It's hard to believe that it's been five years since Toronto won that first NBA Championship. 2019 felt so long ago and I remember how special that team was all season. They haven't been the same since Kawhi left and the direction for this team felt lost at times. Losing Fred, Pascal, OG, Lowry and Powell within three years hurts but I'm hoping with this new young team and with it being a rebuild team, they will have a direction to the future.
That team was special man after 5 years of playoff disappointment in the mid to late 2010s, they finally broke through. Sad that team collapse after that.
@@WitchYuki22 than explain why in 2016, they were in the Eastern Conference finals. With 2 victories over the championship cavs? Lmao, bro doesn’t watch basketball! 🤣
people forget that OG didn't even play a single minute in that championship run. Our bench had Norman Powell, Ibaka, FVV and possibly OG had he been healthy. That team was loaded.
When I saw that siakam sign a max deal I wanted to tear up. He was one of my favourite players to watch and it’s sad to see everyone go, but I’m ready to see this new team.
As someone who watched the Raptors in the 2000s, it's just nice that we had a team good enough to collapse. :P Though in all seriousness, I'm overall pretty positive about the rebuild. The fact they already have three main players to build around and a good front office, I think the Raptors will be back in the mix soon enough.
A championship team. Not just a good enough team to need to collapse and restart. Toronto won a chip. So many disadvantages and they did it. Nothing else matters. The raps won. Who else can say that recently? The raps weren’t supposed to be allowed to have the talent that would consider playing in Canada. One year one shot. They did it.
As a Raptors fan, I really hate this downfall. Raptors lost Kawhi, then Gasol, then Ibaka, then Lowry, then Vanvleet, then OG, and now Siakam. I'm completely devestead that the entire the Raptors squad are gone.
We were unlucky in the 19/20 season losing in 7 to the celtics in the second round,if we won that series we could have really repetead,after that between playing AN entire season in tampa, players like lowry,gasol ibaka getting old, the struggle to have the best players healthy in the last seasons didnt help. Im thankful to kawhi we all knew he would have stayed only that season but apart of the title he brought a winning mentality that unluckily got wasted due to covid,in fact the 19/20 team had a batter record than the champioship team of the year before and never gave up the comeback win that year from -35 against the mavs is the proof of that and will never be forgetten from raps fans
We lost Kawhi, Gasol, Ibaka, and Fred for nothing. We at least got a decent return for OG and Pascal. It took way too long for the FO to realise that you can't just let key players walk and expect to be good the next year. But yeah it was painful to see
I wouldn't say they collapsed...they finished 53-19 and 2nd place in the league in 2020, the very next year after the title. It's normal for title teams to take down turn in the years following, its the natural cycle of the NBA, it's only been 5 years, the Raptors rebuilding isn't surprising in 2024.
I think those two have peaked ones you as a lifelong raps fan. We should develop younger guys like koloko and duck and forget about the guys over like 22
Feel sad that the Raptors championship squad were all gone😢. But in the other side, it's feeling excited to see the new era Raptors with Scottie Barnes as the next franchise player
Not blowing it after the 1st post Kawhi season was the mistake they had reached their ceiling in the bubble with that core and they doubled down instead of just restarting
As a huge Raptors fan I wouldn’t call this a collapse this is a rebuild at the end of the day Kawhi left to go to LA if he would’ve stayed well as a Raptor said they might have gone back to back or even a 3peat with all that said I’m very excited about the future with Scottie Barnes Emmanuel Quickly and RJ Barrett
I'm not gonna lie. I don't care how shit we are now.... We won a championship... We took a massive gamble on our future. No one can take that championship away from us. No one
I've been a Raptors fan since day 1, my dad even took me to the first ever game. It was so nice seeing them win after all those terrible years. That being said, I don't think the future is as bright as others seems to think. I've never been sold on Barnes. Every night he continues to be lazy and complains to refs on every play. Barrett, who's only been with the team for a few weeks, gives 110% every night and it shows. I still think Masai not trading Barnes for KD after that rookie season will go down as one of his biggest mistakes on his time in Toronto. Sure KD has an injury history but he's still one of the best players in the league and their window was still open, heck KD even said he grew up a Raptors fan and would've loved to play for them. KD, Pascal, Poeltl, FVV would've been a solid team. However anytime you mention that on the Raptors sub, you get downvoted into oblivion. They keep saying Barnes is better and will go down better than KD ever was. Well Barnes is averaging 20.3/5.8/8.1 in his third season compared to KD's third season which was 30.1/2.8/7.6. Even this season at 35 years old, KD is putting up 28.3/5.7/6.3. This team needs to get rid of Barnes before other teams start to see his ceiling is a 6th man of the year.
