Tears to the eyes of all the Raptors fans.....this was epic. It's literally the most amazing story in the NBA. This is a team of castaways and overlooked players who overcome the odds by betting on themselves and each other. They are EXACTLY what we all love about sports ...the perennial underdog
IT FEELS LIKE I DIED AND WENT TO BASKETBALL HEAVEN! THIS RAPTORS TEAM IS THE KIND OF TEAM YOU DREAM OF! THIS TEAM IS GOING TO WIN AGAIN OR DIE TRYING! #GreatestRaptorsTeamOfAllTime
@Not YourDoc NOT cancelled!! Its suspended!! We may still get a playoffs! I got my fingers crossed! Also probably good because we can heal from all of those injuries! Saddest part for me is not being able to say goodbye to Vince at his last visit to Toronto! Say what you will about Vince but I will never forget that, that man made me fall in love with basketball and he deserved a proper goodbye!!
@Tom Spencer More like Imagine if Kawhi had the Raptors. He wouldn't have to carry a bunch of no defence bums every night and he could still load manage without any drama. It's his loss honestly. I'm sure he will realize his mistake when Paul George turns into a human hamburger in the playoffs!
"Winning is always possible if you don't stop fighting" - Famous words said right before the Raptors go on a 16-0 run in the playoffs and Siakams cements himself as the GOAT
I have work, school, shows and movies to watch, books and manuals to read, things to clean, sleep to catch up on, but I watch almost every single game start to finish, and it's incredible.
I agree man, I haven’t missed many games at all this year.. because it’s honestly been SUCH A TREAT watching this exceptional raptors team perfect their craft each game. BACK2back baby!!
Tim is actually 100% right it’s not often in this day and age you get a team so rugged, determined and confident like the Raptors especially in Toronto we should be celebrating this team every chance we get these guys deserve every ounce of praise!
Pardons la moi! So jokes, I love being Canadian, I love our Raptors! They are a national treasure and an inspiration for all of Canada!! Don't ever forget these last few months and years they have given us. The best journey ever!! I'm saving this episode to watch it over and over again!
Thank you for the love for our Raptors. They deserve all the recognition they are getting. Fighters till the end. Love watching them play. Very exciting and talented group of guys.
These guys are an incredible team. They are calm, cool, collected, and know they are the underdog and love the challenge. They are going to work hard every night and give it there all and work together.
Even if they don't, we will appreciate them to the end as long as they continue to fight (like this), continue to prove the (US) doubters wrong and make them (media talking heads lead by Stephen A Smith, Chris Broussard and a host of others) EAT their words, and not make it easy for any of those other NBA teams that are unfortunate to find themselves standing in the way of these Toronto Raptors! 💪🏽💪🏽😎
Very well said Tim! Love the way this raptor team carries themselves and fights till the end. No matter what happens it has been an amazing ride this season so far.
Stephen A WHO? His "take" on the Raptors much less on the game of BASKETBALL as a whole, is insignificant and most of times utter nonsense! Listen to his picks over years have all been wrong. Max however is allowed into the North 😁
Raps are grinders. Leafs are divas. Ask yourself, Which of these two teams plays like they've got nothing to prove and which of them plays like they're hungry for silverware?
Give credit to the entire coaching staff, it’s not just my man NN behind The madness but the amazing crew standing behind him that are disgustingly overlooked, and the nucleus of this teams offensive/defensive superiority
@@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx just seeing coach nurse n his offensive/defensive schemes is so unbelieveable. TRUST IN MASAI!! for the coaching staff n team he created.
Well said guys. Raptors are a team of unselfish fighters who believe in eachother. I love this team and can't wait to see some playoff upsets and them back in the finals. 905 Look Alive.
