Host William Lou is joined by Libaan Osman of The Toronto Star to answer listener questions. The first hour-plus is Raptors content, the rest is about everything else.

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Host William Lou speaks to David Thorpe of Truehoop on how Scottie Barnes and Pascal Siakam can take the next step in their careers, how the Raptors as a whole finish with 50-plus wins, and discuss the player development business.

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Host William Lou is joined by Josh Hart to discuss the Toronto Raptors showing up en masse at the UCLA runs headed by assistant coach Rico Hines, Kevin Durant re-issuing his trade demand, and Vince Carter’s complicated relationship with the fanbase all these years later.

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Welcome to another banter pod! Will Lou and Alex Wong chat about their first bank account, riding in Alex’s 2001 Honda Civic, chicken balls, chicken feet, durian, and the idea of a “panda pod” before diving into this week’s Raptors news (50:14) including the team’s training camp and pre-season schedule, end of roster moves, the Rico Hines runs, Nick Nurse’s expectations for this coming season, whether Toronto can finish as a top-two seed, Bruno to Boston, Raptors statues outside of Scotiabank Arena, and KD sitting down with Joe Tsai. Later, Will and Alex go through listener emails (1:54:11) from Jackson Hole, Wyoming to Bologna, Italy and discuss the origin story of “hello and welcome” and the Costco hot dog before they wrap up (2:49:25) by putting every Raptor player into their own fandom tier.

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Will Lou speaks to Alex Wong for another extended episode of the Banter Pod. Basketball topics include Raptors signing Juancho Hernangomez, Precious Achiuwa's chances for a breakout year, and how the East improved this offseason. Non-basketball topics include 90 percent of the episode.

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.