All these years later, light years removed from the dreary old SkyDome days and the losses that piled up and up and up, the future that looked bleak and was at some point in seriously in doubt, Damon Stoudamire’s imprint on the Raptors remains.
The team’s first-ever draft pick and its first-ever star, a guy who hated to lose more than he loved to win, Stoudamire lives on in Kyle Lowry and lives on in Marc Gasol and his DNA will be all over the floor on Thursday when the Raptors play their first game in NBA final against the Golden State Warriors.