 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati me1999 NBA draft, achitenda kuti maRaptors achiri kushaya kuvapo kwakasimba kumberi, Grunwald akachinjanisa wekutanga-kutenderera dhizaini Jonathan Bender kune simba kumberi, Antonio Davis weIndiana Pacers. Davis akakurumidza kupinda muRaptors kutanga mutsara uye aizokura kuva All-Star mumakore anotevera. Asiwo, Bender aizotamba mwaka mipfumbamwe chete uye aizova kunze kweligi pazera remakore makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe. Kumashure, Carter, Christie, naDell Curry vakatamba vari muchengeti wepfuti uye Alvin Williams naMuggsy Bogues vari muchengeti wepfuti. Kutenderera kwaDavis, Oakley, naWillis kumberi uye kuvandudzwa kwaCarter naMcGrady kwakabatsira timu kuita mutambo wayo wekutanga, ichizadzisa vimbiso yakaitwa naCarter kuvateveri mumwaka wapfuura. Pasina ruzivo rwakakosha mushure memwaka, Toronto yakakundwa ne3-0 neNew York Knicks mumutambo wekutanga. Kunyange zvakadaro, kuvandudzwa kwechikwata uye kusimuka kwaCarter - uyo akahwina zvine mutsindo 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest - akakwezva vateveri vazhinji kutenderera Toronto, vazhinji vacho vaive vasati vambove vateveri vebhasiketi. Mwaka uyu waivewo gore rekutanga rakazara rakatambwa kuAir Canada Center, mushure mekutamba makore mana kuSkyDome, iyo yaive yakanyatsokodzera baseball neCanada nhabvu. Pakazara, maRaptors akapedza mwaka aine rekodhi ye4537. 