The down by 30 game was still the greatest of the season, and one of the best in Raps history... but last night was amazing considering the number of players out due to injury.. This season will go down as their best season in 25 years and coming off a chip, and losing their top player. #betonyourself #understandthegrind #rapsdefendingchamps
At 39, as a portuguese-canadian sports fan, I can recall the joy of the Blue Jays' back-to-back world series championships. Benfica's perennial championship titles. The Leafs' playoff runs with Gilmour and later Sundin. The birth of the Raptors and Vince Carter. The Argonauts' titles. Etc. And the 2019-2020 Raptors are the most fun, joy, love, and pure happiness I've ever felt in my entire life as a sports fan.
Wouldn't it be cool if both the raptors and leafs made the finals. Has that ever happened before where an NHL and NBA team from the same city made the finals?
Let's hope Raptors fans have learned some maturity in the last year and don't cheer next time when players get injured. I can't blame Durant for being a little bitter.
SHUT UP ALREADY with that crap meerkat. the entire basketball world knew that Kevin Durant should not be playing in that game. But he/his team figured he could. Or perhaps convinced KD that he should, and the result is he went down. And grabbed his ankle. Some (tipsy) folks cheered. Big friggin deal! It ain't like he had some brutal, bloody, death defying accident. Nobody even TOUCHED him. That's what was so "ironic" about it. Some people may find that "funny." Next time, perhaps he should consider getting his own doctors and actually listen to their advice; and YOU and others like you should quit looking for somebody to blame. Chris Rock said it: "You can drive with your feet if you want to, but that don't make it a good fckin idea!" Me personally, I tend to laugh when I see someone do something stupid. Message to Kevin Durant with/without his burner account: So...You looking for folks to coddle you KD? While you're literally trying to beat me? In my own house? You must be crazy.
This segment was amazing I literally only missed less than 5 games most like 2 or 3 games and watching these guys play every game. You won’t understand unless you’ve really wAtched that many games. These raptors are going to the finals again and may just win it all mark my words !
The lowest point output by every major player in the league happened against the Raptors...including Joel Embiid (Mr. Airplane) going for ZERO points in their first meeting this season. I know people call Casey the defensive mastermind behind the 2018 season...but perhaps we overlooked the hidden secret. Nick Nurse is a basketball genius.
So many times this season when they were down, I wanted to stop watching. But I couldn’t because this team is different than years past. They don’t quit. They don’t fall off. They don’t stop until 0.00 They have been there, and they have done that. This is without a doubt, THE GREATEST Raptors team ever.
I hear alot about how the leafs can learn from this Raptors team but I don't think this kind of determination to battle can be learned. NOTHING in life has been given to anyone on this team from the President to the end of the bench guys, their life journey has prepared them for this. If you don't already have IT, then you won't have IT.
Just for variety's sake, I never really want teams to get back-to-back championships. But if the Raptors win it again, this year... well-deserved and full power to them.
Hell of a take Tim, completely agree with everything you said this team fights to the end and then some. The comeback against the Mavs was a thing of beauty, they always believe in themselves and Nick and the rest of the amazing staff to put them in the right positions. Also I'm really thinking we need to bring back Serge, everyone's talking about clearing the books when him and marc hit free agency but he's playing the best basketball I've ever seen from him and of we can get him at a good deal I think he's a must to have back
Just imagine thinking that losing 1 player would change the dynamic of our team. Kawhi wasn't even unanimous finals MVP. Freddy stole a vote. We don't need Mr. Leonard to win it all.
Full credit to all of our players and our coaches and medical team. Our players are obviously strong players physically but more than that they have the mental strength and right attitude towards competitive sports, teamwork, and understand that strength comes from their contributions as a team not the individual. There might be 6 players on the court but when they play, they operate as one
Yeah, "system" isn't the right word. It's like those who said Kawhi was a "system player" coming out of the Spurs, No, no and no. Each individual player in the 7-8 man rotation has talent and is willing to lay it all out there. When you combine that with a system. then you're golden. And the Raps are.
