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Toronto Raptors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. Atlantic Division. The team was established in 1. Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada.
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When the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, Tennessee to become the Memphis Grizzlies in 2. Raptors became the only Canadian- based team in the NBA. They originally played their home games at the Sky. Dome (since renamed Rogers Centre in 2. Bremner Boulevard to the Air Canada Centre in 1. Like most expansion teams, the Raptors struggled in their early years, but after the acquisition of Vince Carter through a draft day trade in 1.
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NBA playoffs in 2. Carter was instrumental in leading the team to a then- franchise high 4. Eastern Conference Semifinals. During the 2. 00.
New Jersey Nets. After Carter left, Chris Bosh emerged as the team leader. In 2. 00. 6–0. 7, Bryan Colangelo's first full season as President and General Manager, a combination of Bosh, 2. NBA draft pick Andrea Bargnani and a revamp of the roster helped the Raptors qualify for their first playoff berth in five years, capturing the Atlantic Division title with 4. In the 2. 00. 7–0. In a bid to persuade Bosh to stay, Colangelo overhauled the team roster for the 2.
Bosh signed with the Miami Heat in July 2. Raptors. After Masai Ujiri was brought in as the new General Manager in 2.
Bargnani to the New York Knicks. With a backcourt led by Kyle Lowry and De. Mar De. Rozan, the Raptors returned to the playoffs, won their second Atlantic Division title, and won a then- franchise record 4. However, they failed for a fourth consecutive time to advance beyond the first round of the playoffs. In the 2. 01. 4–1. Washington Wizards, 4–0. Franchise history[edit]Creation[edit]The Toronto Raptors were established on November 4, 1.
NBA, as part of its expansion into Canada, awarded its 2. Toronto businessman John Bitove for a then- record expansion fee of $1. US.[1] Bitove and Allan Slaight of Slaight Communications each owned 4.
Bank of Nova Scotia (1. David Peterson (1%), and Phil Granovsky (1%) being minority partners.[1][3] Wagering on NBA games in Ontario nearly cost Toronto the expansion franchise, due to strict league rules at the time which prohibited gambling. However, an agreement was reached whereby the provincial lottery corporation agreed to stop offering wagering on all NBA games in exchange for a donation by the Raptors of $5 million in its first three years and $1 million annually afterwards to its charitable foundation to compensate the provincial lottery corporation for its loss of revenue.[4][5][6] The Raptors, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, played their first game in 1. NBA teams based in Canada since the 1. Toronto Huskies,[1] though the Buffalo Braves had played a total of 1. Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto from 1. Initial sentiment was in favour of reviving the Huskies nickname, but team management realized it would be nearly impossible to design a logo that did not substantially resemble that of the Minnesota Timberwolves.[8] As a result, a nationwide contest was held to help name the team and develop their colours and logo.
Over 2,0. 00 entries were narrowed down to ten prospects: Beavers, Bobcats, Dragons, Grizzlies, Hogs, Raptors, Scorpions, T- Rex, Tarantulas, and Terriers.[1] The final selection—Toronto Raptors—was unveiled on Canadian national television on May 1. Jurassic Park. The name "Raptor" is a common informal name for the velociraptor, a swift medium- sized dromaeosauridtheropod dinosaur. On May 2. 4, 1. 99.
General Manager, Isiah Thomas were revealed at a press conference.[1] As part of the deal, Thomas received an option to purchase part of the team, reportedly for under market value.[9][1. He would purchase 4. May 1. 99. 5[1. 1][1.
December 1. 99. 5,[1. Bitove and Slaight, decreasing their share to 3. The team's colours of bright red, purple, black, and silver were also revealed; "Naismith" silver was chosen as an ode to Canadian James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.[1] The team originally competed in the Central Division,[1.
Raptors merchandise ranked seventh in the league, marking a successful return of professional basketball to Canada.[1]As General Manager, Isiah Thomas quickly staffed the management positions with his own personnel, naming long- time Detroit Pistons assistant Brendan Malone as the Raptors' head coach.[1] The team's roster was then filled as a result of an expansion draft in 1. Following a coin flip, Toronto was given first choice and selected Chicago Bullspoint guard and three- point specialist B. J. Armstrong. Armstrong refused to report for training and Thomas promptly traded him to the Golden State Warriors for power forwards. Carlos Rogers and Victor Alexander.[1] Thomas then selected a wide range of players in the expansion draft, including veterans Jerome Kersey, Willie Anderson and his former Pistons teammate John "Spider" Salley.[1]Subsequent to the expansion draft, the Raptors landed the seventh pick in the NBA draft lottery, behind their fellow 1.
