2016–17 Toronto Raptors season

2016–17 Toronto Raptors season
2016–17 Toronto Raptors season
Head coach	Dwane Casey
General manager	Masai Ujiri
Owners	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Results
Record	51–31 (.622)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic); Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference Semifinals; (lost to Cavaliers 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	TSN, Sportsnet
< 2015–16	2017–18 >

The 2016–17 Toronto Raptors season was the 22nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On March 25, 2017, the team clinched a team-record fourth straight berth to the NBA playoffs. They finished the regular season with a 51–31 record as the 3rd seed. In the playoffs, the Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs in six games, then faced the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round, whom they met in last season's Eastern Conference finals and lost to in six games. The Raptors were swept in the second round by the Cavaliers in four games making it the second time in three years that the Raptors were swept in the playoffs, having been swept by the Washington Wizards in the first round of the 2015 Playoffs.

Head coachDwane Casey

General managerMasai Ujiri

OwnersMaple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

ArenaAir Canada Centre

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	9	Jakob Pöltl	C	Austria	Utah
1	27	Pascal Siakam	PF	Cameroon	New Mexico State

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c – Boston Celtics	53	29	.646	–	30‍–‍11	23‍–‍18	11–5	82
x – Toronto Raptors	51	31	.622	2.0	28‍–‍13	23‍–‍18	14–2	82
New York Knicks	31	51	.378	22.0	19‍–‍22	12‍–‍29	5–11	82
Philadelphia 76ers	28	54	.341	25.0	17‍–‍24	11‍–‍30	7–9	82
Brooklyn Nets	20	62	.244	33.0	13‍–‍28	7‍–‍34	3–13	82

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Boston Celtics *	53	29	.646	–	82
2	y – Cleveland Cavaliers *	51	31	.622	2.0	82
3	x – Toronto Raptors	51	31	.622	2.0	82
4	y – Washington Wizards *	49	33	.598	4.0	82
5	x – Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	10.0	82
6	x – Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	11.0	82
7	x – Indiana Pacers	42	40	.512	11.0	82
8	x – Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	12.0	82

9	Miami Heat	41	41	.500	12.0	82
10	Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	16.0	82
11	Charlotte Hornets	36	46	.439	17.0	82
12	New York Knicks	31	51	.378	22.0	82
13	Orlando Magic	29	53	.354	24.0	82
14	Philadelphia 76ers	28	54	.341	25.0	82
15	Brooklyn Nets	20	62	.244	33.0	82

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jonas Valančiūnas	C	80	80	2,066	759	57	37	63	959	25.8	9.5	.7	.5	.8	12.0
Cory Joseph	PG	80	22	2,003	235	265	66	13	740	25.0	2.9	3.3	.8	.2	9.3
Norman Powell	SG	76	18	1,368	169	82	52	14	636	18.0	2.2	1.1	.7	.2	8.4
DeMar DeRozan	SG	74	74	2,620	386	290	78	13	2,020	35.4	5.2	3.9	1.1	.2	27.3
DeMarre Carroll	SF	72	72	1,882	275	74	81	27	638	26.1	3.8	1.0	1.1	.4	8.9
Patrick Patterson	PF	65	8	1,599	293	76	40	23	445	24.6	4.5	1.2	.6	.4	6.8
Kyle Lowry	PG	60	60	2,244	286	417	88	19	1,344	37.4	4.8	7.0	1.5	.3	22.4
Lucas Nogueira	C	57	6	1,088	244	42	52	89	253	19.1	4.3	.7	.9	1.6	4.4
Pascal Siakam	PF	55	38	859	185	17	26	45	229	15.6	3.4	.3	.5	.8	4.2
Jakob Pöltl	C	54	4	626	165	12	17	20	165	11.6	3.1	.2	.3	.4	3.1
Terrence Ross^†	SF	54	0	1,207	138	45	53	20	559	22.4	2.6	.8	1.0	.4	10.4
Fred VanVleet	PG	37	0	294	42	35	16	3	107	7.9	1.1	.9	.4	.1	2.9
Delon Wright	PG	27	0	446	48	57	27	11	150	16.5	1.8	2.1	1.0	.4	5.6
P. J. Tucker^†	SF	24	4	609	129	26	31	5	139	25.4	5.4	1.1	1.3	.2	5.8
Serge Ibaka^†	PF	23	23	712	156	15	7	33	327	31.0	6.8	.7	.3	1.4	14.2
Jared Sullinger	PF	11	1	118	27	3	4	1	37	10.7	2.5	.3	.4	.1	3.4
Bruno Caboclo	SF	9	0	40	10	4	2	1	14	4.4	1.1	.4	.2	.1	1.6

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
DeMar DeRozan	SG	10	10	373	49	34	14	0	224	37.3	4.9	3.4	1.4	.0	22.4
Serge Ibaka	PF	10	10	307	65	14	4	17	143	30.7	6.5	1.4	.4	1.7	14.3
DeMarre Carroll	SF	10	7	155	27	5	8	5	42	15.5	2.7	.5	.8	.5	4.2
Jonas Valančiūnas	C	10	6	226	67	2	2	6	112	22.6	6.7	.2	.2	.6	11.2
Cory Joseph	PG	10	2	212	21	31	4	2	79	21.2	2.1	3.1	.4	.2	7.9
P. J. Tucker	SF	10	1	251	57	11	6	3	50	25.1	5.7	1.1	.6	.3	5.0
Patrick Patterson	PF	10	1	185	20	20	7	2	34	18.5	2.0	2.0	.7	.2	3.4
Norman Powell	SG	9	5	227	28	14	10	3	105	25.2	3.1	1.6	1.1	.3	11.7
Delon Wright	PG	9	0	92	13	13	4	1	25	10.2	1.4	1.4	.4	.1	2.8
Kyle Lowry	PG	8	8	300	25	47	12	4	126	37.5	3.1	5.9	1.5	.5	15.8
Fred VanVleet	PG	7	0	29	1	4	1	0	14	4.1	.1	.6	.1	.0	2.0
Jakob Pöltl	C	6	0	26	12	0	1	1	10	4.3	2.0	.0	.2	.2	1.7
Lucas Nogueira	C	3	0	7	5	0	0	0	3	2.3	1.7	.0	.0	.0	1.0
Pascal Siakam	PF	2	0	10	3	1	1	0	0	5.0	1.5	.5	.5	.0	.0

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Player	Signed	Former team
Jared Sullinger^[2]	1-year contract worth $6 million	Boston Celtics
Jarrod Uthoff^[3]		Iowa Hawkeyes
Fred VanVleet^[4]		Wichita State Shockers
Yanick Moreira^[5]		UCAM Murcia
Drew Crawford^[5]		Bnei Herzliya

Player	Reason left	New team
Bismack Biyombo^[6]	4-year contract worth $72 million	Orlando Magic
James Johnson^[7]	1-year contract worth $4 million	Miami Heat
Luis Scola^[8]	1-year contract worth $5.5 million	Brooklyn Nets
Anthony Bennett^[9]	2-year contract worth $2.1 million	Brooklyn Nets / Fenerbahçe
Terrence Ross	Traded	Orlando Magic
Jared Sullinger	Traded	Phoenix Suns