PRESEASON GAME 1: Portland Trail Blazers @ Toronto Raptors in Vancity - Sat Sept 29th, 7pm ET

[Hotshot]

Sad news. Tough to lose a parent. Especially tough at a young(ish) age.

I think he also lost his mom at a young age so... damn sorry to hear.

[KeonClark]

Sad news. Tough to lose a parent. Especially tough at a young(ish) age.

Yeah I lost my dad when I was 22..hopefully OG is a stronger man than I was for awhile! I know siakam when through it too so maybe he can help be a support for him

[Puffer]

Sad news. Tough to lose a parent. Especially tough at a young(ish) age.

[planetmars]

I believe OG's father passed away recently, so he may not be available for tonight's game.

Got the connection from this tweet (via Reddit):

The Jefferson City Jays held a moment of silence before the game honoring the father of junior defensive tackle Olisa Anunoby who recently passed away @KOMUsports pic.twitter.com/bRKShGYdxx

— Bradley Davis (@BdR3porter) September 29, 2018

Olisa Anunoby is OG's brother.

[rocwell]

TBT to 13/14 preseason

[Puffer]

Gonna be game morning tomorrow morning in Asia. I'm not sure if any of the free live streams will broadcast a preseason game, but hope so.

Was just reading somewhere that we might not see Kawhi out there for extended minutes, as Nick experiments with various lineups." I feel like 20+ minutes would still be a good time to have Kawhi out there for the first game(?) gotta get him in rhythm with the starters.... anyways, am feeling an unreasonable amount of excitement for first preseason game. Looking forward to waking up a bit early.

20 minutes of Kawhi, Lyle, Green, Ibaka and JV would be great. I'll take whatever Nurse delivers and like it. Anxious to see the makeup and play of the second unit and how Nurse massages those roles.

[Puffer]

*bracing for anguish and ridiculous takeaways from the first preseason game *

"Media Garbage" deflector shields on HIGH.

[veda-parabolist]

Gonna be game morning tomorrow morning in Asia. I'm not sure if any of the free live streams will broadcast a preseason game, but hope so.

Was just reading somewhere that we might not see Kawhi out there for extended minutes, as Nick experiments with various lineups." I feel like 20+ minutes would still be a good time to have Kawhi out there for the first game(?) gotta get him in rhythm with the starters.... anyways, am feeling an unreasonable amount of excitement for first preseason game. Looking forward to waking up a bit early.

[golden]

[Zainab]

GAME DAYYYyyyyyy yayyyyyyy

[Ebonhawke]

*bracing for anguish and ridiculous takeaways from the first preseason game *

[GOLDBLUM]

[Scraptor]

[DanH]

Game day! Hallelujah. Now for sleep.

[Puffer]

no puffer this is not a solo mission. We are all pumped right with you

Ha ha ha. Stupid auto correct. "So pumped." "SO."