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Toronto Raptors: 25 Best Players To Play For The Raptors

By Phil Watson

May 23, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; A general view of the Air Canada Centre with t-shirts laid out on seats in a Canadian flag pattern prior to Toronto Raptors hosting Cleveland Cavaliers in game four of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
May 23, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; A general view of the Air Canada Centre with t-shirts laid out on seats in a Canadian flag pattern prior to Toronto Raptors hosting Cleveland Cavaliers in game four of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /
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22 Dec 1995: Guard Damon Stoudamire of the Toronto Raptors moves the ball against the Chicago Bulls during a game played at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls won the game, 113-104. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Allsport
22 Dec 1995: Guard Damon Stoudamire of the Toronto Raptors moves the ball against the Chicago Bulls during a game played at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls won the game, 113-104. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Allsport /

1995-98. Damon Stoudamire. 8. player. 81. <strong>How acquired:</strong> 7th overall pick from Arizona, 1995 NBA Draft.. PG

The Toronto Raptors were given the seventh overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft in advance of their first season in the league and used it on All-American point guard Damon Stoudamire from Arizona, who averaged almost 23 points and more than seven assists per game as a senior.

It was a solid pick as Stoudamire was the 1995-96 Rookie of the Year, finishing fifth in the NBA in assists as a first-year player. He was also second in minutes per game in 1995-96 and fourth in 1996-97.

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, two first-round picks in 1998 and a second-round selection in 1998.

In parts of three seasons in Toronto, he averaged 19.6 points, 8.8 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 41.0 minutes per game, shooting .415/.360/.820.

Stoudamire would later sign as a free agent with the Memphis Grizzlies in August 2005.

Waived in January 2008, he signed the following month with the San Antonio Spurs before retiring and entering coaching.

Named head coach at the University of the Pacific in March, Stoudamire is getting his first head coaching opportunity after stops as an assistant at Rice, Memphis and Arizona.

He also spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the Grizzlies from 2009-11 before returning to college basketball.

He is 46th in NBA history with 1,236 3-pointers and 49th with 5,371 assists.

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