Let's pray that this might be the beginning of the end to the long nightmare for Canadian basketball fans. As for the name change, good. It was spawned because it was trendy due to the movie Jurassic Park and it really has no connection to either Toronto or Canada in anyway. Was always a dumb name in my opinion and will always remain a dumb name. I'd much prefer the Toronto Huskies. Celebrate the fact they were the first NBA (BAA at the time) team, and at least the name has some connection to Canada.
The only people who want to see the name retained are little kids who think it's cool to name a team after a dinosaur, which by the way looks nothing like a REAL raptor and look at all the other Toronto team names...they have class. Argonauts, Blue Jays, Maple Leafs...Huskies would be a nice fit, plus it's blue & white to match the city colours.
And what's all this "history" of the Raptors to be proud about? Yeah the Huskies had one bad season and folded. The Raptors have had multiple bad seasons and the only real "success" we had was under Vince Carter, a whining cry baby who wanted out of Toronto and screwed us over in quite frankly the worst trade in NBA history. Is that the history you're all proud about? Let's not forget to mention the number of players who have not wanted to sign with Toronto due to the fact "it's in the arctic" or because some players kid didn't want his children learning the metric system? And who could forget that silly Euro experiment which failed miserably.
That's the Raptors history in a nutshell...the name change is a fresh beginning. The Winnipeg Jets are not the original jets mind you (Phoenix Coyotes are the original Jets) but Winnipeg still renamed themselves the Jets.
Toronto Huskies > Toronto Raptors any day...
The only people who want to see the name retained are little kids who think it's cool to name a team after a dinosaur, which by the way looks nothing like a REAL raptor and look at all the other Toronto team names...they have class. Argonauts, Blue Jays, Maple Leafs...Huskies would be a nice fit, plus it's blue & white to match the city colours.
And what's all this "history" of the Raptors to be proud about? Yeah the Huskies had one bad season and folded. The Raptors have had multiple bad seasons and the only real "success" we had was under Vince Carter, a whining cry baby who wanted out of Toronto and screwed us over in quite frankly the worst trade in NBA history. Is that the history you're all proud about? Let's not forget to mention the number of players who have not wanted to sign with Toronto due to the fact "it's in the arctic" or because some players kid didn't want his children learning the metric system? And who could forget that silly Euro experiment which failed miserably.
That's the Raptors history in a nutshell...the name change is a fresh beginning. The Winnipeg Jets are not the original jets mind you (Phoenix Coyotes are the original Jets) but Winnipeg still renamed themselves the Jets.
Toronto Huskies > Toronto Raptors any day...
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