Half-a-Season.” Carter was also upset with management. The team
had taken away his mother’s prime parking spot at Air Canada Centre,
the Raptors’ home arena. He finally forced a trade in December 2004.
If the Jamison trade was one of the best in Raptors history, this may
have been the worst. They received four players. None made significant
contributions. From now on, whenever Carter played in Toronto, fans
booed him with the same energy they had cheered for him just a few
years earlier.
B
osh became the new face of the franchise. “If I
want to be a great player, I have to step up one day and take on the
responsibility,” he said. He was up to the challenge. He notched 32
double-doubles in 2005–06. But the Raptors won just 27 games.
Bosh did better the next season. Toronto rebounded to win 47 games.
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