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Blake Murphy

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Toronto
As seen in: Sportsnet Canada, Apple Podcasts, MSN, MSN Canada, The Athletic, VICE, National Post, Dime Magazine, TheScore, Basketball RealGM, Mondaq and
Covers:  Basketball, baseball, wrestling, music
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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 Strengths include salary cap and CBA knowledge, advanced stats, and novel approaches to outdated coverage norms.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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Poeltl returns but Raptors bested by shorthanded Pistons

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By Blake Murphy 
| Sportsnet Canada
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 
| Sportsnet Canada
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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Physicality, scoring consistency called into question

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By Blake Murphy 
| BVM Sports
It felt a little too familiar, a little too soon. Two days after unravelling in the third quarter against the New York Knicks, the Toronto Raptors found themselves stumbling in the second half once again on Friday, en route to a 130-120 loss to the Orlando Magic. The formula for the come-from-ahead defeat felt similar. A peer in the Eastern Conference's meaty second tier turned the dial up in terms of physicality and defensive intensity, and the Raptors couldn't match it.
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