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Toronto Raptors
| Team's name: Toronto Raptors Conference: Eastern Division: Atlantic  Location: Toronto, Ontario Nickname: Raptors Mascot: The Raptor Team Colors: Red, Black, White and Silver Joined the Conference: 1995 Team's President: Bryan Colangelo Basketball Coach: Sam Mitchell Basketball Arena: Air Canada Centre Current Capacity: 19,800 First Year of Basketball: 1995 League Titles: NBA Champs: none Conference Titles: none Division Titles: 2007 |
Based in Toronto, Canada since 1995, the Raptors gained popularity in the NBA as soon as they started.
The team was mainly created as part of the NBA expansion project in the northern country of Canada.
During the early years the team went through many struggles, but made it to the playoffs in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
By 2007 the Raptors finally achieved their first and only Division title.
In the 2007-2008 season the Raptors managed to get 41 wins and 41 loses with a percentage of .500.
The team’s Head Coach is the American Samuel E. Mitchell Jr. whose background has been built with the Raptors since 2004 when he first led the team. His coaching record stands at 148 wins, 180 lose for a total of 328 games.
For 2008-09 Jermaine O’Neal brings fervor, authority and force to a team looking to succeed in a battle division.
Toronto Raptors Roster
| No. | Name | Pos | Age | HT | WT | College |
| 3 | Marcus Banks | PG | 28 | 6-2 | 205 | UNLV |
| 7 | Andrea Bargnani | C | 24 | 7-0 | 250 | |
| 0 | Marco Belinelli | SG | 23 | 6-5 | 200 | |
| 4 | Chris Bosh | PF | 25 | 6-10 | 230 | Georgia Tech |
| 8 | Jose Calderon | PG | 28 | 6-3 | 210 | |
| 10 | DeMar DeRozan | SG | 20 | 6-7 | 220 | USC |
| 30 | Reggie Evans | PF | 29 | 6-8 | 245 | Iowa |
| 1 | Jarrett Jack | PG | 26 | 6-3 | 197 | Georgia Tech |
| 15 | Amir Johnson | PF | 22 | 6-9 | 210 | |
| 12 | Rasho Nesterovic | C | 33 | 7-0 | 255 | |
| 13 | Patrick O'Bryant | C | 23 | 7-0 | 250 | Bradley |
| 26 | Hedo Turkoglu | SF | 30 | 6-10 | 220 | |
| 24 | Sonny Weems | SG | 23 | 6-6 | 203 | Arkansas |
| 21 | Antoine Wright | SF | 26 | 6-7 | 215 | Texas A&M |
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