The only last playoffs they ever played with the pascal era is on the 2021-22 Season , with Scottie Barnes . I wish they would stay with the same core last time , until the influence on playing in Los Angeles , can never be denied . A curse to behold with the LA lifestyle.
The city was on fire at the parade in 2019. The off season was crazy too. The media in Toronto constantly discuss if Kawhi would stay. I had random people asking my opinion on Kawhi. The team after the year Kawhi left was very competitive. It’s been downhill since then. Masai had the assets for a rebuild but waited too long. Now the Raptors have no choice but to go young. Hoping for the best. 🇨🇦🫡
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At least one more, I don't know if the Raptors three-peat since that is when the Kawhi injuries kicked in, but they almost made two finals in a row without Kawhi.
Would’ve gone back to the finals if COVID didn’t happen, Siakam was on a tear in 19-20 and his momentum got interrupted. That 19-20 team went on a 15 game winning streak at one point that season
We had a better record in 19-20 season than in the title season. Lost in 7 in the conference semifinals to the celtics, if we won that series i think we would habe had a huge chance to repeat the title considering we were stronger than miami and played really well in the RS against the lakers
@@giovannibenedetti1654if Toronto had proper home games and didn’t have to play in the bubble, they most likely would’ve won in 5 or 7 against the Celtics.
@@giovannibenedetti1654 Raptors had everything in place for a dynasty but it was all tied to Kawhi resigning. When he left so did Gasol, Green etc and then when covid hit that was the dagger. Raptors had a great home court advantage that was taken away. But man if Kawhi resigned for a few years and covid never hit we might be talking about 3 championships in 4 years or at least back to back championships.
I kind of wish Kawhi Leonard would have stayed with the Raptors being that he won an NBA championship with them. Cuz even though the Clippers are a good team they haven’t won anything since Kawhi as been their. 🤷♂️
As a die hard Raptors fan it’s really sad seeing all of my favourite players go and seeing the good times of the team fading away but hopefully this rebuild will go in the right direction and we can maybe become a contender in the future
I don't think this count as a collapse. I think the 2019 Raptors were the one and done with Kawhi. Once he's gone it is a matter of time that the Raptors must start a rebuild.
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It’s very sad but thank you for your service to all the Raptors and thanks, and for the championship Toronto will always be your home Lots and lots and lots of love from Canada. Also love your videos man. ❤️
As a raptors fan I just came to say I reported your video after reading the title and didn’t watch past the 5 second RUclips ad where I paused and typed this
3:15 Sure Raptors won! But everyone involved or aware about the situation and trading or the franchise have to go through loses and it hurts. Still kinda hurts today. If only, if only.....
that marc gasol trade almost didnt happen. charlotte hornets were looking for help with their center position as well that year and the deal was basically all done. just finalizing it but because marc wouldnt commit to the team after the season, charlotte was iffy on it. so imagine if he went to charlotte instead of toronto. i dont think the raptors win that championship without him
I think they should have collapsed at least 2 year ago....first they GOT ZERO out of Kawhi, at least OKC got SGA from Paul George, and now looking back at a bunch of garbage from Kyle Lowry's sign and trade, they let Vanvleet walked for nothing.....Raptors should at least stock as many as OKC's draft picks now.
