Hello and welcome to another edition of the Nix Film School pregame show.

My name is Andrew Claudio, aka GMA, and it's time to preview the next upcoming matchup against

the Toronto Raptors in MLK Day matinee at Madison Square Garden.

The Raptors come in at 19 and 24, 11th place in the Eastern Conference.

Remember what that was like?

11th place in the Eastern Conference. I

shouldn't say anything. I'm still getting over being Claudio cursed. Although, again,

bounce here, rebound there, Frito's there. 13 and 5 would be in play. I digress. The Raptors

come in. A struggling team that is 3 and 3 in their last 6. So 6 game homestand that they just wrapped up the other night.

Unfortunately, that homestand for them started with a Knicks loss,

the first to the Knicks in Toronto since Jeremy Lynn.

A lot of questions surrounding this Raptor season.

And surprisingly enough, from our perspective, they surround the head coach and the front office,

who I've heard many of Nick's fans say are the model for what we should be,

whether it be Masay Ujiri or Nick Nurse.

You're going to hear all about it from Catherine Niker, who is part of Raptors Republic, a blog that

has been covering the Raptors for over a decade and has spearheaded people into the industry.

And they do a great job over there. And the link will be in the episode description of this

podcast. Her links as well. The podcast she hosts

on the feed is called Buckets and T. She also has a WNBA podcast called The Pickup. She also is a stand-up

comedian and her comedy album, I'm Your Number One Dad, is available on Spotify and Apple and all places that you get albums.

It's also available in a link that is in this episode description as well.

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