Toronto Raptors Trivia Questions And Answers
What are the Toronto Raptors?
A: The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in
Toronto, Ontario, that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The Raptors are part of the league's Atlantic Division of
what conference?
A: Eastern Conference.
In what year was the team established?
A: In 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's expansion
into Canada.
When the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis,
Tennessee to
become the Memphis Grizzlies in
2001, the Raptors became the what?
A: The only Canadian team in the NBA.
Where did they originally play their home games?
A: At the SkyDome (later renamed Rogers Centre).
When did they move to the Air Canada Centre?
A: In 1999.
After the acquisition of Vince Carter through a draft day
trade in 1998, the team set what?
A: League attendance records and made the NBA playoffs in 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Carter was instrumental in leading the team to a
then-franchise high 47 wins and their first what?
A: Playoff series win in 2001, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference
Semifinals.
During the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, they failed to make
significant progress and Carter was what?
A: Traded in 2004 to the New Jersey Nets.
After Carter left, who emerged as the team leader?
A: Chris Bosh.
In 2006–07, a combination of Bosh, 2006 first overall NBA
draft pick Andrea Bargnani and a revamp of the roster helped the Raptors qualify
for their first what?
A: Playoff berth in five years, capturing the Atlantic Division title with 47
wins.
In the 2007–08 season, they advanced to the playoffs again,
but failed to what?
A: Make the playoffs in each of the next five seasons.
In a bid to persuade Bosh to stay, what did Colangelo do?
A: He overhauled the team roster for the 2009–10 season.
Bosh signed with whom in July 2010, ushering in yet another
era of rebuilding for the Raptors?
A: The Miami Heat.
After Masai Ujiri was brought in as the new General Manager
in 2013, what did he do?
A: He traded Bargnani to the New York Knicks.
With a backcourt led by Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, what
did the Raptors do?
A: They returned to the playoffs, won their second Atlantic Division title, and
won a franchise record 48 games in the 2013–14 season.
However, they failed for a fourth consecutive time to
advance beyond what?
A: The first round of the playoffs.
A nationwide contest was held to help what?
A: Name the team and develop their colors and logo.
Over 2,000 entries were narrowed down to how many
prospects?
A: Ten.
The ten prospects were what?
A: Beavers, Bobcats, Dragons, Grizzlies, Hogs, Raptors, Scorpions, T-Rex,
Tarantulas, and Terriers.
The final selection was unveiled on Canadian national
television on May 15, 1994 resulting in what name?
A: The Raptors.
The choice was influenced by the popularity of what 1993
movie?
A: Jurassic Park.
The name Raptors is a common informal name for what?
A: The velociraptor, a swift medium-sized dromaeosaurid theropod
dinosaur.
General Manager, Isiah Thomas named long-time
Detroit
Pistons assistant Brendan Malone as what?
A: The Raptors' head coach.
The team's roster was then filled as a result of a what?
A: An expansion draft in 1995.
Following a coin flip, Toronto was given first choice and
selected whom?
A: Chicago Bulls point guard and three-point specialist B. J. Armstrong.
Armstrong refused to report for training and Thomas
promptly traded him to who?
A: The Golden State Warriors for power forwards Carlos Rogers and Victor
Alexander.
Thomas then selected a wide range of players in the
expansion draft, including what veterans?
A: Jerome Kersey, Willie Anderson and John "Spider" Salley.
