In this offseason, the Raptors spent a lot of money for 2 years worth $15 million to sign free agent Antonio Davis, Davis is 206 cm tall, plays as a forward, plays inside, has good interior defense and rebounding ability, he played for the Indiana Pacers for six seasons, although he has been playing the sixth man, but he has the ability to play the starter, after coming to the Raptors, he became the Raptors' starting power forward, averaging 11.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

In addition to Antonio Davis, the Raptors also signed veteran shooter Dele Curry with a 3-year contract worth $6 million, Dell Curry is now the father of Stephen Curry, a popular fried chicken in the league, Curry and Curry are almost the same in shooting, and they are among the few god shooters in the league, but Dele Curry's explosiveness is better than his son, and he will often hit the restricted area to score points, this year's old Curry is already at the end of his career, as a role player, he can score 7.6 points per game.

This season, the Raptors also signed Tini Bogans, 160 cm tall, the shortest player in NBA history, although short, but Bogans was also a good player at basketball when he was young, his short height made it impossible for opponents to steal the ball in his hand, and at the same time he could also break the dribble of the big man on the inside line out of nowhere, Bogans's 14-year career, 8 of which ranked first in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio, but Bogans was also a veteran when he came to the Raptors, This season is the last full season of his career, averaging 5.1 points and 3.7 assists per game.

Maddie became the team's starter later in the season. He averaged 15.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game this season, and he complained to the management many times about his desire for the starting position, but the Raptors already have Carter, and Doug Christie, who has good defensive ability, and there is no place for Maddie on the guard line at all, and although Maddy has averaged a lot of points per game this season, his performance is not stable, and the team's management requires Maddy to obey the team's arrangement and play step by step from the role player, but, to paraphrase an old saying, whose youth is not awesome, young Maddie is not interested in these words that have been calloused, and he is more and more dissatisfied with the team management, this Maddie's subsequent exodus bought the foreshadowing.

This season, the Raptors need to focus on the player is still Vince Carter, this season is his second season, in addition to dunks, Carter also showed a strong scoring ability, on January 14, 2000, the Raptors defeated the Bucks 115-110 at home, Carter scored 47 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks on 20-of-37 shooting, and on February 27 of the same year, the Raptors narrowly defeated the Suns 103-102 at home, Carter shot 17 of 32 and scored a career-high 51 points! This season, Carter played 82 games, averaging 25.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, and was selected as an All-Star and NBA All-Star in his career! Not only that, Carter also led the team to a 45-37 record and reached the playoffs as the sixth seed in the East! This is also the first time in the history of the Raptors that they have made the playoffs!

The Raptors' first-round opponent was the New York Knicks, the Knicks were in a period of scarcity, the former king of New York, Patrick Ewing, was dying, and the new star was Alan Houston, the "king of mid-range shooting", and there was an old acquaintance in the Knicks, he was Marcus Camby in exchange for Oakley!

On April 23, 2000, the first playoff game in the history of the Raptors was officially played at Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks, and the Raptors played a little restrained in the first quarter of the game, 12:27 behind the Knicks by a full 15 points in a single quarter, although the Raptors then caught up, but the pit in front of them was dug too deep, and finally lost to the Knicks 88:92.

A large part of the strength of the Raptors in this game is due to Carter, this is not only the first playoff game of the Raptors, but also Carter's first playoff game, this game, Carter made 20 shots in the whole game, only hit 3 shots, got 16 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, the offensive end was completely limited by the Knicks' "madman" Sprewell, and Carter also couldn't prevent Sprewell, who scored 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting, Maddie played well in this game, although there were as many as 6 turnovers, But the data of 25 points, 10 rebounds and 8 frontcourt rebounds on 9-of-21 shooting is still remarkable, and it is precisely because of Maddy's existence that the Raptors fought with the Knicks until the last minute.

In the second game, the Raptors started well, but in the end they fell short, losing to the Knicks 83:84, Carter scored 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 7-of-13 shooting, Maddy scored 13 points and 7 rebounds, Kevin Willis scored 16 points and 10 rebounds, Knicks Sprewell scored 25 points on 8-of-16 shooting, Ewing also scored 19 points and 9 rebounds, and Marcus Camby scored 9 points on 4-of-14 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds, including 7 frontcourt rebounds.

In the third game, after returning to the Raptors' home court, it was Alan Houston of the Knicks who made a big move, he scored 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting, leading the Knicks to defeat the Raptors 87-80, and at the same time swept the Raptors 3-0 to advance to the second round!

The swept Raptors exposed a lot of problems, first of all, Carter played weakly, averaging 6.4 points less than the regular season is nothing, and the shooting percentage dropped by 16.5 percentage points It's a bit sorry for the old folks, at this year's All-Star Game, Carter won the "dunk king" of the year with three shocking dunks, but on the stage of the playoffs, Carter's performance was not satisfactory, Maddie's efficiency was also not high, while averaging 16.7 points per game, the shooting rate was only 38.6%, But none of that matters, because Carter and Maddie are still young, and they have time to make up for their shortcomings.

After the end of the season, Maddie publicly asked for his starting position next season, and the contradiction that was suppressed last season because the team entered the playoffs for the first time in team history completely broke out, Maddie slapped a 6-year contract worth $70 million in front of the Raptors management, which is not only a big contract worth tens of millions, but also means the status of the rivers and lakes, but the Raptors management released their words, but if Carter is in the team for a day, Maddie will always be the second oldest on the team, not only that, but the Raptors also disregard Maddy's feelings to put the latter"Uncle Butch" ruthlessly cut him, in this way, such behavior hurt Maddy's self-esteem, the golden scales are not in the pool, Maddy's attitude to leave the team is resolute, without the slightest room for maneuver, so the Raptors can only trade him, Maddy left Orlando for 7 years and $93 million, and the Raptors got a 2005 first-round pick.

