NBA Fans Surprised Toronto has a Team

TORONTO, CA — Many basketball fans were in for a shock when they tuned into this year’s NBA Finals. The Toronto Raptors have made their inaugural appearance in the NBA Finals and some viewers were more than a little confused.

“What the fuck, Toronto has a basketball team? How long have they been around? I thought the Warriors were just playing so well, the NBA decided to pit them against Canada’s best team.”

Not only does Toronto have an NBA franchise, but the team won 58 games in the regular season. However, you will have to forgive the pedestrian NBA fans for their ignorance. Television viewership statistics show that no one watches NBA regular season games. Only the bored and the obsessed flip on TNT between the months of November through April for anything other than a Lord of the Rings marathon. The regular season is like the prologue chapter in a book that everyone always skips. Only nerds read the prologue, just like only nerds watch the regular season. Just skip to the good stuff like everyone else, Poindexter.

Google Trends indicates that search queries related to the Toronto Raptors have already surpassed their annual average since the team made the Finals. From the years 1994-2018, the average number of queries related to the Toronto Raptors was 4,000. The previous peak was 10,000 search results in 2001 when Vince Carter played for the franchise. In 2019, there have already been 572,329 queries related to the Raptors. Popular questions searched were:

“How long has Toronto had an NBA team?”

“What is a Toronto Raptor”

“Why Toronto Raptors”

“Were there Raptors in Toronto?”

“Does Steven Spielberg own the Toronto Raptors?”

“Is LeBron on the Raptors?”