Ja'Kobe Walter
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Sep 12, 2026
Samson FolkHOST
Because if you turn a guy who, even if he ends up shooting the ball better, like, if you turn a guy who's shooting maybe 37, 38% from three into his involvement in the offense is a spot-up shooter, I, like, it's, I'm glad he makes those shots, but it doesn't actually elevate the Raptors' offensive process.
Samson FolkHOST
We saw this with Jacoby Walter, who shot 41% from three.
Samson FolkHOST
Too much of the Raptors' offense when Jacoby is out there is the ball funneling to him, teams disrespecting him as a shooter, and then the prove-it game of do the Raptors score here with Jacoby playing spot up.
Samson FolkHOST
It's why the Raptors, their on/offs, they were so much worse offensively with Jacoby out on the floor, because teams just dictated the ball went to him.
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Samson FolkHOST
But that's, like, his thing, and in terms of being able to look at his body in videos and be able to prescribe like, "Oh yeah, this is a guy who can play center.
Samson FolkHOST
Oh yeah, this is a guy who can play power forward," I just don't think that's accurate, and I just don't think that's, that's reasonable.
Samson FolkHOST
Um, and so, and also it's just guesswork, right? Like Jacoby Walter, they say added, like, eight pounds of muscle.
Samson FolkHOST
When you look at his body, it's like, oh, he looks more or less the same.
Matt GeistHOST
We still have to see him.
Matt GeistHOST
But Jacoby Walter...
Matt GeistHOST
under really good team contracts moving forward.
Matt GeistHOST
It's just that Perto contract wasn't great.
MalikHOST
Who cares? Yeah, who cares? I don't care.
MalikHOST
Would you swap Jacoby Walter and A.J. Mitchell? Oh, yeah, I'd make that trade in five seconds.
MalikHOST
A.J. Mitchell is a significantly better player.
MalikHOST
I had A.J. Mitchell ranked very, very high in that draft class, though, too.
MalikHOST
I think he's big enough to play the two.
MalikHOST
So, yeah.
MalikHOST
You wouldn't trade Jacoby Walter for A.J. Mitchell? Do that trade in a second.
MalikHOST
Yeah, I'd do that trade in a second.
MarkHOST
And that's why he's number 20 on the list.
MarkHOST
Somebody asked, was Jacoby Walter close to making the list? No.
MarkHOST
Jacoby Walter would probably grade out in the top 75.
MarkHOST
But it's just because the consistency of the defensive reps, right? Jacoby Walter has the potential to climb that list significantly.
MarkHOST
It's just about being more consistent on and off ball.
MarkHOST
Because there are a lot of great reps, but there are a lot of ball-watching reps where he kind of gets lost in the sauce a little bit and loses his man too often.
MarkHOST
That's part of being a young guy, though.
MarkHOST
But Jacoby Walter is a damn good defender, and he can fly up in years to come.
Samson FolkHOST
We got to talk about the guards now.
Samson FolkHOST
So the guards for the Raptors, Emmanuel Quickly, R.J. Barrett, Jacoby Walter, Jamal Shedd, Elijah Martin, and then you get a hodgepodge of, like, Andre Jackson Jr., Malachi Smith, Chucky Hepburn, Jaden Bradley competing for spots.
Samson FolkHOST
uh trey we're going back to you this backcourt i think for a lot of people they probably look at the front court first and say i don't know but the backcourt probably is the one i crinkle my nose at the most
Trevon HeathHOST
Yeah, we're on the same page.
Steph NohGUEST
because he gets funneled to that
Samson FolkHOST
shot.
Samson FolkHOST
And Jacoby Walter, we just need to see more.
Samson FolkHOST
We need to see more from him.
Es BaraheniGUEST
The questions are always just if he can stay on the floor consistently, I think from a roster perspective, um, They should probably be one of the best defensive teams in the league between Kawhi, Scottie, Colin Murray-Boyles.
Es BaraheniGUEST
They just have a lot of really good defenders at the point of attack with Jamal Shedd and Jacoby Walter.