Their downfall was when they let Gasol and Ibaka go for nothing. They had a great 2020 season and I believe that if the Bubble didn't happen, the Raptors would've been back to back champions. They would've beat that Celtics team and easily beat that Heat team
Good luck to the Raptors, got a bright future, I think they waited a season too long to hit the reset button, but they've done it now and got some great assets to get a new era going, Scottie Barnes has looked great this season and I am very curious about what he can do as a number 1 option
Some might disagree, but I really think they should’ve won the 2020 series against Boston, but a lot of low IQ plays and crazy circumstances cost them the series
i'm not sure about collapse.. collapse would mean no foreseeable future, no assets, and no young rising stars on the team. every dynasty collapses eventually and being the 2nd winning-est team in the nba the last 10 years ain't bad. remove lebron from the east and guaranteed raps make finals all those years. the team suffered from "legacy-player" syndrome by keeping certain players that was a big part of the championship run wayyyyy too long cost them. just like it is now costing GSW. the rebuild will be faster than most people think it will be. winning culture, winning mentality and winning players, will sure speed this process up
Pretty simple. Kawhi left, Lowry got traded. Norm left. Gasol and ibaka and Danny green left. That team was so deep and so fun to watch. Could’ve definitely repeated in the bubble and maybe even the year after if everyone stayed
Every team has a window in which they will be successful. The raptors had a great run and it came to an end. Just like any other good-great team in the past. It’s just how the NBA works and is what makes the league entertaining.
Massai dropped the ball hard these last 3 years, his inability to accept where this team actually was talent wise set us back whats looking at this point like a pretty good draft pick and hia talent scouting has lowkey dropped off during that time frame too... Que the raptors fans in this comment section because even tho im a fan of this team even i know our fan base is feral and makes our team 10x more unlikeable just by existing.
crazy to think Kawhi won a chip against the team that injured him. Also, the karma GSW lost two stars to injury that series for what zaza did to Kawhi. Talk about debts paid
Sadly to see raptors rebuild again. But give some credit to masai to trade Siakam and Og away. They are not key player to build and not worth max contract.
Simply put, the downfall started the moment Kawhi left. He was that one piece that elevated us to championship status, without him we just could not get the job done, and then tons of other pieces also defected to the point where we had to rebuild it all. It's a shame but you know you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes. Honestly though I'm more pissed at how awful the fanbase has become since, it started with cheering KD's injury, then they cheered Embiid's injury in 2021, and then they sent threats to the daughter of former Raptor great DeMar DeRozan after the whole screaming during free throws incident. If anything this downfall is deserved for this fanbases entitlement, but at the end of the day at least we won unlike OKC or Houston did.
We were the perfect buyers when it came to NBA teams of that era picking up Kawhi, Danny, Ibaka, Gasol, etc and trading Greivous Vasquez for OG & Norman Powell. But when it was our turn to be the sellers we just couldn't give up on our guys and that ultimately killed us but we believed in us. The main catalyst is the 2020 season in which we were on pace for a 60 win season before covid and lost our homecourt advantage against the Celtics, still we were a possession away from the conference finals after losing Danny & Kawhi.
Toronto’s rebuild is gonna take a very long time. There’s a number of players who still need to either get traded or let walk. IQ needs to develop “quickley” (lame pun, I know) and Barnes is gonna have to step it up. RJ looks good but they need someone else to pair with in that starting lineup and they need a much better big. Poeltl isn’t it. Lots of work to do here. Masai has his work cut out for him.
@@IAmTheTruCanadian No, I’m not. BBQ is good but they need to continue to add more and develop. Barnes has been turning the ball over a lot and its been concerning. I’m hoping its only growing pains. The rest of the roster is lacking outside of the core.
@@jaywarvz They don’t have a choice. They already have some good pieces in guys like Quickley, Barrett, Barnes, Nwora and guys like Brown and Jontay Porter off the bench. I also wanna see what Javon Freeman-Liberty offers.
Drop your suggested NBA Timeline videos!
Jazz Malone and Stockton till fall
OKC Thunder rebuild from Westbrook to Chet Holmgren from tanking mode to play-in to make no.1 in the west please
Please do nfl timelines
Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton Sonics Timeline
Where is the 1996-1998 Bulls 2nd three peat? I waited for so long
It's hard to believe that it's been five years since Toronto won that first NBA Championship. 2019 felt so long ago and I remember how special that team was all season. They haven't been the same since Kawhi left and the direction for this team felt lost at times. Losing Fred, Pascal, OG, Lowry and Powell within three years hurts but I'm hoping with this new young team and with it being a rebuild team, they will have a direction to the future.
Hope they rebuild successfully
I will forever remember that championship for the rest of my life
Exactly. I still remember being in 2nd year undergrad when this happened. Time flies too quickly.
