MORNING, CANADA.
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT
TORONTO, WHO SAYS MONDAYS ARE
A DRAG?
THIS MIGHT BE TORONTO'S
PARADE, BUT FROM CORNER BROOK
TO CAMBRIDGE BAY, THIS IS
CANADA'S PARTY.
AFTER THE PAST FEW WEEKS ON
EDGE, AND AT THE EDGE OF ALL
OF OUR SEATS, WATCHING THE
RAPTORS JUST CLAW THEIR WAY TO
VICTORY AND INTO HISTORY, NOW
WE GET A CHANCE TO CHILL-OUT
AND WATCH THE PARTY.
I'M ADRIENNE ARSENAULT WITH
DWIGHT DRUMMOND FROM CBC
TORONTO.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR VERY
GOOD SEATS.
>> Dwight: BEST SEATS IN THE
HOUSE RIGHT HERE.
>> Adrienne: ABSOLUTELY ON
WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A DAY
LIKE NO OTHER THE CITY HAS
EVER SEEN?
>> Dwight: WE ARE CANADA'S
CHAMPIONS TODAY AND WE HAVE
COME TOGETHER FOR THIS PARTY.
IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT FOUR
HOURS OF FUN FOR YOU.
WE WILL TAKE YOU ALONG THIS
PARADE ROUTE AS WE CELEBRATE
THE NBA CHAMPION TORONTO
RAPTORS.
IT'S SO FUNNY JUST HEARING IT
COME OUT OF MY MOUTH.
THIS PARTY WILL START DOWN AT
EXHIBITION PLACE.
THE PARADE WILL MOVE ALONG THE
LAKE SHORE WEST TO YORK
STREET.
IT WILL THEN MOVE NORTH ALONG
YORK UP TO UNIVERSITY TO QUEEN
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CROSS
OVER AND LAND RIGHT WHERE WE
ARE.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME OF THE
PICTURES FROM DOWN AT THE CNE
GROUNDS, OR EXHIBITION PLACE,
OF SOME OF THE RAPTORS GETTING
ON THE BUSES, THOSE DOUBLE
DECKER BUSES THAT THEY WILL BE
ON FOR THE PARADE ROUTE AND
THEY HAVE THOSE VICTORY CIGARS
IN THEIR MOUTHS, ADRIEN ÉZE
GOOD OF THEM TO DECIDE TO COME
TO US TODAY.
>> Dwight: YES, WAITING FOR
THEM RIGHT HERE.
>> Adrienne: ONCE THE BUSES
ARRIVE, YOU CAN EXPECT THE
PARTY TO TAKE A DIFFERENT
FORM.
YES, THERE WILL BE SOME
SPEECHES, MAYBE.
WE'LL SEE DRAKE.
CERTAINLY EVERYONE WILL BE
EXPECTED TO LOOK SKYWARD
BECAUSE THE SNOWBIRDS WILL BE
DOING A FORMATION.
THEY HAVE A SPECIAL RAPTOR
MANOEUVRE THAT THEY JUST SORT
OF CAME UP WITH, SO WE'LL
WATCH FOR THAT.
WE, OF COURSE, HAVE REPORTERS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY TODAY.
WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM.
SO GREG ROSS, FIRSTLY, IS ON
THE BUS.
THIS MAN, IF YOU'VE BEEN
WATCHING THE RAPTORS COVERAGE
OVER THE LAST WHILE, HE HAS
WIGGLED HIS WAY INTO JUST
ABOUT EVERY IMPORTANT SPOT.
HE OF COURSE FOUND HIMSELF ON
THE BUS.
WE HAVE HEATHER HISCOCK AT
EXHIBITION PLACE, CHRIS
GLOVER, THE EDGE OF JURRASIC
PARK, SUHANA IS IN THE MIDDLE
OF EVERYTHING, BECAUSE THAT'S
JUST HOW SUHANA ROLLS.
>> Dwight: AND WE'LL START
WITH GREG ROSS.
WE UNHE HAS A MAN THEY CALL
BUCKETS WITH HIM, NORM POWELL.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
WE'VE GOT NORM POWELL RIGHT
HERE, GETTING EXCITED, ALL
READY, GETTING FIRED UP.
WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY HIT THE
OFFICIAL PARADE ROUTE
YESTERDAY.
WE'RE STILL IN THE EXHIBITION
GROUNDS YET WE'RE
SURROUNDED -- I ALMOST FELL
OVER HERE.
WE ARE SURROUNDED BY FANS.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Reporter: THIS IS NOT EVEN
ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO SEE ON THIS PARADE ROUTE,
YOU KNOW THAT NORM, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, I KNOW, WE'RE JUST
GETTING STARTED.
WE HAVE HAVEN'T STARTED
OFFICIAL LIKE YOU SAID, BUT
IT'S AMAZING TO SEE ALL THE
FANS OUT, THE PRE-PARADE, AS I
LIKE TO CALL IT.
THE SUPPORT'S BEEN AMAZING ALL
YEAR FOR US.
>> Reporter: THIS IS
INCREDIBLE.
YOU'RE FIRING T-SHIRTS OUT
INTO THE CROWD AND THEY'RE
SCRAMBLING TO GET THESE
T-SHIRTS.
YOU'RE HAVING A BALL HERE.
>> OH, YEAH, MAN, GOTTA ENJOY
THE MOMENT, ENJOY THE TIME,
THE WORK THAT WE PUT IN TO GET
TO THIS PARADE, YOU KNOW, TO
BE WORLD CHAMPIONS.
IT WAS A GOAL OF OURS FROM THE
START OF TRAINING CAMP TO BE
ABLE TO ACTUALLY PULL IT OFF
AND ENJOY THIS MOMENT WITH THE
FANS.
IT'S AMAZING.
>> Reporter: I GOTTA KNOW, HOW
MUCH SLEEP HAVE YOU GUYS HAD
SINCE WINNING THE
CHAMPIONSHIPS?
>> I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH SLEEP OF
THE I'VE BEEN GOING NON-STOP.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU
GUYS.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN.
>> Reporter: AFTER THIS MAKE
YOU GUYS CAN GET SOME SLEEP.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT
NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO LET NORM
GET BACK TO FIRING HIS
T-SHIRTS.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE OUR
WAY THROUGH THE CROWD HERE AND
IT'S PRETTY TIGHT QUARTERS,
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU
BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE
CAN TRACK DOWN DANNY GREEN,
WHO'S ALSO ON THIS BUS WITH US
RIGHT NOW.
DANNY'S ACTUALLY HAVING SOME
FUN WITH THE CROWD RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET DANNY
TO COME DOWN AND TALK WITH US.
HEY, DANNY.
WE'RE LIVE ON CBC NEWS.
>> YES, SIR!
>> CAN WE GET YOU TO COME DOWN
AND TALK TO US?
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> HOW EXCITED -- FIRST OF
ALL, WE GOTTA ASK ABOUT THE
NEW HAIRDO.
>> OH, IT AIN'T NEW, IT'S
JUST, NO, JUST COMBED IT OUT A
LITTLE BIT, LET MY HAIR DOWN
LITERALLY, JUST RELAX A LITTLE
BIT, HAVE SOME FUN, MAN.
>> Reporter: JUST ASKING NORM
POWELL BACK THERE, HE HAS HE
HASN'T HAD A LOT OF SLEEP
SINCE WINNING THE
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
>> SAME.
WE'VE BEEN GOING.
WE'RE ON A ROLL, IT'S A LOT OF
FUN.
EVERYBODY'S ON A HIGH RIGHT
NOW, TRYING TO MAKE IT LAST AS
LONG AS WE CAN THIS SUMMER AND
HOPEFULLY AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN BRING
ANOTHER ONE BACK BUT RIGHT NOW
WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS ONE.
>> Dwight: YOU SAID IT.
YOU SAID IT.
IT'S LIKE YOU WISHED IT INTO
EXISTENCE.
THERE'S THE MAN HIMSELF, THE
GLOBAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE
TORONTO RAPTORS, WITH A BRAND
NEW OVO RAPTORS CHAMPIONSHIP
SHIRT OR JACKET.
I'VE NOT SEEN THAT ONE YET.
>> Adrienne: IT'S KIND OF
AMAZING.
IT'S LIKE HE'S TAKING
CONGRATULATIONS FOR HAVING
DONE THIS.
IN A WAY HE KIND OF HAS.
>> Dwight: NOW ON THE NIGHT
THAT THEY WON, HE HAD THAT
SAYING, I WANT DIP WITH MY
CHIPS?
YOU KNOW CHAMPIONSHIPS?
AND I SAW THERE WAS A GENTLE
MAN IN THE PARADE ROUTE
AS I WALKED UP HERE AND HE HAD
CHIPS AND DIP AND A BIG SIGN
OVER HIS SHOULDERS SAYING I
WANT DIP WITH MY CHIPS, AND
FOLKS TAKING PICTURES WITH
HIM.
WE'RE OF COURSE SEEING MASAI
UJIRI, THE ARCHITECT,
HOPEFULLY GETTING HIS SECOND
NBA EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR FOR
PULLING OFF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT
A LITTLE LATER.
>> Adrienne: AND HOPEFULLY
STAYING WITH THIS CITY.
>> Dwight: FINGERS CROSSED FOR
ALL OF THAT.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
CELEBRATE.
I'M AFRAID TO EVEN TALK ABOUT
THE KAWHI OR MASAI THING
BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENJOY THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY.
>> Adrienne: I'LL TELL YOU WHO
ELSE IS ENJOYING IT, SHE
ENJOYS ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING
HE DOES, HEATHER HISCOX, WHO
HAS WILDLY -- WISELY
POSITIONED HERSELF AT
EXHIBITION PLACE AT THE FRONTS
OF THE PARADE.
THAT'S WHAT HEATHER DOES.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THERE ALL
MORNING, MY FRIEND.
HOW'S IT GOING?
>> Heather: YOU KNOW, I JUST
FEEL SO FORTUNATE, ADRIEN.
YOU'RE RIGHT, WHEN WE WENT ON
THE AIR AT 6:00 THIS MORNING,
THERE WERE MAYBE TEN PEOPLE
HERE STAKING OUT THEIR PLACE.
CAN YOU SEE, PAUL IS THE
FANTASTIC CAMERA GUY I'M
WORKING WITH, THIS CLOUD
FLIPS.
HELLO, PEOPLE.
SAY HELLO TO CANADA.
[ Cheers ]
>> Heather: I MEAN ADRIEN AND
DWIGHT, AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN
SEE, EVERYBODY IN RAPTORS
SHIRTS, EVERYBODY WITH WE THE
NORTH.
[ Cheers ]
>> Heather: LET ME SEE THOSE
FLAGS.
LOOK AT THE JERSEYS.
NUMBER TWO.
>> KAWHI LEONARD.
>> Heather: YOU BET HE IS.
COME OVER HERE.
THESE ARE MY FRIENDS.
I MET THEM EARLY TODAY THE
KYLE PROBLEMS.
INTRODUCED YOURSELF.
>> POWELL.
>> Heather: POWELL BROTHERS, I
KNOW, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WHAT'S YOUR FIRST NAME?
>> JACOB.
>> Heather: WHAT'S YOUR FIRST
NAME?
CHRISTOPHER.
JACOB AND CHRISTOPHER POWELL
WHICH EXPLAINS WHY ONE OF
THEIR FIRST AND FAVOURITE
PLAYERS IS --
>> KAWHI LEONARD.
>> NORMAN POWELL.
>> Heather: NORMAN POWELL
BECAUSE YOU SHARE THE NAME.
AND SIAKAM.
>> AND LOWRY.
>> Heather: AND PRETTY OF THE
WHOLE TEAM.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
HERE THEY COME.
YOU GOTTA GET BACK UP THERE ON
THE STAND TO GET A GOOD VIEW
OF THOSE.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO HAS THE
BEST VIEW IS THIS YOUNG WOMAN.
>> HI.
>> Heather: HI AGAIN.
HEY, HI JENNA.
WHAT'S HAPPENING UP WHERE YOU
ARE?
YOU HAVE THE BEST VIEW OF ALL.
>> IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
THEY'RE COMING IN --
>> Heather: IS THERE A BAND UP
THERE?
I THINK THERE'S A PIPE BAND
COMING.
CAN YOU SEE THAT?
>> YEAH.
>> Heather: AND ANY OF THE
BUSES WITH THE PLAYERS?
>> AH, NO NOT YET, BUT THEY'RE
VERY CLOSE.
>> Heather: YOU'RE A VERY GOOD
REPORTER.
I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A
FUTURE IN THIS.
AND DAD, YOU'RE A VERY GOOD
TRIPOD.
WHO ARE YOU HERE TO SEE,
JENNA?
>> I'M HERE TO SEE LOWRY
BECAUSE --
[ Inaudible ]
>> Heather: HE TOTALLY DID.
HE WAS A WARRIOR, WASN'T HE?
HE WAS FANTASTIC.
AND ARE YOU A BIG RAPTORS FAN?
>> YEAH.
>> Heather: WHAT DID YOU DO IN
GAME SIX WHEN THEY WON?
>> AFTER THE GAME, ME, MY MOM,
MY DAD, WE WENT --
[ Inaudible ]
>> Heather: THAT'S SO NICE.
I BET THEY WERE, AS THEY WERE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HI GUYS, SAY HI TO EVERYBODY.
>> HI!
>> HI!
>> HI!
>> Heather: THIS IS REALLY
TYPICAL OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING
TODAY.
IS THERE SOME PLACE THAT YOU
SHOULD BE NORMALLY AT THIS
TIME, LIKE SCHOOL?
>> SCHOOL, YEAH.
>> Heather: NOW WHO GAVE YOU
THE DAY OFF?
>> MY PARENTS.
>> PARENTS.
>> Heather: AND YOUR TEACHERS.
WHO ARE ARE YOU --
>> NO.
>> Heather: NO?
JUST YOUR PARENTS.
AND I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY
GREAT PARENTS TO LET YOU BE
PART OF THIS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
EVERYTHING YOU'RE SEEING HERE
TODAY?
>> REALLY COOL.
I HAVE LOWRY ON MY SHIRT.
>> Heather: WHAT ABOUT YOU?
ANYBODY ELSE WITH A FAVOURITE
PLAYER?
>> IBAKA.
>> KAWHI'S YOUR GUY?
WHAT DO YOU THINK, SHOULD HE
STAY?
>> YES.
>> Heather: WHY SHOULD HE
STAY?
>> STAY!
>> BECAUSE HE CAN MAKE THE
RAPTORS HAVE A SECOND WIN.
>> Heather: WOULDN'T THAT BE
INCREDIBLE, IF THEY COULD WIN
IT TWICE?
IT'S TAKEN SO MANY YEARS TO
GET THE FIRST ONE, IT WOULD BE
AWESOME TO HAVE TWO.
YOU'RE HERE TO WITNESS
HISTORY, ALL OF YOU GUYS, SO
YOU ENJOY YOUR DAY AND THANK
YOU FOR COMING OVER TO SAY HI.
I'M GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO
YOU GUYS.
I NEED JENNA AGAIN, ADRIENNE
AND DWIGHT, I KNOW THEY'RE
GETTING SET TO GO AND WHEN
THEY DO, THEY WILL BE COMING
THROUGH THESE GATES AND THIS
CROWD, WHICH IS, AS I SAID,
BEEN BUILDING BY THOUSANDS
OVER THE COURSE OF THE MORNING
IS JUST GOING TO ERUPT AT THE
SIGHT OF THOSE PLAYERS.
WE HAD NICK NURSE ARRIVE
EARLIER AND THEY RUSHED HIS
LIMO AND THEY TOOK PICTURES
WITH HIM AND THEY TOLD HIM
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS,
AS HE'S COACHED THIS TEAM TO
THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO WHEN THEY SEE THE COACH,
SEE THEIR FAVOURITE PLAYERS
AND SEE THAT LARRY O'BRIEN
TROPHY, THE LARRY O.B., AS
KAWHI CALLS IT, THEY ARE GOING
TO EXPLODE, AND IT'S GOING TO
BE FANTASTIC.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> Adrienne: HEY, HEATHER,
THANKS VERY MUCH.
YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO THOSE
KIDS TALK, TONS OF
TORONTONIANS HERE, BUT NOT
JUST TORONTONIANS, WE'VE BEEN
HEARING ALL WEEKEND ABOUT
PEOPLE GETTING ON PLANES FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DRIVING IN
FROM ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
YOU KNOW, THAT 2 MILLION
FIGURE, IF IT COMES TO BE,
WON'T JUST BE FROM PEOPLE WHO
GOT UP IN THE MORNING AND GOT
ON THE SUBWAY.
THEY HAVE TRAVELLED ALL OVER.
THE WHOLE NOTION WE THE NORTH
HAS REALLY TAKEN ROOT, AND
THIS CITY -- I'VE LIVED HERE
MY ENTIRE -- WELL NOT MY
ENTIRE LIFE BUT I WAS BORN AND
RAISED HERE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS.
YOU, ALSO RAISED IN TORONTO.
>> Dwight: RAISED IN TORONTO,
PLAYED BASKETBALL FOR MY GUYS
HERE IN 1976, AND I HAVE NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
FIRST SPORTING EVENT -- I
MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS
WITH THE JAYS OVER THE YEARS
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING
THIS BIG.
AND THIS PARADE, AND THIS
CELEBRATION, IT TRULY IS A
NATIONAL CELEBRATION.
AROUND THE GTA THOUGH, WITH
JURRASIC PARK DOWNTOWN, WE HAD
JURRASIC PARKS POPPING UP ALL
OVER RIGHT THROUGH TO HALIFAX,
ALL THE WAY OUT WEST, EAST,
WHEREVER YOU WANT TO NAME.
ASHA TOMLINSON WAS AT ONE HERE
IN THE GTA WHERE THEY HAD
ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE EVERY DAY
AND WE CALLED IT JURRASIC PARK
WEST.
IT WAS OUT IN MISSISSAUGA.
SHE WAS STATIONED THERE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE HER
STATIONED DOWN AT LAKE SHORE
AND BATHURST AND I WOULD SAY
THE CROWDS DOWN THERE ARE JUST
AS BIG AS THE ONES YOU WERE
ENJOYING IF NOT BIGGER AT
JURRASIC PARK WEST THROUGHOUT
THIS RUN, ASHA.
>> Reporter: FOR SURE, DWIGHT.
IT WAS WILD OUT IN JURASSIC
PARK WEST, BUT THE ENERGY, THE
EXCITEMENT HERE, OH, IT'S
BUILDING.
AND ON MY WAY DOWN HERE, I SAW
ALL KIND OF THINGS.
I SAW A REPLICA LARRY O.B.
TROPHY, I SAW WE THE CHAMP
T-SHIRTS, I SAW THIS.
I MEAN, A MAN WAS HANDING OUT
THE NORTH HAS SPOKEN FLAGS AND
WE'VE SEEN FANS THAT WE'VE
BEEN TALKING TO, THEY'RE FROM
NORTH CAROLINA, THEY'RE FROM
BUFFALO, THEY'RE FROM HAMILTON
WHERE AIR DRAKE LANDED
YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS,
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HUMAN
TO BE A RAPTORS FAN, OH, NO.
WE'VE GOT JEREMY HERE, WITH
REDFORD.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, LITTLE
REDFORD.
HE'S SEEN EVERY SINGLE GAME ON
TELEVISION AND HE'S THE
BIGGEST FAN.
I DON'T WANT TO I IS A HE'S
THE GLOBAL AMBASSADOR, THAT
BELONGS TO TAKE BUT HE'S THE
SECOND BIGGEST LITTLE FAN.
>> WHAT DOES REDFORD DO WHEN
HE WATCHES THESE GAMES?
>> WHEN THEY SCORE A
THREE-POINTER BACK, AND IF
THEY MISS A THREE-POINTER HE
WALKS OUT OF THE ROOM.
HE PROTESTS, EVERY
THREE-POINTER.
>> Reporter: CAN I SEE THE
JERSEY REDFORD IS WEARING?
>> TRUE RAPTORS FASHION,
RIGHT?
>> OH, HE WANTS TO EAT THE
MIC, IT SEEMS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
HE LOVES IT.
