Good day of biking to work, a free evening, playoff hockey and basketball on TV, and a baked potato with chili for supper.

Pretty damn fine day.

Billy Gone-ovan.

First bike commute of the season, and despite feeling slow as molasses it was life giving. Fresh air, a beautiful sunrise over the river, birds chirping, my son in the bike trailer looking for animals and singing songs...perfection.

Collin Murray-Boyles has scored 31 points in his first 2 playoff games, the most by a Raptors rookie all-time.

A no-show from Ingram, and the absence from Quickley, were too much to overcome.

Despite some great moments, not the outcome the Raptors wanted. Which is disappointing. But if we're looking at the bright side, I was able to get all my bike gear ready for my first cycling commute of the season tomorrow.

So that's...something.

True. The hope is a guard heavy draft and it not being a position of need for some teams may have him slide.

Raptors won a coin flip???

Raptors won a coin flip!!!

Very valid. I'll give you a few more fantastic 2026 Draft names: Kingston Flemings, Yaxel Lendeborg, Jayden Quaintance, Tounde Yessoufou, Flory Bidunga.

I'd like to officially welcome Labaron Philon Jr to my Raptors' Draft Board.

Today is the day the Raptors find out if they will be drafting at 19 or 20.

Oh, and they play game 2. Fun!!

This is amazing. Enjoy!

Makes perfect sense for Condon, and sadly removes one of my favorite second round targets for the Raptors.

The Hornets are a fun and exciting team to watch, and then they trot out Miles Bridges and all goodwill is lost.

Hell yeah!

I appreciate your sacrifice.

Did the players ask for this after Googling him??

So you're hoping a spot is...Held for her?

Brought "This Inevitable Ruin" (Dungeon Crawler Carl book) to my conservative Mother-In-Law's house for the weekend. Did not consider that the cover has "Fuck the Cheese Dicks" written in big letters.

I want the @tempobasketball.bsky.social mascot to be an angry Gritty like creature and we can call it Tempo Tantrum.

Re-watched the first half from last night to just focus on Collin Murray-Boyles, and my goodness. His stats stood out on their own, but there were so many other ways he impacted the game. Such a fun player.

Was originally lost by Scottie Barnes on Second Team All-Defense, but was pulled back in by Collin Murray-Boyles on the First Team All-Rookie.

Toronto Tempo legend.

But Gradey hasn't pl....ooooooh. I see.

They're called the Miami Heat because they have no chill.

I was an OG OG booster, and I carry on that legacy with being OG CMB.

I'm proud of my boys.

Collin Murray-Boyles in 12 first-half minutes:

10 points (4-of-4 from floor and 2-of-2 from line)
7 rebounds
1 assist
2 steals
1 block
+20

Pretty pretty pretty good.

As a point of reference, OG Anunoby had an appendectomy after the end of the regular season in 2018-2019, and missed the entirety of the Raptors' championship run.

Doesn't bode well for the 76ers.

Imagine an official NBA investigation simply concluding publicly that "this guy's just bad at his job!"

Perfection.

It's why Ja'Kobe's breakout has been such a godsend. A good defender who can shoot the damn ball and cut. He fits them so well.