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Different people, but it's still all Vince

By Eric Karabell
ESPN.com

Thursday, September 7, 2000

In the first four years that the Toronto Raptors existed, they finished in eighth (last) place three times, employed three head coaches and won about 30 percent of their games. Then last season, the Raps won 45 games and made the playoffs. So why were people so unhappy when the season ended? Two reasons, though people could blame the former and not the latter: Butch Carter and Tracy McGrady. Carter sued Marcus Camby before the Knicks series began, then after the Raptors lost the first two game ...

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