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Starts 1 of 3 games · 4th on TOR in minutes · Core role

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So far only his team's show (Locked On Raptors) has talked about him this season. We also follow 20 national shows, ESPN and CBS Sports stories and 90+ beat reporters; their items appear here as soon as they mention him.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 2 points · Oct 23
  • Host: Collin Murray-Boyles had back-to-back-to-back defensive stops, "I think" in the third quarter. Ja'Kobe Walter was sticking to his man and causing turnovers in the fourth quarter. at 22:35
  • Ja'Kobe Walter hit a three in the first half. at 8:17

  “RAPTORS POSTCAST: Defense SHUTS DOWN Anthony Davis + RJ Barrett and Scottie Barnes Carry The Offense” · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 3 points · Oct 23
  • The five-man unit of Quickley, Murray-Boyles, Barnes, Jamison Battle and Ja'Kobe Walter played three minutes and scored 18 points. Battle and Walter were the off-ball spacers, and the only missed field goal was the blocked dunk. Wolfond wants to see more of it. at 29:56
  • Wolfond names Murray-Boyles, Allen Graves and Ja'Kobe Walter as a defensive "chaos" trio he expects to generate pressure, steals and offensive rebounds. at 31:21
  • Sean Woodley: Woodley wants a lineup of Walter, Murray-Boyles, Graves, Jamal Shead and Barnes, which he describes as the "four bench hellions" plus Barnes, and jokes that he wants it for 27 minutes a night. at 32:07

  “Have the Raptors unlocked Immanuel Quickley? Breaking down his awesome opener w/ Joe Wolfond” · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 5 points · Oct 22
  • The Raptors had 15 steals: Kawhi Leonard had four and Ja'Kobe Walter had three. at 3:04
  • The host predicts Ja'Kobe Walter will make an All-Defense team at some point, citing his on-ball defense. at 6:10
  • A lineup of Scottie Barnes, Jamal Shead, Ja'Kobe Walter, Collin Murray-Boyles and Allen Graves played about two minutes together. The group was also used in the preseason. The host calls it four bench players plus Barnes. at 7:32
  • Barrett played with bench units that included Shead, Murray-Boyles, Graves and Walter. The host prefers Barnes in that slot for defense. at 19:12
  • Walter showed encouraging offense beyond spot-up threes: a drive off a closeout into a mid-range shot, a well-timed cut, and a strong finish through contact. The host calls it possibly the most encouraging performance on the team. at 31:52

  “Toronto Raptors defense looks absolutely monstrous; offense leaves meat on the bone in Bulls beatdown” · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Raptors host · Report · Oct 22

  Dwayne highlighted full-court ball pressure from Jamal Shead and Ja'Kobe Walter.

  “RAPTORS POSTCAST: Kawhi Leonard is BACK + a HISTORIC Beatdown of Bulls” at 17:09 · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 3 points · Oct 20
  • Sean Woodley: Jamal Shead played all 82 games last year. He outplayed Ja'Kobe Walter by about 400 minutes and played 10 more games. at 21:05
  • Vivek picks Walter to play more total minutes than Shead, mainly because he expects Walter to start on nights Leonard doesn't play. Sean also picks Walter, saying Walter helps close games. Sahal picks Shead but calls it very close. at 21:56
  • Walter led the team in steals in last season's playoffs. A speaker says this was because 'the steals champ' Immanuel Quickley was hurt. at 30:16

  “The 10th Annual Toronto Raptors Over/Unders & Props Spectacular! | Predicting every angle of the season w/ Viv” · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Raptors host · Report · Oct 19

  Zulfi on the second Knicks preseason game, a loss: the Raptors problem-solved within it. He highlights Murray-Boyles (CMB) against Karl-Anthony Towns and Ja'Kobe Walter coming in and doing a little. He notes the Knicks had all their starters in the first game.

  “Biggest Raptors Preseason Takeaways | Scottie's breakout is imminent + how do we feel about IQ & Jak? w/ Zulfi” at 7:55 · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 3 points · Oct 16
  • Barnes and Quickley ran a 4-1 inverted ghost action that ended in a Euro-step and-one. Wolfond said that lineup Ja'Kobe Walter was small, and he doesn't know whether the team will play that small often. at 11:07
  • A host or guest Woodley said losing "mamu" hurts the shooting. In theory, Allen Graves or more threes from Walter plus a Quickley bounce-back could make up for it. name not confirmed at 24:39
  • In the first Knicks game, Shead ran a full-court Spain pick-and-roll with screens from Murray-Boyles and Walter. It produced a skip pass for an open corner three by Graves. at 35:30

  “The Toronto Raptors offense is gonna be a wagon this year; is Top-5 on the table? w/ Joe Wolfond” · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 3 points · Oct 14
  • Sean Woodley: The host thinks the team will put a lot of Ja'Kobe Walter on opposing lead guards this season. at 17:23
  • Sean Woodley: The host praised his point-of-attack defense. at 20:35
  • Sean Woodley: Host analysis: Darko Rajakovic has tailored the scheme to his players' strengths, historically elbow creation and off-screen actions. The host argues more shooting from Battle, Allen Graves, Ja'Kobe Walter and Kawhi improves spacing and allows simpler offense. at 28:33

  “Kawhi Leonard cooks in Raptors preseason debut | Will he be off-ball more than ever this year?” · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 2 points · Oct 13
  • Sean Woodley: When Walter shared the floor with Quickley, Walter took the big guarding assignment (Garland), freeing Quickley to sag off a weaker offensive player such as Kris Dunn. at 28:29
  • Sean asks whether the Raptors could have seven starter-quality players by season's end, counting Walter and Murray-Boyles. Vivek says it's possible, but whether they are starter-worthy on this Raptors team is the bigger question. at 28:48

  “What we want to see from Kawhi Leonard & the rest of the Raptors in the final few preseason games w/ Vivek Jac” · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · 2 points · Oct 9
  • Host calls Ja'Kobe Walter's drive game underwhelming: he can't finish through contact and isn't getting to the line the way he did in college. at 30:55
  • Host wants Ja'Kobe Walter to grow into a second-side attacker over the season. He thinks that would unlock Raptors lineups with Walter at the two-guard spot, but doesn't necessarily expect it right away. at 31:44

  “Why the Toronto Raptors could absolutely earn the 1-seed in the East this season | Mailbag!” · listen ↗

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