Same goes w the lakers
Feels less old to me
That team was special man after 5 years of playoff disappointment in the mid to late 2010s, they finally broke through. Sad that team collapse after that.
Indeed man
They didn’t “finally break through “ they traded for a superstar that completely changed their team
@@damion1011kawhi absolutely changed the team, but they were still a top contender with demar, and could’ve have possibly won a championship.
@brandong2975 get real no they werent lmao
Without Kawhi, that team is a second round exit at best 😂
@@WitchYuki22 than explain why in 2016, they were in the Eastern Conference finals. With 2 victories over the championship cavs? Lmao, bro doesn’t watch basketball! 🤣
the fact that they were still 2nd in the East AFTER losing kawhi.. makes me think how many more could they have really won had he stayed 😢
Indeed man. So deep
And who knows what that team could've achieved if it weren't for covid but that's just a what if at the end of the day
people forget that OG didn't even play a single minute in that championship run. Our bench had Norman Powell, Ibaka, FVV and possibly OG had he been healthy. That team was loaded.
I would've ran it back again 😊
@@apriltiff6452 i wish kawhi had your mindset
Thanks for including the Kawhi laugh lol
Iconic meme
When I saw that siakam sign a max deal I wanted to tear up. He was one of my favourite players to watch and it’s sad to see everyone go, but I’m ready to see this new team.
Yeah. The team needed to move on
As someone who watched the Raptors in the 2000s, it's just nice that we had a team good enough to collapse. :P
Though in all seriousness, I'm overall pretty positive about the rebuild. The fact they already have three main players to build around and a good front office, I think the Raptors will be back in the mix soon enough.
At least they are heading on a right direction
A championship team. Not just a good enough team to need to collapse and restart. Toronto won a chip. So many disadvantages and they did it. Nothing else matters. The raps won. Who else can say that recently? The raps weren’t supposed to be allowed to have the talent that would consider playing in Canada. One year one shot. They did it.
As a Raptors fan, I really hate this downfall. Raptors lost Kawhi, then Gasol, then Ibaka, then Lowry, then Vanvleet, then OG, and now Siakam. I'm completely devestead that the entire the Raptors squad are gone.
Yeah man. Still a bright future for the team
We were unlucky in the 19/20 season losing in 7 to the celtics in the second round,if we won that series we could have really repetead,after that between playing AN entire season in tampa, players like lowry,gasol ibaka getting old, the struggle to have the best players healthy in the last seasons didnt help. Im thankful to kawhi we all knew he would have stayed only that season but apart of the title he brought a winning mentality that unluckily got wasted due to covid,in fact the 19/20 team had a batter record than the champioship team of the year before and never gave up the comeback win that year from -35 against the mavs is the proof of that and will never be forgetten from raps fans
We lost Kawhi, Gasol, Ibaka, and Fred for nothing. We at least got a decent return for OG and Pascal. It took way too long for the FO to realise that you can't just let key players walk and expect to be good the next year. But yeah it was painful to see
why you devastated you literally won the championship. You could have been like Houston or Utah who had to rebuild after winning nothing lmao
@@btafbm those Utah teams were good Playoff teams, but weren't good enough to make it past Houston, Golden State, etc.
I knew this was eventually gonna be a video
Siakam not showing up in the 2020 Boston series really screwed things up
Agree with you man
2019 will be officially 5 years the first NBA Championship for the Toronto Raptors, also Chris Boucher was the only player on the roster for this year
True man. Time flies so fast
I wouldn't say they collapsed...they finished 53-19 and 2nd place in the league in 2020, the very next year after the title. It's normal for title teams to take down turn in the years following, its the natural cycle of the NBA, it's only been 5 years, the Raptors rebuilding isn't surprising in 2024.
Agree with you
They’ll be back sooner than we think. The trades made and the development of Scottie and RJ will be better than we expected
He knows. Elite franchise
Hopefully man
I think those two have peaked ones you as a lifelong raps fan. We should develop younger guys like koloko and duck and forget about the guys over like 22
I Know Demar Derozan Felt Some Type Of Way Being Traded From Toronto And Them Winning The Championship The Following Season
He was the sacrificial lamb
Feel sad that the Raptors championship squad were all gone😢. But in the other side, it's feeling excited to see the new era Raptors with Scottie Barnes as the next franchise player
Let's hope for a successful rebuild
Signing Gasol over Ibaka and not trading van fleet at the deadline when we had him was Masai’s biggest mistakes…
Probably man
Not blowing it after the 1st post Kawhi season was the mistake they had reached their ceiling in the bubble with that core and they doubled down instead of just restarting
This might be irrelevant but i think the pandemic is one of the factor that regressed their momentum.
