Hi there. Watch the NBA at all? I've been enjoying the Toronto Raptors for the past few seasons... I like Demar Derozan and Kyle Lowry.. although they don't seem to pick up during the playoffs :(
I don't watch a lot of basketball. I know the Raptors are based in Toronto, Ontario and they are a pro team. How do they stack up in the rankings?
They were first in the eastern conference last year... and then got swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers (the team with Lebron James, regarded as the #1 nba player) :(
Are you from Canada? The Raptors compete in the NBA in the Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. What made you a fan?
I'm not. I live in the eastern USA. But I didn't really have a decent team to pick from when I started watching a few years ago... I liked the personalities of a couple of their star players
So they have been around since 1995 along with the Vancouver Grizzlies. Is it strange that Canada expanded into the NBA? 
It could be strange... but when you think about it, some Canadian cities are really close to the USA that they might as well be in the USA with how easy they are to travel to
Good point! The Grizzlies moved to Tennessee and now the Raptors are the only Canadian based team left in the NBA.
Yeah, I was going to point that out, too. Interesting move, from Vancouver to Memphis... The grizzlies have done alright in recent times, but have kind of fallen off sadly
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
Kyle Lowry
Kyle Terrell Lowry (born March 25, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Cardinal Dougherty High School in Philadelphia and declared for the NBA draft after two seasons of college basketball with the Villanova Wildcats. He was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 24th overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft.
Lowry helped the Toronto Raptors reach the playoffs for the first time in seven years and win an Atlantic Division title during the 2013–14