LOVES BASKETBALL, LOVES BEING
DOWN HERE, THIS IS GREAT FORM
THE CITY, THIS IS GREAT FOR
THE COUNTRY, GO RAPTORS!
[ Cheers ]
>> Reporter: AND JUST TO GIVE
YOU PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHERE I
AM, EXACTLY, IF WE TAKE --
WE THE NORTH!
WE THE NORTH!
>> THERE WE GO.
THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT.
EVERYONE IS HYPED, EVERYONE IS
PUMPED BUT TAKE A LOOK.
THERE ARE A LOT OF TALL
BUILDINGS, A LOT OF CONDO
BUILDINGS, EVEN A CONSTRUCTION
SITE AND EVERYONE IS TRYING TO
GET THAT GREAT PERSPECTIVE,
THE PERFECT VIEW OF THIS
PARADE.
WE'RE JUST ABOUT A KILOMETRE
OR SO FROM THE START WHERE
HEATHER HISCOX IS AND WHERE
THESE BUSES WILL BE ROLLING
DOWN.
YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE IS
FILLING THE STREETS RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE
A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THOSE
DOUBLE DECKER BUSES AND CARS,
WELL THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE UP
A LOT OF SPACE, BUT JUST -- IT
GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
EVERYBODY IS HERE, WAITING AND
WATCHING, HOPING TO GET A
LITTLE GLIMPSE OF THEIR
FAVOURITE PLAYER OF THE
FAVOURITE RAPTOR WORLD
CHAMPION TEAM.
SO JUST TAKE A LOOK.
I MEAN, I COULD KEEP WALKING,
DWIGHT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT
THERE ARE LINEUPS FOR DAYS.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING
WITH HERE.
WE WILL HAVE A PRIME SPOT, OF
COURSE, WHEN THEY ROLL DOWN
HERE AND WE'LL BE BRINGING
THAT TO YOU, OF COURSE,
THROUGHOUT THE FOUR HOURS THAT
YOU, DWIGHT AND ADRIENNE WILL
BE SHOWING THE PLAY-BY-PLAY
AND WALKING THROUGH IT ALL,
AND SOAKING THIS ALL IN.
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, ASHA,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PACE YOURSELF.
IT FEELS LIKE TWO MINUTES AGO
WE WERE TALKING THURSDAY NIGHT
AT GAME SIX.
BACK HERE AT NATHAN PHILLIPS
SQUARE, WHAT AN AMAZING SCENE
THIS IS.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A GUEST
AND IT'S APPROPRIATE.
THIS IS THE FIRST PERSON WE
SHOULD BE TALKING TO, BECAUSE
WE KIND OF CALL HIM DAD AT
THIS POINT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT JOHN BITOV.
MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIM AS A
SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR, BUT
WE KNOW YOU, THE CITY KNOWS
YOU, AS THE FOUNDER OF THE
RAPTORS.
AGAIN, YOU MUST KIND OF FEEL
LIKE A PROUD PARENT TODAY.
>> YEAH, IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.
>> IT REALLY CHOKES YOU UP.
OTHERS INVOLVED, ALAN SLATE,
ISAAH, SCOTIABANK, BUT YOU
JUST SEE THIS, AND THIS WAS
THE DREAM.
THIS WAS IT, SEEING BASKETBALL
SO FIRMLY EMBEDDED IN THIS
COUNTRY'S CULTURE.
FOR THOSE US WHO PLAYED IT AS
KIDS, I JUST -- I CAN'T
BELIEVE IT.
I'M TOTALLY CHOKED-UP.
>> Dwight: I SEE WE'RE KICKING
IT OLD SCHOOL TODAY BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT THE PURPLE ON, I'VE
GOT THE PURPLE ON, BECAUSE
WE'RE OLD GUYS.
WE WERE THERE AT THE
BEGINNING.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE AT
THAT FIRST GAME.
TELL US ABOUT THIS DREAM YOU
HAD TO BRING THIS SPORT TO
THIS COUNTRY, TO THE PLACE
WHERE THE MAN WHO INVENTED IT
CAME FROM.
>> WELL, I WAS LUCKY, MY MOM
WAS FROM INDIANA.
MY BROTHERS, MY COUSINS AND I,
ALL SUMMER WE PLAYED
BASKETBALL.
YOU KNOW -- WE PLAYED OTHER
SPORTS, TOO, BUT IT WAS OUR
FIRST LOVE, AND WHEN YOU
SEE -- I WENT TO INDIANA
UNIVERSITY, AND WHEN YOU SEE
BASKETBALL LIKE CANADIANS DID
DURING THIS PLAYOFF DRIVE,
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE.
IT'S JUST SO EMOTIONAL FROM
THE TIP-OFF TO THE FINAL
BUZZER.
>> Adrienne: BUT NOT EVERYBODY
BELIEVED IN YOU, RIGHT?
I MEAN, FOR A TIME THE CITY
WASN'T QUITE SURE.
>> YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE
DIDN'T BELIEVE IN IT BUT FROM
DAY ONE WE TARGETED NEW
CANADIANS, WE TARGETED KIDS,
WE TARGETED WOMEN.
WE LET THE OLDER GENERATION
HAVE THEIR HOCKEY, WHICH HAS
ITS PLACE IF CANADIAN SOCIETY
BUT WE WENT AFTER EVERYONE
ELSE.
>> Adrienne: CAN YOU TALK TO
US ABOUT THE NAME?
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE PURPLE,
BARNEY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY
IT, BUT --
[ Laughter ]
>> Dwight: THE PURPLE
DINOSAUR.
>> Adrienne: WAS IT ABOUT THE
MOVIE?
WHAT WAS IT?
>> THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN SAYING IT, I
PERSONALLY LIKE T-REX, NO
SPORTS TEAM HAD A DINOSAUR
IMAGE.
IN THE MOVIE THE RAPTORS
PLAYED AS A PACK, THEY FOR
APART EVERYONE.
WHEN YOU PUT THE NAME IN FOCUS
GROUPS THE KIDS LOVED IT AND
WE WANTED SOMETHING GLOBAL.
AT ONE POINT WE HAD THREE
HOCKEY TEAMS, CANUCKS, MAPLE
LEAFS AND CANADIANS AND WE
REALLY WANTED SOMETHING THAT
KIDS, WHETHER YOU WERE IN
CHINA OR EUROPE OR AFRICA, YOU
COULD SAY THAT'S MY TEAM.
>> Dwight: WHEN YOU HAVE THAT
DREAM, THOUGH, IT WASN'T AN
EASY ROAD GETTING THAT, THERE
WAS OTHER PEOPLE TRYING TO BID
AND BRING IT HERE.
DID YOU EVER EXPECT IT TO
CULMINATE IN THIS?
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY
WITH 2 MILLION STRONG ROVING
THE STREETS OF TORONTO,
CELEBRATING THIS TEAM AND THE
SPORT OF BASKETBALL?
>> YOU DREAM IT, DWIGHT BUT
YOU NEVER KNOW HOW REALISTIC
IT IS, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY
EVEN IN MY WILDEST DREAM,
THIS -- I JUST DIDN'T THINK
YOU'D HAVE 2 MILLION AT A
RAID.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE JAYS WON
AND WE HAD RALLIES AT SKYDOME
AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT THIS IS
JUST -- THE WHOLE WORLD'S
WATCHING.
>> Adrienne: SO YOU SOLD A
LITTLE BIT THOUGH, A FEW YEARS
AGO.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Adrienne: HOW MUCH DOES
THAT HURT TODAY?
>> YOU KNOW, I'M A FAN FIRST
AND FOREMOST.
I LOVE THE SPORT.
I LOVE SEEING HOW MANY
CANADIAN KIDS WE GET DRAFTED
IN THE NBA.
GUYS AND GIRLS PLAYING IN THE
NCAA SO I'M A FAN FIRST AND
FOREMOST.
YEAH, THERE'S MOMENTS WHERE
YOU WISH YOU WERE STILL
INVOLVED BUT LARRY TANENBAUM
AND EVERYONE ELSE, THEY'VE
BEEN QUITE PATIENT BECAUSE
IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET
HERE.
>> Dwight: AND YOU STILL GOT
YOUR BUCKS.
>> GOT MY BUCKS, MY
OTHER TEAMS.
>> Dwight: CONGRATULATIONS AND
HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS AND
TAKING IT IN, I KNOW HOW MUCH
YOUR FAMILY LOVES THIS SPORT.
>> WELL, MY BROTHERS, MY
SISTER, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY DAD
WAS ALIVE AND MY MOM, THEY
CAME TO EVERY GAME, AND IT'S
JUST -- IT IS A FAMILY EVENT,
BUT WE'RE BASKETBALLERS FIRST
AND FOREMOST.
>> Adrienne: WELL, FOR THE
FAITH YOU SHOWED IN THIS CITY
AND THIS TEAM, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Dwight: THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU INDEED.
>> Adrienne: TAKE CARE, JOHN.
>> Dwight: ALL RIGHT, LET'S
CONTINUE WITH THE PARTY HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE CROWD THERE.
JUST CELEBRATING, SINGING.
LET'S HEAR WHAT THEY'RE
SINGING RIGHT NOW.
[ Cheers ]
>> YOU KNOW O CANADA'S
BREAKING OUT ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
IT'S APPROPRIATE THEN THAT WE
GO BACK TO GREG ROSS RIGHT NOW
WITH THE ONLY CANADIAN PLAYER
I HEAR ON THE RAPTORS,
MR. CHRIS BOUCHER, THE PRIDE
OF MONTREAL.
I'M LOOKING AT KAWHI RIGHT
THERE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE GOT CHRIS
BOUCHER RIGHT HERE, AND YOU
WERE JUST SAYING THE PRIDE OF
MONTREAL.
LOOK AT THIS LOGO.
HE'S GOT HIS OWN LOGO.
BONJOUR.
>> BONJOUR.
YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME
TO REPRESENT MONTREAL, AND YOU
KNOW, CANADA.
SO I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GOOD
ONE.
>> Greg: WELL THEY KEEP
CALLING THIS CANADA'S TEAM,
AND PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY HAVE BEEN COMING OUT
TO WATCH THE GAMES, TO STAND
IN JURRASIC PARK, HAVE YOU
NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM
QUÉBEC AND FROM MONTREAL?
>> I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I'M
GOING TO BE TELL YOU, TO BE
HONEST, I THINK WE -- A LOT OF
PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY'RE HERE,
I'M SURE THEY'RE HERE.
>> Greg: DO YOU GET A LOT OF
SUPPORT --
>> OH, YEAH, MONTREAL IS
SUPPORT.
WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST GAME,
THEY WERE ALL THERE, AND IT'S
STILL OUR GAME.
MONTREAL IS SHOWING THE
SUPPORT, AND ANY CANADIANS
THAT LIVES THERE, KNOWS THAT
RAPTORS, IT'S A CANADIAN TEAM
AND THE SUPPORT IS ALL THE
WAY.
>> Greg: YOU HAVE QUITE AN
AMAZING JOURNEY TO
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL.
I MEAN, IT WASN'T THAT LONG
AGO, YOU WERE WASHING DISHES
IN A RESTAURANT AND HERE YOU
ARE NOW, CELEBRATING AN NBA
CHAMPIONSHIP.
YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY.
>> YEAH, FOR SURE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, I'M
JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.
YOU KNOW?
IT'S AN EXCITING MOMENT WHEN
WE WON, AND IT MADE ME REALIZE
ABOUT THE LONG WAY I SCALE AND
ALL I HAD TO DO JUST TO BE
HERE AND IT'S AMAZING.
AMAZING EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW,
AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO HAVE MY
FAMILY AND EVERYBODY TO BE
ENJOYING THIS.
>> Greg: IS THIS ALL YOUR
FAMILY HERE BEHIND YOU?
>>  MY FAMILY.
I GOT MY MOM, I GOT MY STEP
DAD.
YO!
YO!
[ Cheers ]
>> Greg: LOOK, HE'S ALREADY
GOT THE CHAMPAGNE.
>> BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE OVER
HERE.
GOT MY WIFE OVER HERE, TOO,
EVERYBODY'S HERE, MY SISTER.
EVERYBODY'S HERE.
>> Greg: THAT'S GREAT.
SO I MEAN, THIS HAS TO MEAN
SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL FOR
YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE CANADIAN
AND I MEAN, THIS IS CANADA'S
ONLY TEAM, AND HERE WE ARE,
CELEBRATING.
JUST PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE,
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU.
>> IT MEANS A LOT.
YOU KNOW, AS A CANADIAN, YOU
KNOW, YOU WANT TO SHOW, YOU
WANT TO REPRESENT, YOU WANT US
TO BE CHAMPION AND WE'RE
FEELING AT THE TOP OF THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW.
EVERYWHERE WE GO, THEY
FOLLOWED UP US, THEY'RE
SUPPORTING US.
IT TOOK A LONG WAY FOR US TO
GET THERE BUT WE'RE FINALLY
HERE, WE'RE CHAMPIONS AND IT'S
AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
>> Greg: THANKS FOR DOING
THIS.
ENJOY THIS MOMENT, ADRIENNE
AND DWIGHT, I'LL TELL YOU, WE
HAVEN'T QUITE REACHED THE
PRINCESS GATES YET.
THEY'RE COMING UP, BUT LOOK AT
THE CROWDS OF PEOPLE.
NOT EVEN ON THE PARADE ROUTE
HERE AND THEY'RE CHANTING.
THEY'RE CHANTING WE THE NORTH
NOW.
I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE SOMEHOW
MANAGED TO GET OFF THE PARADE
ROUTE, ONTO THE EXHIBITION
GROUNDS.
THEY'RE CHASING THESE FIVE
BUSES THAT HAVE THE PLAYERS ON
THEM DOWN, AND THEY'RE
CHANTING, THEY'RE CHEERING,
THE PLAYERS ARE ENJOYING IT, I
CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE
CROWDS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE
ONCE WE GET OUT ONTO THE
OFFICIAL PARADE ROUTE.
>> Adrienne: OH, THAT'S GREAT.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
YOU ARE, I THINK WITHOUT A
DOUBT, OUR MVP FOR THE ENTIRE
RAPTORS COVERAGE, AND A
SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO WHOEVER
CAME UP WITH THE WE THE NORTH
MARKETING CAMPAIGN BACK IN
2014.
IF ANYBODY HAD ANY DOUBT,
TODAY SHOULD 100% PROVE THEM
WRONG.
WE ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK HERE, BEFORE WE
GO, HAVE A MOMENT WITH THESE
PICTURES.
CANADA, THIS IS YOUR USUAL
MONDAY MORNING.
>> Dwight: ENJOY!
[ ♪♪♪ ] 
[ Cheers ]
[ Cheers ]
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK TO
SUCH A GOOD MONDAY MORNING IN
TORONTO.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE NOT EVER
GOING TO SEE ONE --
>> Dwight: WE HAD SHOWERS THIS
MORNING BUT IT WAS CHAMPAGNE
SHOWERS FROM THE PLAYERS,
SPRAYING, KYLE LOWRY SPRAYING
THAT SHAME PAIN ONTO THE
CROWD.
>> YOU KNOW WHO'S GOING TO GET
COVERED IN IT AT SOME POINT?
YOUNG CHRIS GLOVER WHO IS AT
THE EDGE OF JURRASIC PARK,
THIS PLACE THAT HAS JUST
BECOME THE ENVY OF I WOULD SAY
NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS FANS.
YOU'RE LOOKING PRETTY SHARP
DOWN THERE, CHRIS.
PRETTY CALM.
HOW'S IT GOING?
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE ARE ALREADY COVERED IN IT.
THEY JUST HANDED OUT THESE
FLAGS, MLSE DID, AND AS THEY
DID, WE SAW THIS CROWD JUST
ERUPT IN CHEERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR HOURS
IN THE THOUSANDS, AND IF YOU
PAN OVER THIS WAY, YOU CAN SEE
JUST HOW CANADIAN THIS CROWD
IS, TOO.
THERE'S NO BAKER KIDS HERE,
ADRIENNE AND DWIGHT.
THEY EXPECT ALL OF THESE FANS
TO JUST STAY PUT, BACK THERE,
AND ENJOY SEEING THEIR HEROES,
THEIR CHAMPIONS COME THROUGH
HERE.
AND JUST LOOK AT HOW MUCH FUN.
ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
HAVING.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE
YOUNG, IF YOU'RE OLD, TODAY
IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, A MONDAY
TO REMEMBER.
AND A LOT OF THESE FOR
EXAMPLE, AS -- FOLKS, AS OUCH
SAID, HAVE COME FROM FAR AND
WIDE BUT IT REALLY HASN'T
MATTERED IF THEY CAME FROM A
TEN MINUTE WALK OR A TEN HOUR
PLANE RIDE, THEY WERE NOT
GOING TO MISS THIS PARTY.
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO
TRAVELLED SO VERY FAR AWAY WAY
WAS LEVI, HERE.
HE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM
AUSTRALIA.
LEAVE VON, I MEAN.
IT'S OBVIOUS WHY YOU WANTED TO
BE A PART OF THIS, BUT JUST
TELL EVERYONE WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN TO YOU TO BE HERE TODAY?
>> IT MEANS THE WORLD.
WE NEEDED TO BELIEVE IN OUR
CITY.
WE NEEDED TO BELIEVE IN
OURSELVES!
LIKE MASAI SAID, WE WANTED TO
WIN IN TORONTO, AND WE WON IN
TORONTO!
[ Cheers ]
>> WE WON IN TORONTO!
WE WANTED TO WIN.
WE WANTED TO WIN!
>> Reporter: AND THAT ENERGY,
THAT EXCITEMENT, ADRIENNE AND
DWIGHT, IS SOMETHING THAT WE
HAVE BEEN SEEING THROUGHOUT
THIS TIME HERE.
I AM OBVIOUSLY IN A VERY
SPECIAL PLACE IN THIS CITY,
FOR THIS FRANCHISE, AND FOR
THIS MOMENT.
THIS WAS WHERE JURRASIC PARK
WAS, THIS IS WHERE SO MANY
PEOPLE CAMPED-OUT FOR HOURS,
FOR DAYS, TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY DID NOT MISS HISTORY.
LEAVE VON, YOU WERE ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE, TOO.
IT WAS RAINING, IT WAS THUNDER
DOING, IT WAS CRAZY, WHY WAS
IT SO IMPORTANT TO RATE
THROUGH ALL OF THIS TO WATCH
THESE HISTORIC MOMENTS?
>> IN THE MIDST OF ADVERSITY,
WE WERE COUNTED OUT THREE OUT
OF FOUR SERIES AS UNDERDOGS.
MASAI MADE A BIG MOVE LAST
SEASON.
EVERYONE NEVER THOUGHT WE'D BE
AT THIS STAGE.
[ Cheers ]
>> TO BEING NBA CHAMPIONS.
TORONTO, WE ARE A CITY OF
CHAMPIONS.
WE'RE THE BEST CITY IN THE
WORLD.
I'VE TRAVELLED ALL OVER THE
WORLD AND NOTHING LIKE
TORONTO.
[ Cheers ]
>> Reporter: AND YOU KNOW
WHAT?
THE GREATEST PART ABOUT THIS
IS HERE.
HEAR HOW MUCH FUN THEY ARE
HAVING.
>> WE THE NORTH!
WE THE NORTH!
>> SPORTS IS ALL ABOUT THE
WINS, THE LOSSES, THE
CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT?
MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S ABOUT
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
THERE'S A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY
SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE NAMED
KAYDEN, AND KAYDEN IS
CELEBRATING HIS 10th
BIRTHDAY TODAY.
ADRIENNE AND DWIGHT, COULD YOU
IMAGINE ANY BETTER PLACE TO
CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY THAN
THIS?
>> Dwight: WHAT A WONDERFUL
BIRTHDAY PRESENT, TO BE AT A
CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE FOR YOUR
HOMETOWN TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHRIS.
>> Adrienne: YEAH, THANK YOU,
CHRIS.
I KIND OF LOVE THAT CHRIS IS
FLANKED BY A LEGION OF REALLY
TINY BODYGUARDS.