Bro this is the GREATEST raptors team ever assembled in Franchise history. The depth, the heart, the mentality, the vision the team shares, the LOVE for the game.. and ultimately CHAMPIONSHIP MINDSET has made this team stand out so uniquely and FIERCELY THROUGH ALL THE ADVERSITY AND INJURIES THAT HAVE PLAGUED THIS TEAM.. YET HERE WE STAND 3rd in the NBA !!! BACK2back #betonyourself #MakeEmBelieve
This team..I don't know how to explain it in words. I have never seen a team as determined to win as this team. I have seen it multiple times in this season alone this team overcoming huge deficits in such a short amount of time. They were down 10, 20, even 30 at one time and still managed to come back and win. The defensive strategies seem endless and even the offense has been clicking even though there can be droughts. The thing is, the old Raptors would give up after a drought. When they see a team adding to their lead the old Raptors would just fold. This team however adjusts to the situations and not just become accustomed to it but THRIVE in it. They have put themselves in such uncomfortable positions in games so many times that they suddenly just became...comfortable which is alarming for other teams. This team has faced the most adversity than any other team in the past 3 years and it's not even close. Firing the COTY and trading away who was supposed to be a franchise player and face of the Toronto Raptors "forever" for a guy who taught these guys how to win. Now that they have the mentality and been there before it will help them in the long run. Everyone..Bucks/Celtics/Heat/Warriors/Laker/Clipper/76ers and many other fan bases had the Raptors being a lottery team and barely (or not even making) the playoffs. They're currently second in the east and third in overal standings in the NBA with a handful of games left. They have dealt with a handful of injuries and they are STILL second in defense...I have watched this team for years and those DeRozan/Casey runs, even after winning more regular season games than the previous years, I knew this team did not have what it takes to win a championship or even barely making ECF. This team however, their ceiling is very high and I can actually see this team making the finals again. I am not saying this on a biased standpoint, I'm saying this on a realistic standpoint. To say the Raptors will never make the finals again is just stupid. The way they have been playing has been nothing short of amazing.
Tears to the eyes of all the Raptors fans.....this was epic. It's literally the most amazing story in the NBA. This is a team of castaways and overlooked players who overcome the odds by betting on themselves and each other. They are EXACTLY what we all love about sports ...the perennial underdog
Friday Saturday nice story, but a second round exit
The Misfit Toys...A legendary Canadian team that should be given standing ovations for decades. Same goes for their coach.
@@M3333C Go look for attention somewhere else.
Marc C hahah bro your a funny guy eh, whatever your garbage team is will be out of the first round if their lucky
Man shut up
IT FEELS LIKE I DIED AND WENT TO BASKETBALL HEAVEN!
THIS RAPTORS TEAM IS THE KIND OF TEAM YOU DREAM OF!
THIS TEAM IS GOING TO WIN AGAIN OR DIE TRYING!
#GreatestRaptorsTeamOfAllTime
Glever Cirl YESSIR 💪
@Not YourDoc NOT cancelled!!
Its suspended!! We may still get a playoffs!
I got my fingers crossed!
Also probably good because we can heal from all of those injuries!
Saddest part for me is not being able to say goodbye to Vince at his last visit to Toronto!
Say what you will about Vince but I will never forget that, that man made me fall in love with basketball and he deserved a proper goodbye!!
@Tom Spencer More like Imagine if Kawhi had the Raptors.
He wouldn't have to carry a bunch of no defence bums every night and he could still load manage without any drama.
It's his loss honestly. I'm sure he will realize his mistake when Paul George turns into a human hamburger in the playoffs!
"Winning is always possible if you don't stop fighting" - Famous words said right before the Raptors go on a 16-0 run in the playoffs and Siakams cements himself as the GOAT
Deepak Udhay In Lowry we trust I said that last year in my grad book and he came clutch
derick shear always
It's incredible how evreyone EXCEPT Toronto wrote them off when we lost Kawhi, but Canadians always knew not to sleep on core.
Everyone except Canadians i think you meant to say.
The North remembers!!
We actually understand basketball here in the north... that's why lol
I have work, school, shows and movies to watch, books and manuals to read, things to clean, sleep to catch up on, but I watch almost every single game start to finish, and it's incredible.
I agree man, I haven’t missed many games at all this year.. because it’s honestly been SUCH A TREAT watching this exceptional raptors team perfect their craft each game. BACK2back baby!!
