It looks like a blast. This is something Canada has never seen before and will not ever have again. This exceeds the Blue Jays run A parade and celebration of this magnitude won't ever be repeated in any city in this country.
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At first I was wondering how the heck this would look if the Leafs won, but then you realize this demographic is so different. Demographically this is much more diverse in age, and all the cultures involved. With the Leafs it wouldn't be as fun, or as large. This in so many ways was fairly unexpected despite the high seeding in the east. Given the drought of professional teams in this city I don't think we'll see this again in our lifetime, even if the Leafs ever win. This just satisfied a big appetite and if the Leafs won in the next few years I'm not sure the city would care as much now that the city has won a major sport in modern day.
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At first I was wondering how the heck this would look if the Leafs won, but then you realize this demographic is so different. Demographically this is much more diverse in age, and all the cultures involved. With the Leafs it wouldn't be as fun, or as large. This in so many ways was fairly unexpected despite the high seeding in the east. Given the drought of professional teams in this city I don't think we'll see this again in our lifetime, even if the Leafs ever win. This just satisfied a big appetite and if the Leafs won in the next few years I'm not sure the city would care as much now that the city has won a major sport in modern day.
Exactly as you stated. This crowd is very diverse. Plus in reality, the Raptors were literally Canada’s team. Never before has any team had a following, bandwagon or not who was cheering for them. When the Jays won, the expos were still around. From the east to west a majority of fans became raptors followers.
I’m definitely not a patriotic nor civic pride kind of person. But many of the nation are. However, The raptors have been my team since the Jordan Bulls were no longer. I’m just as happy about them winning as if the Flames won the cup. But this is a huge achievement for a Canadian basketball team. Escpcially being the NBA is one of only three leagues that actually matter for the most part when it comes to championships in Canada. NBA. MLB NHL.
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in the GTA today celebrating my grandmother's 100th birthday- seeing all of this is a pretty amazing reminder of how much Canada/Toronto has changed in 100 years! Just talked to a family that was at the parade start in the front row- they showed me their pictures- so cool. beautiful day for it too
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I’m definitely not a patriotic nor civic pride kind of person. But many of the nation are. However, The raptors have been my team since the Jordan Bulls were no longer. I’m just as happy about them winning as if the Flames won the cup. But this is a huge achievement for a Canadian basketball team. Escpcially being the NBA is one of only three leagues that actually matter for the most part when it comes to championships in Canada. NBA. MLB NHL.
The biggest thing for the Raptors is how they were able to win, in a league where most of the players would do anything they can to not play up north. Even at the very beginning when BJ Armstrong refused to play for the Raptors, with anti-expansion team expansion draft rules, the deck was heavily stacked against them. The Vancouver Grizzlies could not survive, and it took 25 years of grueling disappointment and rejection to finally get it done.
Anybody else put together all the clues. The five year thing by Lowry, him wearing his board man gets paid, and five haha's. He is signing for 5, book it .
The biggest thing for the Raptors is how they were able to win, in a league where most of the players would do anything they can to not play up north. Even at the very beginning when BJ Armstrong refused to play for the Raptors, with anti-expansion team expansion draft rules, the deck was heavily stacked against them. The Vancouver Grizzlies could not survive, and it took 25 years of grueling disappointment and rejection to finally get it done.
This is way bigger than the Blue Jays winning.
Also, baseball sucks.
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I agree that the Leafs would not be as big a deal, but primarily because a lot of hockey fans in Toronto are not even fans of the Maple Leafs. There are a lot of Habs fans and all the original six teams have a solid following.
Back when the Leafs were bad(fairly recently in fact)people filled up the arena to root for the other teams. They have never really had home support up to the standard of the other teams.
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The biggest thing for the Raptors is how they were able to win, in a league where most of the players would do anything they can to not play up north. Even at the very beginning when BJ Armstrong refused to play for the Raptors, with anti-expansion team expansion draft rules, the deck was heavily stacked against them. The Vancouver Grizzlies could not survive, and it took 25 years of grueling disappointment and rejection to finally get it done.
This is way bigger than the Blue Jays winning.
For people who dog on Vince Carter, he saved the Rapyirs franchise. They could have been the Grizzlies.
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must show all Flames games nationally when they play on Saturdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays !!!