>> Dwight: LOOK AT THEM.
>> Adrienne: THEY'VE GOT YOU
CHRIS.
>> Reporter: THEY'RE TOUGH,
GUY, THEY'VE GOT ME.
THEY'VE GOT ME.
>> Dwight: ONE OF THE THINGS
CHRIS WAS TOUCHING ON IS HOW
THIS HAS REALLY BROUGHT US
TOGETHER.
HOW THIS CHAMPIONSHIP HAS
REALLY BROUGHT THIS TOWN AND
THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER.
WE'VE GOT A GUEST HERE.
>> Adrienne: WE DO.
THE MAN JUST WANDERED IN.
>> Dwight: YEAH, AND YOU KNOW,
AT THE RAPTORS GAMES, WHEN
THEY PUT HIS PICTURE UP ON THE
JUMBOTRON, HE GETS A HUGE
SHOUT-OUT FROM THE CROWD.
WE'VE SEEN HIM AT THE GAMES
AND HE'S BROUGHT US THE
STORIES OF THIS COUNTRY FOR A
VERY LONG, LONG TIME HERE ON
CBC TELEVISION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS STORY,
PETER?
>> DWIGHT, ADRIENNE, GREAT TO
BE HERE WITH YOU.
THIS IS NOW ONE OF THE STORIES
OF US AS A COUNTRY, AND AS A
PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, I WALKED THROUGH YOU
THIS CROWD, I WAS HERE LATE
LAST NIGHT WALKING THROUGH THE
CROWD BUT NOW IT'S REMARKABLE.
BUT IT'S ALSO A PICTURE OF
CANADA TODAY.
YOU KNOW, MORESO THAN YOU'LL
SEE AT ANY OTHER SPORTING
EVENT.
NOT NUMBERS BUT IN TO THE
CROSS SECTION OF CANADIANS.
WE SEE CANADA REFLECTED BACK
AT US, AND WE SEE THESE CROWDS
AND THE EXCITEMENT THAT'S
BEING MOTIVATED BY THIS TEAM.
AND IT'S NOT JUST TORONTO.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IT'S ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
WE SAW THE NUMBER OF JURRASIC
PARKS.
IT WAS A REMARKABLE
ACHIEVEMENT BY A TEAM THAT I'M
NOT SURE ANY OF US REALLY
THOUGHT THEY'RE GOOD BUT I
DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN GO ALL
THE WAY.
SUDDENLY THEY WENT ALL THE WAY
AND THAT TRIP, THAT JOURNEY
THEY TOOK US ON AT A TIME WHEN
NONE OF THE CANADIAN TEAMS
WERE -- THEY WERE GONE, IN THE
FIRST ROUND.
THEY HAD A BLANK SLATE TO WORK
ON AND BROUGHT IN ALL KIND OF
NEW PEOPLE IN BASEBALL.
BASEBALL HAS GROWN ENORMOUSLY
IN THE COUNTRY OVER THE LAST
TEN YEARS BUT IT'S GROWN
DOUBLE, TRIPLE THAT IN THE
LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND IT'S
BEEN WONDERFUL TO WATCH.
>> Adrienne: PETER, CAN YOU
STAY WITH US FOR ONE SECOND
GREG ROSS, YOU'LL LOVE THIS,
HAS MANAGED TO CORAL SERGE
IBAKA.
>> GO FOR IT ÉZE GO --
>> WE'VE GOT SERGE IBAKA HERE.
YOU WENT VIRAL THE OTHER NIGHT
CELEBRATING IN LOS ANGELES,
ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT DANCE
FOR US?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN RIGHT
HERE.
>> WE'RE STANDING ON THE SEATS
RIGHT NOW.
I BET YOU THE CROWD WOULD GO
CRAZY.
>> I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING, LET
ME SEE.
I CANNOT DO IT.
I HAVE TO HAVE MORE SPACE, YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE,
BUT LOOK, LOOK DOWN THERE.
LOOK HOW INCREDIBLE THAT IS.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
INCREDIBLE.
>> IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE STREET
THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BLOCKING
THE PRINCESS GATES.
THE PARADE ROUTE IS ON THE
OTHER SIDE SELF THE PRINCESS
GATES THERE.
>> WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS.
>> WE HAVEN'T EVEN HIT THE
PARADE ROUTE.
>> YEAH, MAN, I DON'T KNOW.
WE BEEN STUCK HERE.
>> WE'VE BEEN STUCK HERE FOR A
LITTLE WHILE.
>> YES, SIR.
I SEEN --
>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE IN YOUR WHOLE
LIFE?
>> OH, MAN, THIS IS A DREAM.
I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M
LIVING A DREAM RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, I USEED TO WATCH
OTHER TEAMS WIN THE SERIES,
THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY, AND I
USED TO SAY MAN, ONE DAY I
WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, HERE,
AND DO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND I'M HERE WITH MY FAMILY,
AND WE'RE HAVING SO MUCH FUN
HERE.
>> Reporter: HOW MUCH DOES IT
MEAN TO YOU TO HAVE YOUR
FAMILY HERE?
WHOA, I WAS FLYING OFF THE
BUS.
WE'RE FINALLY MOVING.
[ Cheers ]
>> I'M SO THANKFUL, MAN, I'M
SO THANKFUL AT THIS MOMENT.
ALL THESE CROWDS HERE, THEY
COME AND SEE US HERE.
YOU KNOW, I'M SO THANKFUL,
MAN.
>> Reporter: INCREDIBLE
MOMENT.
AGAIN, SERGE IBAKA, THIS IS
THE GUY -- YOU LOVE TORONTO.
YOU LOVE THIS CITY.
>> OH, YEAH, I LOVE THIS CITY.
THIS IS MY CITY.
IT'S MY HOME NOW, YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M SAYING?
BECAUSE I GOT FRIENDS NOW,
THEY'RE LIKE FAMILY NOW, AND
YOU SEE HOW PEOPLE LOVE US
HERE, SO OF COURSE.
YOU ALWAYS GOING TO GO
SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE LOVE
YOU, YOU KNOW?
CARE ABOUT YOU.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE,
THEY COME HERE TO SUPPORT US,
BECAUSE THEY LOVE US, YOU
KNOW?
>> Reporter: YOUR FANS KNOW
THAT YOU HAVE A COOKING SHOW
ON YouTube.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: YOU HAD KAWHI
LEONARD ON THERE, YOU BEGGED
HIM TO COME BACK, DO YOU THINK
YOU MADE ANY HEADWAY?
DO YOU THINK YOU MAYBE
CONVINCED HIM TO COME BACK?
>> LET'S HOPE.
LET'S HOPE HE COME BACK.
WE ALL NEEDED HIM, YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M SAYING?
[ Inaudible ] 
>> Reporter: SERGE IBAKA,
HAVING A GREAT TIME OUT HERE
ON THE PARADE.
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, GREG.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SERGE.
HE SAID HE WANTED TO BE WHERE
HE IS LOVED.
HE IS 100% LOVED IN THIS CITY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
PATIENT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.
I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE WITH CELLPHONES, SO
MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO SEND
MESSAGES, THAT THE SIGNAL DOES
OCCASIONALLY BREAKS UP.
IT'S JUST THIS ENTIRE CITY --
IMAGINE A SHIP ALL ON ONE SIDE
LEANING OVER.
>> ALL THE SELFIES, ALL THE
INSTAGRAM PHOTOS BEING SENT
OUT THERE.
>> IT'S A GREAT LOCAL STORIES,
OBVIOUSLY FOR TORONTO AND
SOUTHERN ONTARIO, A GREAT
NATIONAL STORY AS YOU POINTED
OUT.
IT'S A GREAT INTERNATIONAL
STORY.
I WAS TALKING TO A FELLOW DOWN
ALONG CAMERA ROAD HERE AND HE
SAID LOOK, I KNOW IT'S
CANADA'S SCENE BUT IT'S THE
REST OF THE WORLD'S TEAM.
YOU GUYS DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
MUCH SUPPORT YOU HAVE FROM THE
REST OF THE WORLD.
>> Adrienne: AND WHY IS THAT?
>> WELL, IT'S BECAUSE OF
THAT -- THAT TEAM REFLECTS THE
REST OF THE WORLDS.
>> WE HAVE TWO PLAYERS WHO
PLAY FOR THE SPANISH NATIONAL
TEAM, MARK GASOL AND SERGE
IBAKA.
>> THAT'S RIGHT AND PASCAL
SIAKAM.
THERE ARE SO MANY PLAYERS WHO
HAVE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS
ON THAT TEAM.
THE PEOPLE HAVE EMBRACED IT
AROUND THE WORLD AND RAPTORS
JERSEYS NOW AND HATS, THEY CAN
BE SEEN EVERYWHERE.
LOOK AT THE OVATIONS JEREMY
LIN GETS FROM THE ASIAN
COMMUNITY IN THIS TOWN WHEN HE
GETS HIS LIKE TEN SECONDS ON
THE FLOOR DURING THE FINALS.
BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE BENCH.
BUT THEY WENT CRAZY FOR HIM
AND YOU SEE LIN JERSEYS ALL
THROUGH HERE IN THE CROWD
BEHIND US.
SO IT'S A GREAT TEAM.
A GREAT STORY.
>> Eli: LEST ANYONE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR
BASKETBALL CREDENTIALS, THEY
ARE SOLID.
I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE
PICTURES HERE.
YOU'VE BEEN GOING TO THESE
GAMES FOREVER, AND IF WE CAN
BRING THEM UP, PICTURES IT OF
PETER.
>> Dwight: THERE HE IS.
>> I GOT A LITTLE CARRIED
AWAY.
>> Dwight: MOUTH OPEN LIKE
NICK NURSE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BECOME A MEME
WITH THAT SHOT.
>> THAT WAS DANNY GREEN, JUST
SUNK A THREE POINTER NEAR THE
END OF THE GAME WHICH
BASICALLY ICED IT FOR TORONTO,
AND I WENT BAT SHIT, YOU KNOW?
I WENT CRAZY.
>> Adrienne: I THINK WE NEED
TO RIGHT THAT DOWN.
>> Dwight: I REALLY BELIEVE
THIS TEAM COULD HAVE A CHANCE
TO DO THIS.
AS A FAN, WITH YOU DOWN THERE
WATCHING IT, WHEN IT DID IT
CLICK FOR YOU HEY, WE MIGHT BE
ONTO SOMETHING HERE?
WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO
PULL THIS OFF.
>> TO ME THE BIG MOMENT WAS
THAT THE SHOT.
>> Dwight: THE SHOT.
THE ICONIC SHOT.
>> THE ICONIC SHOT.
IT DID EVERYTHING AND IT
CEMENTED THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE RAPTORS AND THEIR
FANS BUT IT MOVED BEYOND THAT
IN THAT MOMENT BECAUSE THAT'S
EVERYBODY'S DREAM TO GET THAT
LAST-MINUTE MOMENT RUN IN
BASEBALL OR GOAL IN OVERTIME.
SUDDENLY THAT SHOT, WHICH IS
RARELY MADE, THE BUZZER-BEATER
AT THE END --
>> Dwight: ALTHOUGH WE HAD
VINCE CARTER MISS ONE.
>> STEPH CURRY IS 0-FOR-12 IN
LAST MINUTE SHOTS IN PLAYOFFS.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, IT WASN'T
JUST HIM, SQUATTING IN THAT
PRAYER-LIKE POSITION, IT WAS
ALSO LOOKING AT THE FACES OF
THE CROWD.
THE ANTICIPATION AS THAT THING
BOUNCED FOUR TIMES.
>> Dwight: AND AND THE FACE OF
THE OPPONENTS.
>> AND THE FACE OF THE
OPPONENTS AND SUDDENLY BINGO.
THAT CHANGED BASKETBALL IN
CANADA TO ME FOREVER.
THAT SHOT, WHAT IT MEANT, WHAT
IT BROUGHT IN IN TERMS OF NEW
FANS, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT
ALL STARTED.
THAT, PLUS THE FACT THAT THERE
WERE NO HOCKEY TEAMS IN THE
PLAYOFFS, YOU KNOW?
>> ESPECIALLY ONE TORONTO
TEAM.
>> Peter: THIS WAS THE PARADE
A LOT OF TORONTONIANS THOUGHT
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR,
BUT NOT WITH THESE GUYS.
>> Dwight: WE STILL GOT A
PARADE THOUGH AND WE'LL TAKE
IT WITH OUR TORONTO RAPTOR.
WE SEE THE RAPTOR ON THE TOP
OF A BUS OR CAR DOWN THERE BY
THE CNE GROUND, DOWN BY
PRINCESS GATES.
LET'S HEAD DOWN TO HEATHER
HISCOX WHO IS DOWN IN THAT
AREA.
LOOKS LIKE THE PARADE CAN'T
EVEN GET OUT TO THE PRINCESS
GATES.
>> Adrienne: THAT IS
HILARIOUS.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE
HALF AN HOUR STARTED ALREADY.
>> Heather: THANK YOU, GUYS.
LISTEN, IS THE CHEERS ARE
GOING UP, THE FLAGS ARE
FLYING, THE BALLOONS ARE
FLYING.
[ Cheers ]
>> Heather: AND THE REASON IS
MASAI UJIRI HAS JUST PASSED IN
FRONT OF ALL OF US HERE IN A
CONVERTIBLE.
THE MAN WHO SAID YEARS AGO I
DON'T WANT TO JUST CONTEND, I
WANT TO COMPETE, AND MADE
THOSE BOLD DECISIONS TO TAKE
THE TEAM ON THE ADVENTURE, GOT
RID OF DEROZAN, BROUGHT IN
KAWHI LEONARD AND DANNY GREEN,
CHANGED COACHES WITH DUANE
CASE AND SEE BROUGHT IN NICK
NURSE, MADE WHAT SOME PEOPLE
DID, ROLL THEIR EYES OR WONDER
ABOUT AND SURE ENOUGH IT HAS
PAID OFF WITH THE TEAM'S FIRST
EVER TITLE.
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE -- I'M
NOT SURE WHAT YOUR CAMMIE IS
SHOWING, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST
KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT I'M
SEEING FROM HERE, AS YOU SEE,
SOMETHING WITH A REPLICA --
THE BELT, THE CHAMPIONSHIP
BELT.
AS THEY GO BY.
BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
THIS VERY SPECIAL FAMILY THAT
I HAVE JUST MET.
FATHER AND SON, ASH AND ASH.
HELLO.
OUR CAMERA IS RIGHT OVER THERE
AND THIS IS GOING ON BEHIND
ME, I WANT TO JUST SAY HELLO.
I WAS WATCHING NAV BHATIA, THE
SUPER FAN GO BY, AND YOU WERE
WATCHING NAV GO BY, AND I SAID
I HAVE TO TALK TO THIS MAN
ABOUT WHAT HE THINKS NAV HAS
CONTRIBUTED IN SO MANY WAYS.
HE'S BECOME THIS GLOBAL
FIGURE.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND NAV'S DONE A
LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT HE'S
ALSO DONE A LOT FOR DIVERSITY
IN CANADA.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE
RAPTORS WINNING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP, IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE RAPTORS WINNING AN
NBA TITLE, BUT IT'S ABOUT
TORONTO AND CANCEL GREATING
DIVERSITY, AND HOW DIVERSITY
WINS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RAPTORS
TEAM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUPER
FAN AND WHAT HE IDENTIFIES
WITH, IT'S ABOUT DIVERSITY AND
GETTING EVERYONE TOGETHER AND
NOW WE'RE AT A PLACE HERE
WHERE WE HAVE 2 MILLION PEOPLE
GETTING TOGETHER TO NOT ONLY
CELEBRATE RAPTORS BUT GREAT
DIVERSITY.
>> YOU KNOW NAV PERSONALLY.
>> I DO.
>> THIS IS WHERE THE STORY
GETS EVEN MORE INTERESTING.
YOU'VE COME ALL THE WAY FROM
SINGAPORE, RIGHT ASH?
>> YEAH.
>> ALL THE WAY FROM SINGAPORE
TO SEE THESE GAMES, AND TALK
ABOUT YOUR CONNECTION TO
BASKETBALL BECAUSE IT'S SO
MUCH MORAN RAPTORS FANDOM.
>> THE REALITY IS I GREW UP,
MY PARENTS WERE INDIAN
IMMIGRANTS HERE AND MOST
INDIAN PARENTS, IF ANYONE
KNOWS INDIAN PARENTS, THEY
DON'T LET YOU PLAY SPORTS.
SO I HAD TO FOCUS MY CAREER ON
BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING AND I
ENDED UP BUILDING A SOFTWARE
COMPANY WHICH I SOLD IN
SINGAPORE AND THE FIRST THING
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WAS
BE A BASKETBALL TEAM OWNER SO
WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP BUYING
THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM IN
SINGAPORE, THE SINGAPORE
SLINGERS, AND I HAVE THE SAME
SEATS THAT NAV SITS IN IN
SINGAPORE.
>> Heather: A12.
>> YES, RIGHT IN FRONT AND WE
DISTRACT THE PLAYERS THE SAME
WAY NAV DOES, AND WHEN I
BOUGHT THE TEAM I CALLED HIM
UP AND I SAID UNCLE, YOU KNOW,
I DECIDED TO BE A TEAM OWNER,
INSPIRED BY YOU.
AND SO WE DECIDED TO COME AND
BE PART OF THE CELEBRATION AND
NAV HOSTED US FOR A GAME AND
IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT
EXPERIENCE FOR TORONTO AND
BEING CANADIAN.
>> Heather: WHAT DO YOU LIKE
ABOUT BASKETBALL?
>> I LIKE PLAYING IT.
>> Heather: MM-HMM.
>> I LIKE WATCHING PIE
FAVOURITE PLAYERS.
>> Heather: AND WHO ARE YOUR
FAVOURITE PLAYERS ON THE
RAPTORS, --
>> KAWHI LEONARD.
>> Heather: HE'S GOING TO BE
COMING BY SOON.
>> YEAH.
>> I LIKE KYLE LOWRY.
>> Heather: KYLE.
HOW HAS IT BEEN?
YOU HAVE KYLE'S JERSEY ON, HOW
HAS IT BEEN TO SEE ALL THESE
PLAYOFF GAMES?
>> IT HAS BEEN EXCITING.
AND, LIKE SOMETIMES, LIKE,
AGAINST THE 76'ers IN
GAME SEVEN, THAT WAS LIKE
REALLY EXCITING.
>> Heather: NERVE-RACKING.
>> YEAH.
>> Heather: SO YOU HAVE
BROUGHT YOUR SON FOR AN
INCREDIBLE FATHER AND SON
EXPERIENCE, GONE TO THE
PLAYOFF GAMES, YOU'VE SEEN ONE
OF THE GREAT MOMENTS IN
CANADIAN SPORT, YOU CAN SAY I
WAS THERE WHEN.
>> YES.
>> Heather: WHAT WAS IT LIKE
FOR YOU AT THE MOMENT?
>> I MEAN, IT WAS JUST, JUST
THE ENERGY, THE EXCITEMENT,
THE FEELING ABOUT JUST BEING A
PART OF TORONTO, BEING PART OF
A WINNING CITY, MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE, NOT JUST HERE IN
TORONTO, OR IN CANADA, OR
NORTH AMERICA, BUT THE AMAZING
THING IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD, AND
THEY'RE LIKE WOW, YOU KNOW,
TORONTO'S A CHAMPIONSHIP CITY.
SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO
HAVE RAMIFICATIONS, NOT JUST
IN SPORT, BUT IN BUSINESS, AND
JUST HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE
TORONTO.
SO IT'S EXCITING.
>> Heather: SO FANTASTIC TO
MEET YOU BOTH.
ENJOY THE REST OF THE PARADE.
THANK YOU, ASH AND ASH.
SO FAR, BY FAR, THE
LONGEST-TRAVELLING GUESTS FOR
THE PARADE OF THE
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A 24 HOUR FLIGHT.
