My favorite NBA team is the Toronto Raptors from Ontario Canada.
Ah, that's exciting! Who are the Raptors' star players right now?
It was Vince Carter. He lead the team in 2001 to their first playoff win. THey went to the Eastern Conference semifinals. No they are young.
They have some pretty good potential for growth right now, don't they? I've been seeing quite a bit of chatter about them recently.
2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, they failed to make significant progress, and Carter was traded in 2004 to the New Jersey Nets.
After Carter left, Chris Bosh emerged as the team leader. For the 2006–07 season, Bryan Colangelo was appointed as general manager, and through a combination of Bosh, 2006 first overall draft pick Andrea Bargnani, and a revamp of the roster, the Raptors qualified for their first playoff berth in five years, capturing the Atlantic Division title. In the 2007–08 season, they also advanced to the
the only Canadian-based team in the league, as the Grizzlies relocated from Vancouver, British Columbia to Memphis, Tennessee.
Like most expansion teams, the Raptors struggled in their early years, but after the acquisition of Vince Carter through a draft day trade in 1998, the team set league-attendance records and made the NBA playoffs in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Carter was instrumental in leading the team to their first playoff series win in 2001, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals. During the