Same here!
Same here
been following this team 25 yrs now and i cried last year when we won!!! We the North ALWAYS WIN OR LOSE
Haven't missed a game yet! Rain, snow, whatever the weather I have a group of die hard rap fans and we get together every single game
Tim is actually 100% right it’s not often in this day and age you get a team so rugged, determined and confident like the Raptors especially in Toronto we should be celebrating this team every chance we get these guys deserve every ounce of praise!
That was epic has af. I lost it tho when Tim said Stanley Johnson is our top draft pick and Sid said "WHO" lol I'm still dying
Dominic Do 😅🤣🤣🤣
I had a blast watching the Raps last year, but this season has amazingly been even more enjoyable.
Tim hit it right on the head...they should put a pic of the raps on the dictionary description of a team.
Pardons la moi! So jokes, I love being Canadian, I love our Raptors! They are a national treasure and an inspiration for all of Canada!! Don't ever forget these last few months and years they have given us. The best journey ever!! I'm saving this episode to watch it over and over again!
Nilusha Dude I feel the exact same way about this I’m proud to be a Canadian with you bro
@@eliefosso7215 thank you! Btw I'm a girl, but I feel you fam!
this Raptor team has way more heart then Vince Carter ever had
Obviously..?
Lol I've been over VC for a while, but this is hilarious
And they're more loyal than Kawhi
Than*
@@phunkdoctaspock nobody likes you
Let's Go Raptors
Thank you for the love for our Raptors. They deserve all the recognition they are getting. Fighters till the end. Love watching them play. Very exciting and talented group of guys.
These guys are an incredible team. They are calm, cool, collected, and know they are the underdog and love the challenge. They are going to work hard every night and give it there all and work together.
Raptors just keep finding ways to win.
Hype-man Sid with the migos-level ad libs
Adam Brown lmaooo
Lmao bruh I was thinking the same
WHO!
This speech is so bittersweet now that the season is suspended
It's been so much fun to watch. I watched it to remind myself of that :(
NBA and Everyone else: Scheduled loss coming up...
Raptors: Hold this Larry O'brien trophy...
That was friggin awsome!!! Truly Sublime!!!
Tim you hv said it all....there is no better word to describe this Raptors team than they're fighters.
I hop the Raptors will win back 2 back champ
Even if they don't, we will appreciate them to the end as long as they continue to fight (like this), continue to prove the (US) doubters wrong and make them (media talking heads lead by Stephen A Smith, Chris Broussard and a host of others) EAT their words, and not make it easy for any of those other NBA teams that are unfortunate to find themselves standing in the way of these Toronto Raptors! 💪🏽💪🏽😎
RAPTORS REIGNING CHAMPIONS OF 2019-2020 SEASON 😭
Not YourDoc ik it is sad 😭
Concur. That felt extra special last night. The type of team effort you can be proud of as a fan.
TIM - I GIVE IT UP! ONE OF THE GREATEST RANTS IN SPORTS BROADCASTING HISTORY!!! (the music was a beautiful touch too! lol)
Lol that was like an action movie
Very well said Tim! Love the way this raptor team carries themselves and fights till the end. No matter what happens it has been an amazing ride this season so far.
Sid. Please reply to Stephanie A Smith. That punk needs to learn to respect the Raptors.
Seriously. SID DO THIS.
Hey Stephan hi. Sid here from Sportsnet. Listen. Shut up for a sec.
Omg that would be epic AF.
Stephen A WHO? His "take" on the Raptors much less on the game of BASKETBALL as a whole, is insignificant and most of times utter nonsense! Listen to his picks over years have all been wrong.
Max however is allowed into the North 😁
When Golden State lost it was like a national disaster at espn
Don't feed a troll. That dude is a clown.
Only if the Leafs can learn this lesson from the Raptors.
Maybe Ibaka should visit leafs practice and teach them ART.
It will not happen...until they dig deep and learn to fight every night.