Vancouver Grizzlies. Thomas selected Damon Stoudamire, a point guard out of Arizona, around whom the franchise would seek to construct its near future. Yet, the selection of Stoudamire was met with boos from fans at the 1. NBA draft at Sky. Dome in Toronto, many of whom wanted Ed O'Bannon of UCLA, an NCAA Final Four. Most Valuable Player.[1]1. Struggles of a new franchise[edit].
Sky. Dome, known as Rogers Centre since 2. Raptors home games from 1. In the team's first official NBA game, Alvin Robertson scored the first NBA points in Raptors history,[1. Stoudemire recorded 1. New Jersey Nets.[1. The Raptors concluded their inaugural season with a 2.
Chicago Bulls,[1. NBA best 7. 2–1. With averages of 1.
Stoudemire also won the 1. Rookie of the Year Award.[1. In November of the 1. Bitove sold his ownership interest in the team to Slaight for $6. Slaight had activated a shotgun clause in their partnership agreement,[2.
Slaight 7. 9% control of the team,[2. Bank of Nova Scotia (1. Thomas (9%) Peterson (1%) and Granovsky (1%).[2. Slaight subsequently acquired the 1% which had been owned by both Peterson and Granovsky, who had died a year earlier.[3][2. The team improved on its win record by nine games.[2. They selected centre. Marcus Camby with the second overall pick in the 1.
NBA draft.[2. 8] By the end of the season, Camby earned a berth on the NBA's All- Rookie Team while Stoudamire continued to play well, averaging 2. As in the previous season, the Raptors were one of only 1. Champions, the Chicago Bulls.[2. The Raptors also defeated the Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz and Miami Heat, all of whom were eventual Conference finalists.[2.
However, the Raptors struggled against teams who were not of championship calibre, including three losses to the 1. Boston Celtics.[3.
In the 1. 99. 7–9. After Thomas' attempts to execute a letter of intent with Slaight to purchase the team failed, he resigned his position with the team in November and sold his 9% stake in the team to Slaight.[2. This left Slaight with 9. Bank of Nova Scotia with 1.
Thomas was replaced by Glen Grunwald as GM.[3. With Thomas gone, Stoudamire immediately sought a trade.[3. On February 1. 3, 1.
Portland Trail Blazers along with Walt Williams and Carlos Rogers for Kenny Anderson, Alvin Williams, Gary Trent, two first- round draft choices, a second- round draft choice and cash.[3. Anderson refused to report to Toronto and was traded to the Celtics with ЕЅan Tabak and Popeye Jones for Chauncey Billups, Dee Brown, Roy Rogers and John Thomas.[3. When the trading deadline was over, the Raptors became the youngest team in the league with an average age of 2. They had five rookies on their roster, including the 1. Tracy Mc. Grady, who at the time was the youngest player in the NBA.[3. The inexperienced Raptors struggled throughout the season and their regular season record regressed to 1.
On February 1. 2, 1. Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd., the owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs, purchased 1. Raptors and the arena the team was building, Air Canada Centre, from Slaight and the Bank of Nova Scotia.[3.
MLSE paid a reported $4. During the 1. 99. NBA draft, in what became a defining move for the franchise, Grunwald traded the team's 4th overall pick Antawn Jamison to the Golden State Warriors for Vince Carter, who was selected 5th overall.[4. To bring further credibility to the Raptors, Grunwald traded Marcus Camby to the New York Knicks for Charles Oakley,[4.
Kevin Willis, another veteran acquired from the trade, solidified the centre position, while the coaching staff temporarily rotated Brown, Williams and Doug Christie to play point guard. Both Christie and Williams became talented players in their own right; Christie developed into one of the elite defenders in the NBA,[4. Williams improved his play on the offensive end. New coach Butch Carter was also credited with much of the team's turnaround during the lockout shortened 1.
Although the team did not make the playoffs, many were optimistic with the impressive performances of Rookie of the Year Carter[4. Mc. Grady. 1. 99.
The Vince Carter era[edit]. The Raptors moved to the Air Canada Centre in 1. NBA attendance records for the following three seasons. During the 1. 99. NBA draft, believing that the Raptors still lacked a strong frontcourt presence, Grunwald traded first- round draft pick Jonathan Bender for power forward Antonio Davis of the Indiana Pacers.
Davis quickly entered the Raptors starting lineup and he would develop into an All- Star in the coming years. Conversely, Bender would only play 9 seasons and would be out of the league by age 2. In the backcourt, Carter, Christie and Dell Curry played at the shooting guard position and Alvin Williams and Muggsy Bogues at point guard. The rotation of Davis, Oakley and Willis in the frontcourt and Carter's and Mc.