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  • sharebear420
    Rookie
    • Aug 2011
    • 238

    #1

    Old school raptors team

    I hope (even though it's not a legend team) that they will add the old raptors team that had Vince carter and Tmac, it would be so awesome playing with both of them in their younger days
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  • joel0078
    Pro
    • Sep 2006
    • 752

    #2
    Re: Old school raptors team

    don't hold your breath. Sorry to say, but you're surely in the minority when it comes to hoping for anything related to a raptors team, with the exception of course of a current roster....Sorry dude. Raptors have consistently been a terrible team.

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    • UnbelievablyRAW
      MVP
      • Sep 2011
      • 1251

      #3
      Re: Old school raptors team

      Originally posted by joel0078
      don't hold your breath. Sorry to say, but you're surely in the minority when it comes to hoping for anything related to a raptors team, with the exception of course of a current roster....Sorry dude. Raptors have consistently been a terrible team.
      The TMac - Vince Raptors and the 2001 Raptors that lost to the Sixers in the second round were actually good fyi.

      If the 2001 Sixers are there we need the 2001 Raptors. That was a classic matchup back then with Vince and AI going at it

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      • Mintsa
        All Star
        • Aug 2002
        • 6670

        #4
        Re: Old school raptors team

        Originally posted by joel0078
        don't hold your breath. Sorry to say, but you're surely in the minority when it comes to hoping for anything related to a raptors team, with the exception of course of a current roster....Sorry dude. Raptors have consistently been a terrible team.
        Did you even follow/ watch the NBA between 1999 and 2003 ?

        By your statement I'm guessing the answer is no.

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        • PippenAintEasy
          Rookie
          • Sep 2012
          • 92

          #5
          Re: Old school raptors team

          Originally posted by joel0078
          don't hold your breath. Sorry to say, but you're surely in the minority when it comes to hoping for anything related to a raptors team, with the exception of course of a current roster....Sorry dude. Raptors have consistently been a terrible team.
          Yeah it's not like the Raptors and the 01 Sixers (The one included in the game...clearly before your time since you seem to be 12 years old) had a classic series with Vince and AI trading 50 point games and it going down to the final shot at the buzzer in game 7.

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          • heyyyyyyymacarena
            Rookie
            • Aug 2012
            • 54

            #6
            Re: Old school raptors team

            Young t-mac wasn't much of an impact player.

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            • 2k10Fonzarelli
              Pro
              • Sep 2009
              • 625

              #7
              Re: Old school raptors team

              Veah, Vince Carter was only the most popular player in the league for what? 3 or 4 years? Consistently led the league is ASG voting, probably the best in-game dunker in league history. ect...

              Young T-Mac. The Perennial Phenom before he was Greenlighted to take 25+ shots a game.


              Move along, nothing to see here
              Ignorance of evidence is evidence of ignorance...

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              • joel0078
                Pro
                • Sep 2006
                • 752

                #8
                Re: Old school raptors team

                Originally posted by UnbelievablyRAW
                The TMac - Vince Raptors and the 2001 Raptors that lost to the Sixers in the second round were actually good fyi.

                If the 2001 Sixers are there we need the 2001 Raptors. That was a classic matchup back then with Vince and AI going at it
                Yeah, but you have to go back 11 years to name a good raptors roster? Like I said, consistently not a good team.

                The 2001 76ers had a young AI and played the Lakers in the finals, albeit lost. But they went on to be a pretty good team, unlike the Raptors..Pretty sure the Raptors got dumped 2nd round that year by the 76ers and haven't really recovered except for a playoff make a few years ago. no comparing the two in this conversation and they certainly aren't deserving of a "classic team" title. Not even the conversation.
                Last edited by joel0078; 09-12-2012, 08:54 PM.

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                • joel0078
                  Pro
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 752

                  #9
                  Re: Old school raptors team

                  Originally posted by PippenAintEasy
                  Yeah it's not like the Raptors and the 01 Sixers (The one included in the game...clearly before your time since you seem to be 12 years old) had a classic series with Vince and AI trading 50 point games and it going down to the final shot at the buzzer in game 7.

