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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 2 points · 15 h ago
  • The host described a third-quarter play: Collin Murray-Boyles grabbed a rebound and looked to Barnes to push ahead, but Barnes waved it off and the possession produced nothing. The host used it to illustrate a lack of intent between shots. at 11:06
  • The host called Collin Murray-Boyles a defensive "juggernaut" when on the floor. at 23:57

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• Podcast Hardwood Knocks host · Report · Oct 24 around the league

  In the win over Chicago, Toronto gave Collin Murray-Boyles and Jakob Poeltl a lot of minutes together.

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• Podcast Hardwood Knocks · 2 points · Oct 21
  • In Toronto, a host thinks the starting center job currently belongs to Jakob Poeltl, with Collin Murray-Boyles off the bench. The host says Murray-Boyles should be in all of Toronto's best lineups. at 55:10
  • A host assumes Toronto will close games with a frontcourt of Kawhi, Scottie Barnes and Collin Murray-Boyles, while noting it may not be the default. at 56:37

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• Podcast Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective host · Analysis · Oct 19 around the league

  Raptors concerns: thin bench and a question mark at center. Jakob Poeltl has slow footwork that may hurt him on some nights. Collin Murray-Boyles is an energetic big but, at 6'7", undersized against bigger centers.

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• X Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) · Report · Oct 15

  Kawhi Leonard, Scottie Barnes, and Collin Murray-Boyles may not start games together this season, but more often than not, they’ll close them. And when they do, watch out. A small but encouraging sample of the Raptors’ three best defenders:

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 3 points · Oct 23
  • Scottie Barnes started on Anthony Davis, and Collin Murray-Boyles also took some of that matchup. at 5:58
  • Guest on early defensive plays: RJ Barrett took a charge in the first quarter, Jakob Poeltl had a couple of blocks, and Collin Murray-Boyles jumped a passing lane for a breakaway dunk. at 3:37
  • Collin Murray-Boyles, Immanuel Quickley and Kawhi Leonard were all in foul trouble during the second-quarter slide. at 7:32

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 10 points · Oct 23
  • With Barnes bringing the ball up, Collin Murray-Boyles and Immanuel Quickley set up in a stack/Spain alignment. On the first such possession the Bulls tried to switch, and Murray-Boyles rolled into Isaac Okoro, pulling him off Quickley, who got a wide-open three on the pop. at 20:56
  • On the very next possession they ran the same action. Collin Murray-Boyles dove to the rim and Barnes hit him over the top, but a Bulls player blocked the dunk. at 21:32
  • The three of them also ran a split action out of an entry to Collin Murray-Boyles on the left baseline. Barnes slipped a screen while his defender leaned toward Immanuel Quickley, and Murray-Boyles hit him on the cut for a layup. at 22:12
  • Wolfond thought they were the Raptors' two best players in the game. at 22:41
  • Sean Woodley: A host says that from late last season into this year, Collin Murray-Boyles has figured out big-man skills such as screening and being a roll target, and that this is why they are bullish on him at the five. at 22:55
  • Wolfond says big-man duties aren't really a concern for Collin Murray-Boyles even though he is 6'7, but acknowledges there are matchups where his height will be more of an issue. at 25:47
  • Last season the Quickley/Barnes/Murray-Boyles trio played only 355 minutes together, the 26th most-used Raptors trio. Wolfond wants that number to go up significantly. at 26:37
  • The five-man unit of Quickley, Murray-Boyles, Barnes, Jamison Battle and Ja'Kobe Walter played three minutes and scored 18 points. Battle and Walter were the off-ball spacers, and the only missed field goal was the blocked dunk. Wolfond wants to see more of it. at 29:56
  • Wolfond names Murray-Boyles, Allen Graves and Ja'Kobe Walter as a defensive "chaos" trio he expects to generate pressure, steals and offensive rebounds. at 31:21
  • Sean Woodley: Woodley wants a lineup of Walter, Murray-Boyles, Graves, Jamal Shead and Barnes, which he describes as the "four bench hellions" plus Barnes, and jokes that he wants it for 27 minutes a night. at 32:07

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 2 points · Oct 22
  • The host thinks the offense may take longer than the defense to reach its crisp form. Example: a Shead-Murray-Boyles pick-and-roll in which Shead's pass went out of bounds behind Murray-Boyles, which the host calls early-season rust. at 15:00
  • Barrett played with bench units that included Shead, Murray-Boyles, Graves and Walter. The host prefers Barnes in that slot for defense. at 19:12

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 3 points · Oct 22
  • Murray-Boyles was effectively the sixth man and first player off the bench. He played under 20 minutes and shot '207' from the field. The host called his defense excellent. name not confirmed at 20:00
  • The host expects Murray-Boyles to be an 'unorthodox' sixth man who adds value without scoring a lot every night, comparing him to Andre Iguodala. at 21:22
  • Dwayne praised Murray-Boyles for offensive-rebound tapping and back-tapping, said he is a lob threat, and said his offensive game is growing. at 20:41

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 2 points · Oct 21
  • Sean Woodley: Woodley calls Collin Murray-Boyles's preseason incredibly encouraging. at 16:14
  • Sean Woodley: Woodley expects Collin Murray-Boyles to come off the bench but close games more often than not in games that matter, playing as a 'chameleon' between the four and the five, which he thinks the team wants. at 16:22

