TAMPA, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 10: Mike Evans #13 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
The Toronto Raptors are still in the middle of their sabbatical in Tampa thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning that they’ve had to convince a bunch of Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tampa Bay Rays fans to put their Orlando Magic fandom aside and come on out to Amalie Arena. At the very least, they’ve won over the likes of Mike Evans and Chris Godwin.
Evans and Godwin, the latter of whom was just retained after proving himself as the perfect complimentary speed receiver to the physical Texas A&M product, have committed to Tampa long-term, and they’re still doing everything that they can to ingratiate themselves to the local community.