Raps are grinders. Leafs are divas. Ask yourself, Which of these two teams plays like they've got nothing to prove and which of them plays like they're hungry for silverware?
All of our Canadian teams.
@@katerasmussen1083 What about scarves? lol
It's truly a joy to watch the raptors this year. They leave it all the floor every night, and put on a show every damn game win or lose.
This team is going for back to back! They have the championship DNA. Let’s go Raptors!!
been watching the raps since mike james. cant believe my eyes. nick nurse is a stud
Give credit to the entire coaching staff, it’s not just my man NN behind The madness but the amazing crew standing behind him that are disgustingly overlooked, and the nucleus of this teams offensive/defensive superiority
@@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx most underrated comment hands down. Salute homie
@@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx i agree! sorry my b my b. all the coaching staff*
@@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx just seeing coach nurse n his offensive/defensive schemes is so unbelieveable. TRUST IN MASAI!! for the coaching staff n team he created.
@@curefied
I TRUSTED IN MASAI the moment he was able to trade ole El Primo there 👍
Raps going for a three peat next year
jwhfab McCaw 4 peat
Come on now lol
Well said guys. Raptors are a team of unselfish fighters who believe in eachother. I love this team and can't wait to see some playoff upsets and them back in the finals. 905 Look Alive.
They had us winning 46 games before the season started and we are already there with 18 games to go. 😊
Thank you for showing up and playing your hearts out your the greatest love my Raptors.
It's hunting season boys!!! Time to get another Buck on the mantle
I literally watch this everyday thank you Tim Micallef!!! :))
The only reason that they're 'defying the odds' is because the odds are created by people who don't pay attention.
!!!!!
Ohhh i like that ☝🏼🙌🏼
WE LOVE YOU RAPTORS. KEEP ON FIGHTING WE BELIEVE IN YOU.
The down by 30 game was still the greatest of the season, and one of the best in Raps history... but last night was amazing considering the number of players out due to injury.. This season will go down as their best season in 25 years and coming off a chip, and losing their top player. #betonyourself #understandthegrind #rapsdefendingchamps
These Raptors are not messing around ! Its like the hole team following Kyle's leadership.pesky, never die attitude. Go Raptors 💪
At 39, as a portuguese-canadian sports fan, I can recall the joy of the Blue Jays' back-to-back world series championships. Benfica's perennial championship titles. The Leafs' playoff runs with Gilmour and later Sundin. The birth of the Raptors and Vince Carter. The Argonauts' titles. Etc.
And the 2019-2020 Raptors are the most fun, joy, love, and pure happiness I've ever felt in my entire life as a sports fan.
I lost it when he said “STANLEY BLEEPIN’ JOHNSON”
Bro... Sid talking in the middle when Tim brought up Spain and France killed me. #Back2Back #LetsGoRaptors
#GreatestRaptorsTeamOfAllTime
Loved it. Sid was like a hype man for sure
"I’m not gonna through stones" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 love it
Win or lose the 2020 championship, the Raptors have proven they are not a 1 man team. They are team that play as a team. We love them❤️❤️🏆
This team is tough, long and quick, I watch every game since 2006 back when I was excited 😆 to see when Andrea Barngani was drafted. It’s been a while
Amen. It's been a really fun season to watch. The coaching has been great. The FVV "bet on yourself" ethos has been great for this team.
PREACH!!!!
At first when he said "Bog Boy Win" I was like.... Yoooo!!! This man sounds like Sheldon Alexander... But then I remembered that he writes for them
Man said Aki berg. Sid a mad man
Wouldn't it be cool if both the raptors and leafs made the finals. Has that ever happened before where an NHL and NBA team from the same city made the finals?
1995. New York Rangers and Knicks.
1994 Knicks and Rangers
@@abdulgaines9450 oh right 94.
2003 the Devils and Nets played in the Stanley cup and nba finals
@@santaklaus5216 94 Santa
Just waiting for the moment that Kevin Durant can eat his words that we will never be back! #sorrynotsorry
easy for that guy to talk when he needed to join to warriors to win a chip
Let's hope Raptors fans have learned some maturity in the last year and don't cheer next time when players get injured. I can't blame Durant for being a little bitter.
