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The 2006-07 season was good to the Toronto Raptors, who took home the Atlantic Division title, and even better for their coach Sam Mitchell, who was named the 2006-07 NBA Coach of the Year. Though salary caps kept them from making any major changes in the off season, there were a few nice additions, including Jason Kapono and Carlos Delfino. The real question for the 2007-08 season is whether or not Chris Bosh and Jorge Garbajosa will be healthy enough to put in full seasons for the team, but what can you, the fan, do to help? Well, screaming your lungs out in the stands of Air Canada Centre is a start! Get your tickets now and help the Toronto Raptors dominate in the 2007-2008 season.

The Toronto Raptors are one of the newest teams in the National Basketball Association. They first joined the league in 1995 under club president John I. Botive. Toronto, however, did have basketball for a brief period before the Raptors joined the league. In fact, Toronto had hosted the NBA's first game on November 1, 1946, when the Knicks beat the Toronto Huskies, 68-66. The Toronto franchise folded at the end of the 1946-47 season, however, and the NBA wouldn't return to Canada for nearly 50 years. The Raptors were placed in the NBA's Eastern Conference's Central Division playing against such rivals as the Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, and Chicago Bulls.