>> Heather: EXACTLY.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE -- I'M
GOING TO KEEP TALKING BECAUSE
I HAVE SO MANY FANTASTIC
GUESTS HERE AND WE'RE WATCHING
GO BY, FROM SINGAPORE, THIS
FAMILY'S FROM MILTON BUT A
LITTLE BIT CLOSER, BUT THE
REASON I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
YOU -- TALK WITH YOU IS LOOK
AT THE JERSEY THAT YOU HAVE
CHOSEN TO WEAR YOUNG MAN, AND
TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT.
>> IT'S THE OLD 1989-1999
VINCE CARTER JERSEY.
>> Heather: SO VINCE CARTER,
OBVIOUSLY NOT ON THE TEAM
ANYMORE, BUT WHAT ARE YOU
DOING, PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE
HISTORY OF THIS TEAM NUMBER
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE CARTER
JERSEY TODAY?
>> VINCE CARTER IS A REALLY
GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER.
I LOVE WHAT HE DID FOR THE
FANS BACK WHEN HE PLAYED.
NOW HE'S RETIRED, I THINK,
OR --
>> NO, NO.
HE'S STILL PLAYING.
>> Heather: RETIREED?
>> WE JUST HAVE A REALLY GOOD
PLAYER AND I LOOKED UP TO HIM.
>> Heather: IT'S REALLY NICE
THE TEAM ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT
HELPED BUILD TO THIS MOMENT.
>> HE REALLY PUT TONIGHT ON
THE MAP WHEN HE CAME HERE.
>> Heather: YOU'VE GOT THE
KYLE JERSEY ON.
>> I LOVE KYLE LOWRY.
>> Heather: HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN A RAPTORS FAN, SIR?
>> I MOVED HERE FROM HALIFAX
IN 2000 AND I WAS A FOLLOWER
FROM THEN.
>> Heather: FROM THAT TIME.
SO YOU'VE SEEN SOME HIGHS AND
LOWS.
>> YEAH.
>> Heather: WHAT DOES IT FEEL
LIKE TO BE CHAMPION?
>> OH, MY GOD, IT'S JUST
CRAZY.
WE WERE UP ALL WEE HOURS OF
THE NIGHT.
THE KIDS, HAVING FUN.
IT'S JUST MIND-BLOWING.
>> Heather: AND WHAT IS IT
LIKE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THIS
CROWD AND SEE THIS MOMENT AND
EVERYBODY CELEBRATING YOUR
PLAYERS?
>> IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S JUST -- I CAN'T -- I
KNOW.
TO SEE ALL THESE, ALL THESE
PEOPLE.
>> THE WHOLE COUNTRY COME
TOGETHER.
>> ALL THESE PEOPLE IN ALL
WALKS OF LIFE COME TOGETHER.
WE ARE CHAMPS.
WE ARE CHAMPS.
[ Cheers ]
>> Heather: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO SENDS IT BACK TO
YOU, ADRIENNE, AND TO YOU,
DWIGHT, TO CARRY ON THIS
CONVERSATION FROM THERE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO
SEE THEIR HERO, AND AS YOU
HEARD, HERE COMES TO THE
COACH.
THEY ARE CHAMPIONS.
THIS IS ABOUT CANADA COMING
TOGETHER.
LET'S ENJOY THIS MOMENT.
[ Cheers ]
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT,
HEATHER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT A TROOPER YOU ARE.
IT'S AMAZING THAT THEY ARE
STILL JUST STARTING THIS
PARADE.
AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
READING ABOUT SPORTS OR JUST
READING GOOD WRITING, ANYWAY,
HAVE A LOOK AT CAPO KELLY FROM
THE "GLOBE & MAIL" THIS
MORNING WHO HAS THE BEST
SENTENCE I'VE SEEN ALL DAY
ABOUT ABOUT THE RAPTORS.
HE SAID VICTORY ONLY HAS
FLAVOUR IF IT'S SPICED BEFORE
HAND WITH YEARS OF
LOSING.
>> Dwight: WE REMEMBER WHEN
THEY WERE CALLING US Le
BRONCOS.
WE REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE
GETTING SWEPT.
WE REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE SAID A
TEAM FROM CANADA?
CAN'T WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP.
HERE WE ARE CELEBRATING IT
WITH 2 MILLION OF OUR CLOSE
FRIENDS, ADRIENNE.
WOW!
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK
RIGHT HERE ON CBC TELEVISION,
STAY WITH US, WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK.
[ ♪♪♪ ] 
>> Dwight: WELCOME BACK TO
LIVE COVERAGE OF OUR TORONTO
RAPTORS CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE.
WE'RE GETTING A FLY-OVER IN A
LITTLE BIT BUT THAT'S NOT THE
FLY-OVER.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S NOT THE
FLY-OVER.
>> Dwight: YES.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR THIS
CITY, AND THIS TOWN.
WE KNOW THE SNOWBIRDS ARE
COMING.
THAT'S NOT THEM THERE.
WE HAVE A LITTLE PREVIEW TO
SET THAT UP WITH THE SNOWBIRDS
AS WE WATCH THE PARADE WIND
ITS WAY -- IT'S HAVING TROUBLE
RIGHT NOW JUST GETTING OUT OF
THE CNE GROUNDS BECAUSE OF THE
CRUSH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWN
THERE.
WE ARE HERE AT THE END OF THE
PARADE, AT NATHAN PHILLIPS
SQUARE, OUTSIDE TORONTO'S CITY
HALL, AND JOINING US RIGHT
NOW, WE CAN CALL HUM CAPTAIN
CANADA BACK IN THE DAY, HE WAS
THE CAPTAIN OF OUR NATIONAL
TEAM, MR. ROHAN BARRETT WHO'S
ALSO THE G.M. MUCH BASKETBALL
CANADA, AND FOR BASKETBALL
FANS, YOU REMEMBER HIM, STEVE
NASH, ON OUR NATIONAL TEAM FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS.
>> Adrienne: CAN WE SHOW THE
RING?
>> Dwight: THERE YOU GO.
THERE'S THE CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THERE THAT HIS SON HELPED HIM
TO GET.
HE'S FOLLOWED IN HIS FATHER'S
FOOTSTEPS AND IS NOW PART OF
OUR NATIONAL PROGRAMME AND
ADRIENNE WE THINK CANADIAN
LANDING?
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE, WE KNOW
HE'S GOING TOP IN THE DRAFT
BUT WE KNOW OUR TEAM WITH THE
TORONTO RAPTORS OUR RECORD IS
TOO GOOD TO BE AT THAT HIGH
LEVEL IN THE DRAFT SO NO
CHANCE OF GETTING HIM THIS
YEAR.
LET'S JUST TALK -- YOU GREW UP
PLAYING IN THIS TOWN, FAMOUSLY
BASKETBALL.
YOU GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO GO
PLAY B1 BALL, THAT WAS A RARE
THING FOR PLAYERS LIKE YOU TO
DO OUT OF THIS CITY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT TODAY WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE GROWTH OF THIS
TEAM?
>> WELL THIS IS AMAZING.
THIS IS AMAZING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY
COULD HAVE ENVISIONED THIS,
RIGHT?
LIKE MAYBE, MAYBE MEETING YOU
AT THE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH
THE FLAGS --
>> Dwight: COUPLE OF PEOPLE,
YEAH.
>> BUT TWO MILLION PEOPLE IN
THE STREET?
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY COULD
ENVISION SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THIS IS AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK
OF 50-PLUS DIFFERENT JURASSIC
PARK LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WATCHING 13 MILLION
PEOPLE WATCHING THE GAME, I, I
CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S GOING
TO LOOK LIKE, IN PARTICIPATION
FOR YOUNG GIRLS AND BOIS IN
THIS COUNTRY.
MAYBE IT'S NOT ABOUT PLAYING
IN THE NBA.
MAYBE IT'S JUST ABOUT BEING
HEALTHY AND GETTING OUT AND
BEING ACTIVE, BASKETBALL
HOPEFULLY IS BECOME A MORE
ATTRACTIVE SPORT FOR THEM TO
WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN.
>> Dwight: THERE WILL BE SOME
GEMS OUT THERE, THOUGH.
>> Adrienne: DOES ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS SURPRISE YOU?
OR IN YOUR BONES DID YOU
ALWAYS ENVISION IT WOULD TAKE
LIKE THIS?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
NO.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD --
I THINK THIS IS, THIS HAS
OVERWHELMED ME, WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE.
BUT I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT
MENTION MASAI UJIRI IF ALL OF
THIS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE
OWNERSHIP AT MLSE IS
PHENOMENAL, BUT THIS IS A
MASTER CLASS IN LEADERSHIP,
RIGHT?
HE TOOK ALL THE HITS.
HE HAD A VISION AND A
DIRECTION HE WAS GOING IN.
MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
IT.
HE REMOVED THE NBA HEADCOACH
OF THE YEAR.
HE REMOVED DEMAR DEROZAN.
WE LOVED DEMAR DEROZAN.
>> BE LOVED IN THIS TOWN, BY
FAR THE MOST POPULAR PLAYER ON
THIS TEAM.
>> YEAH, LIKE WHAT ARE YOU
DOING?
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
AND NOW WE CAN SEE EXACTLY
WHERE HE WAS GOING.
HE FILLED HIS TEAM WITH
CHAMPIONS.
PEOPLE THAT KNEW HOW TO WIN,
FROM THE COACHING, DOWN TO THE
PLAYERS, AND YOU'RE SEEING THE
RESULT NOW.
>> Adrienne: AND IS THERE MORE
TO IT, THOUGH?
BECAUSE I MEAN, ASIDE FROM THE
AMAZING ALCHEMY OF A TEAM, YOU
HAVE TO BUILD A BOND WITH A
COUNTRY.
AND IS THERE SOMETHING THAT
THE RAPTORS DID FOR CANADA OR
GAVE BACK TO CANADA THAT MAKES
THEM STAND OUT?
>> WELL THREE WORDS.
WE THE NORTH.
RIGHT?
>> Adrienne: RIGHT.
>> YOU'RE NOT CANADIAN IF IF
YOU CAN'T GET BEHIND THAT,
RIGHT?
WE ARE DIFFERENT.
WE'RE IN NORTH AMERICA, BUT WE
ARE DISTINCT.
WE ARE DIFFERENT.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP,
RIGHT?
WE'VE GOT THE SNOW.
WE'VE GOT THE ICE.
WE THE NORTH.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE CAN FIGHT THROUGH THAT IN
THE WINTER MONTHS AND HE CAN
BEAT EVERYONE.
ALL CHALLENGES THAT COME.
I THINK IT GALVANIZED THE
COUNTRY, THE MLSE GALVANIZED
THE COUNTRY BEHIND THOSE THREE
WORDS.
AND NOW THE INTEREST BUILDS,
RIGHT?
WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A TEAM?
AND NOW SOMEHOW IT BECOMES
CANADA'S TEAM.
THIS IS AMAZING FOR OUR GAME.
>> Dwight: YOU PLAYED THE GAME
INTERNATIONALLY, PLAYED WITH
FRANCE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WHAT KIND OF RESPECT DID WE
USED TO GET WHEN IT CAME TO
BASKETBALL ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SCENE?
>> AH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE WERE EARNING OUR RESPECT,
RIGHT?
THEY DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT MUCH
FROM US.
THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WE
PLAYED HOCKEY, RIGHT?
AND THAT JUST ADDED ANOTHER
LEVEL, RIGHT, THAT REALLY
PROVED THEM WRONG, AND WE DID
A LOT OF PROVING WRONG DURING
OUR TIME.
BUT IT TOOK US A LOT OF YEARS
BEFORE WE COULD FINALLY WIN A
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AS WE DID
IN 2017, AND I THINK LOOKING
AT THIS CHAMPIONSHIP NOW,
THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL WITH
THESE RAPTORS.
I'M HOPING THAT OUR PLAYERS
NOW THAT PLAY FOR CANADA ARE
THINKING YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE CAN DO IT, TOO.
I HOPE THEY'RE INSPIRED AS
WELL.
BECAUSE WE CAN WIN THE BIG
ONE.
WE CAN WIN THE WORLD CUP.
WE CAN WIN THE OLYMPICS, WE'RE
HOPING THAT THAT'S SOME OF THE
BACKDROP THAT COMES OUT OF
THIS FOR US AS A NATION.
>> Adrienne: AND FOR PEOPLE
WHO -- LOOK, I HAVE TO
CONFESS, I'M A BANDWAGON FAN.
>> Dwight: IT'S ALL GOOD.
LOTS OF ROOM.
>> Adrienne: I'M NOT ASHAMED
OF THAT, AND SO I'M ENJOYING
LEARNING A LOT MORE, AND ONE
OF THE THINGS I'M ENJOYING
LEARNING IS ABOUT YOUR
NOT-SO-LITTLE ONE, R.J.
FOR PEOPLE WHO MAYBE DON'T
KNOW THIS LEGACY STORY, WHAT'S
ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO R.J.?
>> HIS LIFE'S ABOUT TO CHANGE
DRAMATICALLY.
YOU KNOW, BUT FOR HIM, THIS IS
ANOTHER GOAL, RIGHT?
HE'S HAD A VISION BOARD SINCE
HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD.
HE WROTE ALL HIS GOALS ON IT.
I'M GOING TO BE AN NBA HALL OF
FAMER.
I'M GOING TO BE AN NBA
CHAMPION.
I'M GOING TO BE AN NBA
ALL-STAR, ALL THE WAY DOWN,
EVERY YEAR, SOME GOAL FOLLOW
ACHIEVE, AND THIS IS ANOTHER
ONE OF THE GOALS, TO ACHIEVE
ON HIS WAY.
SO AS A PARENT, YOU'RE PROUD,
RIGHT?
YOU TELL YOUR KID TO CREATE
GOALS FOR THEMSELF AND DRIVE
TOWARDS THOSE GOALS YOU TRY TO
SUPPORT THEM AS MUCH AS YOU
CAN, AND WHEN YOU SEE THEM
ACHIEVING IT, RIGHT, YOU'RE
ELATED.
SO HIS LIFE WILL CHANGE BUT
HE'S GOT A GREAT TEAM, GREAT
STAFF AROUND HIM TO SUPPORT
HIM, AND HE'S BUILT FOR THIS
MOMENT.
>> Adrienne: AND THAT DRAFT IS
IN THREE DAYS TIME.
>> YES.
YEAH.
>> Dwight: AND HE WILL BE A
TOP THREE PICK.
WE HOPE SO.
AS WE LOOK AT BASKETBALL
CANADA NOW AS YOU TRY TO BUILD
OUR NATIONAL PROGRAMME AND OUR
NATIONAL TEAM, HOW DO YOU
HARNESS THIS ENERGY?
HOW DO YOU TAKE ALL THIS LOVE
FOR THE GAME RIGHT NOW AND
FIND ANOTHER GEM LIKE AN R.J.
OUT THERE IN SOME PART OF THIS
COUNTRY AND TRY TO GET THEM TO
BUY INTO YOUR DREAM?
>> BY LOVE THIS PART OF THE
CONVERSATION.
ESPECIALLY, OKAY, WE NEED
CORPORATIONS NOW.
WE NEED THE CORPORATIONS NOW
TO STEP-UP, RIGHT?
THE GUYS ARE DOING IT ON THE
COURT, RIGHT?
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, RIGHT?
>> Dwight: SO SPONSOR OUR
AMATEUR ATHLETES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU WANT DIVERSITY, IT'S
HERE.
IF YOU WANT NEWCOMERS, IT'S
HERE.
IF YOU WANT NUMBERS,
13 MILLION, RIGHT?
AND IF YOU WANT GOOD, STRONG,
CANADIAN VALUES, RIGHT, WHERE
WE GET KNOCKED DOWN, WE GET
BACK UP.
WE COME HARDER AND STRONGER.
WE'RE EVEN KIELED.
WE WORK ALL THE WAY TO THE
END.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DON'T GET
BEHIND THAT, RIGHT?
>> Dwight: TORONTO RAPTORS.
>> WE NEED THAT, AND I FEEL
LIKE IF CORPORATIONS CAN
FIGURE OUT THE WAY TO GET
BEHIND THAT AND START
SUPPORTING THIS FACILITY,
START SUPPORTING SOME OF THE
JUNIOR NBA PROGRAMMING,
OBVIOUSLY CANADA BASKETBALL
DOES HAVE AN ACTUAL TEAM OF
CANADIANS THAT REPRESENTS THE
COUNTRY.
THERE'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY
TO GET BEHIND THE FEDERATION,
TO HELP SUPPORT OUR DREAMS NOW
AS A NATION TO TRY TO GO AND
WIN A WORLD CUP, RIGHT?
WHY CAN'T WE WIN THE OLYMPICS?
WHY NOT US, RIGHT?
I THINK WE'VE BEEN INSPIRED BY
SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE AND NOW
HOPEFULLY WE CAN RAISE THAT
CANADIAN FLAG PROUD BUT WE
WILL NEED THAT CORPORATE
SUPPORT ALONG THE WAY.
>> Adrienne: I THINK YOU JUST
INVENTED THE NEXT SLOGAN FROM
WE THE NORTH TO WHY NOT US?
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> Dwight: OR KAWHI NOT US.
>> Adrienne: OH!
ROWAN, THANK YOU VERY, VERY
MUCH.
>> Dwight: WE HOPE TO SEE THIS
TEAM IN THE OLYMPICS WITH
YOUNG R.J. AND SOME OTHER
GREAT CANADIAN TALENT.
IN THE FUTURE, THOUGH, A.J.,
WE COULD ACTUALLY FIELD AN
ALL-NBA NATIONAL BASKETBALL
TEAM.
>> CRAZY!
>> Dwight: IT'S COMING TO THAT
RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE
PUTTING SO MANY KIDS IN THE
LEAGUE.
>> WE COULD HAVE FOUR PLAYERS
FROM CANADA THIS YEAR IN THE
FIRST ROUND OF THE NBA DRAFT.
>> Dwight: WOW!
>> THIS IS AMAZING.
THERE'S 300 MILLION PLAYERS
PLAYING IN CHINA ALONE, RIGHT?
OUR COUNTRY IS PUTTING FOUR
PLAYERS IN A 60-PLAYER DRAFT
IN THE TOP 30?
LIKE, AMAZING, WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
>> Adrienne: EXCELLENT.
>> Dwight: BIG FISH.
BIG FISH.
[ Laughter ]
>> Adrienne: WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP AN EYE ON THIS PARADE
AGAIN.
A LITTLE NOTE FROM THE POLICE
IN TORONTO, ASKING PEOPLE
KINDLY, GENTLY, IF THEY COULD
SORT OF ALLOW THE PROUD TO
PASS.
>> Dwight: THAT MIGHT BE
HELPFUL.
>> Adrienne: YEAH, NO KIDDING.
THEY'RE SO WORRIED.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE HERE AND THEY'RE NOT,
THEY'RE NOT PANICKED, AS YOU
SEE IN THE PICTURES.
THAT PARADE ISN'T REALLY GOING
ANYWHERE, LARGELY BECAUSE LOTS
OF PEOPLE ARE ON THE WAY.
SO IF YOU COULD DO YOUR PART A
LITTLE BIT AND LET THE PARADE
THROUGH, WE WILL BE DONE
BEFORE DARK.
[ Laughter ]
I THINK, MAYBE.
>> Dwight: I MAY HAVE TO DO
THE 6:00 p.m. NEWSCAST
FROM RIGHT HERE.
>> Adrienne: I HAVE NO PROBLEM
DOING THE NATIONAL FROM HERE.
BRING IT.
>> Dwight: WE MIGHT NOT BE
GOING ANYWHERE FOR A WHILE.
>> Adrienne: SO LET'S HEAD ON
INTO THAT CROWD WITH THE
INDEFATIGABLE ASHA TOMLINSON.
WHERE ARE YOU?
>> Reporter: ADRIAN, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS BUT
I'LL DESCRIBE IT FOR YOU.
SO YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
LEAVE YOUR RESIDENCE TO WATCH
THIS PARADE FOR THESE FOLKS UP
THERE ON THE ROOFTOPS OF THE
CONDO BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE THE RAPTORS SIGN,
I WONDER IF THEY CAN SEE ME
WAVING FROM ALL THE WAY DOWN
HERE.
A FEW WAVES.