SHUT UP ALREADY with that crap meerkat. the entire basketball world knew that Kevin Durant should not be playing in that game. But he/his team figured he could. Or perhaps convinced KD that he should, and the result is he went down. And grabbed his ankle. Some (tipsy) folks cheered. Big friggin deal! It ain't like he had some brutal, bloody, death defying accident. Nobody even TOUCHED him. That's what was so "ironic" about it. Some people may find that "funny." Next time, perhaps he should consider getting his own doctors and actually listen to their advice; and YOU and others like you should quit looking for somebody to blame. Chris Rock said it: "You can drive with your feet if you want to, but that don't make it a good fckin idea!"
Me personally, I tend to laugh when I see someone do something stupid.
Message to Kevin Durant with/without his burner account: So...You looking for folks to coddle you KD? While you're literally trying to beat me? In my own house? You must be crazy.
@@meerkat1954 Bitter with GSW NOT THE RAPTORS.HE OVER THAT LOST.
This segment was amazing I literally only missed less than 5 games most like 2 or 3 games and watching these guys play every game. You won’t understand unless you’ve really wAtched that many games. These raptors are going to the finals again and may just win it all mark my words !
Nick Nurse needs to show this to everyone in the locker room just before they hit the court for the remainder of the year... epic..
Sid yelling WHOOO?! like a damn owl 😂
Love you guys! Keep doing heaven's work 🙌
The lowest point output by every major player in the league happened against the Raptors...including Joel Embiid (Mr. Airplane) going for ZERO points in their first meeting this season. I know people call Casey the defensive mastermind behind the 2018 season...but perhaps we overlooked the hidden secret. Nick Nurse is a basketball genius.
Heart-broken that we probably won't see this beautiful team FIGHT their way to the finals again this year.
So many times this season when they were down, I wanted to stop watching. But I couldn’t because this team is different than years past. They don’t quit. They don’t fall off. They don’t stop until 0.00 They have been there, and they have done that. This is without a doubt, THE GREATEST Raptors team ever.
I hear alot about how the leafs can learn from this Raptors team but I don't think this kind of determination to battle can be learned. NOTHING in life has been given to anyone on this team from the President to the end of the bench guys, their life journey has prepared them for this. If you don't already have IT, then you won't have IT.
damn BRUH i had chills just watching this omg damn damn G O A T
Bravo sir, bravo. US media needs to see this.
This gave me goosebumps
Ditto
Best organization & coach in the game. These players are the true definition of competitors. SALUTE
Loved it, had to watch it twice!
Alex Fogarty Me too.
we have come a long way since the days of Mamadou N'Diaye sitings....loooooooooooong way.
Thank you Tim & Sid for being the only sports show holding us down
Greatest duo of sportscasters... just great take on the Raptors season in a way that encompasses all elements that makes them successful
The league is not ready for the Raptors!
are - Tim inspirational words
Im dead he really shouted us out 🔥St-Huberttttt ketttt
Just for variety's sake, I never really want teams to get back-to-back championships. But if the Raptors win it again, this year... well-deserved and full power to them.
He me so hyped about the raptors
Much respect on OG keep up that great defence brother.
T H I S I S T R U T H
I love this team...tough as nails
AND still a US media afterthought
go sneeze on the Leafs to catch the fire!
Well see in the playoffs
@@nadinepapazian You'll see the final form raptors is what you'll see.
I love my team! Well said
spitting straight facts my wakandain brothers
To me they have something to prove since everyone wrote them and their ring off last year.
"STANLEY BLEEPNG JOHNSON" "Who?" "STANLEY BLEEPNG JOHNSON" lol
👏👏👏👏👏👏 BRAVO 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Well said !
Timmy!
Remember when he had hair on Headline Sports.
Thought everyone was sleeping on the Raptors. Great analysis. Real journalists
Well done. I actually laughed.
