The last time the The Toronto Raptors had a Rookie of the Year was 1999, when one Vincent Lamar Carter won a landslide victory. Morris Peterson finished a badly beaten fifth two years later; Chris Bosh got a little love in LeBron James’ first year; Charlie Villanueva finished a healthy second behind Chris Paul in 2006, then promptly disappeared; Andrea Bargnani got the only first-place vote not awarded Brandon Roy in 2007; Jamario Moon received some end-of-the-ballot attention in 2008, as did Jonas Valanciunas in 2013.
Since then, nada. The voters haven’t liked our kids for a long time, but we Raptors fans hope our young players put their rookie also-ran status behind them.