Indeed man
Not irrelevant. I still think if they had regular home and away games, they win that Boston series and possibly even that Heat series
I miss 2019 Raptors ❤❤❤
14:21 Got me whooped my ass there 😂😂
Yeah lol
As a huge Raptors fan I wouldn’t call this a collapse this is a rebuild at the end of the day Kawhi left to go to LA if he would’ve stayed well as a Raptor said they might have gone back to back or even a 3peat with all that said I’m very excited about the future with Scottie Barnes Emmanuel Quickly and RJ Barrett
They are heading in a right direction
They need a bigs and one more shooter to complete the team
VanVleet, Anunoby, Achiuwa, and Siakam all got traded and now we shall see what the future hold for the Raptors
Heading to full rebuild
Bro tried to sneak Achiuwa in there
I'm not gonna lie. I don't care how shit we are now.... We won a championship... We took a massive gamble on our future. No one can take that championship away from us. No one
Definitely man. What a great risk
I've been a Raptors fan since day 1, my dad even took me to the first ever game. It was so nice seeing them win after all those terrible years. That being said, I don't think the future is as bright as others seems to think. I've never been sold on Barnes. Every night he continues to be lazy and complains to refs on every play. Barrett, who's only been with the team for a few weeks, gives 110% every night and it shows. I still think Masai not trading Barnes for KD after that rookie season will go down as one of his biggest mistakes on his time in Toronto. Sure KD has an injury history but he's still one of the best players in the league and their window was still open, heck KD even said he grew up a Raptors fan and would've loved to play for them. KD, Pascal, Poeltl, FVV would've been a solid team. However anytime you mention that on the Raptors sub, you get downvoted into oblivion. They keep saying Barnes is better and will go down better than KD ever was. Well Barnes is averaging 20.3/5.8/8.1 in his third season compared to KD's third season which was 30.1/2.8/7.6. Even this season at 35 years old, KD is putting up 28.3/5.7/6.3. This team needs to get rid of Barnes before other teams start to see his ceiling is a 6th man of the year.
But barnes is already an all star
Imagine Kawhi Leonard STAY in Toronto after a championship 🏆 🤔🤔🤔
What could have been
This first championship in 2019 was like yesterday i miss those days kinda nostalgia hope they rebuild successfully with scottie b rj and quickley
Hopefully man
I blame Kawhi for breaking our team we could’ve went back to back 2019 was an insane roster
What could have been
The only last playoffs they ever played with the pascal era is on the 2021-22 Season , with Scottie Barnes .
I wish they would stay with the same core last time , until the influence on playing in Los Angeles , can never be denied .
A curse to behold with the LA lifestyle.
True man
The city was on fire at the parade in 2019. The off season was crazy too. The media in Toronto constantly discuss if Kawhi would stay. I had random people asking my opinion on Kawhi. The team after the year Kawhi left was very competitive. It’s been downhill since then. Masai had the assets for a rebuild but waited too long. Now the Raptors have no choice but to go young. Hoping for the best. 🇨🇦🫡
They are now heading on a full rebuild
@@jaywarvzCorrect. Masai apparently is not a fan of rebuilds. It is what it is at this point. Thanks for the video.
The team the year after Kawhi wouldve made the ECF if it weren't for the Bubble
NICK WAS NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD SINCE DWANE CASEY BACK IN 2018 AFTER THE SACKED IN TORONTO 7:29
True man
PASCAL SIAKAM SAID WE LOST KWAHI LEONARD AND DANNY GREEN WE LOST MARC GASOL AND SERGE IBAKA AND WE KYLE LOWRY FRED V AND FOR NOW ME I'M LEAVING TO TORONTO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND SEE YOU AGAIN INDIANA PACERS I'M COMING FOR YOU 15:39
kawhi leonard is a robot no other player in NBA history NBA game seven buzzer beater
He was programmed to do that
Kawhi Leonard stayed for one more season. They definitely would’ve won another title.
