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Head Coach:
Sam Mitchell

F 7 Andrea Bargnani

PF 4 Chris Bosh - Captain

G 8 José Calderón

PG 11 T.J. Ford

F 15 Jorge Garbajosa

SF 14 Joey Graham

PF 43 Kris Humphries

SG 20 Fred Jones

PG 2 Darrick Martin

C 12 Rasho Nesterovic

G/F 18 Anthony Parker

G/F 24 Morris Peterson

F/C 10 Uros Slokar

PF 9 Pape Sow

F 1 P.J. Tucker

The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. They are currently the only National Basketball Association (NBA) club based in Canada and outside of the United States. The team is owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.

At present, the Toronto Raptors have an excellent, but success-starved fan base. Despite having only one playoff series victory in franchise history, the Raptors continue to draw attendances in the top half of the NBA. The Toronto Raptors are the only team granted permission to have their own TV Station as they are "Canada's Team" which allows them to broadcast games nationally.



The team is known to have one of the largest and most passionate fan bases in the NBA, this is in part due to the high popularity of basketball in Canada, which is a surprising factor due to the number of die-hard ice hockey fans in the country. The Raptors have struggled especially after the trading away of Vince Carter, in which the team received relatively little in return. In an attempt to change this, the Raptors fired General Manager Rob Babcock and replaced him with interim GM Wayne Embry on January 26, 2006. On February 27, 2006, the team named former Phoenix Suns President and GM Bryan Colangelo, the 2005 NBA Executive of the Year, the President and General Manager of the Raptors. Known for his success in revamping a lottery Phoenix team into a 62-win offensive juggernaut, his hiring gave hope to many fans, leading to record season ticket renewal rates (91%).

Toronto Raptors alternate logoThe Raptors changed their colour scheme and uniforms for the 2006-07 season, downplaying the original dinosaur logo and removing the purple elements of the team jerseys in favour of the newer "paw-print" logo and the colour red. This was likely the next step in a recent campaign to promote the Raptors as "Canada's team" - an ongoing effort on the part of the organization since the departure of the Vancouver Grizzlies to Memphis in 2002, and which has included the introduction of a popular red alternate jersey with the maple leaf prominently featured, the dropping of "Toronto" from the team's road jerseys and a red repaint of the Air Canada Centre's hardwood floor. The new jerseys and colour scheme were introduced on September 27, 2006.