TRex wrote:
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I'm sure there are Raps fans in Vancouver, but there are also surely fans of the Sonics (waiting for a return) and Blazers. In Windsor, a shortish drive from Toronto, I'm sure there are tons of Pistons fans. In Montreal, you're probably also going to find Celtics or Knicks fans. There may be fans in random cities with no proximity to other NBA towns who will choose popular or successful teams to cheer for, like the Lakers, Mavs, Heat, Spurs, Thunder, etc...rather than cheer for a team from the city they can't stand, and who hasn't given them much reason to cheer for them from a basketball standpoint.
Are their Raps fans all over Canada? Yes. Are they Canada's team? No, not really. It was just a marketing ploy to go with the re-branding away from the purple.
**I think the Hoosiers jersey is already pretty close to the Rockets. Not exactly alike, but close enough that if the Raps go with something similar it'll be hard to make it look unique. Don't think the Raptors make that choice.
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