What could have been
It just breaks my heart that the Toronto raptors have to rebuild all over again I got faith in my team
They are heading in right direction
If Kawhi never leaves, I think they would have won one more!
Probably man!
At least one more, I don't know if the Raptors three-peat since that is when the Kawhi injuries kicked in, but they almost made two finals in a row without Kawhi.
Kawhi really left something special in Toronto damn shame he didn’t stay
So tough man
One of my favorite team on nba beacuse of kyle lowry Demar derozan kawhi vince carter tmac marc gasol and ibaka😢 sad to say lowry siakam got trade
Yeah man. The team is heading to new direction
Would’ve gone back to the finals if COVID didn’t happen, Siakam was on a tear in 19-20 and his momentum got interrupted. That 19-20 team went on a 15 game winning streak at one point that season
We had a better record in 19-20 season than in the title season. Lost in 7 in the conference semifinals to the celtics, if we won that series i think we would habe had a huge chance to repeat the title considering we were stronger than miami and played really well in the RS against the lakers
Yeah. What could have been
@@giovannibenedetti1654if Toronto had proper home games and didn’t have to play in the bubble, they most likely would’ve won in 5 or 7 against the Celtics.
@@giovannibenedetti1654 Raptors had everything in place for a dynasty but it was all tied to Kawhi resigning. When he left so did Gasol, Green etc and then when covid hit that was the dagger. Raptors had a great home court advantage that was taken away. But man if Kawhi resigned for a few years and covid never hit we might be talking about 3 championships in 4 years or at least back to back championships.
This whole run was so sick, sucks Kawhi left but he gave Toronto and Canada what they wanted and you can’t hate him for that
Definitely man!
They only won the finals because the entire warriors team was injury
Not a good argument
@@jaywarvzToronto had no where near as much firepower as the Warriors but KD and Klay Thompson getting injured they just didn’t have enough
I kind of wish Kawhi Leonard would have stayed with the Raptors being that he won an NBA championship with them. Cuz even though the Clippers are a good team they haven’t won anything since Kawhi as been their. 🤷♂️
Wish kawhi extended with toronto
As a die hard Raptors fan it’s really sad seeing all of my favourite players go and seeing the good times of the team fading away but hopefully this rebuild will go in the right direction and we can maybe become a contender in the future
Hope they rebuild successfully
Planets aligned and the basketball Gods smiled on Toronto that year. Extremely lucky.
What a great title run
Kawhi stays and Toronto has a legit chance at winning in the bubble since they lost in 7 against boston
What could have been
that lone season of Kawhi in Toronto gave us one of the most impressive playoff run of all-time and a legendary meme.
You got it right man lol
They rented a star for one year and had older centers and a PG. The end. Just saved you some time.
My goodness
I don't think this count as a collapse. I think the 2019 Raptors were the one and done with Kawhi. Once he's gone it is a matter of time that the Raptors must start a rebuild.
They are still contenders after kawhi left
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Great video Jay Jay Warvz, raptors winning the 2019 trophy was awesome
What a great title run
@@jaywarvz I know right
If kawhi stayed one more year they would have definitely made it to conference finals if not the finals
No doubt man
Raptors traded away their future for a chip. I can't even be mad about that.
What a great risk
...They didn't trade their future
The funny thing is you can argue that Toronto doesn't win anyway if GSW was healthy
Arguably
It’s very sad but thank you for your service to all the Raptors and thanks, and for the championship Toronto will always be your home Lots and lots and lots of love from Canada. Also love your videos man. ❤️
Very much appreciated man
The raps have a bright future bcuz the siakam trade they got 3 first round picks also kawhi was a robot in the 2019 playoffs
Kawhi also had a robot laugh lol
That Kawhi shot to beat the 76ers in Game 7 that shot was complete luck
Still what a great shot
@@jaywarvz it was a great shot
As a raptors fan I just came to say I reported your video after reading the title and didn’t watch past the 5 second RUclips ad where I paused and typed this
Oh why lol
@@jaywarvz I’m playin, but I didn’t watch the video
Well at least watch the video. It is well-made
@@jaywarvz Fine…brb
well all know it was a fluke championship
How come?
