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Celebrating a Championship Journey with the Toronto Raptors
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6/28/2024
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You know, if you're a fan of a team and they won a championship, it's super cool, but it
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is unique, isn't it?
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When the team, like when you were around before the team existed.
00:13
So like you said, like you've, you know, you remember when they came into the league, that's
00:16
how I felt about the Raptors, right?
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It was sort of a slow progression when the Raptors, it was year one.
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I wasn't even living in Toronto and I had a buddy that was working at a radio station
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and he called me and he goes, dude, he goes, I got a all expense pay trip to Toronto, court
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side seats, five star hotel and spending money.
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That was a contest winner.
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And it's unclaimed.
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He goes, if they don't show up by noon, they're yours.
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And I was like, oh yeah.
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And so I went right to the radio station.
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The train station was right there.
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I got on the train, next thing I know, it was like, you know, it wasn't their first
00:58
ever game, but it was literally like their third game or something.
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It was actually, Cam was actually at the, uh, the sky dome at the Rogers center.
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It was this massive, like they had a small little court down there.
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Remember when I went all the way down to the bottom, remember to play the Milwaukee Bucks.
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And I was more of a player fan before that drew, you know what I'm saying?
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Cause yeah, I grew up in a city without an NBA team.
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So I was like, you know, I like, you know, I like Dr. J when I was a kid, I like magic
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Johnson or whatever.
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I was more of a player and you know, I liked the Knicks.
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I was betting on the Knicks a lot, uh, but, um, to see the Raptors then, you know, 25
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years, it took very similar.
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It took like 25, 24, the Raptors won in their 24th year to see them win the championship.
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I was like, wow.
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I remember them playing their first effing game and like totally sucking and being happy.
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They beat the bulls and Jordan on a Sunday once, like in the early days to like, to winning
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a championship.
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And I can remember the whole journey so I can, I know what you feel like as a Panther
01:58
fan remembering, like, like you said, like going to the games and like.
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