Table of Contents
Foreword Matt Devlin xi
Foreword Jerome "Junkyard Dog" Williams xiii
Introduction xvii
1 We The Champs! 1
2 Championship Parade 9
3 Raptors Advance to Their First NBA Finals 11
4 The Shot 15
5 Kawhi Is a Fun Guy 18
6 The Trade 22
7 Vinsanity 26
8 Wince Carter and the Breakup 29
9 The NBA Returns to Canada 33
10 The Raptors Tip Off 37
11 VC's Slam Dunk Contest and Olympic Jam 38
12 Kyle Lowry, the Bulldog of Bay Street 41
13 Masai or Messiah? 47
14 Graduation Day and the Miss 51
15 Nick Nurse 53
16 The DeRozan Era 58
17 CB4 62
18 Pascal Siakam 69
19 Fred Van Vleet 74
20 Mighty Mouse 80
21 We Beat Michael Jordan 83
22 Raptors Make Their Playoff Debut 84
23 Raptors Revenge 87
24 T-Mac Breaks Toronto's Heart 91
25 The Giant GM 96
26 Raptors Are First-Time Division Champs 101
27 Good-Bye, Rudy and Hello, Record-Breaking Season 104
28 Drake, the Raptors' Global Ambassador 108
29 Isiah Thomas 112
30 Bryan Colangelo 116
31 The 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend 120
32 Raptors Pass on Kobe 127
33 Kobe Drops 81 on Toronto 128
34 LeBronto 131
35 VC and the Nets Ruin the Playoff Party 134
36 Antonio Davis and the Metric System 137
37 Tim Leiweke 142
38 Butch Carter's Strange Exit 145
39 F- Brooklyn! 148
40 Visit Jurassic Park 150
41 #WeTheNorth 151
42 The Purple Dinosaur Jerseys 153
43 Dwane Casey 156
44 Sam Mitchell 159
45 Vinsanity vs. The Answer 163
46 A Dream Come True? 166
47 Chris Childs, What Were You Thinking? 168
48 Rob Babcock 170
49 Oakley, the Enforcer 174
50 Mo Pete 178
51 Watch Vince Carter's Top 100 Dunks 181
52 Man, We Love These Guys! 182
53 Primo Pasta 185
54 Jose Calderon 189
55 We Love Toronto 194
56 Meet The Raptor 197
57 Just Plain Ugly 198
58 The 1998-99 Lockout Season 202
59 Done Deal 204
60 The NBA's United Nations 208
61 What's Your Name? 212
62 Salami and Cheese 213
63 Vince, Time to Be Clutch 215
64 Who Needs You? 217
65 The 20th Anniversary 220
66 Do You Really Know Your Raptors? 227
67 MLSE Buys the Raptors 234
68 1-15 235
69 Richard Peddie 242
70 Oh Canada! 244
71 The Red Rocket 247
72 Why Raptors Fans Are More Fun Than Leafs Fans 250
73 Moving Out of the SkyDome 252
74 Chant "Let's Go Raptors!" at a Leafs Game 254
75 Yes, He Was a Raptor 256
76 Terrible Trades 259
77 Do You Have a 50? 262
78 Mother Nature Can't Stop Junkyard Dog 267
79 Shake the Hand of the Raptors' Superfan 269
80 Skip to My Lou 271
81 The First Raptors Squad 275
82 The Naismith Cup 280
83 The Other Head Coaches 282
84 Dunk You Very Much 284
85 Herbie Kuhn 288
86 Take a Raptors Road Trip 289
87 Hello, Mr. Williams 291
88 Former Raptors Gone Bad 293
89 NCAA Champion Raptors 296
90 Best Off the Bench 298
91 Rooming with Montell 300
92 Meet a Raptors Player 301
93 Go to Real Sports Bar & Grill 303
94 Triple-Double Treats 304
95 Baby Dinos 306
96 Remember 1995 308
97 Master P Tries Out for the Raptors 310
98 The All-Time Starting Five 312
99 Stan Van Gundy Doesn't Like Free Pizza 319
100 Vince, We Forgive You 320
Sources 323
Acknowledgments 325
About the Author 327
