Flashback- 1999 Draft- Raps trade Bender for Antonio Davis

[Carlos Rogers]

here is some more info about billups: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/ ... 11/billups

Very good read

[Nikan]

Well according to the OP, if Araujo all of a sudden came back and dominated in the center position in the NBA level. He somehow became the leading shotblocker, rebounder, and passer in the next 5 or so years, then we must have given up on him too early.

[SDM]

Well according to the OP, if Araujo all of a sudden came back and dominated in the center position in the NBA level. He somehow became the leading shotblocker, rebounder, and passer in the next 5 or so years, then we must have given up on him too early.

Hahaha. Yep. Camby was a big-time underachiever as a Raptor, even though he was pretty good defensively. We had serious issues with scoring during the Camby years and SAR having a much higher and earlier peak didn't help Camby's future in Toronto. He didn't put it together until he went to Denver.

And Billups was terrible in Toronto. He was every bit a bust (not a bust like Bargnani... a bust like Chris Washburn) until Dumars picked him out of the scrap heap.

There's no other answer. The future was not mortgaged with getting rid of these two players.

[Champ Kind]

Considering how injured Bender turned out, one of the best trades the Raps ever made

[chyau.00]

if he suddenly comes back and adds a few inches on his vertical...

would we be calling him...the ...AIR ...BENDER?


dun dun dun...just wondering hahah