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 3 points · Oct 20
  • Sahal thinks Trayce Jackson-Davis has looked really good heading into the season in his limited minutes. He expects bigger lineups with Murray-Boyles and Jackson-Davis to make the paint more crowded for Barrett. at 18:35
  • Sean says he thinks Murray-Boyles will get there. at 20:34
  • Sean Woodley: Last season the Raptors' award winners were Barnes (All-Defense) and Murray-Boyles (All-Rookie). Sean picks Murray-Boyles to win Sixth Man of the Year. He and Sahal mention Darko Rajakovic as a possible Coach of the Year. at 41:11

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 6 points · Oct 19
  • Zulfi on the second Knicks preseason game, a loss: the Raptors problem-solved within it. He highlights Murray-Boyles (CMB) against Karl-Anthony Towns and Ja'Kobe Walter coming in and doing a little. He notes the Knicks had all their starters in the first game. at 7:55
  • Sean Woodley: Sean calls Jamal Shead a really good playmaking backup guard who can be played in effective two-guard lineups. He also mentions Murray-Boyles as a connective piece. at 20:43
  • Sean Woodley: Sean says Murray-Boyles looks amazing. He thinks the Raptors can play small comfortably when Poeltl is out, ineffective, or matched up with Towns. at 27:53
  • Zulfi says Darko Rajakovic went to lineups with Murray-Boyles and Poeltl together in the preseason. at 33:50
  • Collin Murray-Boyles (reported): Zulfi relays that Murray-Boyles, a second-year player, described an ongoing internal monologue about playing next to Poeltl: when to be in the dunker spot and when to space out. at 33:59
  • Zulfi says Murray-Boyles makes him a lot more confident in the center rotation and reduces the urgency to upgrade on Poeltl. He would not make a desperation move. at 34:21

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 4 points · Oct 16
  • Wolfond's main takeaway: against the Knicks he expects a lot of Collin Murray-Boyles and probably a lot less Poeltl. at 5:31
  • Sean Woodley: Woodley agreed: Murray-Boyles on Towns is a matchup the team can live with, and he thinks it will be used plenty in the games that matter. at 5:58
  • Sean Woodley: Woodley expects better offensive rebounding as Murray-Boyles plays more minutes, and hopes Poeltl plays more than last season's 44 games. at 29:06
  • In the first Knicks game, Shead ran a full-court Spain pick-and-roll with screens from Murray-Boyles and Walter. It produced a skip pass for an open corner three by Graves. at 35:30

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• Podcast Sean Woodley, Locked On Raptors · Analysis · Oct 15

  Sean says the preseason game against the Knicks gave a glimpse of a Graves / Collin Murray-Boyles / Scottie frontcourt that looked 'terrifying', against James Wiseman. He sees three players who can each play small-ball five as a way to cover size deficiencies in lineups without a traditional center.

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 2 points · Oct 14
  • Sean Woodley: He hit two threes, had a putback dunk, and dunked on Wiseman. at 14:55
  • Sean Woodley: The host expects some efficiency growing pains for Collin Murray-Boyles as teams adjust to him. at 15:09

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 9 points · Oct 13
  • Sean Woodley: Sean says Collin Murray-Boyles is coming off the bench, and that Barnes and Poeltl are not traditional shooters. at 9:53
  • Sean Woodley: Sean thinks the Raptors will close games small a lot, with Murray-Boyles at center. He adds that a healthy Poeltl allows jumbo lineups. at 15:53
  • Sean Woodley: Sean says Murray-Boyles is drawing more defensive attention, with help loading up in the post and forcing uncomfortable shots. He went 4-of-9 against the Clippers. Sean asked whether he was 3-of-10 in the first preseason game, so that figure is unconfirmed. Sean expects his efficiency to take time to even out. at 19:40
  • Sean Woodley: Murray-Boyles got to the free-throw line seven times against the Clippers. at 22:46
  • Darko Rajakovic (reported): Vivek was at practice Monday. He relays Rajakovic saying the team wants Murray-Boyles to be himself, but when he plays the four alongside Poeltl he needs to space out instead of rolling to the rim, and they want him shooting. at 21:25
  • Vivek's analysis: Murray-Boyles is settled in his stripped-down, dunker-spot role at center, but at the four he is being asked to be a different type of player. Vivek says shooting fit was always a development challenge on a team without much shooting. at 21:19
  • Sean asks whether the Raptors could have seven starter-quality players by season's end, counting Walter and Murray-Boyles. Vivek says it's possible, but whether they are starter-worthy on this Raptors team is the bigger question. at 28:48
  • Vivek's "hmm": how the minutes split between Poeltl and Murray-Boyles at the four and five will evolve. He questions how viable lineups with both are, given the team's limited three-point shooting, and says those units need lots of cutting and screening. at 32:34
  • Sean Woodley: Sean doesn't think the Poeltl/Murray-Boyles lineups will play the minutes that matter most. He sees them as a necessity across 82 games and would be surprised if they became a close-game staple. at 33:38

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 2 points · Oct 9
  • Host describes the Raptors as built around a horde of switchable forwards and an exhausting, aggressive style that forces turnovers, naming Scottie Barnes, Collin Murray-Boyles and Kawhi. at 8:52
  • Host predicts Collin Murray-Boyles has a real shot at Sixth Man of the Year as a super sub who closes games and plays close to 30 minutes a night. at 10:22

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