Toronto Raptors Took Some Big Risks to Become Canada’s Team - Bloomberg

Toronto Raptors Took Some Big Risks to Become Canada’s Team Bloomberg

The NBA Finals weren’t supposed to begin like this, with the upstart Toronto Raptors leading the dynastic Golden State Warriors 1-0. And that’s just fine with Canadians, who are basking in a rapturous “We the North” moment with their rising basketball team ahead of tonight’s Game 2. Call it love, fanaticism or pride, but Toronto -- and most of Canada -- is dripping with it right now, baby. The enthusiasm is being plastered on walls, screamed out by long-suffering fans, even baked into pies. Perhaps no one deserves as much credit for the team’s newfound status as Masai Ujiri, the Raptors’ Ni...