Sean Woodley

Nov 5, 2024 | newsletters.lockedonpodcasts.com | Sean Woodley

Once again, the Toronto Raptors were right there on Monday night. Lungs screaming at altitude, their only hope of slowing the best player alive fouled out, and down their two lead creators, this team of lunatic tryhards came just a half cup shy of a buzzer-beating win in Denver on Monday night. RJ Barrett’s would-be winner was down, then it wasn’t.

Nov 4, 2024 | newsletters.lockedonpodcasts.com | Sean Woodley

As nuanced as the relationship between Vince Carter and the Toronto Raptors has been over 25-plus years, it really does boil down to the dunks. Carter could do it all, of course. A deadly three-point shooter a decade ahead of the curve; owner of as deep a mid-range bag as any 80s or 90s superstar. VC was a scorer’s scorer. But it’s the graceful thunder; the windmills and 360s and other assorted aerial affronts to the laws of physics and time that spawned Vinsanity. Dunks make us feel.