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Blake Murphy

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Raptors & Blue Jays analyst @Sportsnet. Host of Jays Talk Plus, co-host of The Raptors Show. Still a writer when it strikes. I'm just a constant headache.

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Toronto-based sportswriter primarily covering the Toronto Raptors. Currently working for The Athletic.

Approaching daily sports coverage with depth, attention to every detail, and an analytic bent. Strengths include salary cap and CBA knowledge, advanced stats, and novel approaches to outdated coverage norms. Skills largely translate across sports, specifically to baseball and professional wrestling.

Previous bylines include Vice, Dime, Sportsnet, theScore, Fangraphs, and more. Editor emeritus…

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How Raptors' cap, roster picture look after Kawhi Leonard acquisition

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By Blake Murphy Verified
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No NBA roster ever feels complete. To plug one hole, you often open up another. Fit and on-court chemistry are fluid. Internal development, which all 30 teams talk themselves into at the outset of each new league year, looks different at the trade deadline than it does as free agency opens. The work always continues. Having said that, some roster questions are easier to tackle than others. Marginal wins are not uniformly accessible, leaps across tiers get progressively more difficult to make.
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Poeltl returns but Raptors bested by shorthanded Pistons

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By Blake Murphy Verified
| Sportsnet Canada Verified
TORONTO - It was clear before tipoff that the story of Wednesday’s game would, some way or another, come from the centre position. The return of Jakob Poeltl, giving the Raptors their planned starting five for the first time since Nov. 21. The suspensions of Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart, destabilizing one of the best frontcourt rotations in the NBA this year.
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Raptors trade deadline primer: Rules, assets, future outlook and more

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By Blake Murphy Verified
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A year ago, the Toronto Raptors were structured as a perfect trade machine team, with salaries of all types, space under the luxury tax, extra picks, expiring contracts, and more. They’re not quite as fun a hypothetical actor this time around. That doesn’t mean they’ll be quiet. In fact, given their proximity to the tax line, this is about as confident as I’ve ever been that we’ll see them make some move. It just may not be a sexy one. Or maybe it will be.
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