3:15 Sure Raptors won! But everyone involved or aware about the situation and trading or the franchise have to go through loses and it hurts. Still kinda hurts today.
If only, if only.....
that marc gasol trade almost didnt happen. charlotte hornets were looking for help with their center position as well that year and the deal was basically all done. just finalizing it but because marc wouldnt commit to the team after the season, charlotte was iffy on it. so imagine if he went to charlotte instead of toronto. i dont think the raptors win that championship without him
Well probably man
THE TORONTO RAPTORS IS BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS 11:59
I think they should have collapsed at least 2 year ago....first they GOT ZERO out of Kawhi, at least OKC got SGA from Paul George, and now looking back at a bunch of garbage from Kyle Lowry's sign and trade, they let Vanvleet walked for nothing.....Raptors should at least stock as many as OKC's draft picks now.
Yeah man. At least they should have done the sign-and-trade
Their downfall was when they let Gasol and Ibaka go for nothing. They had a great 2020 season and I believe that if the Bubble didn't happen, the Raptors would've been back to back champions. They would've beat that Celtics team and easily beat that Heat team
Agree with your take man
Toronto had siakam, kawhi and gasol and Stephen a said bucks were too big lol
Dumb take lol
Good luck to the Raptors, got a bright future, I think they waited a season too long to hit the reset button, but they've done it now and got some great assets to get a new era going, Scottie Barnes has looked great this season and I am very curious about what he can do as a number 1 option
Hoping for a successful rebuild
As a Raptors fan This Hurts so much This Team my Team needs a Little Retool Around Barnes and Barrett and Quickley
Still they are heading in a right direction
@@jaywarvz true I'm happy about that
They are really in rebuild mode now considering they’ve traded OG, Flynn, Achuiwa, and Siakam. All they’re good pieces have vanished in 3 weeks.
Heading to a full rebuild
i mean i wouldn't exactly call flynn and achiuwa good pieces but they vanished that's for sure
They lost Kawhi, and the team fell.
Sadly yeah
@@jaywarvz yes.
if siakam didn't become a human spin cycle they could've gone b2b
Agree with you
Some might disagree, but I really think they should’ve won the 2020 series against Boston, but a lot of low IQ plays and crazy circumstances cost them the series
What could have been
i'm not sure about collapse.. collapse would mean no foreseeable future, no assets, and no young rising stars on the team. every dynasty collapses eventually and being the 2nd winning-est team in the nba the last 10 years ain't bad. remove lebron from the east and guaranteed raps make finals all those years. the team suffered from "legacy-player" syndrome by keeping certain players that was a big part of the championship run wayyyyy too long cost them. just like it is now costing GSW. the rebuild will be faster than most people think it will be. winning culture, winning mentality and winning players, will sure speed this process up
Hope they rebuild successfully
Pretty simple. Kawhi left, Lowry got traded. Norm left. Gasol and ibaka and Danny green left. That team was so deep and so fun to watch. Could’ve definitely repeated in the bubble and maybe even the year after if everyone stayed
Facts man
The Toronto Raptors weren’t built to last long the team was pretty old during the championship. And everyone knew Kawhi was going to LA
At least they won the title
Man the trades and Toronto , a sad story :(
Needed to move on
Please do the rise and fall of Josh Giddey
Soon man
Every team has a window in which they will be successful. The raptors had a great run and it came to an end. Just like any other good-great team in the past. It’s just how the NBA works and is what makes the league entertaining.
That's true man
Massai dropped the ball hard these last 3 years, his inability to accept where this team actually was talent wise set us back whats looking at this point like a pretty good draft pick and hia talent scouting has lowkey dropped off during that time frame too...
Que the raptors fans in this comment section because even tho im a fan of this team even i know our fan base is feral and makes our team 10x more unlikeable just by existing.
You got a point man
crazy to think Kawhi won a chip against the team that injured him. Also, the karma GSW lost two stars to injury that series for what zaza did to Kawhi. Talk about debts paid
Lol
You know what though, I’ll take the collapse since I got to witness them win a title.
It's been 5 years
@@jaywarvz for sure it’s been awhile but It’s better than collapsing after not winning anything like other teams
Sadly to see raptors rebuild again. But give some credit to masai to trade Siakam and Og away. They are not key player to build and not worth max contract.
