Raptors Miscellany

Just a basketball post today, with the Raptors content in the TMV mailer, and a pair of cards from my recent COMC shipment.

If I want a card to salute Thad Young's time with the Raptors,  this entry, from an odd set known as "Top Class", is my only option. There are stickers, but those aren't cards. I had no idea this set even existed until I was looking for Raptors content on COMC. 

These backs are strange as well. No gameplay stats beyond 'appearances'. And those aren't even broken down by season. Oddness.

As much as I was proven wrong in my belief that a card of Young as a Raptor would never happen, I'll also make that belief here with AJ Lawson. Although it would be nice for a Canadian player to get a Raptors card, it won't be happening with his status as a bench/G-league type. So, a collegiate card will suffice.

Off to the TMV mailer, which brought the foil content, and nobody currently on the team. But at least I can still cheer on Siakam with the Pacers. 

Here's the relic content. I'm probably one of a handful of people that really like those sweater cards, and that just means "More for me!".

We're far enough removed from the 2006 draft to look back at Bargnani's time in Toronto to see him as a perfectly fine NBA player, even if not worthy of #1 slot. But, there really weren't too many people that worked out for such an honour. LaMarcus Aldridge, Rajon Rondo and Kyle Lowry probably were the best in the long run, and still one of them managed to make their way here, and become a beloved teama legend.

At least they didn't draft Adam Morrison.

And speaking of Lowry, here he is to wrap this post up in plate form. This originated from 13-14 Flawless. May he never have to ever buy a meal or drink in Toronto.

There you have it!