{"id":4188,"date":"2017-02-03T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T19:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=4188"},"modified":"2017-02-03T16:09:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T21:09:41","slug":"coast-2-coast-podcast-episode-18-toronto-raptors-breakdown-lior-kozai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2017\/02\/03\/coast-2-coast-podcast-episode-18-toronto-raptors-breakdown-lior-kozai\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast 2 Coast Podcast Episode #18: Toronto Raptors Breakdown with Lior Kozai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: Welcome to the 18th episode of\u00a0Coast 2 Coast, the\u00a0NBA\u00a0podcast right here at\u00a0Last Word On Pro Basketball. As always, LWOPB is committed to bringing you the very best in basketball news, analysis, and commentary. In putting together this podcast, we continue to stay committed to our high standards. Enjoy the show.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Coast 2 Coast Podcast Episode #18: Toronto Raptors Breakdown with Lior Kozai<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In this episode of the Coast 2 Coast Podcast, Austin and Dante are joined by one of LWOPB&#8217;s senior editors, Lior Kozai. As a Raptors supporter, it only seemed fitting to break down Toronto&#8217;s recent struggles. Topics include what makes <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lowryky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Lowry<\/a><\/strong> special, who can fill the gap at the four, and whether <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carrode01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeMarre Carroll<\/a><\/strong> is still capable.<\/p>\n<p>After no shortage of Raptors talk, the guys delve into other potential Eastern Conference contenders including the Celtics and Wizards. Dante also submits an apology to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brooksc01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Brooks<\/a><\/strong> after the Wiz revival. Additionally, they discuss whatever&#8217;s going on with the two Florida teams (Heat and Magic). DION WAITERS ISLAND!!!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/iyh6a-6754e8?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Austin Cracraft and Dante Guarneri discuss everything from the wide world of the NBA, whether it be the latest update from a Banana Boat or a rookie\u00a0screwing up on his Snapchat.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Follow the show on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Coast2CoastPod\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Coast2CoastPod<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Austin is a Staff Writer and Podcast Host\/Producer at\u00a0Last Word On Sports. He is currently attending the\u00a0University of Oregon\u00a0and enjoys watching, talking about, and playing sports. He is a big\u00a0Colorado Buffaloes\u00a0and\u00a0Oregon Ducks\u00a0fan.<\/p>\n<p>Dante studies Financial Economics at\u00a0Columbia University. For every statistic and analytic undertaking, he hopes to shed humorous light on the everyday parity of the sports world. A life-long sports fan, he\u2019s been blessed with championships from the\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0and\u00a0New York Giants, but cursed by the turbulent history of the\u00a0Brooklyn (New Jersey) Nets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p>RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL &#8211; AUGUST 19: Kyle Lowry #7 and Demar DeRozan #9 of United States warm up prior to the Men&#8217;s Semifinal match on Day 14 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 1 on August 19, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \u00a0(Photo by Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin and Dante hop on the pod, along with LWOPB&#8217;s Lior Kozai, to dive into a Toronto Raptors breakdown and discuss who else to watch in the East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":2001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,62,14],"tags":[65,497,302,319,96,477,136,318],"class_list":["post-4188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-nba","category-raptors","tag-basketball","tag-basketball-podcasts","tag-boston-celtics","tag-kyle-lowry","tag-nba","tag-nba-podcasts","tag-orlando-magic","tag-toronto-raptors"],"modified_by":"Lior Kozai (Managing Editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}