SO AS WE GO DOWN THIS CONDO
BUILDING, YOU CAN SEE OTHER
PEOPLE HAVING SORT OF BALCONY
PARTIES, WITH THE CANADIAN
FLAG AND THEIR RAPTORS GEAR.
I MEAN, THAT TRULY IS A BIRD'S
EYE PERSPECTIVE, THAT TRULY IS
THE BEST SPOT, I WOULD SAY, IN
THIS AREA, ALTHOUGH DOWN HERE,
HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ARE WANTING
TO GET THAT CLOSE-UP VIEW OF
THE PLAYERS, OF THE STAFF, OF
THE COACHES.
NOW REALLY QUICKLY, WE KNOW
RAPTORS FANS HAIL FAR AND
WIDE --
[ Cheers ]
>> Reporter: LOOK AT THESE
GUYS.
AND GEORGE HERE, GEORGE, YOU
MADE THE TRIP FROM
CONNECTICUT.
HOW LONG WAS THE DRIVE AND.
>> IT TOOK ME EIGHT HOURS.
I GOT HERE LATE LAST NIGHT AND
THEN I WOKE UP 5:00 a.m.,
COME CHILL WITH THE HOMIESES
AND SUPPORT THE RAPTORS.
YO TORONTO, BEST CITY IN THE
WORLD!
[ Cheers ]
>> Reporter: THAT'S DEDICATION
AND REALLY QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE
KNOW THAT THE PARADE IS
HAPPENING NOW, AND IT'S
ROLLING ON BY HERE SOON, BUT
PASCAL SIAKAM, HE'S HAD A
STELLAR PLAYOFF RUN.
HE'S FROM CAMEROON, AND WE
HAVE A TORONTO RESIDENT THAT
IS FROM CAMEROON, AND SHE SAYS
THAT CAMEROON'S VERY PROUD
OF --
>> CAMEROON IS VERY PROUD OF
PASCAL SIAKAM AND I AM HERE TO
REPRESENT!
[ Cheers ]
OUR ENTIRE FAMILY HAS BEEN
ONLINE, AND THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY IS HERE, AND WE ARE
HERE TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE
RAPTORS TEAM.
GO RAPTORS!
[ Cheers ]
>> Reporter: THAT'S CAROLINE,
AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE TOLD HER
WORK THAT SHE'S TAKING A
PERSONAL DAY FOR THIS PARADE,
SO I THINK WE JUST PUT HER ON
BLAST.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> Dwight: THANK YOU, ASHA.
>> Adrienne: THANK YOU, ASHA.
I QUITE LOVE THAT CAROLINE.
SHE'S AMAZING.
>> Dwight: SHE HAS A LOT OF
ENERGY.
NOW AS ADRIENNE MENTIONED A
LITTLE EARLIER, FOR THE PARADE
TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN, ADRIENNE,
WE NEED PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY
CLEAR THE ROUTE, SO THE
VEHICLES CAN GET THROUGH.
THIS VEHICLE --
>> Adrienne: I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IS GOING ON IN THE SKY.
>> Dwight: THAT PLANE HAS NO
PROBLEM, IT'S CIRCLING OUR
CITY RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S MASAI UJIRI,
CONTIN
>> Announcer: THIS IS A CBC 
NEWS SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
>> WELCOME BACK AND GOOD 
MORNING, CANADA.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT DRAKE AIR.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW DRAKE HAS 
MANAGED TO SECURE THE 
PERMISSION TO SORT OF CIRCLE 
TORONTO IN HIS PRIVATE 767.
BUT IT IS KIND OF AMAZING.
>> WE STARTED AT THE BOTTOM, 
ADRIENNE.
NOW WE'RE IN THE AIR!
KOMZ ON NOW.
>> IN CASE ANYBODY WAS 
WONDERING WHAT THIS LONE PLANE 
IS DOING CIRCLING THE CITY.
IT'S DRAKE.
THE EXPECTATION IS TWO MILLION 
PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY, FROM 
CORNER BROOK TO CAMBRIDGE BAY.
IT'S TORONTO'S PARADE.
BUT CANADA'S PARTY.
>> IT REALLY IS.
THIS IS WHERE CANADA'S NBA 
CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL PARADE 
THROUGH THE STREETS OF OUR TOWN 
AND THEN LAND WHERE WE ARE, 
ADRIENNE, HERE AT NATHAN 
PHILLIPS SQUARE.
RIGHT OUTSIDE OF TORONTO CITY 
HALL.
YOU CAN SEE THE PARADE ROUTE 
THERE.
A LITTLE TROUBLE ON THE ROUTE 
RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT'S A GOOD KIND OF TROUBLE.
JUST SO MANY PEOPLE THERE.
AND ACTUALLY HAVING TROUBLE 
WINDING ITS WAY THROUGH THE 
STREETS.
IT WILL GO ALONG LAKESHORE 
BOULEVARD UP TO YORK STREET, 
JUST BY THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL 
THERE.
IF YOU KNOW TORONTO, IT IS 
GOING TO GO NORTH ON UNIVERSITY 
AND BEFORE YOU GET UP TO 
QUEEN'S PARK, IT WILL TURN 
THERE ON QUEEN STREET AND END 
RIGHT HERE AT N.P.S., AS WE 
CALL IT, NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE.
AS YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT NOW --
[CHEERING]
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE SQUARE 
LIKE.
THIS I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LOT 
OF EVENTS OVER THE YEARS.
I'VE HOSTED HERE BEFORE.
BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING 
LIKE THIS.
>> AND IT SMELLS INTERESTING.
>> YES.
>> THERE.
WEED THE NORTH.
[LAUGHTER]
>> AS MY MOTHER SAYS, THAT IS 
STUFF THAT YOU DON'T KNOW STUFF 
AS MY MOTHER REFERS TO THAT WE 
SMELL IN THE AREA.
IT IS A PARTY EARLY IN THE 
MORNING.
THERE WERE CHAMPAGNE SHOWERS 
WITH THE PLAYERS THROWING 
CHAMPAGNE ON THE CROWD AS WE 
WENT THROUGH.
BUT WE'RE HERE WITH TWO MILLION 
OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> CELEBRATING A CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> AND WHO IS RIGHT IN THE 
MIDDLE OF IT, OF COURSE, 
BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS IS, IS 
HEATHER HISCOX WHO HAS BEEN OUT 
NEAR PRINCESS GATES IN 
EXHIBITION PLACE SINCE, 0:DARK 
THIRTY THIS MORNING.
AND PART OF WHAT'S KEEPING 
HEATHER THERE FOR SO LONG IS 
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ALONG 
THE PARADE ROUTE THAT THE 
PARADE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO MOVE.
IT'S STARTING TO MOVE NOW.
[CHEERING]
HEATHER, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, 
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
[CHEERING]
>> Heather: I JUST WANT YOU TO 
LISTEN TO THIS, ADRIENNE.
IF WE'VE TIMED THIS WELL, THIS 
IS THE VERY FIRST MOMENT THAT 
ALL OF THESE FANS WHO HAVE BEEN 
WAITING HERE FOR HOURS ARE 
SEEING THE FIRST OF A 
DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES COMING 
THROUGH THE PRINCESS GATES.
LET'S LISTEN.
THIS IS SUCH A RESPECTFUL CROWD.
[CHEERING]
WE THE NORTH BANNER FLYING 
PROUDLY.
IBAKA.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LIMITED IN 
OUR MOVE.
BUT WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE AND BESIDE ME I HAVE 
LONG-TIME FANS THAT WILL GIVE 
YOU THE COMMENTARY.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
>> LIONEL.
>> Heather: WHAT ARE YOU SEEING 
UP HERE --
[CHANTING]
>> WE THE NORTH!
>> THE CHAMPIONS!
>> Heather: YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE THE 
CHAMPION?
>> IT MEANS A LOT FOR CANADA.
WE'RE SO PROUD!
>> Heather: WE ABSOLUTELY ARE.
YOU'RE TAKING ALL KINDS OF 
PICTURES BECAUSE THIS IS 
HISTORY, ISN'T IT?
>> YEAH.
IT'S HISTORY.
>> Heather: TELL ME WHAT IT 
MEANS TOW I DON'T.
>> I'M A IMMIGRANT AND THIS IS 
MY FIRST TIME.
PART OF THE REASON I CAME HERE 
IS BECAUSE OF THE RAPTORS.
>> Heather: YOU CAME TO CANADA 
FOR [INAUDIBLE].
[CHEERING]
FROM WHERE?
>> FROM CHINA.
>> Heather: BECAUSE YOU ARE A 
BASKETBALL FAN?
>> YEAH!
BECAUSE OF THE NBA.
IT'S THE ONLY TEAM IN CANADA.
>> Heather: YOU CAME TO CANADA 
BECAUSE OF THE RAPTORS.
HERE COMES IBAKA.
FAN FAVORITE.
WE WATCHED HIM DANCE WITH GREG 
AND AFTER THE PARTY AT THE 
CELEBRATION IN LAS VEGAS.
THAT WENT ON FOR DAYS.
[CHEERING]
>> IBAKA!
>> Heather: SO INCREDIBLE TO 
SEE HIM.
HE HAS THAT COOKING SHOW ON 
YouTube.
AND SOME MORE OF THE CHAMPAGNE.
[CHEERING]
I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO GET 
A SHOWER HERE, ADRIENNE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.
FAMILY, FRIENDS, EVERYBODY ON 
THIS BUS, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A 
LITTLE MANEUVERING TO GET DOWN 
THIS ROUTE.
[CHEERING]
>> Heather: HERE COMES ANOTHER 
ONE.
[CHEERING]
ARE YOU READY?
LET'S GO.
THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
HE LOVES TORONTO.
HE'S LOVED BEING A RAPTOR AND 
THE AFFECTION IS RETURNED FOR 
SURE.
AS IBAKA LEADS THAT BUS.
AND YOU SEE THE SIGNS AND THE 
FLAGS.
WE THE NORTH, RAPTORS 2019 
CHAMPIONS.
[CHEERING]
>> I'M HAPPY.
>> Heather: YOU'RE HAPPY?
>> YEAH.
I DON'T CARE.
>> Heather: WE'RE GOING TO SEE 
ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS.
THE CHAMPAGNE IS FLOWING.
JEREMY LIN.
HE SAW ONE MINUTE IN THE 
PLAYOFFS.
HE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF PLAYING 
TIME.
BUT HE IS THE FIRST 
ASIAN-AMERICAN TO GET A TROPHY 
AND WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
OH, IT'S A LOT.
HE IS AN ASIAN.
HE IS ASIAN.
HE IS [INAUDIBLE]
[CHEERING]
HE IS HARD WORKING.
HE IS READY FOR EVERYTHING.
>> Heather: WHEN WE SAY THE 
RAPTORS ARE THE WORLD'S TEAM, 
THE RAPTORS ARE NOT JUST 
CANADA'S TEAM, IT IS THE 
WORLD'S TEAM.
>> YEAH.
YEAH!
CANADA IS A MAGICAL [INAUDIBLE].
[CHEERING]
>> Heather: AND THE M.V.P. 
[CHANTING]
>> M.V.P.!
>> Heather: TWO TIMES M.V.P., 
ONCE IN SAN ANTONIO.
BUT HE NEVER HAD A RECEPTION 
LIKE THIS THERE.
>> M *F!
[CHANTING]
>> Heather: THE CROWD LOVES HIM 
AND YOU SEE ALL SORTS OF SIGNS 
HERE SAYING KAWHI, PLEASE STAY.
THE BIG CHEER OF M.V.P. ALL 
ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE.
IT HAS BEEN SUCH FUN TO FOLLOW 
THE CAMPAIGN BY THE PEOPLE IN 
TORONTO, THE KAWINE OR DINE, 
HIS LUXURY PENLTSHOUSE, HIS 
SALARY FOR FIVE YEARS UP FRONT.
WHATEVER HE WANTS, KAWHI 
LEONARD COULD HAVE TO STAY HERE.
YOU SEE SPICY P.
>> YEAH!
YEAH!
>> Heather: PASCAL SIAKAM.
>> SPICY P!
[CHANTING]
>> Heather: WHAT A STORY HE HAS 
AS HE'S COME FROM CAMEROON.
THE VIEWING PARTIES ARE HUGE -- 
HE IS A HERO THERE AT HOME.
HE IS A HERO HERE IN CANADA.
HE IS THE FUTURE OF THIS TEAM, 
ISN'T HE, IN SO MANY WAYS.
JUST 25 YEARS OLD.
LEARNING SO MUCH FROM KAWHI 
WATCHING HIM AND HE IS GOING TO 
BE THE FUTURE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> OH, YEAH.
OF COURSE.
HE IS THE FUTURE.
AGAIN, I SAY HE HAS COME FROM 
ANOTHER COUNTRY AS WELL.
>> Heather: HE COMES FROM 
CAMEROON ARE.
HE LOVES IT.
I TALKED TO HIS BROTHER BORIS 
ON MANY OCCASIONS.
HE FELT THAT THEY WOULD WIN IT 
IN GAME SIX AND HE WAS SURE 
THAT PASCAL WAS GOING TO HAVE A 
BIG GAME AND SURE ENOUGH HE DID 
WITH 26 POINTS.
[CHEERING]
THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!
WE HAVE NOT SEEN A SCENE LIKE 
THIS FOR DECADES AND WE WILL 
NEVER SEE A SCENE LIKE THIS 
AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST.
JEREMY LIN, THERE IS YOUR GUY!
>> JEREMY!
>> Heather: EVEN THOUGH WE 
HAVEN'T SEEN A CHAMPIONSHIP 
LIKE THIS FOR 26 YEARS, SINCE 
1993, BEFORE THAT 1967, MORE 
CHAMPAGNE.
THERE WON'T EVER BE ONE JUST 
LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IT IS THE 
FIRST EVER FOR AN NBA TEAM AND 
THAT IS EVEN MORE SPECIAL AND 
EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS 
OF HISTORY.
PEOPLE STARTING TO WRAP UP.
SO ADRIENNE, I'LL THROW IT BACK 
TO YOU.
BUT MAYBE GET A COUPLE OF 
COMMENTS AND FAMILY GOING BY.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT TO 
SEE THE TROPHY, TO SEE THE 
PLAYERS UP CLOSE?
>> OH, MY GOD.
I WAS ECSTATIC.
MY HEART'S BEATING A THOUSAND 
TIMES A MINUTE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE IN 
THIS.
GUYS --
>> IT IS JUST AMAZING!
REALLY COOL.
>> Heather: WHO ARE YOU 
HAPPIEST TO SEE?
>> KAWHI.
>> Heather: WITH THE TROPHY?
THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING!
>> WE WERE CHANTING "SPICY P," 
EH?
WE LOVE HIM, TOO.
HE'S THE FUTURE.
>> Heather: COME OVER HERE, 
GUYS.
GIVE ME YOUR IMPRESSION.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
YOU JUST SAW THE RAPTORS AND 
THE TROPHY AND EVERYTHING.
>> AWESOME!
>> I LIKE KAWHI THE MOST.
>> Heather: HE WAS LOOKING 
PRETTY HAPPY, WASN'T HE, THAT 
FUN GUY?
>> SPICY P!
>> Heather: IS THIS WORTH 
GETTING A DAY OUT OF SCHOOL?
>> YEAH.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
>> Heather: THANK YOU FOR 
COMING OVER TO TALK TO ME.
OH, THE RAPTORS, YOUR TEAM.
THANK YOU, MOM.
[CHEERING]
>> RAPTORS!
>> Heather: WH DID YOU THINK?
>> IT WAS COOL.
>> Heather: WHAT WAS THE 
COOLEST PART?
>> WHEN I SAW KAWHI LEONARD 
HOLDING THE TROPHY.
>> Heather: AND CHEERING AND 
SERGE IBAKA SPRAYING EVERYBODY.
>> AND I ALSO SAW DRAKE.
>> Heather: I COULDN'T SEE HIM 
IN THE BIG CROWD.
BUT YOU GOT A LOOK AT HIM.
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE RAPTOR?
>> KAWHI LEONARD.
>> Heather: THANK YOU FOR 
COMING BY.
I'M SO GLAD TO MEET YOU.
RAPTORS FANS, THE OLD SCHOOL 
PURPLE.
I'VE PROBABLY TALKED LONG 
ENOUGH FOR YOU, ADRIENNE AND 
QUITE THESING.
BUT 
-- DWIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENS FOR 
EVERYBODY ALONG THIS ROUTE.
THIS IS THE STARTING POINT.
WHAT DID YOU  THINK OF THAT, 
GUYS?
>> GO RAPTORS!
>> Heather: COME ON IN HERE.
I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE 
REACTION FOR YOU.
COME ON IN HERE.
YOU WERE STANDING BESIDE HIM 
THE WHOLE TIME.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> FUN.
>> Heather: FUN?
WHAT WAS THE BEST, MOST 
INTERESTING PART FOR YOU?
>> SEEING KAWHI LEONARD.
>> Heather: WITH THE TROPHY?
FANTASTIC.
YOUR BROTHER WAS ON DAD'S 
SHOULDERS FOR THE WHOLE TIME.
HE HAD THE BEST VIEW OF ALL.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
>> MY DAD'S FROM INDIA.
MY MOM'S HERE, HER PARENTS ARE 
FROM INDIA.
I'M FROM CANADA.
YEAH.
>> Heather: YOU'RE ALL TOGETHER 
IN ALL OF THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BY.
[CHEERING]
HOW WAS THAT?
GOOD?
>> FANTASTIC!
>> YEAH!
>> Heather: AWESOME.
FANTASTIC.
[CHEERING]
THERE YOU GO.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 
>> THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THESE 
PLAYERS IN REAL LIFE.
THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE 
GAMES ON TV AND THIS IS THEIR 
FIRST CHANCE TO SEE THEM UP 
CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND IT IS 
GREAT TO HEAR FROM THESE YOUNG 
PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYING THIS 
EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW.
EARLIER, ADRIENNE, YOU CALLED 
HIM OUR M.V.P. FOR HIS COVERAGE 
THROUGHOUT THIS SERIES IN 
OAKLAND AND IN TORONTO.
GREG ROSS HAS BEEN ON TOP OF 
THIS BASKETBALL TEAM.
AND RIGHT NOW HE IS ON TOP OF A 
DOUBLE-DECKER PLUS ON THE 
PHONE, I HEAR.
CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> Reporter: I CAN HEAR YOU 
GUYS.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SCENE 
HERE.
IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR JUST TO 
GET OUT OF THE EXHIBITION 
GROUNDS AND THROUGH THE 
PRINCESS GATES.
NOW THAT IS WHERE THE PRINCESS 
OFFICIALLY IS SUPPOSED TO START.
BUT THERE WERE SO MANY FANS ON 
THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS THAT THE 
BUS JUST COULDN'T GET THROUGH.
AND THEN WHEN THEY FINALLY DID, 
THEY WERE GREETED BY SO MANY 
FANS JUST GATHERED AT THE BASE 
OF THE PRINCESS GATES.
IT WAS JUST A SEA OF PEOPLE AND 
THE LOOKS ON THE PLAYERS' FACES 
WHEN WE WENT THROUGH.
I WAS SITTING WITH SERGE IBAKA 
AND HE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE 
WAS SEEING.
JUST AND INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF 
PEOPLE SURROUNDING THESE BUSES.
WE'RE STILL JUST CRAWLING DOWN 
THE STREET.
BARELY MOVING HERE AS FANS, 
EVERYBODY, WANTS TO GET A WAVE 
TO THESE PEOPLE AND A PICTURE 
OF THESE PEOPLE.
EVERYBODY SO EXCITED.
JUST TO SEE THESE BUSES GO BY.
AT ONE POINT, KAWHI LEONARD 
STOOD UP AND HELD HIS M.V.P. 
TROPHY AND THE CROWD WENT CRAZY 
AND KA 
-- KAWHI WAS CHEERING AND IT 
WAS AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT AND 
HE'S SOAKING IN THE FOIT.
-- ATMOSPHERE.
IN TWO WEEKS, THE RAPTORS WILL 
BE HARD TRYING TO RE-SIGN HIM.
THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD SALES 
PITCH WHEN HE SEES THE SUPPORT 
THAT THIS TEAM HAS IN THIS CITY.