At least they are heading on a right direction
Simply put, the downfall started the moment Kawhi left. He was that one piece that elevated us to championship status, without him we just could not get the job done, and then tons of other pieces also defected to the point where we had to rebuild it all. It's a shame but you know you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.
Honestly though I'm more pissed at how awful the fanbase has become since, it started with cheering KD's injury, then they cheered Embiid's injury in 2021, and then they sent threats to the daughter of former Raptor great DeMar DeRozan after the whole screaming during free throws incident. If anything this downfall is deserved for this fanbases entitlement, but at the end of the day at least we won unlike OKC or Houston did.
Agree with you man
Masai try to get Giannis. He had severely weakened the team to do so. When it didn’t happen the Raptors got caught in slow decline.
Indeed
MY RAPTORS FANS I PROMISE YOU ! STICK BY THE TEAM NO MATTER HOW BAD WE SUCK RIGHT NOW JUST KNOW THIS....... RAPTORS WILL FEAST ON THE EAST AGAIN!
They will be back soon
Pascal carried the team since Kawhi left. Worst part, Raptors had the pieces to compete, to make deep playoff runs at the least.
That's true
Is it really a collapse? It was just Kawhi leaving in FA. The team is at best mid tier without Kawhi.
Yes
That squad was so deep
Indeed man
“They can build off of this” was the beginning of the end for the Raptors
Indeed man
Not exactly a collapse, after kawhi left we knew we’d never win a title with the core, just took too long to fully tear it down
Facts man
We won. In a market that wasn’t supposed to be allowed to win. We won. That’s all that matters.
Definitely man
Collapse 😂😂😂 come on you’re in this for click bate!!!
Isn't it a collapse? Lol
Least Raptors won championships respect that beats warriors remember that
That's true man
We were the perfect buyers when it came to NBA teams of that era picking up Kawhi, Danny, Ibaka, Gasol, etc and trading Greivous Vasquez for OG & Norman Powell. But when it was our turn to be the sellers we just couldn't give up on our guys and that ultimately killed us but we believed in us.
The main catalyst is the 2020 season in which we were on pace for a 60 win season before covid and lost our homecourt advantage against the Celtics, still we were a possession away from the conference finals after losing Danny & Kawhi.
Facts man
If they had traded Barnes for KD they still be good but mfers acy like Barnes the next pippen.
Well barnes is good
They wouldn’t win a championship with KD on that roster
Everything went downhill when they drafted barnes
They are rebuilding around him
Thankful for raptors got Scottie barnes
Yeah. Good start for a rebuild
I think between the summer of 22 to December is where they made most of the mistakes
Sadly yeah
Under 1 hour gang
Yow
I wouldn’t say it was a collapse but it defo was a tuff time
Tough. Good thing they entered rebuilding
That covid pause really screwed the raptors
So unfortunate
Raptors 2019 Champions 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Like like like
AFTER PANDEMIC 2020/21 THE TORONTO RAPTORS ARE MISS THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST SINCE 2012/13 SEASON 10:09
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE RAPTORS ARE ELIMINATED IN EASTER 1ST ROUND BY PHILADELPHIA 76ERS IN 6 GAMES 12:26
Toronto’s rebuild is gonna take a very long time. There’s a number of players who still need to either get traded or let walk. IQ needs to develop “quickley” (lame pun, I know) and Barnes is gonna have to step it up. RJ looks good but they need someone else to pair with in that starting lineup and they need a much better big. Poeltl isn’t it. Lots of work to do here. Masai has his work cut out for him.
casual
@@IAmTheTruCanadian No, I’m not. BBQ is good but they need to continue to add more and develop. Barnes has been turning the ball over a lot and its been concerning. I’m hoping its only growing pains. The rest of the roster is lacking outside of the core.
Hopefully they rebuild successfully
@@jaywarvz They don’t have a choice. They already have some good pieces in guys like Quickley, Barrett, Barnes, Nwora and guys like Brown and Jontay Porter off the bench. I also wanna see what Javon Freeman-Liberty offers.
Drafting Gradey Dick over Jordan Hawkins was a huge mistake for the Raptors.
Well let's still hope. Dick is still a rook