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The 2008-09 season was somewhat disappointing for the Toronto Raptors, who ended up in 4th place in the Atlantic Division and missed the playoffs, but a busy offseason means the 2009-10 season is promising. During the offseason, the team acquired Reggie Evans, Rasho Nesterovic, Marco Belinelli, Antoine Wright, Sonny Weems, Amir Johnson, Jarrett Jack, rookie DeMar DeRozan and Hedo Turkoglu. Will all these changes translate to a winning season and a trip to the playoffs? Find out for yourself with tickets to Air Canada Centre and help cheer the Toronto Raptors on to a winning 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.