IT IS INCREDIBLE AND SO 
DIFFICULT FOR THESE BUSES TO 
MOVE DOWN LAKESHORE BOULEVARD 
HERE BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] ARE SO 
THICK [INAUDIBLE] ON THE STREET.
POLICE ARE HAVING TO JUST PART 
THE SEA OF PEOPLE TO GET THESE 
BUSES THROUGH.
JUST AN INCREDIBLE SCENE HERE.
WE'RE ONLY AT CORONATION PARK 
AND THE PARADE WAS SUPPOSED TO 
START QUITE A WHILE AGO, OVER 
AN HOUR AGO.
HERE WE ARE BARELY MOVING, GUYS.
WE'RE SEEING INCREDIBLE SCENES 
ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN 
TORONTO.
THEY SAID MAYBE TWO MILLION 
PEOPLE.
THEY MAY SURPASS THAT AND IT IS 
AN INCREDIBLE SIGHT RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE 
CAN SEE.
>> ADRIENNE: GREG, THANK YOU.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE WHO 
DESERVES TO BE ON TOP OF THAT 
BUS ANYMORE THAN YOU, BESIDES 
THE GUYS THAT WON THE 
CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT IS AMAZING TO STOP AND LOOK 
AT THIS.
IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SOMETIMES 
-- YOU MAY KNOW A CITY VERY 
WELL.
BUT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE 
THIS BEFORE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE 
LOOKING AT.
CERTAINLY NOT THE TORONTO I 
GREW UP IN.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT A SEA OF 
PEOPLE.
THEY SAY EVERYBODY LOVES A 
PARADE, BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M 
LOOKING AT ALMOST CARNIVAL HERE.
>> ADRIENNE: I TOTALLY AGREE.
>> WHERE WE TELL TOEFSH GO TO 
THE SIDES AND LET THE 
MASQUERADERS GO THROUGH.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING TODAY, 
FOLKS.
I HOPE WE'RE NOT ON A TIGHT 
TIMELINE HERE BECAUSE THESE 
REVELERS WILL NOT BE FOLLOWING 
ANYBODY'S TIMELINE BUT THEIR 
OWN.
[LAUGHTER]
>> ADRIENNE: SO, WE'LL TAKE A 
MOMENT TO GO BACK DOWN AND LET 
HEATHER AND GREG REST THEIR 
VOICES FOR A SECOND AND STRAIN 
THE HECK OUT OF ASHA TOMLINSON 
WHO I KNOW IS IN THE CROWD 
SOMEWHERE.
IF YOU CAN HEAR US, GO FOR IT.
>> Reporter: HEY, THERE.
NOW -- HEY, SO NOW IT IS REALLY 
TIGHT.
GRANT, OUR CAMERAMAN, HE IS 
TRYING TO GET THROUGH HERE 
BECAUSE THE CROWDS, LOOK AT 
THIS, NOW IT IS LIKE PACKED.
BEFORE, THE STREETS WERE 
CLEAREN SO EVERYONE WAS JUST 
HAVING A GOOD TIME PARTYING, 
WAITING FOR THIS PARADE TO 
START.
AS WE KNOW IT'S BEGUN AND WE'RE 
TRYING TO GET TO THE FRONT AS 
YOU CAN SEE THERE.
THERE ARE SOME BUSES ROLLING 
THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
THE PLAYERS, STAFF, THEY'RE 
BEHIND THESE BUSES.
WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO ROLL ON 
BY SHORTLY.
IT'S GOING BY SLOWLY SO 
EVERYONE CAN GET A LITTLE LOOK 
NOW.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE 
ARE FANS FROM FAR AND WIDE HERE.
THEY HAIL FROM ALL OVER.
WE SPOKE WITH ONE GENTLEMAN WHO 
IS FROM CONNECTICUT.
HE MADE THE CRAZY DRIVE HERE.
AND HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO GO 
RIGHT BACK AFTER THE PARADE.
THAT IS DEDICATION.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE DANIEL.
HE FLEW IN FROM SAN DIEGO, 
CALIFORNIA.
>> YEAH!
YEAH!
>> Reporter: WHY?
>> I CAME OUT FROM SAN DIEGO.
I'VE BEEN COMING OUT FOR FOUR 
YEARS TO WATCH THE RAPTORS IN 
THE PLAYOFFS.
I'VE ELSE ACTUALLY BEEN TO 
TORONTO THREE TIMES IN THE PAST 
MONTH TO SEE THEM FOR THE 
PHILLY SERIES, THE FINALS AND 
NOW BACK FOR PARADE.
I'M STOKED.
>> Reporter: BUT SHOULDN'T YOU 
BE CHEERING FOR GOLDEN STATE?
>> NO.
NEVER.
I'M RAPTORS ALL THE WAY.
EVEN IF ALL MY FRIENDS IN 
CALIFORNIA MESS WITH ME.
I'M ALWAYS RAPTORS.
DIE HARD.
ALL THE.
-- ALWAYS.
>> Reporter: YOU LOOK READY FOR 
A CELEBRATION.
YOU HAVE YOUR CHAMPAGNE GOGGLES 
ON.
WE KNOW THAT THE PLAYERS WHEN 
THEY WERE CELEBRATING AFTER 
THEIR WIN WERE WEARING 
SOMETHING SIMILAR.
WHAT IS YOUR PARTY ALL ABOUT 
TODAY?
>> I HAVE IT ALL.
CHAMPAGNE, CIGARS.
WE'RE GOING SKIIING, BABY!
>> YEAH!
>> WE GOT THIS.
WE'RE DOING IT.
YEAH.
>> Reporter: YOU HAVE YOUR BOYS 
HERE.
YOU HAVE YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP HATS 
ON.
>> REPPING SINCE 1996-1997, GO 
STOUDEMIRE.
>> Reporter: YOU SAY YOU EVE 
BEEN FOLLOWING THE RAPS FOR SO 
LONG.
DID YOU THINK THAT THIS WOULD 
HAPPEN?
>> HONESTLY, IT IS CRAZY.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY.
BUT KAWHI LEONARD CAME, LOWRY 
STEPPED UP.
THE WHOLE TEAM STEPPED UP.
IT IS HONESTLY AMAZING.
IT IS SURREAL.
>> Reporter: WHO ARE YOU HOPING 
TO SEE OUT HERE ON THIS PARADE 
ROUTE?
>> I WANT TO SEE NICK NURSE.
I WANT TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE 
SHOULDER MASSAGE.
>> YEAH!
[LAUGHTER]
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> Reporter: OF COURSE, DAN IS 
REFERING TO THAT SHOULDER 
MASSAGE BY DRAKE.
REMEMBER THAT?
ON THE SIDELINES.
ON A HOME GAME.
THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO BE.
YOU WANT TO RELAX AND MAKE NICK 
NURSE RELAX.
>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG RUN.
IT HAS BEEN STRESSFUL.
WE'RE ALL A LITTLE STRESSED BUT 
WE'RE EXCITED.
IT IS AMAZING.
YEAH.
IT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
>> Reporter: SAFE TRAVELS HOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: OK.
NOW --
[CHEERING]
LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF 
THE PEOPLE HERE.
A SPOKESMAN AND AMBASSADOR, A 
HUGE RAPTORS FAN AND EVERYONE 
LOVES BHATIA ALMOST AS MUCH AS 
THE TEAM.
THERE WE GO.
WE HAVE THE BAGPIPES.
[BAGPIPES PLAYING]
AND THE FANS ARE CHEERING 
M.V.P. 
WE KNOW KAWHI LEONARD WON THAT 
TITLE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 
THESE -- IN THE FINALS.
[BAGPIPES PLAYING]
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
THIS IS THE TORONTO FIRE PIPES 
AND DRUMS PERFORMING RIGHT NOW, 
WALKING BY US.
[DRUMS BEATING] 
EVERYONE'S TAKING PICTURES.
WHAT A CEREMONY.
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.
OH, AND THEY HAVE THE RAPTORS 
LOGO ON THEM.
I WONDER IF WE CAN GET A QUICK 
SHOT OF THAT.
THAT IS SO COOL.
CHECK THAT OUT.
THEY'RE HOLDING AXES AND THE 
AXES DON THE RAPTORS LOGO.
TYING IT ALL IN HERE.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE!
>> LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
[CLAPPING]
[CHANTING]
>> Reporter: THEY'RE GETTING 
THE CROWD PUMPED BECAUSE IT 
LOOKS LIKE THE PLAYERS WILL BE 
ROLLING BY SHORTLY.
TRYING TO GET A GOOD LOOK HERE.
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF 
FANS HAVE LINED UP ALONG 
LAKESHORE.
THE SAEPTION BUILDING.
WHO DO YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD 
LOOK OF, SUZANNE?
>> KAWHI.
KAWWHY NOT?
>> Reporter: THAT HAS BEEN THE 
RUNNING JOKE, OF COURSE.
YOUR DAUGHTER LIVES IN THE 
CONDO BUILDING JUST OVER THERE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Reporter: WHY ARE YOU OUT 
HERE?
>> BECAUSE I WENT TO WATCH THE 
RAPTORS FINAL GAME WHEN THEY 
WON  --
>> Reporter: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
THAT IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL.
YOU WERE THERE TO WATCH THE 
RAPTORS.
WHAT GAME?
>> THE FINAL -- THE FINAL ONE 
THAT THEY WON.
>> Reporter: OK.
SO, YOU WERE IN THE GAME OR 
WATCHING IT ON TV?
>> NO, WATCHING THE GAME IN A 
BAR.
>> Reporter: OK.
HOW WAS THAT?
>> FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE, YEAH.
EVERYONE WENT CRAZY WHEN THEY 
WON SO I FEEL PRIVILEGED THAT I 
WAS HERE TO EXPERIENCE THE 
RAPTORS WINNING.
>> Reporter: YOU FELL IN LOVE 
FROM THERE.
>> YES, OF COURSE.
>> Reporter: AND WHAT DO YOU 
LIKE ABOUT BEING IN THIS CROWD?
TELL ME THE EXPERIENCE.
WHAT'SES THE EXPERIENCE BEEN 
LIKE FOR YOU?
>> IT'S VERY OVERWHELMING AND I 
LOVE HOW FRIENDLY EVERYONE IS.
EVERYONE'S SO HAPPY.
IT IS GREAT TO BE IN THIS 
ENVIRONMENT.
>> Reporter: WHERE ARE WE?
LET'S SEE WHAT'S NEXT.
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
YOU HAVE A BETTER VANTAGE POINT 
THAN I DO.
THES THE AND THEIR CREW 
MARCHING ON DOWN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO GET GRANT, OUR 
CAMERAMAN IN FRONT, SO HE CAN 
GET A BETTER VIEW.
AND ALL OF YOU WATCHING CAN GET 
RIGHT UP CLOSE, V.I.P..
>> ADRIENNE: HEY, ASHA.
I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE ANY OTHER 
SPORT, ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE 
WORLD WHERE A SUPERFAN GETS HIS 
OWN GOLF CART IN THE PARADE.
>> Reporter: I KNOW, RIGHT?
I'M TELLING YOU.
HE IS JUST AS MUCH OF A STAR AS 
THE PLAYERS.
>> ADRIENNE: AND THEN FOR THE 
BAND WAGON FANS AND IT IS OK --
>> NO PROBLEM.
JUMP ON.
>> Reporter: HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO.
MASAI UJIRI AND HIS FAMILY.
HI, MASAI!
[CHEERING]
AND HERE COMES SERGE IBAKA.
NOPE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS.
SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
[HONKING]
[CHEERING]
I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW CLOSE WE 
ARE ON THIS PARADE ROUTE.
THIS IS REALLY GREAT ACCESS FOR 
THE FANS.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET SOME 
REALLY GOOD PICTURES WHICH I'M 
SURE THEY'LL PUT ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA.
>> ADRIENNE: AND YOU MENTIONED 
IT EARLIER, ONE OF THE FANS WAS 
TALK ABOUT HOW NICE EVERYONE IS 
AND HOW KIND EVERYONE IS.
TORONTO KEEPING IT CLASSY IS 
REALLY IMPORTANT ON A DAY LIKE 
TODAY.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE SIZE OF 
THESE CROWDS, EVERYONE HAS TO 
BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE 
PATIENT WITH THE DUDE STANDING 
NEXT TO THEM.
[LAUGHTER]
AND EVERYONE SO CLOSE THAT THAT 
PARADE CAN'T MOVE.
>> IT IS WINDING SLOWLY.
>> Reporter: AND FULL 
DISCLOSURE, I'M VERY SHORT AND 
TRYING TO GET A GOOD VIEW AS 
WELL.
SO, I'M TRYING TO PEEK OUT HERE 
TO SEE WHAT IS COMING NEXT.
JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
THIS LITTLE GUY HERE.
HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO SEE THE 
TORONTO RAPTORS PASS BY?
>> VERY!
>> Reporter: THIS IS PRETTY 
CLOSE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN ALMOST REACH 
OUT AND TOUCH THEM.
IT DOES GET PRETTY BUSY DOWN 
THERE.
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE?
I FEEL LIKE IT'S LIKE A 
CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE DOWN THERE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT REALLY DOES COMPARE.
WE KNOW THOUSANDS UPON 
THOUSANDS ARE PACKING THE 
STREETS.
SOME ARE WATCHING, SOME ARE IN 
THE PARADE.
SO THIS IS VERY SIMILAR.
AND THE ONE THING I HAVE TO 
SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE 
THE LOUD MUSIC, NOT YET, SO AT 
LEAST I CAN HEAR MYSELF SPEAK 
AT THE MOMENT.
BUT I JUST -- THE ENERGY FOR 
THIS CROWD.
AND THE QUIET RIGHT NOW, 
BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING.
THEY'RE PRESERVING THEIR ENERGY 
FOR WHEN THE RAPTORS ROLL ON BY 
HERE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT SO SPECIAL 
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY, 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IS EVERYONE IS COMING TOGETHER.
IT'S THIS UNIVERSAL FEELING OF 
CELEBRATION, YOU KNOW?
OF HAPPINESS.
EVERYONE IS IN A GOOD MOOD AS 
YOU HEARD FROM SUSAN.
[HONKING]
>> I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE TALK 
ABOUT THE DIVERSITY OF THE 
CROWD, THERE'S ALSO A DIVERSITY 
OF AGES HERE.
BECAUSE GRANDPARENTS ARE NOW 
TORONTO RAPTORS FANS.
THE PARENTS ARE RAPTORS FANS.
THE KIDS ARE RAPTORS FANS.
THE BABIS IN DIAPERS ARE 
WEARING RAPTORS COLORS.
>> WHEN I WAS IN JURASSIC PARK 
WEST, DWIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF 
YOU CAN REMEMBER, WE HAD A 
GENERATION OF FANS FROM THE 
BABIES UP TO THE GRAND PARENTS 
AND THEY WERE THERE SAYING THIS 
IS TOGETHERNESS.
YOU KNOW, THEY WILL NEVER 
FORGET THAT MOMENT.
OF WATCHING.
OF COURSE, IT WAS THE 
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
SO, THEY SAID THERE WOULD BE -- 
THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO BE 
ANYWHERE ELSE BUT TOGETHER 
WATCHING THE GAME AND 
CELEBRATING.
AND I MEAN, THAT IS WHAT I'M 
HEARING.
PEOPLE WANT TO BE TOGETHER TO 
ENJOY THIS COLLECTIVELY.
AND TO MAKE THAT "WHERE WERE 
YOU WHEN" MOMENT OUT OF THIS 
PARADE.
WE KNOW WE GOT IT WITH THE 
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND NOW 
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING 
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THIS PARADE 
HAPPENED.
AND I GOT THE BEST SEAT IN THE 
HOUSE.
>> YOU'LL GET A CHAMPAGNE 
SHOWER.
>> Reporter: JAMAL, HOW ARE YOU 
FEELING?
>> I'M SO HAPPY.
WORDS CAN'T EXPLAIN.
TO BE PART OF A GREAT 
ORGANIZATION AND WE HAD A 
CHANCE TO WIN A WORLD 
CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT'S JUST BEYOND ALL MY 
IMAGINATION.
>> Reporter: YOU PLAYED FOR THE 
RAPTORS, COACHING NOW.
HOW DOES IT FEEL, HOW BIG IS 
THIS MOMENT FOR YOU?
NICK NURSE OVER THERE!
>> THAT'S THE DOC.
IT'S GREAT.
>> Reporter: CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAN.
>> Adrienne: JUST SLINGING THAT 
BELTS OVER HIS SHOULDER, EH?
NO BIG DEAL.
>> WE REMEMBER WATCHING THAT 
YOUNG MAN IN THIS TOWN, 
WATCHING HIM GO TO HIGH SCHOOL 
AND WATCHING HIM MAKE IT TO THE 
NBA TEAM.
HE WAS THE FIRST CANADIAN TO BE 
A MEMBER OF THE RAPTORS.
AND THIS HAS TO BE SPECIAL FOR 
SOMEBODY LIKE JAMAL WHO GREW UP 
PLAYING BASKETBALL IN THIS 
CITY, AND GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO 
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.
NOW AS A COACH ON THIS TEAM AS 
A HOMETOWN KID TO EXPERIENCE 
THIS.
>> FULL CIRCLE.
>> Adrienne: THIS IS A TEAM 
FILLED WITH AMBASSADORS.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE LIKES OF 
DANNY GREEN DOING HIS CAMPS.
ALL THAT MASAI UJIRI DOES FOR 
THE CITY HERE.
IT'S FULL OF AMBASSADORS.
>> YOU SEE THESE GUYS AT 
COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OUT THERE.
WHEN MASAI WAS PUTTING TOGETHER 
THIS TEAM, ONE OF THE THINGS 
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT 
HE SEEMED TO BE CHOOSING 
PLAYERS THAT FIT THE CHARACTER.
OF THIS COUNTRY AND OF THIS 
TOWN.
HE WENT OUT AND SAW GUYS THAT 
WERE REALLY CHARACTER PEOPLE, 
PEOPLE THAT WOULD BUY INTO WHAT 
HE WAS PLANNING AND REPRESENT 
THE CITY WELL, ON THE WORLD 
STAGE.
AND TO THINK THAT, TO FOLLOW 
THAT PLAN AND TO DO IT THE 
RIGHT WAY, AND STILL COME AWAY 
WITH THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, IT IS 
AN INCREDIBLE TESTAMENT TO THAT 
PERSON WHO WE HOPES GET THE 
SECOND EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR.
>> Adrienne: BOY, HE BETTER 
STAY.
>> THERE IS THE MAN HIMSELF!
NAV BHATIA.
WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO HIM ALL 
SEASON WITH THAT RALLY TOW TOLL 
MAKE THEM MISS THE FOUL SHOTS, 
THE OPPOSING TEAM, UNDER THAT 
RIM.
SWINGING IT AROUND.
FOR HIM TO BE IN EVERY HOME 
GAME ALL THESE YEARS AND NOW -- 
>> Adrienne: I KNOW.
SEAT A-12 HAS BEEN HIS SINCE 
THE START OF THE RAPTORS.
>> YOU CAN'T WATCH A RAPTORS 
GAME WITHOUT SEEING SUPERFAN.
>> Adrienne: ANDS IN MILWAUKEE, 
AN IGNORANT FAN TWEETEDS 
SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE.
AND IT'S LIKE THE ENTIRE 
RAPTORS NATION CAME DOWN HARD 
ON THAT GUY AND SAID DON'T YOU 
DARE TALK TRASH ABOUT OUR 
SUPERFAN.
>> AND WE WERE ABLE TO FLIP 
THAT INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE IN 
THAT TOWN.
>> Adrienne: IN FACT, NAV 
CONNECTED WITH THAT GUY ON 
TWITTER AND HE APOLOGIZED TO 
HIM AND HE MADE A PLAN THAT 
THEY WOULD GET TOGETHER AND 
THAT IS THE WAY YOU DO IT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
[CHEERING]
[DRUMS BEATING] 
>> Reporter: WE HAVE SOME 
ENTERTAINMENT HAPPENING RIGHT 
NOW.
ARE YOU SEEING THIS?
ARE YOU FEELING IT?
