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▲ 63 r/torontoraptors

Favourite regular season monent?

The rollercoaster of emotions I went through as a kid during this moment omg! First, I thought it was over when Ruffin caught the ball. Then he throws it up in the air! Peterson catches it, heaves it and by some miracle it goes in! And we end up winning in OT!

u/Dapper_Balance_2224 — 1 month ago
▲ 177 r/torontoraptors

Our biggest draft mistake?

Imo there are 3 candidates:

Selecting Rafael Araujo over Iggy

Selecting Joey Graham over Danny Granger

Selecting Andrea Bargnani over Lamarcus Aldridge

Which one of these is our biggest mistake? And if we had a do-over, which guy would make our team better between iggy, granger and aldridge?

u/Dapper_Balance_2224 — 2 months ago
▲ 10 r/ancientrome

Book Recommendations for the Empire Period

I’m about to finish Colleen McCullough’s final book in her Masters of Rome series.

I’ve learned so much about the fall of the Roman Republic by reading these books even though they’re technically historical fiction. It’s made me realize that I’m more equipped at learning the history of Rome through books like these rather than skimming Wikipedia articles.

Are there any good, fairly accurate, historical fiction books that cover the period after “Antony & Cleopatra” about Augustus’ reign as Emperor and even beyond like the entire Julio-Claudian Dynasty, Flavian Dynasty, Five Good Emperors etc. ?

Preferably, I would like something chronological that starts with Augustus’ rule. It doesn’t have to be one series from one author, I don’t mind jumping around if I can continue to expand my knowledge.

Please let me know if anyone thinks of any. Thanks!

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u/Dapper_Balance_2224 — 2 months ago
▲ 109 r/torontoraptors

Raptors Coaches Ranked

These are my all time rankings of Raptors coaches. I didn’t include Darko as his tenure is ongoing. Lmk what you guys think

  1. ⁠Nick Nurse ( Championship winning Coach, won COTY, made key adjustments in the 2019 run like box and one and kawhi on Giannis)

  2. Dwane Casey (Got us to the ECF, the farthest we got before Nurse, oversaw the formation of the demar/kyle tandem and won COTY)

  3. Lenny Wilkens (Won our first playoff series, Got to the playoffs multiple times, and would’ve made it to the finals if Vince hits that shot)

  4. Sam Mitchell (Also made the playoffs multiple times but just couldn’t get a series win. I blame Babcock more than Sam though. Won COTY)

  5. Butch Carter (We transitioned from a bad team to a playoff team under Butch and he was able to unlock the potential of our guys. If his tenure was longer, he’d be higher)

  6. Jay Triano (Roster construction at this point was really bad so we didn’t have much success. Not entirely Jay’s fault. Unfortunately this period will be remembered for bosh leaving)

  7. Brendan Malone (only 21 wins in our inaugural year but we beat the 72-10 Bulls, which for the longest time was our proudest moment. Also, if he stays, I think the Raptors are more successful in subsequent years than they were with Walker)

  8. Kevin O’Neill (A forgettable year where we won 33 games)

  9. Darrell Walker (Not a lot of success. Had 41 wins in a year and a half. Got into feuds with players like T-Mac. Someone had to be last, I went Walker)

Edit: i reposted as it deleted my nurse ranking lol

u/Dapper_Balance_2224 — 2 months ago
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Need Help Identifying this Pepper

I bought it from the supermarket last week but I don’t remember the name of it. Was hoping to use it to try some new recipes. I’m making pasta tonight and I’d like to know how much, if any, I can add. It’s about the size of my hand, if that helps

u/Dapper_Balance_2224 — 5 months ago