                  I'm 12? Ok buddy. I've been here since 2006..Im a grown man, with a grown man career.....Clearly I am most def of age to recall 2001, unlike you, who I guarantee was prob younger than 12 then...The 2001 76ers played the lakers in the finals. Raptors got dumped in the 2nd round by AI and team..Do your homework before popping off...There is nothing about ANY raptors team that makes the worthy of having a 'special' team set aside in any 2k game.

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                  • 2k10Fonzarelli
                    Pro
                    • Sep 2009
                    • 625

                    #10
                    Re: Old school raptors team

                    So, the only pre-requisite for being in 2K13 as a classic team is playoff performance?

                    How consistent were the '90's warriors? The '91 iconic team got eliminated at the same time in the playoffs as the Raps did.

                    Yet one of the top 10 modern day 'What if' duos get no place.

                    So disrespectful! ;P
                    Last edited by 2k10Fonzarelli; 09-12-2012, 08:58 PM.
                    Ignorance of evidence is evidence of ignorance...

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                    • VDusen04
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 13046

                      #11
                      Re: Old school raptors team

                      Originally posted by joel0078
                      don't hold your breath. Sorry to say, but you're surely in the minority when it comes to hoping for anything related to a raptors team, with the exception of course of a current roster....Sorry dude. Raptors have consistently been a terrible team.
                      I don't have survey numbers off hand, but I'm betting there's a pretty significant amount of gamers who'd love the option of using a 2000 or 2001 Raptors team.

                      Also, to claim the Raptors have consistently been a terrible team is open to interpretation in my opinion. They were a dangerous team throughout the Vince Carter years, falling to the eventual NBA finalist Seventy Sixers by one point in 7 games in the 2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Carter unfortunately went down with an injury late in the '02 regular season, thus making them vulnerable in the playoffs, though they were still able to take the Central Division Champion Detroit Pistons to the maximum 5 game limit in the first round that year. Carter then went down with another injury in '03 and that gave way to his decision to make an exit in '04. They were down for a while then popped back up as Chris Bosh developed, again returning to the playoffs in multiple years later in the 2000's. I think we could call that mediocre, or underachieving, or so-so, but I don't think I'd call that consistently terrible.

                      Still, all that aside, what the Raptors have done outside of the year or two the original poster is requesting doesn't really matter. To be completely honest, I feel the Warriors have been far less successful than the Raptors over that same span (and then some). That doesn't make me any less satisfied about having the ability to play with the '91 Run TMC squad in 2K12. Nor would their futility in other seasons make me love using a hypothetical 2007 We Believe classic team any less.

                      On top of everything else, as I mentioned in another thread, the '00 or '01 Raptors would be extremely compatible with NBA 2K's current slate of legends. 2K already has the rights to Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Charles Oakley, Muggsy Bogues, Dell Curry, Kevin Willis, Doug Christie, and possibly Dee Brown (I feel like he may have been in the Legends Showcase). That'd be eight players already accounted for. The '85 Sixers in 2K12, by comparison, only had 7 real players. At that point, if 2K could secure the rights to an Antonio Davis or Alvin Williams, that'd be a pretty full roster. The jerseys are already there, a court would be the only thing left.

                      Even as a Detroit Pistons fan, I think a classic Raptors team would be an outstanding addition to the NBA 2K series.
                      Last edited by VDusen04; 09-12-2012, 09:22 PM.

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                      • Swanson HD
                        Rookie
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 81

                        #12
                        Re: Old school raptors team

                        Originally posted by UnbelievablyRAW
                        The TMac - Vince Raptors and the 2001 Raptors that lost to the Sixers in the second round were actually good fyi.

                        If the 2001 Sixers are there we need the 2001 Raptors. That was a classic matchup back then with Vince and AI going at it
                        They probably should have beaten those sixers. I think that most people would enjoy playing with the young VC and Tmac more so then a young AI. But that is just my opinion. VC is the only person who dunked in real life like he was in a videogame.

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                        • joel0078
                          Pro
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 752

                          #13
                          Re: Old school raptors team

                          Originally posted by 2k10Fonzarelli
                          So, the only pre-requisite for being in 2K13 as a classic team is playoff performance?

                          How consistent were the '90's warriors? The '91 iconic team got eliminated at the same time in the playoffs as the Raps did.

                          Yet one of the top 10 modern day 'What if' duos get no place.