[DRUMS BEATING] 
IF YOU ARE NOT UP AND DANCING 
WHEREVER YOU ARE -- 
>> Adrienne: WE WANTED TO BRING 
IN PARMINDER SINGH WHO MADE 
HISTORY BY CALLING THE FINAL 
SERIESS IN PUNJABI FOR THE 
FIRST TIME IN NBA HISTORY.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY HOW CALM AND 
COLLECTIVE TORONTO IS AND 
CANADA IS RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Adrienne: FOR NOW.
>> WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT 
NAV AND JUST INCREDIBLE THAT HE 
HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE FAN OF 
THIS TEAM AND HOW HE HAS REALLY 
BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER.
WHAT DO YOU SEE FROM YOUR 
PERSPECTIVE AND YOUR COMMUNITY 
AS WE CELEBRATE THIS CHAPTERS?
>> THIS IS AMAZING.
AND TO REFLECT ON THAT, WHAT HE 
HAS DONE, NOT JUST FOR THIS 
CANADIAN SIKH COMMUNITY, BUT 
THE DIVERSITY OF CANADA.
SEEING HIM AT EVERY GAME IS 
TRULY REFLECTIVE OF WHO WE ARE 
AS CANADIANS AND THE DIVERSITY 
THAT WE HAVE AND TO LAUNCH OFF 
OF THAT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
CALL THE GAME.
SO, TWO CANADIANS ARE CALLING 
THE NBA GAME IN PUNJABI AND 
IT'S HEARD IN OVER 200 
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD AND 
TO BE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY 
WAS AMAZING.
>> Adrienne: WE HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT THIS ABOUT BROADCASTING 
HOCKEY IN PUNJABI AND IT 
BROUGHT TOGETHER GENERATIONS.
MAYBE GRANDPARENTS COULD 
CONNECT WITH THEIR 
GRANDCHILDREN DIFFERENTLY.
WHAT IS THAT CAPACITY --
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK TWAIN WAS JUST 
MENTIONING ABOUT GRANDPARENTS, 
PARENTS AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN 
AND I WAS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT?
PERHAPS WE HOLD THE RECORD 
BECAUSE WE HAD GREAT GRAND 
PARENTS AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN 
THAT MESSAGED US AND SAID WE'RE 
NOW CONNECTING THROUGH 
BASKETBALL, NOT JUST HERE BUT 
ACROSS THE WORLD AND IN INDIA 
AND THE NBA IS REALLY TRYING TO 
GET TO THIS GLOBAL MARKET AND 
PUT A MARK ON THE WORLD.
>> WE PUT AN INDO-CANADIAN IN 
THE LEAGUE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, AND I 
THINK THIS IS ONE THING THAT I 
MENTIONED TO MY AMERICAN 
COLLEAGUES AND EVERY TIME I 
MENTION IT THEY DON'T 
APPRECIATE IT.
DR. JAMES NAISMITH CREATED THE 
GAME.
CANADIAN.
YOU KNOW?
WE'VE GOT -- WE'RE TAKING THE 
LARRY O BRYANT TROPHY BACK 
HERE, WHICH WE HOPE TO KEEP IT 
HERE.
>> THE FIRST NBA GAME BY THE 
HUSKIES WAS PLAYED HERE IN 
CANADA.
>> AND I THINK CANADIANS ARE 
DOING IT VERY BIG IN THE NBA 
AND THIS IS AMAZING AND WE HEAR 
THE FIREWORKS IN THE BACK BUT 
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO 
DO THE GAME IN PUNJABI.
YOU GREW UP WATCHING IT AS WE 
WATCHED IT.
FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO FLIP THAT 
AND BRING THAT ENERGY OF HOW 
YOU GREW UP WATCHING --
>> INCREDIBLE.
AS A CANADIAN SPORTS FAN, AS A 
PERSON WHO GREW UP IN TORONTO 
AND I'M FROM JANE AND FINCH 
AREA.
AGAIN, NO EXPECTATIONS OF EVER 
BEING ABLE TO BE ON TELEVISION, 
LET ALONE CALL A GAME.
AND HAVING BEEN IN THE ARENA, 
GAME SIX IN THE ORACLE ARENA TO 
CALL A GAME WAS AMAZING.
AND THAT EMOTION, THE AMOUNT OF 
TORONTO, CANADIAN FANS WE HAD 
IN THE ARENA, I THINK WE HUSHED 
UP THE WARRIOR FANS RIGHT AWAY.
THE JOY, I COULDN'T PUT INTO 
WORDS THE EMOTION BECAUSE IT 
WAS SO AMAZING TO BE THERE.
>> Adrienne: PARMINDER, THANK 
YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PAUSE 
BECAUSE WE WANT TO GO BACK TO 
ASHA.
I HOPE WE HAVEN'T LOST HER IN 
THAT CROWD.
KNOWING ASHA, SHE MIGHT HAVE 
JUMPED ON TO ONE OF THOSE GOLF 
CARTS OR BUSES.
>> WITH NAV.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Reporter: I ACTUALLY WANDED 
TO DANCE IN THE STREET WHEN 
THAT DRUM SESSION WAS HAPPENING.
I WAS FEELING IT.
THE FANS WERE FEELING IT.
RIGHT?
DID YOU LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAW?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: DID YOU LIKE WHAT 
YOU JUST SAW WITH THE DRUMS?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: YOU SAW JAMAL AND 
NICK NURSE.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> I LIKED IT.
IT GIVES YOU A VERY, YOU KNOW, 
GOOD FEELING.
I REALLY IMPRESSED, YEAH.
>> Reporter: AND TELL ME.
LET'S GO A LITTLE BIT INTO THE 
CROWD.
WE'RE WAITING FOR MORE TO 
HAPPEN, FOR PEOPLE TO COME ON 
DOWN HERE.
THE PLAYERS ESPECIALLY.
THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR, I CAN 
SEE.
TELL ME WHY YOU'RE HERE.
>> WE HAD TO COME AND SEE THE 
RAPTORS.
WE'RE BIG FANS.
HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR FIVE 
YEARS.
>> Reporter: FIVE YEARS!
A LONG TIME FOR THIS LITTLE GUY.
25 IS A LITTLE LONGER.
>> WE COULDN'T MISS IT.
WE HAD TO SEE THE RAPTORS.
A DAY WE'LL BOTH NEVER FORGET.
WE HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE, TWO 
MORE MINUTES AND WE GET TO SEE 
THE PLAYERS.
WE SAW NICK NURSE AND A BUNCH 
OF OTHER GUYS AND WE'RE EXCITED.
>> Reporter: HOW PROUD ARE YOU 
OF THIS TEAM AND WHAT THEY HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH?
>> THEY WORKED HARD.
THEY REALLY EMBODIED A TOUGH 
MENTALITY.
YOU SAW FRED VANVLEET ON THE 
FLOOR, EYE STITCHED UP, COMING 
BACK PLAYING.
>> Reporter: AND THE 'TUDE.
>> YEAH.
THEY ARE A TORONTO TEAM, 
DIVERSE.
WE HAVE A CANADIAN ON THE TEAM.
WE HAVE JAMAL MAGLORE A 
TORONTONIAN.
>> Reporter: BEING IN THE 
CROWD, THIS IS GOING TO BE A 
"WHERE WERE WHEN," WHAT WILL 
YOU THINK OF THIS DAY?
>> IT'S THE LAST TWO MONTH.
EVERY GAME, STAYING UP LATE, 
WAKING UP HALF ASLEEP.
YOU JUST WATCH EVERY GAME 
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
AND TODAY THIS IS THE 
CULMINATION.
YOU COME AND WATCH THE TEAM.
IT IS A DAY THAT WE'VE BEEN 
WAITING FOR FOR YEARS AND YOU 
NEVER KNOW.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK NEXT 
YEAR.
IF NOT, IT COULD BE YEARS.
WE HAVE TO CATCH IT TODAY.
>> Reporter: SEEING MORE 
VEHICLES COME BY.
OF COURSE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET 
A LOOK AT THE STAR PLAYERS.
WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO?
>> EVERYONE LOVES KAWHI 
LEONARD, KYLE LOWRY.
BUT REALLY IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.
ALL THE PLAYERS.
WE JUST WANT TO SEE THEM ALL.
JUST THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR 
EFFORT AND BRIFRNG IT TO THE 
PROMISED LAND.
IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.
>> Reporter: CAN YOU SAY "LET'S 
GO RAPTORS"?
NO.
HE'S SHY.
HE JUST WANTS TO TAKE IT ALL IN.
AND I DON'T BLAME HIM.
ALL RIGHT.
EVERYONE IS HOVERING CLOSER AND 
CLOSER TO THE PARADE ROUTE, AS 
YOU CAN SEE.
THE PLAYERS' BUSES NEARBY.
OH, THERE'S A PLANT.
I SEE THE PLANT.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE PLANT GUY?
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ABOUT 
HIM.
HE WAS VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THERE WAS A MAN IN ALL OF THE 
CRAZY FANDOMS AFTER GAME SIX 
WHO CARRIED A PLANT AND SAID 
THIS IS A HOUSE WARMING GIFT 
FOR KAWHI LEONARD AND WAS 
DRAGGING IT AROUND AND HE SAID 
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE COULD 
ACCESS.
BUT HE WANTS KAWHI TO STAY AND 
HE HAS THE PLANT TO PROVE IT.
[CHEERING]
>> THERE HE IS.
THE HOUSE PLANT.
>> Adrienne: THAT OUGHT TO SEAL 
THE DEAL.
>> Reporter: THERE IS THE HOUSE 
WARMING PLANT.
[INAUDIBLE] THE PLAYERS' SCHOOL 
BUS HERE, GUYS.
PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO STEP BACK.
IT'S GETTING REALLY CROWDED.
EVERYONE IS TRYING TO LEAN IN, 
INCLUDING MYSELF.
WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET A CLOSE 
LOOK AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONS OF 
2019.
IT FEELS AMAZING TO SAY THAT.
>> IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN 
TORONTO, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE 
THAT'S OUR EXPRESSWAY.
THAT'S THE OFF RAMP RIGHT THERE.
THE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY.
THE OFF RAMP HAS BECOME AN 
ONRAMP FOR VIEWING.
[CHEERING]
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
BUT HERE THEY ARE.
TORONTO RAPTORS, NBA CHAMPIONS!
[CHEERING]
TAKING A GOOD LOOK.
>> WE STILL HAVE PARMINDER HERE.
>> Reporter: FAMILY AND FRIENDS 
ARE ON THIS BUS.
OH, HERE'S DANNY GREEN WITH THE 
FROHAWK.
HE HAS A NEW LOOK.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED.
HE'S COMBED OUT THE HAIR.
IT IS VERY HIGH.
BUT IT IS A GOOD LOOK.
I LIKE IT.
OH, CHAMPAGNE!
CHAMPAGNE ON ALL OF US.
[CHEERING]
>> Adrienne: I LOVE IT.
THE FIRST CHAMPAGNE SHOWER FOR 
OUR REPORTERS OUT THERE.
>> I'M STILL TRYING TO GET OVER 
THE FACT THAT THE OFF RAMP FROM 
THE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY IS NOW 
AN ONRAMP FOR OUR VIEWING PARTY.
>> Reporter: [INAUDIBLE].
>> THAT IS THE MOMENT THAT THE 
FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
>> Reporter: DRAKE!
DRAKE IS HERE, GUYS.
DRAKE IS IN THE BUILDING --
>> SO, DRAKE IS NOW OUT OF HIS 
PLANE AND IN THE CROWD.
>> HE MUST HAVE PARACHUTED DOWN.
I'M SURPRISED HE'S TAKEN OFF 
HIS CHAMPAGNE GOGGLES.
[CHEERING]
SO WE STILL HAVE PARMINDER HERE.
SINCE YOU DID THE GAMES IN 
PUNJABI, HOW DO YOU SAY "GO 
RAPTORS GO."
>> MY FIRST INTERVIEW WAS WITH 
"METRO MORNING" ON CBC AND 
THERE IS A UNIVERSAL SAYING 
THAT IS ESSENTIALLY AN 
UPLIFTING, SPIRITUAL GET BEHIND 
THE TEAM, BUT I'LL HAVE YOU 
JOIN ME ON THIS.
IT'S RAPTORS
[SPEAKING PUNJABI] 
[REPEATING]
>> THERE YOU GO!
>> ALL RIGHT!
[LAUGHTER]
>> Adrienne: WHAT WAS IT LIKE 
TO GET THE CALL FROM THE NBA 
SAYING HEY, WOULD YOU MIND 
CALLING THE FINALS?
>> INCREDIBLE.
THE LAST TIME  WARFARE DID A 
RAPTORS GAME WAS WHEN CBC HAD 
THEM ON --
>> LIKE 10 YEARS AGO.
>> 10 YEARS AGO AND WE'VE BEEN 
SAYING COME ON, GUYS.
IT IS NOT JUST A HOCKEY TOWN, 
BUT IT IS ALSO A BASKETBALL 
TOWN.
ONCE THEY MADE IT TO THE 
PLAYOFFS, AFTER THE FIRST ROUND.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT 
QUESTIONABLE.
BY THE TIME THEY REACHED THE 
SECOND, WE GOT A CALL IN THE 
FIRST ROUND.
BUT THEN WE NEVER HEARD BACK 
FROM THEM.
AND I FIGURED -- THEY FIGURED 
THAT THE RAPTORS WERE NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE.
SO, BY THE SECOND ROUND, 
THEY'RE LIKE OOOH, ARE YOU 
STILL INTERESTED?
WE'RE LIKE LISTEN, I HAVE MY 
SCHEDULE ALL CLEARED OUT.
THIRD ROUND, THEY DID PILOT.
THEY SAID LET'S TRY THIS, LET 
YOU KNOW.
WE TRIED IT.
THEY SAID WE LIKED IT.
LET'S DO ONE MORE.
WE DID ONE MORE AND THAT WAS 
GAME SIX.
GAMES ARE DONE.
MILWAUKEE, THE NEXT DAY WE GET 
A CALL.
BY THE WAY, ARE YOU STILL 
AVAILABLE?
[LAUGHTER]
>> Adrienne: I HAVE NOWHERE 
ELSE TO BE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND WHAT AN EXPERIENCE IT HAS 
BEEN.
WE GOT TO GO OUT FOR GAMES 
THREE, FOUR AND SIX AND TO BE 
THERE AT THE ATMOSPHERE IN 
ORACLE ARENA, NOT JUST THE 
SCOTIABANK ARENA, IT WAS 
INCREDIBLE.
>> AS A BROADCASTER, THAT MUST 
HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE 
EXPERIENCE.
DID YOU HEAR BACK FROM THE FANS?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
WHAT WAS MOST SURPRISING TO ME 
WAS THAT WE HAD RAPTORS FANS IN 
AUSTRALIA!
THEY'RE MESINGENEDING AING US 
ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND 
SAYING WE'RE HEARING THIS 
BROADCAST FROM THE NBA, SITTING 
IN AUSTRALIA BUT SAYING LUCKY 
FOR US THE TIME ZONE DIFFERENCE 
ISN'T AS BAD BECAUSE IT IS A 
9:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME GAME.
BUT THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
SO, WE'RE CAPTURING AUDIENCES 
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD WHO LOVE 
THE RAPTORS.
>> Adrienne: AND I THINK THE 
COUNTRY IS SORT OF BORROWING 
THE ADMIRATION FOR THE TEAM AND 
ADOPTING IT.
RIGHT?
AS IF WE'VE DONE THIS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I FEEL AS MUCH OF A CHAMP AS 
ANY OTHER PERSON RIGHT NOW.
>> WE'RE ALL HOLDING OUR HEADS 
A LITTLE HIGH IN TORONTO TODAY.
[LAUGHTER]
ANUFRYIENKA I -- 
>> Adrienne: I DON'T KNOW IF 
YOU'VE SEEN IT, BUT WHILE 
TALKING TO A CLASSY REACTION.
IN THE "TORONTO STAR" TODAY, 
THERE IS A FULL-PAGE AD THAT 
WAS TAKEN OUT BY THE WARRIORS.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> Adrienne: CONGRATULATING THE 
TORONTO RAPTORS.
YOU KNOW, IT IS THE LITTLE 
THINGS SOMETIMES THAT ARE A 
VERY BIG DEAL.
THAT IS APPRECIATED.
>> IF I COULD ADD ON TO THAT 
BECAUSE THE CURRY FAMILY, AFTER 
RAPTORS WON, STUCK AROUND.
DELL CURRY, HIS WIFE.
>> THEY STILL LIVE IN THIS TOWN.
AYESHA IS FROM MARKHAM, CURRY'S 
WIFE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEY STAYED BACK IN THE 
ORACLE ARENA TO CONGRATULATE 
SOME OF THE FANS WHO WERE 
AROUND.
WHAT A CLASS ACT.
>> YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 
IT.
IN HOCKEY, YOU HAVE THE -- 
BASKETBALL PLAYERS AT TEND OF 
THE GAME, THEY -- AND THEY HUG 
EACH OTHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT AND 
THAT IS PART OF THE ALLURE OF 
THIS GAME.
WE BATTLE HARD.
AT THE END OF IT, WE REPRESENT 
EACH OTHER AND SHAKE HANDS.
I KNOW WE HAD THE INCIDENT OF 
THE INJURIES WHERE THEY THOUGHT 
OUR FANS WERE CHEERING.
I THINK INITIALLY THE FANS 
THOUGHT IT WAS A STEAL.
SO THEY WERE CHEERING FOR THE 
STEAL AND I HOPE THAT AFTER WE 
REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, K.D. 
WAS ACTUALLY REALLY HURT HERE.
I KNOW I GO TO A LOT OF 
BASKETBALL GAMES WITH THE KIDS.
AND WHEN A KID IS HURT, THE 
PARENTS, WE WAIT AND WHEN THAT 
KID GETS UP, WE ALL GET UP AND 
PARENTS AND CHEER.
I THINK THAT THAT CLASS -- 
>> Adrienne: WELL, THEY 
CORRECTED VERY QUICKLY.
>> VERY QUICKLY.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT WAS A PLAY AND EVERYONE WAS 
HIGH ON EMOTION.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT WAS A VERY CLASS ACT.
>> TO SEE OUR OWN PLAYER GO TO 
OUR FANS AND SAY HEY, HEY, 
THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
RIGHT AWAY.
IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT WHAT 
THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
>> AND TALKING ABOUT 
SPORTSMANSHIP, YOU CAUGHT DRAKE 
FACETIMING CURRY AND I WAS LIKE 
-- YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF HOW 
THEY ARE ON THE COURT, OR SIDE 
-- OR COURTSIDE --
[LAUGHTER]
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT IS SUCH A BIG FAMILY WHEN IT 
COMES TO BASKETBALL.
IT IS AMAZING.
AMAZING.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU.
I DON'T THINK THIS PARADE HAS 
MOVED MORE THAN 14 FEET IN THE 
LAST 14 MINUTES.
>> I MAY BE DOING THE 6:00 P.M. 
NEWSCAST FROM HERE.
AND YOU MAY BE DOING "THE 
NATIONAL" FROM HERE TONIGHT.
>> Adrienne: WHY NOT!
>> THE PARTY MAY GO WELL INTO 
THE EVENING.
WE WON'T COMPLAIN.
THAT'S NOT WHY PETER MANSBRIDGE 
WAS HERE EARLIER.
[LAUGHTER]
HE IS JUST A RAPTORS FAN TODAY.
YES, HE IS.
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL TAKE A CHANCE AND GO BACK 
INTO THE CROWD.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO 
FIND CHRIS GLOVER.
CHRIS HAS BEEN LURKING AROUND 
JURASSIC PARK.
YOU STILL HAVE YOUR BODYGUARDS.
>> Reporter: I DO.
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, MY 
BODYGUARDS, MY TEAM.
LOOK HOW MANY I HAVE NOW.
HEY, GUYS!
THEY ARE MULTIPLYING.
[CHEERING]
IF WE PAN THE CAMERA OVER THIS 
WAY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU A FEW 
MINUTES AGO YOU WERE TALKING 
ABOUT HOW CLOGGED THE STREETS 
ARE AND HOW LONG THIS PARADE IS 
TAKING JUST TO GET TO WHERE I 
AM.
