Vince Carter put Toronto Raptors on map at 2000 all-star game weekend

Posted Feb 12, 2016
For the first half-decade of their existence, the Toronto Raptors were little more than an NBA afterthought, a new team few cared about, playing in a city fewer knew about, in a country even fewer had any knowledge of....Then came the league’s 2000 all-star weekend in rainy and dreary Oakland. All of a sudden, in front of the eyes of the basketball world, the Raptors became a thing, basically thanks to Vince Carter. (Toronto Star)

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