes) and Gradey Dick (a career-high 30 points on 11/17 shooting) figure to give this team far more structure and purpose than the Raptors had when Scottie Barnes last missed time to close the 2023-24 season. Immanuel Quickley, who probably wins this game for the Raptors if available,  figures to be that fourth pillar soon. Next, Sean talks about the efforts of the rookies. Jonathan Mogbo got his first career start and looked pretty solid doing it. Jamal Shead dishes 9 as