Hell of a take Tim, completely agree with everything you said this team fights to the end and then some. The comeback against the Mavs was a thing of beauty, they always believe in themselves and Nick and the rest of the amazing staff to put them in the right positions. Also I'm really thinking we need to bring back Serge, everyone's talking about clearing the books when him and marc hit free agency but he's playing the best basketball I've ever seen from him and of we can get him at a good deal I think he's a must to have back
Just imagine thinking that losing 1 player would change the dynamic of our team. Kawhi wasn't even unanimous finals MVP. Freddy stole a vote. We don't need Mr. Leonard to win it all.
Top segment!
Great speak on the exciting Raptors
Full credit to all of our players and our coaches and medical team. Our players are obviously strong players physically but more than that they have the mental strength and right attitude towards competitive sports, teamwork, and understand that strength comes from their contributions as a team not the individual. There might be 6 players on the court but when they play, they operate as one
Yeah, "system" isn't the right word. It's like those who said Kawhi was a "system player" coming out of the Spurs, No, no and no. Each individual player in the 7-8 man rotation has talent and is willing to lay it all out there. When you combine that with a system. then you're golden. And the Raps are.
Beautiful take sir
Leave mccaw on the bench to be the goodluck charm that he is... don’t ruin the mojo of the last 3 years
Well I guess I got what I wanted, no more playing time from McCaw
That was amazing. Truly amazing.
WE THE NORTH 👏👏💪💪!!🚨🇨🇦🔥
Bro this is the GREATEST raptors team ever assembled in Franchise history. The depth, the heart, the mentality, the vision the team shares, the LOVE for the game.. and ultimately CHAMPIONSHIP MINDSET has made this team stand out so uniquely and FIERCELY THROUGH ALL THE ADVERSITY AND INJURIES THAT HAVE PLAGUED THIS TEAM.. YET HERE WE STAND 3rd in the NBA !!! BACK2back #betonyourself #MakeEmBelieve
KLowrey the greatest Raptor Eveeeeeer much love Champ.
Tim and Sid is top tier sports commentary period... I’m down to watch games and drink brewskis anytime boys🍻
I wish someone in the American sports media talked about the Raptors like this once a week, hell even once a month.
Lowry has become one of my favorite toronto athletes of all-time ,joining Dave Keon,Gilmore,pinball clemens and Joe carter
What about vince Carter
I’m pretty sure Masai told them he’s trading if players aren’t fighting to the death
Might be one of the greatest moments in TV history
This team..I don't know how to explain it in words. I have never seen a team as determined to win as this team. I have seen it multiple times in this season alone this team overcoming huge deficits in such a short amount of time. They were down 10, 20, even 30 at one time and still managed to come back and win. The defensive strategies seem endless and even the offense has been clicking even though there can be droughts. The thing is, the old Raptors would give up after a drought. When they see a team adding to their lead the old Raptors would just fold. This team however adjusts to the situations and not just become accustomed to it but THRIVE in it. They have put themselves in such uncomfortable positions in games so many times that they suddenly just became...comfortable which is alarming for other teams. This team has faced the most adversity than any other team in the past 3 years and it's not even close. Firing the COTY and trading away who was supposed to be a franchise player and face of the Toronto Raptors "forever" for a guy who taught these guys how to win. Now that they have the mentality and been there before it will help them in the long run. Everyone..Bucks/Celtics/Heat/Warriors/Laker/Clipper/76ers and many other fan bases had the Raptors being a lottery team and barely (or not even making) the playoffs. They're currently second in the east and third in overal standings in the NBA with a handful of games left. They have dealt with a handful of injuries and they are STILL second in defense...I have watched this team for years and those DeRozan/Casey runs, even after winning more regular season games than the previous years, I knew this team did not have what it takes to win a championship or even barely making ECF. This team however, their ceiling is very high and I can actually see this team making the finals again. I am not saying this on a biased standpoint, I'm saying this on a realistic standpoint. To say the Raptors will never make the finals again is just stupid. The way they have been playing has been nothing short of amazing.