Toronto Raptors: The Early Years

[icemac911]

Ah the good memories, man I miss those days.... Its hard to see players like Stoudamire, VC, T-Mac, CB4, who were all suppose to be franchise players, all leave. Hopefully Bargnani can be kinda like Dirk in the long run

[batigosu27]

Still remember that victory aginst MJ and his Bulls. 1 victory is enough ! Let's go Raptors !

[SpartanTyrant1]

the old jersies were the best

[kribs101]

DJCfish are you stupid? The Raptors have made it 4 times. Twice with VC and twice with Bosh... Lost to the Knicks the 1st time, and beat them the 2nd time. IDIOT

[1RVBernal]

Fuck you Andrea Bargnani, you are officially the biggest pussy in franchise history. And you are damn right, the Raptors in recent years are soo fucking soft, it was over once the VC era ended.

[CavemanShelbs]

Anyone know where I can find a similar montage without stupidly added music and a decent video quality?

[mattorpaul1]

were did the raptors play before the acc

[wwf8499]

@mattorpaul1 Rogers Centre aka. Skydome

[ctx60]

BRING BACK THA JERSEYZ

[TheBandRocks]

We should bring back Damon to be backup for Jack and trade Calderon. Have JYD play alongside Bosh and we're set... until Bosh leaves us :-(

[stacy92272]

777

[azbaldy5]

When the hell are the raptors gonna start winning?

[jinyoung87]

wow the raptors produced a lot of talented players , if only we kept them all

[highonpsi]

I miss those early years (the Raptors of the last few years are so soft)

[sweetlikez]

Damon Stoudamire was my fav basketball player.

[DJCfish]

and came first in their division

[lachon91]

nvmu right they did !

[lachon91]

they had tmac vince camby damon and didnt do nothig n life? smh

[bwest92]

damon left before VC was drafted and Camby wasn't that great when he was on the raptors and we had to trade tmac because he played VC's position so it was hard to play both

[lachon91]

excuses excuses my dude just stop..its just a perfect example of a coach &general manager not knowing how to run they damn organization!,, for example the knicks...richardson randolph duhon lee. curry. and hughes..had many other ppl before and yet they held like the 2nd worst record consistently for how long? yeahhhh

[bwest92]

Eddy Curry is a fucking fatass that shouldn't even be in the league, Richardson hasn't done shit in the NBA, Hughes is a chucker and headcase, and Duhon is shit.

[lachon91]

lol i feel u but hughes was iLL on the wizards eddy curry was good in college idk. he just flopped on the bulls .duhon is just avg yo..lol

[DJCfish]

raptors made it 2 the playoffs 3 times 1 in 2001 with V.C and twice back 2 back 06 07 season and 07 08 season

[lachon91]

mmm.wow raptors made it in 2008? are you sure? iont remember seeing the raptors in the playoffs. 07 iono didnt pay attention nd 06 i dont think they did that year doe..

[ericwatson3]

retard raps made playoffs as the 6 seed in 08 and 07 we won the atlantic division

[xtremewrestling123]

@lachon91 in 2008 they got eliminated first round vs Orlando Magic 4-1

[AwsomestKill]

did they have open roof games or was that not allowed by the league and man that dome was way to big must have echoed

[327372]

they dint play in rogers centre dumbass...i think it was maple leaf gardens

[AwsomestKill]

no... watch the video closely they played at the sky dome 1:48 sky dome screen :P

[shinjieva01]

yes they did. Skydome was their first home before they moved to ACC. look it up

[dwade00]

atleast vince signed an extension with the raps

[moonbat42]

man those were the days when the raptors played at the skydome. now its all about theater and looking .

[gqfaceoff08]

the can fall out of bounce u know that right

[brxazilian]

95 Stoudamire

96 Camby

97 McGrady

99 Carter

[billodob]

98 was carter...99 was bender and radojevic, remember cus of the lockout year.

[brxazilian]

true

[SOLIDROBB]

so weird.. playin in a football

[shotbboy]

being canadian was an issue for t-mac and antonio davis, i forgot...was it the weather or the schools

anyways, carter > t-mac...carter in his prime was and is better than anyone else we had on the raps

[Raptorsrock08]

Good mix 5/5

[dtm15]

Bring back the old uniforms, they rocked.

[brxazilian]

Hell Yeah

[yungflashyfly]

oliver miller my dude

[timsta34]

just think if they would of kept tracy mcgrady

[reak7835]

who could 4get marcus camby...

[bobmanword]

At the end of the video. Is the one player wearing a classic jerseys for the Huskies ?

Oh was that from a different team.

[RaptorsVault]

Yeah, Damon wearing the Huskies jersey...

[UPSpimp]

mighty mouse

[XGenkaiX]

i actually like the old jersey more than our red one. The full red one looks so ugly. I like the white and purple one

[fgarcia20]

They are bringing the purples back next season as an alternate

But no back black, just all purple

[reak7835]

are they really...? wow that would look pretty good... and they said there would be no more purple...that's kinda great news...

[Oilersfan555]

Hahahaha!!

Pause it at 2:02 to see Blue Edwards with the Grizzlies.

1984-1998 were the NBA's golden years.

Today's NBA is crap.

