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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015
PAGE 13
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Kyle Lowry
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FACT OF THE DAY
Vince Carter leads the Raptors all time in made field goals, field goal attempts and points, playing in a total of 403 games for the franchise.
— Basketball-reference.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: in how many individual seasons have the Raptors had 60 or more losses?
A:3
Basketball-reference.com
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Raptors' disappointments capped off by 'record-breaking' season
After wrapping up their 20th regular season with a win over Charlotte, the Toronto Raptors set a new franchise record for wins with 49. However, the Raptors setting a franchise-best mark while failing to win at least 60 percent of their games is far from impressive, especially in a season when two teams ended with at least 10 more wins than them, and 10 teams matched or improved upon their win total. Forty-nine wins.
As a record, that unimpressive number does seem a bit surprising, considering some of the talent the Raptors have possessed at one time or another, but in the context of those players' careers, it really all makes sense.
Probably the greatest Raptor of all time, Vince Carter dazzled fans with his ridiculous athleticism, which is why he is considered by many to be among the greatest dunkers of all time
Although Carter did overlap with some great players during his time in Toronto, their careers never really synced up. For example, Carter played one season in Toronto with Hakeem Olajuwon, one of the greatest centers of all time, but that was at the very end of Olaiuwon's career.
It was the same case for Charles Oakley, who overlapped with Carter well past the prime of his career.
Carter also overlapped with now-Miami Heat center Chris Bosh, but that was only in Bosh's first two seasons.
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Bosh averaged just 11.5 and 16.8 points per game in each of his first two years, but would go on to average more than 22 points per game in each of his next five seasons, when Carter was gone.
Carter also just missed out on playing with Tracy McGrady in his prime. McGrady would go on to become one of the greatest scorers in NBA history, as he would average 24-plus points per game seven times in his career.
including one season in which he averaged 32.1 points per game. That mark was higher than any hit by Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade — some of the greatest scorers of the 21st century — in an individual season.
When the two overlapped in Toronto, McGrady averaged 9.3 and 15.4 points per game, and he had not yet grown into the player he would become. In fact, his play was so dominant after that point that Basketball-reference.com gives him a 95-plus percent chance of being elected to the Hall of Fame, following
Toronto Raptors' Kyle Lowry shoots over Charlotte Hornets' Marvin Williams during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday in Toronto.
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his retirement in 2013.
Another missed connection.
Throughout their time as a franchise, the Raptors have found this often to be the case. From T-Mac to Carter, from Bosh until the present, the Raptors
have never really had a team with 50-plus win talent. That is, until now
With one of the more complete teams in their franchise history, the Raptors did set a team-high mark this year in wins, but ultimately their season was not as good as it could have been. The team lost 13 games to teams .500 or below and went on three different four-plus game losing streaks, something good teams should be able to avoid.
While the team finally does have a solid core with Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan and Jonas Valanciunas, they're still a major piece away from contending for an NBA Championship. In a league with James, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis, mid-level talent isn't going to bring a franchise ring, and that's the biggest problem the Raptors have to combat now.
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