Es BaraheniGUEST
They should lean on that to win in the regular season at a pretty good rate, I think.
Es BaraheniGUEST
Their defense will be able to carry them to wins.
Wes GoldbergHOST
I think Quickly is in for a little bit of a bounce back year.
Wes GoldbergHOST
Last year was obviously not ideal.
Wes GoldbergHOST
And they just have like one two three They have four guys who are directly out of central casting for dudes that I just always love I call these like do stuff guys my favorite quality in a basketball player is do you do stuff right? Yeah, and Jamal shed does so much stuff Jacoby Walter does so much stuff Colin Murray boils his whole he doesn't do anything other than stuff stuff He's always doing stuff out there.
Wes GoldbergHOST
He's a
Sean WoodleyGUEST
And I also think he's coming into a team where he doesn't have to be everything, right? I think they can afford to take their time with him.
Sean WoodleyGUEST
And if he needs to rest certain nights, we saw they're basically just going to have the same rotation that took the Cavs to seven last year on the floor, assuming health in the games where Kawhi doesn't play with some hopefully incremental growth from guys like Colin Murray-Boyles and Jamal Shedd and Jacoby Walter and Alan Graves in the mixed net mix.
Sean WoodleyGUEST
And so I think they can sustain and not have Kawhi need to be out there for 38 minutes a game carrying the day on offense every single night.
Sean WoodleyGUEST
They have enough roster depth to get by.
James BarlowHOST
I'm not putting my stock in KCP this year, man.
Raphael BarlowHOST
KCP is a guy that you – I think he has – oh, yeah, somebody mentioned Jacoby Walter.
Raphael BarlowHOST
Jacoby Walter.
Raphael BarlowHOST
He wasn't making jumpers at a high clip, and somehow he still went in the first round.
Raphael BarlowHOST
I wasn't high on Jacoby Walter.
Raphael BarlowHOST
Jacoby Walter
James BarlowHOST
had a scorching hot start, and then he cooled off, I believe.
James BarlowHOST
But I think he's going to start
Sean WoodleyHOST
He plays 55 to 60 games or fewer, and the team is maybe also not ready.
Sean WoodleyHOST
You get some sort of, you know, nonlinear growth from the likes of Jamal Shead or Jacoby Walter or Colin Murray-Boyles.
Sean WoodleyHOST
They're less able to withstand the rigors of 82 games if Kawhi's not playing, you know, a, you know, a third or more of the games.
Sean WoodleyHOST
And they end up outside of the top six because the East is really good and there's not a lot of margin for error, and year one feels like a bit of a waste.
Vivek JacobGUEST
so yeah.
Vivek JacobGUEST
Uh, I think for the, for the Raptors it's, it- it's again you're trying to, you know, really thread the needle in terms of the timeline because you've got on the one end Kawhi pretty much, you know, uh, at the back end of his, uh, career, and we're talking about ages 35, 36, 37.
Vivek JacobGUEST
And, uh, on the other end, you've got this young group of guys between Jamal Shead and Jacoby Walter, Colin Murray-Boyles, Alan Graves.
Vivek JacobGUEST
And let's face it, even, uh, with quickly, you know, we don't, we don't know that this is, uh, a championship level starting point guard, right?
Es BaraheniGUEST
I think from a roster perspective – They should probably be one of the best defensive teams in the league between Kawhi, Scottie, Colin Murray-Boyles.
Es BaraheniGUEST
They just have a lot of really good defenders at the point of attack with Jamal Shedd and Jacoby Walter.
Es BaraheniGUEST
They should lean on that to win in the regular season at a pretty good rate, I think.
Es BaraheniGUEST
Their defense will be able to carry them to wins.
Wes GoldbergHOST
I call these like do stuff guys.
Wes GoldbergHOST
My favorite quality in a basketball player is do you do stuff, right? And Jamal Shedd does so much stuff.
Wes GoldbergHOST
Jacoby Walter does so much stuff.
Wes GoldbergHOST
Colin Murray-Boyles, he doesn't do anything other than stuff.
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