Their best player was benched in game 3 vs the Cavs last year. Their franchise player and greatest Raptors of all time was traded for Kawhi Leonard. They chose to replace Dwyane Casey after he had won coach of the year. After Kobe had an Achilles injury at age 34, how many teams would have given their age 34 franchise player a max contract? We have Kobe exactly that and made him the highest paid player in the NBA despite knowing the uncertainty of his career. Remember, Jerry Buss could have traded Shaq to any team they wanted. Out of respect for Shaq, we traded him to a team he wanted when we could have gotten better offers elsewhere. Raptors fans say they have an entire country supporting Kawhi... Kawhi didn't even reach top 15 in Jersey sales. We missed the playoffs and was the #1 team in merchandise sales. It's a clear choice which franchise has shown more loyalty to their players..