I've never heard of the Toronto Raptors before.
They are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario.
Must be why I haven't heard of them, I don't know many Canadian sports teams.
They actually compete in the NBA as a member of the Eastern Conference Atlantic Division.
Oh wow that's pretty impressive!
They are a pretty new team though, established in 1995 along with the Vancouver Grizzlies as part of the NBA's expansion to Canada
That is pretty recent, honestly.
The Grizzlies moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 2001 so the Raptors are the only Canadian-based team in the NBA now.