(1/) @Sid_Seixeiro, on an episode of @CityNewsTO’s @breakfasttv broadcast that’d started under 12 h after the @Raptors had narrowly lost an April 2023 play-in game to a @chicagobulls’ squad they’d led, at 1 point, by almost 20 points (x.com/davwain1/statu…), claimed said loss
(1/) @Sid_Seixeiro, on an episode of @CityNewsTO’s @breakfasttv broadcast that’d started under 12 h after the @Raptors had narrowly lost an April 2023 play-in game to a @chicagobulls’ squad they’d led, at 1 point, by almost 20 points (x.com/davwain1/statu…), claimed said loss
(2/) had been “a group failure” (👇). To @FrozenLeafs’ claim about the @BuffaloSabres’ lengthy #playoff appearance #drought: - I call this #Sabres’ season as much “a group failure” as @Sid_Seixeiro claimed the @Raptors’ 2022–23 season had been, with his having claimed, more
(2/) had been “a group failure” (👇). To @FrozenLeafs’ claim about the @BuffaloSabres’ lengthy #playoff appearance #drought: - I call this #Sabres’ season as much “a group failure” as @Sid_Seixeiro claimed the @Raptors’ 2022–23 season had been, with his having claimed, more
(3/) specifically: — #nicknurse had, during what would become his final season as @Raptors’ head coach, provided “very little leadership” — @pskills43, @FredVanVleet & their then-teammates had shown limited “imagination” or “togetherness on the court” - @JDBunkis, on a January
(4/) 2023 episode of his own podcast on @Sportsnet’s the @FAN590, claimed the @Raptors had been “a bad basketball team” (👇): — despite which the Raps would qualify for a play-in spot, finishing 9th in the @NBA’s #EasternConference — which I’d call an accurate description of the
(4/) 2023 episode of his own podcast on @Sportsnet’s the @FAN590, claimed the @Raptors had been “a bad basketball team” (👇): — despite which the Raps would qualify for a play-in spot, finishing 9th in the @NBA’s #EasternConference — which I’d call an accurate description of the
(5/) @BuffaloSabres, except to substitute #basketball with #hockey - the 10 April Eastern Time episode of the #Sabres-themed @lockedonsports (@LockedOnNetwork) podcast (@LockedOnSabres) featured in a tweet a claim of the supposed “absurdity of” #LetsGoBuffalo’s lengthy #playoff
(5/) @BuffaloSabres, except to substitute #basketball with #hockey - the 10 April Eastern Time episode of the #Sabres-themed @lockedonsports (@LockedOnNetwork) podcast (@LockedOnSabres) featured in a tweet a claim of the supposed “absurdity of” #LetsGoBuffalo’s lengthy #playoff