When it comes to the Toronto Raptors, many people are blinded and don't know anything, indeed, because of the problem of geography and record, their presence in the NBA is extremely low, and CCTV can't broadcast a few games throughout the season, so how do fans know the history of this team? This season's Raptors can be called a dark horse, once occupied the top position in the record list, the Raptors are indeed dark horses, because of geographical problems, the Raptors have been established for more than 20 years, and no star has ever taken the initiative to come to Toronto, which has led to the Raptors have been a small role in the league for many years, but how did such a team rise? Let's talk about the Toronto Raptors.

At present, Toronto is the only team in the NBA league whose home court is outside the United States, in fact, the Raptors also had a buddy back then, that is, the Memphis Grizzlies, the two teams joined the NBA together in 1995 as an international team, but the development of the two teams is indeed worlds apart, the Raptors and Grizzlies are understandably difficult at the beginning of the team, but the Raptors are expensive in the eyes, and the draft has selected the baby in a row, Damon Stoudemire, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, etc., having a star means having a box office, endorsements, and appeal, and the team has money to make, compared to the Grizzlies, who are much more dismal, with average star quality, and eventually had to move back to the small American city of Memphis.

As early as 1989, Stern waited for the CCTV tie to meet in the cold wind of Beijing spring, Stern shivered from the cold, and finally used his sincere heart to influence the leaders of CCTV, as a result, the NBA mailed a box of NBA videotapes to CCTV every week, not to mention the money and to bear the postage in the past, not only that, Stern also paid out of his own pocket to invite CCTV leaders to the NBA to enjoy the All-Star Game and the Finals, which is why the NBA became popular in China.

Does it feel like Stern was begging China to see it at that time? Hehe, I'll tell you the truth, in fact, Stern begged China to watch, CCTV liked to broadcast table tennis and volleyball to promote the national prestige at that time, and he was not interested in basketball that had not yet started, but now you look at how successful the NBA is in China, last year Tencent spent a lot of money to buy the copyright of the NBA's online broadcast in China, the price is 5 years and 500 million US dollars, pay attention, it is not a name coin, it is US dollars!

Under Stern's NBA international expansion ambition, the time came to 1995, and it happened that Isaiah Thomas was a little related to a Canadian oil owner, and as a result, under the recommendation of Thomas, Stern decided to open the Canadian market, so two teams from Canada were born - Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies, and Thomas was the first president of the Raptors.

Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa, the capital of Canada, are the three largest cities in Canada, Toronto is a "city of the world", people of different races and different countries live happily here, China, Italy, India, the Philippines, Pakistan, etc., these countries have many citizens living here, it is unbelievable that although Toronto's population structure is very complex, Toronto's security is very good, the crime rate is very low, and it is known as "the safest city in Canada", and it is even more unbelievable. In addition to the two official languages here, English and French, the third language is Cantonese, and I can't imagine a blonde Canadian saying "Wow, Wood Chicken, Shouldn't I!" "What does it feel like.

Toronto is a latitude with Changchun, China, with a short summer time and cold winter, and the perennial temperature in the second half of the year remains between 15 and 20 degrees, Toronto is almost located in the southernmost part of Canada, so although Toronto is cold, it is the warmest city in Canada. In fact, don't look at Toronto as a Canadian city, in fact, geographically speaking, Toronto is very close to Cleveland, Syracuse, and Detroit, and not very far from Philadelphia, New York, Washington, and Boston.

