Host Brian Swane is joined by John Lashway to look back at the 1995 NBA Draft in Toronto and the beginning of the Raptors.

Episode Highlights //

2:00 – John's start in Portland as being the youngest Blazers communications manager to the next 25 years in Toronto

4:05 – Joining the Toronto Raptors

5:50 – Why the Toronto Raptors succeeded while the Vancouver Grizzlies did not

7:10 – The Raptors' first years, struggles, and getting the city to buy in

10:20 – The NBA 1995 draft hosted in Toronto

13:10 – Damon Stoudamire draft pick, him getting booed, and "marketing" Stoudamire to the city thereafter

17:25 – The Raptors' second pick, Jimmy King

19:14 – How the Toronto came out to the world that night and what John's last 25 years have been like

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