Maddie only played for the Raptors for 3 years, unlike Maddy's achievements on the offensive end after leaving the Raptors, Maddie at the beginning of his career mainly appeared as a defensive leader, and so far Maddy has sent 278 blocks for the Raptors to rank eighth in Raptors history.

Now let's tell a story about Carter outside the NBA arena, September 25, 2000 in the men's basketball group stage of the Sydney Olympics, the United States played against the fire, and there were 16 minutes 03 seconds left before the end of the second half, Vince Carter cut off the pass of the French team, and ran all the way to the basket, French center Frederick Weiss immediately stood up to make Carter offensive foul, but Carter faced Weiss who was as tall as 213 cm, without any dodge, Jumped up and flew over Vess's head, and the tomahawk split! After landing, Carter clenched his fists and roared into the sky! All the players and fans on the field were dumbfounded! One of the players in the excitement is Team USA teammate Kevin Garnett, who bumps his chest with Carter! This shocking goal was called "death dunk" by fans! It is also known as one of the strongest dunks since the expansion of basketball!

It should be noted here that the background of being dunked by Carter did not end after the Sydney Olympics as rumored, in fact, he only entered the NBA draft in 1999 and retired in 2010, and Weiss's team basketball theory is contrary to the NBA's individual heroism, so he did not appear in the NBA for the rest of his life.

The 2000-2001 Raptors lost a lot of money in free agency, not only did they lose Maddy, but they were also poached by the Kings to dig out defensive guard Doug Christie, for which the Raptors selected Morris Peterson in the 2000 draft, who had a similar function to Doug Christie, who successfully started late in the season after a run-in at the beginning of the season. Averaging 9.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, Peterson played 7 seasons with the Raptors, during which time he has been a regular player on the team, Collins Williams was the chip that the Kings gave for Christie's transfer, but Williams did not stay with the Raptors for long, and was sent to the Detroit Pistons after 42 games, thus getting Jerome Williams.

Jerome Williams has to talk about this person, Williams is nicknamed "Junk Dog", one of the famous three dogs in the league, the other two are the big dog Glenn Robinson and the mad dog Mark Madsen, this is not a derogatory nickname, the three dogs in the league are intended to praise them for fighting to the end and never giving up the spirit, it is said that Williams learned to be a dog to learn vividly, so his teammates gave him the name "Junk Dog".

Williams is a cheerful, humorous, friend-friendly man, and the team's mascot wherever he goes - unlike the standard mascots of Bonner and Scala Brian, "Junk Dog" is a real talent, he has worked hard in the league for a total of 9 seasons, has been on 4 teams, and has played an average of 21.7 minutes per game in his career, but whenever he is on the court, he must do his best, do every block, do his best to grab every rebound, so the players in the league like him very much.

This season, the Raptors also have gains in the rookie conference, that is, there is another trade, that is, from the Pacers poached the "assist king" and then the head coach of the Warriors Mark Jackson, but Jackson at the end of his career is obviously not the Raptors' dish, and before the February trade deadline, the Raptors sent Jackson to the Knicks.

The most worthwhile book for the Raptors this season is Carter, Carter's first playoff journey was not too good, so he made a comeback this season and exploded his offensive slots, on November 18, 2000, the Raptors defeated the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 111-102 at home, Carter scored 48 points on 14-of-31 shooting, in addition to 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and beat Ray Allen on the opposite side speechless! On December 20, 2000, the Raptors narrowly defeated the Indiana Pacers away, and Carter scored 45 points in the frontcourt! Ten days later, the Raptors defeated the Phoenix Suns away, and Carter scored 46 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on 11-of-26 shooting!

This season's Carter is terrifying, almost with a group of veterans and raw melons and eggs to carry the team into the door of the playoffs, this season Carter averaged 27.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 46.0% from the field and 40.8% from three-point range! For the first time in his career, he was selected for the All-Star Game as the All-Star Ticket King! He and Antonio Davis are the only two players on the team to average more points per game, but the latter is only averaging 13.7 points per game!

The Raptors have won 47 all-time games this season, and Carter is indebted, but there is one more person who should not be forgotten, and that is Lance Wilkens, the only legend to be named to both the NBA's Top 50 Superstars and the Top 10 Coaches, who has been able to regenerate dying teams and strengthen strong teams with every team he has visited!

In the first round of the playoffs, coincidentally, the Raptors' opponent was still last year's New York Knicks, last year's Sprewell and Alan Houston made Torontomany people suffer, especially Carter, who was completely blocked by the "madman", Carter performed well in the regular season this year, but the playoffs are a real stage for a superstar, Carter wants a higher historical status, he must come up with results in the playoffs!

But unfortunately, the first game seems to be last year's routine, the Raptors lost to the Knicks 85-92, Carter only scored 13 points on 5-of-22 shooting in this game, and Sprewell on the opposite side did not play much better, the two of them are considered "converts", but the configuration of other players in the Raptors is not as good as the Knicks, Alan Houston scored 23 points, Kurt Thomas scored 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Marcus Camby grabbed 18 rebounds and sent 4 blocks, On the Raptors' side, Anthony Davis almost didn't rest the whole game, desperately fighting against the Knicks and Thomas, but after all, one punch is hard to beat four feet, although he scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, but still can't help the team win, the first game can be seen that the Raptors want to win, Carter must play!