                          So disrespectful! ;P

                          91 warriors were "RUN TMC". One of the first "branded" nicknames in the "new basketball" era. Chris Webber had skills for a big man that had rarely been seen at that time in the game....That's why...They were exciting and relevant....Seriously, give up the argument. VC was nasty, yeah, Tmac was nice....But the team was nothing new, they weren't relevant. There was nothing 'special' about them. end of story.

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                          • smith2373
                            Rookie
                            • May 2011
                            • 12

                            #14
                            Re: Old school raptors team

                            Originally posted by joel0078
                            91 warriors were "RUN TMC". One of the first "branded" nicknames in the "new basketball" era. Chris Webber had skills for a big man that had rarely been seen at that time in the game....That's why...They were exciting and relevant....Seriously, give up the argument. VC was nasty, yeah, Tmac was nice....But the team was nothing new, they weren't relevant. There was nothing 'special' about them. end of story.
                            Chris Webber didn't play for the RUN TMC Warriors.

                            I'm sure there are a lot of gamers that would rather play with young VC & T-Mac than Mullin, Richmond & Hardaway.

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                            • joel0078
                              Pro
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 752

                              #15
                              Re: Old school raptors team

                              Originally posted by VDusen04
                              I don't have survey numbers off hand, but I'm betting there's a pretty significant amount of gamers who'd love the option of using a 2000 or 2001 Raptors team.

                              Also, to claim the Raptors have consistently been a terrible team is open to interpretation in my opinion. They were a dangerous team throughout the Vince Carter years, falling to the eventual NBA finalist Seventy Sixers by one point in 7 games in the 2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Carter unfortunately went down with an injury late in the '02 regular season, thus making them vulnerable in the playoffs, though they were still able to take the Central Division Champion Detroit Pistons to the maximum 5 game limit in the first round that year. Carter then went down with another injury in '03 and that gave way to his decision to make an exit in '04. They were down for a while then popped back up as Chris Bosh developed, again returning to the playoffs in multiple years later in the 2000's. I think we could call that mediocre, or underachieving, or so-so, but I don't think I'd call that consistently terrible.

                              Still, all that aside, what the Raptors have done outside of the year or two the original poster is requesting doesn't really matter. To be completely honest, I feel the Warriors have been far less successful than the Raptors over that same span (and then some). That doesn't make me any less satisfied about having the ability to play with the '91 Run TMC squad in 2K12. Nor would their futility in other seasons make me love using a hypothetical 2007 We Believe classic team any less.

                              On top of everything else, as I mentioned in another thread, the '00 or '01 Raptors would be extremely compatible with NBA 2K's current slate of legends. 2K already has the rights to Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Charles Oakley, Muggsy Bogues, Dell Curry, Kevin Willis, Doug Christie, and possibly Dee Brown (I feel like he may have been in the Legends Showcase). That'd be eight players already accounted for. The '85 Sixers in 2K12, by comparison, only had 7 real players. At that point, if 2K could secure the rights to an Antonio Davis or Alvin Williams, that'd be a pretty full roster. The jerseys are already there, a court would be the only thing left.

                              Even as a Detroit Pistons fan, I think a classic Raptors team would be an outstanding addition to the NBA 2K series.
                              Of course you don't have the a survey of approximately how many people would like the raptors to be a classic team...Hence your guess is no more valid than mine is. Since we're using the comparison of the 76ers vs the raptors here, in 2001, I'll say this...The 76ers have a rich basketball tradition...They've been great and then at times, not so great. But overall, a good club. The Raptors on the other hand have made the playoffs, what, 6/7 times in 17 years (since 95)???? Again, there is nothing worthy of adding a raptors squad in the game...They made the playoffs and lost. 2001 Sixers had AI, who I might also mention WON THE MVP that year, as well as the all star game MVP...How many times has a raptor player, or VC for that matter won the MVP??? Highest Carter (since that's who we seem to keep comparing AI too) ever finished in the MVP polls is 10th. There is no comparison here....I get it, that you guys are Raptors fans, and don't get me wrong, I wouldn't be like "WTF is a raptors team doing as a classic", but it would be head scratcher and no, they simply don't even belong in the conversation about this. I've said my piece....I'm out. No raptors!!!

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