 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stu Jackson, maneja mukuru wenguva shanu dzokutanga, akaita zvisarudzo zvisingaenzaniswi zvokusarudza vatambi. Izvi zvaisanganisira kusarudza Bryant Reeves mu1995 draft, uye kumusayina kuti awedzere kondirakiti yemamiriyoni makumi matanhatu nemashanu emadhora emadhora emadhora muna 65, achiisa maGrizzlies mumubhadharo wepamusoro. Kubvira ipapo akazotora vatsigiri, kusanganisira Antonio Daniels, uyo akakundikana kukura. Jackson akachinjanisa mumwe wavakasarudza mumutambo wokutanga wa2003 naOtis Thorpe, uyo aivenga Vancouver. Akasaina nemutambi akasununguka Tony Massenburg pamadhora US 1.5 mamirioni, kungosaina Isaac Austin pamadhora US 5.5 mamirioni uye kusiya Massenburg pabhenji. Griffiths akataura kuti mamiriro ezvinhu kubva kuNBA haana kubvumidza franchise kuvaka timu inokunda mumakore, uye kuti NBA yakanga yakumbira mutengo wakakwirira kwazvo wekusapa nzira yemari yakakodzera. Zvisinei, iye akanyoresa Shareef Abdur-Rahim uye maoko ake akasungwa apo Steve Francis akaramba kutamba Vancouver. Kune rumwe rutivi, Raptors yakabudirira kunyora Vince Carter, yakasvika kumakwikwi mumwaka wa1999 kusvika 2000 uye yakatamba nguva dzose pamberi pevanhu vakatengesa. 