Toronto Raptors: Top 10 NBA Draft picks in franchise history

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10. Joey Graham (SF) — No. 16 pick in 2005 NBA Draft

Career stats (with the Raptors):  275 GP, 6.4 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG, 0.9 TOV,  48.0 FG%, 31.4 3P%, 82.7 FT% 

It’s in a list like this where being an expansion team in the mid-90s truly shows, as the Raptors simply don’t have the tenure to build a top-to-bottom list of recognizable NBA names.

With that, we start with Joey Graham, who played five seasons in Toronto from 2005-10.

His numbers clearly don’t jump off the chart as they fail to highlight any noticeable skill, but they have some value when taking his fairly low 17.4 minutes per game into account.

Looking at his per 36-minute numbers, Graham averaged 13.4 points on 48.0 percent shooting along with 6.4 rebounds. That’s solid production from any player, especially considering he wasn’t tasked with carrying such a large burden offensively.

Toronto made the playoffs twice in Graham’s tenure, during which time he made little impact.

Graham was one of those guys who played well in limited minutes but was never given a bigger role to see what he could do, which is why his career with the Raptors proved uneventful.