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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · 1h

After Malcolm Brogdon's retirement, only 14 players from the 2016 draft are currently on an NBA roster.

20 from 2014
14 from 2015
14 from 2016
21 from 2017

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · 3d

Raptors & Wizards combined to shoot 28.7% from the field in the first quarter of this Sunday preseason game.

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Josh Lewenberg @jlewenberg.bsky.social · 4d

Channelling my inner @keerthikau.bsky.social with this fun fact: Chris Boucher is the 11th player in NBA history to wear No. 99 (6 of the 11 have worn it for the Celtics).

His old No. 25 is retired in Boston, along with 22 other numbers, so Chris told me he chose 99 to represent new beginnings.

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · 6d

Collin Murray-Boyles averaged 2.1 assists in his college career, only had 6 or more assists in 3 of his 60 games.

He finished with a team-high 6 assists in his second NBA game, all on threes.

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · 6d

Brandon Ingram's scored 33 points on 18 shots in his first 31 preseason minutes as a Raptor btw.

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · 8d

The Preseason Raptors scored 32 points off the Nuggets' 31 turnovers, scored 25 points on the fast break and 15 second chance points.

They also shot 41.2% from the field, 23.8% from three & 66.7% at the line, finished with a 46.4 eFG%.

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Blake Murphy @blakemurphy.bsky.social · 23d

The Raptors have signed Tyson Degenhart.

An Exhibit 10 that was reported back around Summer League and now made official for camp.

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KeithSmithNBA @keithsmithnba.bsky.social · 28d

NBA teams spent nearly $5B (billion with a B!) in new salary this offseason. For @spotrac.com, I broke down how that money was spent and who were the ones spending it!

🏀Extensions
🏀Free Agents
🏀Rookie Signings

Read more:

www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/29...

How NBA Teams Spent This Offseason | Spotrac News

Oklahoma City Thunder are champions in more than one way in the last three months. First, the won the 2025 NBA Finals. Next they won the overall spending title of the offseason exceeding $800 million ...

www.spotrac.com

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Sep 11

highly recommend touching grass for extended periods of time

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Sep 10

you’re so right

Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Sep 10

Gave myself the summer off & haven’t scrolled since July, what have I missed?

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 29

thank you!!

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 28

I'm working on a few projects & have been doing a ton of research. I had to start putting "cage" as a keyword instead of basketball!!

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 28

Fun fact: many (many) years ago, newspapers called basketball players "cagers" and the sport was called the "cage game"

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Josh Lewenberg @jlewenberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Raptors have waived Colin Castleton, who is coming off a rough Summer League showing in Vegas and was on a non-guaranteed deal.

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 23

My good deed for the day: if you subscribe to Office 365, check your plan because they probably upgraded it to one that costs more to force AI down your throat.

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 19

wow I feel old

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 19

That's former Ryerson Rams assistant Dipesh Mistry coaching the baby Kings!!

Mistry was on the bench for the first basketball championship I covered, way back in 2015-16

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 16

praying I never have to see a "Colin-Colin" frontcourt during the season

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 16

The baby Raptors are 3-0 in Las Vegas, have a +17.0 point differential & are holding opponents to a 0.45 AST/TO rate.

That's 39 assists to 87 turnovers in 3 games!

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 14

so the baby Raptors have an opponent turnover rate of 33.7% through 2 games in Vegas.

that's 63 opponent turnovers in 187 possessions.

a turnover every 76 seconds of game time.

Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 14

The baby Raptors are 2-0 in Vegas! Through 2 games, they've:
- forced opponents into 63 turnovers
- scored 84 points off those turnovers
- combined for 51 points on the break

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 14

The baby Raptors are 2-0 in Vegas! Through 2 games, they've:
- forced opponents into 63 turnovers
- scored 84 points off those turnovers
- combined for 51 points on the break

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hi hello, the Summer League Raptors have scored 57 points off turnovers in six 10-minute quarters.

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Blake Murphy @blakemurphy.bsky.social · Jul 12

Fred VanVleet the new NBPA president, per Shams.

Hard to find a smarter player.

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · Jul 12

Double bagel to win a Grand Slam is diabolical

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