They are called the Toronto Raptors because... 1. Have you seen (2013 No. This process, known as dye sublimation, meant the NBA could print large logos — such as a big red dinosaur — across the full lower half of a uniform.Sports teams were also starting to experiment with unusual colour schemes. “It’s still the most popular uniform ever.”Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. (Bennett and Wiggins being the first Canadians to be drafted first overall, and doing it in consecutive drafts.) Yes.

Players are looking at that now and they say 'different attitude up there now. How the Toronto Raptors chose their name and the infamous ‘Barney jersey’ look It's not that I don't love our guys and I won't fight for them. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO and President Tim Leiweke, who is in charge of Toronto Raptors, spoke extensively with USA TODAY Sports for a recent story on the future of the Raptors.

Steven Spielberg’s “I don’t think there’s a male person in the world that hasn’t been fascinated by dinosaurs,” he said.He added “Raptors” to the list of finalists and asked O’Grady to mock up some ideas for each name.O’Grady drew his inspiration from the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, which joined the league in 1988 with a cartoonish hornet and a purple-and-teal colour scheme.
The Toronto Raptors were born out of Jurassic Park mania, '90s colour trends and owner John Bitove's desire for the 'Happy Meal box' of jerseys. Deena Hinshaw 1-on-1 interview with Global NewsTalking to an expert about Dr. Bonnie Henry's advice to 'shrink our bubbles' once againCoronavirus: New COVID-19 cases reported at some businesses in Toronto mallsTrump visits Kenosha, does not meet with Jacob Blake's family … The uniqueness of the Raptors is we are our Canada's team.To the credit of our marketing team and agency, they did a very good job early on of hearing (general manager) Masai (Ujiri) and I with our cultural anthem, which takes the negative and makes it a positive because it is. They love it here. Jerry West taught me that. I love Steve Nash. "We the North" is an opportunity to take the negatives and make people understand.

It's why Masai is here.Players have to look at people who are on top and the culture they have created and they have to believe we will do whatever it takes to win and we wake up everything day thinking about it.What's important is having a culture that isn't not satisfied with what we've done to date.That wasn't meant as any disrespect to Brooklyn. On whether the Raptors need a Toronto-born star on the team: We're going to sellout next year, and Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan are not from Canada.

I hope we don't have a reputation of just overpaying for the sake of overpaying, but I will not be shy about the fact this organization has great resources and we're not afraid to spend them. 1 draft pick Anthony) Bennett? The league needs to support them,Their success is very critical to the future of this league, and we need our partners to buy into that, that Canada Basketball is just as important as USA Basketball.
If you’re not calling Toronto “The 6” yet, then you’re doing it wrong. I'll expect we'll have one of the largest increases in ratings. This team identity sheet shows all the logos, uniforms and lettering used for the Toronto Raptors’ 1997-1998 season. ... You think people in Canada don't like basketball? The No. Critics dubbed it the “Barney jersey,” after the popular kids’ show at the time. They’d just like to see the Raptors pull on a purple jersey before it’s all over.“Things change, they come and go,” Bitove said.

We helped underwrite them. They play in Toronto 2. They’ve only done so a few times since shedding the purple in 2014.“It’s kind of our (New York) Yankee pinstripe uniform and they’re not using it,” he said.

Our current situation, I like Masai and his (front-office) team.

If I'm a player, I have to be sold on the idea that the culture is such that they're driven and all they care about is a championship. Fans bought more than US$20 million in Raptors gear within the first month, and the team ranked seventh in NBA merchandise sales before it even played a game, according to the The Raptors eventually fell in line with league tradition and removed the giant dinosaur from their uniforms in the late ’90s, after Bitove sold his stake in the team.However, they kept the purple colour scheme until 2014, when new owners Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment hired an advertising agency to redesign the franchise’s identity.The agency launched the now-famous “We the North” campaign, along with the Raptors’ new red, silver and black colour scheme and logos. The Toronto Raptors’ Kyle Lowry is shown wearing a throwback jersey in this file photo from Nov. 7, 2014, in Toronto. We're the only true international team in the NBA. 1 draft pick Andrew) Wiggins? That's a challenge that's only unique to this organization and can only be done by one team. But we're getting there. The Vince Carter impact is now being felt based on the influence that man and that team were at getting kids to want to play basketball at the highest level.

Until we get there, we haven't succeeded.To me, the challenge is, how do we convince the next Chris Bosh (the All-Star who started his career with the Raptors) he can win here? We need to support them.


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