What makes a player a fan favorite? Sometimes it’s the energy they bring when they enter the game (Lucas Nogueira), sometimes it’s their hard-hat-like mentality (Charles Oakley), sometimes it’s a little harder to define (Jorge Garbajosa). Whatever it is, the Toronto Raptors have had plenty over the years.
Defining a favorite is more of an art or a science, but the best single way to describe a fan favorite is — how beloved is a player relative to his overall production.
Kyle Lowry, Vince Carter, and Kawhi Leonard were/are all loved by the fans, but they’re not really fan favorites.