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RSS Feeds`We have the mentality of champions.´ Toronto Raptors fans stay optimistic as they grapple with life after Kawhi
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

 
 

6 july 2019 23:52:55

 
`We have the mentality of champions.´ Toronto Raptors fans stay optimistic as they grapple with life after Kawhi
(The Star Toronto Raptors)
 


Mayor John Tory likened Toronto’s time with Raptors star Kawhi Leonard to a summer romance — brief and intense — offering memories that will linger bittersweet for years to come.“We gave him all the love we could possibly give,” said a disappointed Tory. But he praised Leonard for his off-court class in the face of a major career and life decision in leaving Toronto for the L.A. Clippers.“Everybody should be thankful and optimistic. He has given us a taste of victory,” Tory said. “We can win again.”The mayor’s faith in Toronto teams was echoed by Raptors fans whose thwarted hopes that Leonard might elect to stay weren’t enough to extinguish the fresh hope and determination the Raptors’ NBA win had ignited. Anthony Kerr admitted to a bit of angry hurt at seeing the news on his way home from a bar about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. But it was a fair deal, he said. Toronto got an NBA championship and Leonard got to go home to LA.“Now we have the mentality of champions. That’s what has to stick with us fans and players as well. We have championship blood. We want to taste it again,” said Kerr, walking through the Scotiabank Arena on Saturday.He called the Raptors “hobbled but not down.”To bring home a second trophy, they will have to “dig deep and take that next step ’cause they’ve been there,” he said. “If you’ve been there you know what it takes.”An early riser by habit, Mississauga’s Diane Miller was disheartened to read the news on Facebook at 5:30 a.m. Saturday. She said she would have loved Leonard to stay in Toronto but she understood he wanted to go home to L.A.Miller didn’t hesitate when asked if the Raptors can do it again next year. “Kawhi brought us the championship but the rest of the team did well too,” she said heading to the Blue Jays game at the Rogers Centre.“They’ve go ...


 
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