The Toronto Raptors Used To Pray For Times Likes This..
The Toronto Raptors are one of the youngest organizations in the NBA and since they began playing in 1995 they have always had the same problem, convincing players to stay. Some of the all-time greats in the NBA like Vince Carter and Kawhi Leonard found success with the team but opted for different futures away from the country of Canada. Fans used to pray for times of success and for times of not only players wanting to stay but star players wanting to be here. When the Raptors won the NBA championship in 2019, it felt like a new era was beginning, one where talented players could see that their abilities to contend for a championship could extend beyond the north side of the border. That changed quickly when the aforementioned Kawhi Leonard took his talents to Los Angeles and joined the Clippers. But now there is a start player who wants to stay, as two-time All-NBA forward and two-time all-star Pascal Siakam is seemingly halting trade negotiations by reiterating his stance that he has no intention to sign an extension with whoever trades for him. For now, Spicy P remains in Toronto but it feels like Masai Ujiri would change that if he could. Multiple credible sources have said that Pascal Siakam intends on staying in Toronto and wants to sign here long term, but despite his wishes, it could be the front office who sends him away and it is the fans who are supporting it. The fan base used to pray the stars would stay, but now that one wants to, the fans want to send him away. How did the Toronto Raptors get here? ✅ Subscribe to my Second Channel: / @amateurhoursports2 ✅ Subscribe to my Live Stream Highlights Channel: / @amateurhourreactions ✅ Join the Amateur Hour Discord: / discord ✅ Follow Jacob Gramegna on Twitter: / jacob_gramegna ✅ Donate to support the content: https://streamlabs.com/amateurhourspo... 0:00 – Overview 0:50 – Acquiring stars in Toronto 2:12 – The difficulties in finding a star 3:27 – A star finally wants to stay 4:24 – The toughest times in Toronto 5:05 – Losing players for free 5:52 – Why is Siakam being pushed away? 6:57 – The Lose-Lose situation 8:22 – Toronto’s real priority 9:26 – Is trading Siakam the right choice? 11:47 – How we got here This is Amateur Hour Sports. On this channel, Jacob Gramegna analyzes and breaks down the latest on the Toronto Raptors NBA team from trade rumors to post-game reactions, analysis, and much more. By subscribing to this channel you will be there first to watch and enjoy 3-4 videos a week all focused on this team and on game days Jacob goes live on the channel for a watch party where he interacts with chat, answers your questions, and analyses the game as it happens with play by play and commentary. Join the Amateur Hour Army today by subscribing and consider becoming a member to give extra support to the channel and help create better content more often. See you again next time #raptors #torontoraptors #NBA