[cbo1360]

man i can imagine i wish we drafted iverson not camby cuz look iverson would fucken be with carter in 1999/2000 and mcgrady would be there if he stayed and carter pretend we could have had a title just if we drafted iverson cuz we almost did fuck man

[lordi]

they should never have let camby go to the knicks for oak, look at the next seaon camby had with the knicks break out year under pat ewing imagine that with carter, stoudamire and mcgrady. like the phoneix suns now.. run and gun

[ldc62]

yea i agree that they would b sick... but Camby didnt really live up to the hype and he got good at defence when he played for STAN VANGUNDY and the knicks. Also McGrady said he hated Toronto and didnt like how he wasnt the focal point of the offence.

[canadaman007]

Lmao Mighty Mouse back in his glory days. Oh man brings back memories.

[IsiahNvboy]

damon stoudamire best here.

[88HJS]

Anyone remember the Raptors shirts from circa 1996 that read "losing is not an option"?

[tufucofo]

i always like to envision stoudamire staying with VC and T-Mac

[MyLeSmAyA]

does anyone know whats this song or if its even a song lol

[bestelho]

it was the nba theme nba on nbc...i am not surethey ever gaveit a name...

[88HJS]

It's called "Roundball Rock", and it's by John Tesh.

[Snapple378]

ahh the good 'ol days...I really thought Damon was gonna be something.

and LOL at Scotty P's expressionless walk off the court. Still can't believe the Bulls lost that one.

[villainakavicci]

Damon Stoudemire was a little beast....he used to Own Michael jordan whenever the bulls faced the raptors...he used to have his airness looking like a little fool trying to keep up

[jkochai]

your a dumb ass damon stoudamire was a terrific paaser and he was a great point guard not mediocre his career stats are 20 pts and 8 ast stupid chingchongwonkgonk

[RDRF27]

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[icemac911]

Hahaha, I grew up in Toronto while watching Stoudamire... oh great memories from watching that video clip...

[KidKabala]

We shoulda kept Keon Clarke

[chingchongwongkong]

Damon the better than stock? Damon a good point guard?

I'm the craziest Raptor fan, but Damon was nothing more than a mediocre player on a hell of sh!tty team... You look at Damons stats after Toronto, he's a pure bag of crap albeit he did have good handles and nice stroke, but he was never a passer, in the sense of making plays and running the offense.

[XtodaZ]

raptors had alot of good players back in the day tmac, camby, vince, christie, damon, lsit goes on and on

[warabi12]

damon stoudamire was a point guard with incredible ball handling skills.

[ihiphopanonymous]

man, if we kept all our 1st round draft picks we'd have a sick team

Stoudamire

Carter

T-Mac

Bosh

Camby

Mo-Pete

Villanueva

Bargnani

Graham

[Brrup]

if we had stoudamire, carter, tmac we prob wouldn't have bosh, graham, bargnani and all those other guys...

[cambyman21]

lol good, baergs sucks and so does graham. Carter and Camby would have been great!!

[BlackJays]

so why aren't they still around?? oh well...what can u do

[aeraochoa]

Damon Stoudamire

[RileyWulf]

man..wat the hell raptors talkin bout now we have the best point guard sitiuaton...Damon is way better than TJ and Jose put together and he's numbers are close to a Isiah Thomas...no WONDER he drafted him.

And Why the *%$# did we trade him to the blazers for Alvin Williams...?WHY?

Damon

Chauncey

Vince

some guy

Chris Bosh

That sounds good to me

[CCJB]

Stoudamire had All Star numbers in Toronto! Had he stayed, he might be considered one of the point guards of all time!

[sanyohann]

Damon Stoudamire on his begin carreer,he's the best point gard with Stockton in the NBA.

[88HJS]

I remember on January 9, 1997 (yes, I remember the date), my house was broken into, and I watched the Raptors beat the Utah Jazz from next door... good times :)

[NBAHomiez71]

I wish Marcus Camby was still on the Raptors

[guzzy620]

that win against chicago was so gay

[fgarcia20]

haha, being a Bullets/Wizards fan, it was nostalgic to see the brief shot of a typical dumbfounded Muresan at 0:52 in those bright Bullets reds...

Ahh, back in the day when it was "cool" for a team to have the ENTIRE floor inside of the 3 point line painted a team color.... when it was cool for uniforms to have a large team logo taking up most of the front... mid-90s NBA was TIGHT

[TorontoSports]

not to mention the pinstripes lol

[fgarcia20]

hahaha true dat.

[jasperibe]

what a walk down memory lane of the Raptors...i was at that game when the raptors beat the bulls at SkyDome. kick ass clips!!!

[dschick]

Damon Stoudamire is soo hot!! He should have never went to portland he ruined his career!

[reekthegreek]

Damon Stoudemire=the BEST point guard in Raptors history. rookie year: 19ppg 9apg rookie sophmore game MVP, Rookie of the Year.

[primetime99]

popey jones, oliver miller aka THE BIG O, zan tabak good stuff

[easton12]

Stoudamire aint that good.

[myukus27]

Damon Stoudamire will always be my favorite Raptors star. He shoulda stayed wit Toronto. Mighty Mouse forever!

[Blaster23]

I wish Damon Stoudemire never left Toronto