Okay, let's talk about Toronto, because of geography and weather, the Raptors, including the previous Vancouver Grizzlies, are rarely able to make a difference in the free market every offseason, (after all, no one likes to run to Canada every day) In the 21 years since the Raptors were established, there has never been a big name who has taken the initiative to join the Raptors, my mother doesn't love my uncle and uncle, and if the Raptors want to grab the player they want, they must offer a premium contract with an amount far greater than the value of the player, Demarre Carroll's 4-year $58.07 million is the same, and Cory Joseph's 4-year $30 million is the same, so if the team wants to improve its strength, the draft has become the only lifeline for the Raptors, but the sad thing is that the Raptors can choose stars, but they can't keep stars, Damon Stoudemire only played for the Raptors as a rookie for 3 years, and then forced the team to trade himself, Carter has only played for the first seven years of his parent team Raptors in the eighteen seasons of his current career, Maddie played for three years and left, and the former Dragon King Chris Bosh also chose to leave after fulfilling the Raptors' seven-year contract.

The Raptors won a total of 21 games in their debut season, second to last in the East and third to last in the league, Damon Stoudemire was the Raptors' first star, and in the 1995 NBA draft, Raptors president Isaiah Thomas unexpectedly selected Stoudemire with the No. 7 pick in the first round, which proved to be at least a good choice, and Stoudemire's performance was worthy of the sign.

Now fans know that there is a "little bully" Amare Stoudemire who is in the same class as Yao Ming, he is called "Xiao Si" by fans, and this legendary "Big Si" is this Stoudemire, Damon is only 178 cm tall, this height can be said to be a dwarf in the NBA, but Damon is fast, comprehensive in attack, steady in ball control, good passing ability, and strong body, basically a strengthened version of "Little Potato" Nate Robinson, Because Damon had two little mice tattooed on his left arm (little mouse was his mother's name for him), the fans named him "Little Flying Squirrel".

In his rookie season, "Flying Squirrel" averaged 19.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, and averaged 9.3 assists per game, ranking fifth in the league in assists.

The flying squirrel ranks first in the Raptors average points per game in the new season, and the second is Tress Murray, Murray is 201 cm tall, serving as a forward, his most impressive thing is his shooting, whether it is mid-range or three-point shooting, he was selected from the Rockets in the Raptors expansion draft, the previous season was the 94-95 season of the Rockets full of talent, Olajuwon, Drexler, Maxwell, Odis Thorpe, Kenny Smith, Robert Hawley, Sam Cassel, Mario Aley, Carl Herrera, and, of course, Scott Brooks, in fact the Rockets swept the Magic in that year's Finals to win the championship.

Tracy Murray stands behind so many celebrities, naturally there is not much playing time, averaging only 3.5 points per game, in the middle of the season, Murray was sent to the Raptors, from the water cooler manager to the main player who jumped to the starter, can average 16.2 points per game, three-point shooting rate as high as 42.2%! Joining Murray from the Rockets is center Zahn Tuqueba, a Croatian player who was originally a water cooler manager with the Rockets and became the team's super sixth man after arriving with the Raptors, and has also shown his tough side on the court, averaging points per game from 2.0 points and 1.5 rebounds to 7.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

Sharon White, in 1994, that is, last year's No. 6 rookie in the first round, once beat Duncan in college, he played with the 76ers last year, averaging 11.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, the 76ers want Tony Masenberg of the Raptors (this brother is the NBA's all-time transfer king, his career has gone through 21 transfers, the peak was in the 1991-1992 season, Masenberg played a total of 18 games in the season, playing a total of 90 minutes for 4 teams, *** After the No. 34 jersey left for the Spurs, it was the brother who wore it), so the 76ers sent White to the Raptors. White also played very well with the Raptors, averaging a career-high 16.5 points per game, but a sudden car accident ruined White, which caused White's arm and collarbone to be severely fractured.

In 1992, the NBA league added two new super fat people, the first is the champion Shaquille O'Neal, this second is the 22nd pick in the first round of Oliver Miller, although both of them are fat, but fat is not a rhythm, O'Neal's fat, is full of strength fat, successfully turned his flesh into his own powerful basket attack power, and Miller is not strictly speaking he is fat, but swollen, his weight is normally about 150 kg, In the 1998-1999 season, Miller ranked first in the league with a weight of 325 pounds (one pound is about 0.453 kilograms), although he was a full 10 centimeters shorter than O'Neal, in fact, at the beginning of his career, when Miller could still control his weight, he was still a center with a very good basket attack, but later in his career, Miller lost more and more weight, grew and became more and more swollen, which eventually led to a significant decline in his competitive level, and it was a matter of time before he was cut.

The main reason why Miller can't control his weight is that he can't control his mouth, another fat man in the league, Charles Barkley, once teased Fat Miller, saying that Miller didn't bounce at all, but when you put a Big Mac burger on the rebound, Miller can complete a windmill dunk with a 360-degree turn!

Miller spent the first two seasons in the Suns as a rookie, averaging basically 8 points and 6 rebounds per game, and was later poached by the Pistons for 4 years and 10 million, averaging 8.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, 95-96 Miller was selected by the Raptors in the Raptors' expanded draft, so he ushered in the highest performance of his career, averaging 12.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.9 blocks per game, becoming the signature figure of the Raptors' interior!

Willie Anderson, the Raptors' starting small forward this season, he was originally a star cultivated by the Spurs, played seven seasons in the Spurs, and has become a marginal figure in the Spurs this season, but in the weak Raptors, Anderson still played the value of a veteran, averaging 12.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.

Elvin Robertson is the starting guard of the Raptors this season, although Robertson's brilliant career is not as good as the "big O" Robertson, but it is still worth reading, he is a very good outside defensive master, whether it is in the Spurs, or the Bucks are the team's outside defensive gate, he is also as a guard, the only player who has completed a 4-double, but the year he played with the Raptors was the last year of his career, and before this year, he had not played for two years due to injury, Returning from injury this season, he is still averaging 9.3 points, 4.2 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game.

Finally, let's talk about a player, he is Doug Christie, Christie is nicknamed "The Scalpel", his offense is not at the top, but he has tough defensive skills Many stars in the same position of the same era have suffered under Christie, his defense is different from Bowen's kind of stalker dogskin plaster style defense, but judging the opponent's passing route, directly stealing from the opponent's pass to launch a fast break, Christie originally played for the Lakers, role player, and later transferred to the Knicks, It was not reused, averaging only 1.3 points per game, and was later traded to the Raptors, which established a firm foothold in the league and eventually shined in the subsequent Kings.

Christie is not talking about his brilliant career, but his wonderful wife, although Christie is tall and tall on the court, but he is a well-known afraid wife in the NBA, once Christie had a conflict with Lakers player Fox, the two of them fought directly on the court, after the game, Fox rushed to the locker room to fight with Christie again, Christie didn't say anything, his wife Jackie picked up the brand-name bag that Christie just gave her and slapped at Fox, Knocked Fox out of the locker room! Christie's teammates were dumbfounded! Another time a friend of Christie's invited him to go to the single queue of a nightclub to open his eyes, Christie of course wanted to ask Jackie for instructions, Jackie went out without saying a word, Christie thought his wife agreed, just happy, suddenly found smoke outside the house, through the window, Jackie actually burned his car! There are countless examples of this, and after retiring, Christie also made and filmed a love movie with his wife, which is a wonderful couple.

The first head coach in the history of the Raptors is called Brandon Malone, the father of former Kings head coach Mike Malone, Brandon Malone is an experienced assistant coach, in the bad boy Pistons team in the late eighties, as an assistant coach to the head coach of the Pistons, this time he was dug up by Hazy and took charge of the coaching whip himself, but the results were not satisfactory, a hard season, in the end in exchange for 21 wins, and the end of the season was gloomy. The Raptors had a decent debut in the NBA, but there was still a long way to go if they wanted to be strong, but fortunately, the Raptors got this golden opportunity in their second year of joining, and they seized him, and the Raptors could become a playoff team in one leap, and this opportunity was the NBA Draft of the East Rutherford Superstars in New Jersey on June 26, 1996! The Raptors hold the list of eye signs! Who will he choose!

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