THEY ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN 
GETTING RIGHT INTO THE STREET.
IF WE CAN SEE OVER THERE, A LOT 
OF PEOPLE ARE NOT WORKING 
TODAY, INCLUDING THOSE 
CONSTRUCTION GUYS BECAUSE I 
HAVE SEEN THEM PERCHED UP ON 
THAT LANDING AND THEN THERE IS 
A COUPLE OTHERS ON THE CHERRY 
PICKER, EVEN HIGHER.
EVERYBODY IN TORONTO SEEMS TO 
BE HAVING A GREAT DAY, 
ESPECIALLY WHERE I'M STANDING 
HERE.
AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, THIS WAS 
THE LOCATION FOR JURASSIC PARK.
AND THIS IS WHERE SO MANY OF 
THOSE HISTORIC MOMENTS HAPPEN.
>> WE THE NORTH!
[CHANTING]
>> Reporter: OVER THE PAST 
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
OF COURSE, THIS IS A FAMILIAR 
CHEER THAT WAS COMING FROM 
PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE G.T.A., 
THE GREATER TORONTO AREA, AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO CAME TO 
BE PART OF THIS PARTY.
I WANT TO BRING IN ASIA PATEL 
WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN SCHOOL 
TODAY.
BUT ASIA, I THINK A LOT OF 
GREATER TORONTO AREA STUDENTS 
ARE RIGHT HERE IN THIS PARTY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK 
OF THIS PARTY?
DESCRIBE TO ME WHAT YOU'RE 
SEEING AND HEARING.
>> WILD CAT!
A WILD CAT PARTY.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID IT MEAN 
TO COME DOWN WITH YOUR  PARENTS 
AND SIBLINGS?
>> IT MEANT A LOT TO ME.
>> Reporter: LIKE WHAT?
>> LIKE SEEING IN -- LIKE WE'RE 
THE LAST ONESS TO SEE THE 
RAPTORS AND IT'S SO EXCITING 
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER MET THEM 
BEFORE.
WELL, I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM IN 
PERSON BEFORE.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK 
THIS PLACE IS GOING TO LOOK 
LIKE AND SOUND LIKE AS SOON AS 
THE RAPTORS BUSES COME THROUGH 
HERE?
>> LIKE A VOLCANO IS ABOUT TO 
ERUPT!
[CHEERING]
>> Reporter: I THINK YOU'RE 
PROBABLY RIGHT.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S 
GOING TO ERUPT RIGHT NOW IS 
SOME CHEERS.
RIGHT, GUYS?
[CHEERING]
LET'S SHOW EVERYONE HOW MUCH 
FUN THEY'RE HAVING!
IT IS EASY TO RILE UP THIS 
CROWD.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY WERE 
DEFINITELY HOPING THE BUSES 
WOULD BE THROUGH HERE BY NOW.
PATIENCE IS RUNNING A TOUCH LOW.
BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THESE 
GUYS ARE MINDING WAITING.
>> Reporter: I HAVE TO SAY I'M 
GLAD IT IS YOU DOWN THERE 
INSTEAD OF ME BECAUSE I'M 
PRETTY SURE ALL THOSE KIDS ARE 
TALLER THAN I AM.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Reporter: THIS WAS ABOUT TO 
BE EITHER A REALLY BAD CHOICE 
OR A REALLY GOOD CHOICE.
SO YOU DECIDE.
>> Adrienne: EXCELLENT CHOICE.
SO, WE'RE ONLY ABOUT 14 HOURS 
BEHIND SCHEDULE.
[LAUGHTER]
HERE AT THE RAPTORS PARADE.
BUT WE'RE OK WITH THAT.
AGAIN, THE CITY, THANK GOODNESS 
FOR THE SUNNY DAY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THIS WOULD 
BE LIKE IN THE RAIN.
BUT KNOWING RAPTORS FANS, I 
DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAVE 
STOPPED THEM.
>> THE PARADE IS SLOWWWWWWLY 
WINDING ITS WAY THROUGH THE 
CITY RIGHT NOW.
BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO BE 
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PACE 
BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A LOT OF 
FUN WATCHING THEIR RAPTORS, 
MANY OF THEM GETTING TO SEE THE 
PLAYERS IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST 
TIME TODAY AND SEEING THEM IN 
THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP GEAR, 
CARRYING THE LARRY O'BRIEN 
TROPHY.
>> Adrienne: AND I THINK MAYBE 
BEFORE LAST WEEK, IT WOULD BE 
SAFE TO SAY NOT A LOT OF THEM 
KNEW HOW TO -- WOULD EVEN THE 
LARRY O'BRIEN TROPHY LOOKED 
LIKE.
>> NO.
NO.
HE WAS A FORMER COMMISSIONER OF 
THE LEAGUE.
WE SEE THE XRURK OF PEOPLE DOWN 
HERE.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU 
KNOW, WE KEEP IT SAFE, FOLKS.
WE HAVE SOME -- WE HAD SOME 
PEOPLE ON THE ARCHES HERE AT 
NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE AND 
LOOKED LIKE THEY WOULD FALL TO 
THE CROWD.
BUT THE POLICE HAS CLEARED THAT.
WHENEVER YOU GET THIS MANY 
PEOPLE TOGETHER, YOU CAN RUN 
INTO ISSUES.
BUT SO FAR SO GOOD.
AND WE CONTINUE TO KEEP IT 
CLASSY, CANADA AND TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: AS LONG AS 
EVERYBODY KEEPS IT COOL, 
EVERYBODY WILL BE FINE.
THERE IS A LOT OF PATIENCE HERE.
THE POLICE ARE ALWAYS WALKING 
THAT LINE BETWEEN TRYING TO 
HELP PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD TIME 
AND ALSO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T 
HAVE TOO GOOD A TIME.
>> EXACTLY.
WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT KAWHI 
LEONARD.
>> Adrienne: OH, LOOK AT HIM.
>> THEY GOT THE DAY OFF.
LOOK AT IT.
IT'S CRAZY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
FOR YOU, THIS HAS BEEN AN EPIC 
RIDE.
I'M CURIOUS AT WHAT POINT IN 
THE SEASON DID YOU REALIZE THIS 
GROUP HAD WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN 
A CHAMPIONSHIP?
>> FROM THE BEGINNING.
FROM TRAINING CAMP.
YOU HAVE TO INSTILL THAT IN 
EVERYBODY'S MIND AND LET THEM 
KNOW WE ALL FOCUSED ON ONE GOAL.
SO, EVERYBODY COULD COME INTO 
THE SEASON WITH THE SAME 
MINDSET AND FOCUS.
>> TWO MORE BEFORE I LET YOU GO 
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO ENJOY 
THIS.
THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT HAS BEEN 
THE LAST FEW DAYS BEEN LIKE 
WITH THE TRAVEL AND THE 
CELEBRATIONS?
>> MAN, THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE 
BEEN AMAZING.
NO SLEEP.
A LOT OF CELEBRATING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING.
>> UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'VE 
BEEN THROUGH, IS THIS OR HOW 
DIFFERENT IS THIS CHAMPIONSHIP 
FROM ONES IN THE PAST?
>> MAN, THIS IS A DIFFERENT 
UNIT.
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION.
DIFFERENT CITY, DIFFERENT 
COUNTRY.
AND I'M OLDER AND IT MAKES IT 
THAT MUCH BETTER.
>> ON BEHALF OF ALL THE TRON 
TONE I  -- TORONTONIANS AND 
CANADIANS WHO WATCHED YOU, 
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID AND 
THE WAY YOU CARRY YOURSELF.
>> THANK YOU, TORONTO.
THANK YOU, CANADAS FOR YOUR 
SUPPORT.
WE DID IT!
>> Adrienne: EXCELLENT, KAWHI 
LEONARD.
WE HAVE A GUEST JOINING WITH US.
I HOPE HE UNDERSTANDS WE HAD TO 
PAUSE AND ALLOW THE KING TO 
SPEAK THERE.
YOU DON'T MIND.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
UNDERSTOOD.
THAT WAS THE RIGHT CALL.
>> Adrienne: ANDREW SCHEER, THE 
CONSERVATIVE LEADER.
YOU HAPPENED TO DROP BY.
WHAT INING G -- WHAT BRINGS YOU 
AROUND THESE PARTS?
>> I WAS IN TORONTO WITH MY 
FAMILY AND I WANTED TO BRING MY 
DAUGHTER MADELEIN.
SHE IS THE BASKETBALL PLAYER IN 
THE FAMILY.
WE GOT CAPTIVATED BY THE 
PLAYOFF RUN.
WE WERE.
-- WE WERE WATCHING IT AND 
THOUGHT WE'D WATCH IT WITH TENS 
OF THOUSANDS OF RAPTOR FANS AND 
ENJOY THE DAY.
>> HE IS ALL FANNED OUT.
>> I'M DOUBLINGINGING UP.
-- I'M DOUBLING UP.
>> Adrienne: THIS LOOKS LIKE A 
BRAND-NEW KIT TO ME.
>> NO, I'VE HAD THIS FOR A BIT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Adrienne: HOW PROUD ARE YOU 
WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THIS 
COUNTRY, CANADA.
>> ONE OF THE FUN THINGS WAS TO 
WATCH THAT THEY HAD JURASSIC 
PARKS IN VIRTUALLY EVERY 
COMMUNITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ATLANTIC CANADA, BRITISH 
COLUMBIA, MY HOME PROVINCE OF 
SASKATCHEWAN.
WE HAD ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE OUT 
AT THE ROUGHRIDERS STADIUM TO 
WATCH THE GAME.
AND THIS WEEK WE VERY QUICKLY 
BECAME THE -- THE RAPTORS 
BECAME THE NATIONAL TEAM VERY, 
VERY QUICKLY AND TO SEE THIS 
MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN 
THIS SQUARE FOR HOURS, EVERYONE 
GETTING ALONG, EVERYONE IN A 
GREAT MOOD.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE 
WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE ARCHES.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT --
>> CLEARED THAT OFF.
>> EVERYONE IS HERE HAVING A 
GOOD TIME CELEBRATING IN A VERY 
CANADIAN WAY.
>> YOU SAID YOUR DAUGHTER PLAYS 
THE GAME.
TELL US ABOUT THAT AND HOW HAS 
SHE ENJOYED THIS CHAMPIONSHIP 
RUN?
>> SHE'S GONE TO A FEW CAMPS 
AND REALLY GETTING INTO IT.
JUST WATCHING THE PLAYOFF GAMES 
WITH HER, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 
HER LEVEL, THEY'RE NOT DUNKING 
YET.
[LAUGHTER]
>> DID YOU PLAY AT ALL IN HIGH 
SCHOOL?
DID YOU HAVE ANY FUN WITH THE 
GAME?
>> I HAD THE HEIGHT.
I PLAYED A LOT OF BASEBALL.
I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A SHOT.
I THOUGHT MY FRIENDS WERE 
COMPLIMENTING ME WHEN I SHOT 
AND THEY YELLED "BRICK."
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A 
HEARTWARMING WAY TO ENCOURAGE 
ME.
>> YOU'RE BUILDING A HOUSE 
BECAUSE THE BASEBALL HITTING 
THE BACK BOARD SO HARD.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I FIGURED THAT OUT.
>> Adrienne: WHAT DO YOU WANT 
THE REST OF WORLD TO THINK 
ABOUT CANADA WHEN THEY TUNE IN 
AND SEE THIS TODAY.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE A 
WORLD-CLASS CITY WITH A 
FIRST-RATE TEAM.
THAT IS WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE, 
TO RAISE A FAMILY, TO OPEN A 
BUSINESS.
AND THE WAY THAT OUR WHOLE 
COUNTRY COULD GET BEHIND A TEAM 
LIKE THIS IS FANTASTIC.
AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE AN 
IMPORTANT POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT 
IF YOU LET ME.
>> Adrienne: OH, BOY.
>> LISTEN UP.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET 
POLITICAL ON YOU.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO INSERT IN 
THE NEW NAFTA AGREEMENT, THAT'S 
GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS, I'M GOING TO BE TRYING 
TO INSERT A NO TRADE BARRIER 
FOR KAWHI LEONARD TO KEEP HIM 
IN CANADA.
>> Adrienne: I THINK YOU ARE 
GOING TO GET MULTIPARTISAN 
SUPPORT FOR THAT.
>> YEAH.
>> Adrienne: YOU SCARED ME FOR 
A MOMENT THERE.
>> I THINK ALL PARTIES CAN 
AGREE TO THAT ONE.
>> HOPEFULLY IT GOES THROUGH ON 
UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
YEAH.
>> Adrienne: THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH FOR SWINGING BY.
THAT'S GREAT.
>> ENJOY THE CELEBRATION.
TELL YOUR LITTLE GIRL THAT 
HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE HER PLAYING 
SOME HOOPS FOR TEAM CANADA 
SOMEDAY.
>> Adrienne: WE'LL BE WATCHING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne: AGAIN, ANOTHER 
FOUR MORE INCHES FOR THE PRAY.
[LAUGHTER]
MOVING ALONG.
>> IT IS MOVING.
I DO LIKE WHAT KAWHI WAS 
SAYING, JUST THANKING THIS 
COUNTRY.
THANKING THIS CITY AND I THINK 
THAT SHOULD BE A DRAW FOR US.
THAT YOU ARE NOT ONLY TORONTO'S 
TEAM, YOU TRULY ARE CANADA'S 
TEAM WHEN HE IS TRYING TO MAKE 
HIS CHOICE ABOUT WHETHER TO 
STAY OR GO.
YOU HAVE A WHOLE COUNTRY BEHIND 
YOU RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU GO SOMEWHERE IN THE 
STATES, YOU'LL HAVE A STATE 
BEHIND YOU.
IT IS NOT THE SAME.
>> Adrienne: NO.
AND I'M NOT SURE IN THE UNITED 
STATES YOU SEE SCIENCE LIKE THE 
ONES I SAW THIS WEEKEND IN MY 
NEIGHBORHOOD OUTSIDE OF A 
LITTLE BOOKSTORE THAT SAID 
KAWHI READS FOR FREE.
THAT HAS TO SELL IT, I'M SURE.
>> THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THERE ON 
THE BACK OF THAT ONE.
"WE ARE THE NORTH."
>> WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST 
COMING UP FOR YOU SHORTLY.
HE JUST GETTING MIC'D UP RIGHT 
NOW.
HE IS A VETERAN RAPTORS FAN.
>> Adrienne: KEEP AN EYE ON 
THIS ONE.
WE'LL ALL BE WORKING FOR THIS 
YOUNG MAN VERY SOON.
[P.A. ANNOUNCER]
[SHOUTING]
>> WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL GUEST 
ALL MIC'D UP.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE 
YOURSELF BUDDY?
>> HEY, CANADA!
BONJOUR, CANADA!
I'M ARJAN, AND I'M 13 YEARS OLD.
YOU MAY KNOW ME AS THE KID WHO 
ASKED THE QUESTION TO KYLE 
LOWRY, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE 
AN ICON AROUND CANADA AND I'M 
SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
A MOMENT IN HISTORY.
BEST FANS IN THE NBA!
>> AND HE IS REPPING CBC KIDS 
NEWS.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Adrienne: LISTEN.
YOU ARE A REPORTER WITH DEPTH.
YOU KNOW?
AND I WAS JUST IN NORMANDY NOT 
THAT LONG AGO.
THE INTERVIEW THAT YOU DID WITH 
THE VETERANS, VERY, VERY GOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne: WE ARE LUCKY THAT 
YOU ARE JOINING US TODAY.
AND YOU TOTALLY THREW KYLE 
LOWRY WITH THAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
>> WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE 
LIKE?
>> IT WAS CRAZY, HONESTLY.
I WAS SITTING THERE, HE'S RIGHT 
IN FRONT OF ME.
I WATCHED THIS GUY ON TV ALL 
THE TIME.
SEEING INTERVIEWS AND I CAN'T 
BELIEVE I WAS SO CLOSE TO HIM.
THE GUY CAME WITH A MIC AND I 
WAS LIKE OH, MY GOD!
IT'S MY TURN!
MY TURN!
AND I ASKED THE QUESTION AND 
THE REST IS HISTORY.
>> HE WAS SO GRACIOUS WITH YOU.
BECAUSE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SAY 
HI AFTER.
I'M A JOURNALIST, I CAN'T GO UP 
THERE AND BE A FAN, NO, NO.
>> ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T GET -- I 
DIDN'T GET TO GO UP AND HEY, 
MR. LOWRY, HOW ARE YOU?
BUT AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE 
WAS OVER, HE WAS WALKING AND 
HE'S LIKE GREAT QUESTION, KID.
I WAS LIKE THANK YOU.
IT WAS CRAZY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Adrienne: WHAT ARE YOU 
LEARNING THROUGH ALL OF THIS, 
NOT JUST ABOUT THE BASKETBALL, 
BUT ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS OF 
PEOPLE.
IT COULD BE INTIMIDATING 
SOMETIMES.
WHAT ARE YOU TAKING AWAY FROM 
THIS?
>> IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR 
ME.
YOU KNOW, IT HELPS ME WITH A 
LOT OF THINGS.
MY LINGUISTICAL, INTERVIEWING, 
IN TERMS OF GETTING TO KNOW 
THEM, FIGURING OUT THE 
QUESTIONS FOR THE TYPE OF 
PERSON THAT THEY ARE.
IT REALLY HELPS ME.
BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO WORK FOR 
CBC ONE DAY, LIKE YOU GUYS.
>> YOU'RE ALREADY HERE!
>> YEAH.
BUT THE BIG LEAGUES.
I WANT TO WORK LIKE YOU GUYS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU HAVE TO GRADUATE FIRST.
>> Adrienne: OR MAYBE NOT.
>> EXACTLY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> BUT IT IS AMAZING.
IT HELPS YOU WITH SO MANY 
THINGS AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR 
IT.
>> WE'RE EXPERIENCING HISTORY 
HERE.
I HAD MY 17-YEAR-OLD SAY TO ME, 
DAD, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? 24 
YEARS!
AND ALL KINDS OF KIDS TALKING 
ABOUT 24 YEARS WHEN THEY 
HAVEN'T BEEN ON THIS EARTH FOR 
12 YEARS YET.
CAN YOU SEE THIS?
ENJOY IT NOW.
IF YOU ARE A LEAF FAN, WE KNOW 
WHAT THAT HAS BEEN LIKE WAITING 
FOR THE NEXT CHAMPIONSHIP TO 
COME.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE 
SIGNIFICANCE OF EXPERIENCING 
THIS IN YOUR LIFETIME AT SUCH A 
YOUNG AGE?
>> I TWLUNL WHEN THE INAUGURAL 
SEASON -- I DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT 
WAS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR A 
13-YEAR-OLD TO SEE A CANADIAN 
-- NOT A TORONTO TEAM, A  
CANADIAN TEAM TO WIN A 
CHAMPIONSHIP THAT MOST OF THE 
TEAM -- 29 ON THE TEAM ARE 
AMERICAN, RIGHT?
SO IT WAS JUST, LIKE, IT'S A 
MOMENT IN HISTORY.
SO TO WITNESS SO MANY FANS COME 
OUT TO SUPPORT THIS TEAM ALL 
THE TIME, YOU KNOW, TO SEE 
EVERYBODY SO EXCITED, IT MADE 
ME -- MADE MY HEART PUMP 20 
TIMES PER SECOND.
>> Adrienne: WHEN YOU WATCH 
SOMETHING ON TV, IT'S ONE WAY.
IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO SHOW 
UP IN PERSON.
SO, WE'RE HERE IN NATHAN 
PHILLIPS SQUARE.
AS YOU LOOK AROUND HERE, DOES 
ANYTHING SURPRISE YOU.
DID ANYTHING MAKE YOU SAY OH, I 
HAD NO IDEA.
>> I LIVE IN HAMILTON AND WATCH 
IT ON TV ALL THE TIME, THE FANS 
IN JURASSIC GOING CRAZY.
CLIMBING ON TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
IT'S LIKE WHAT?
[LAUGHTER]
AND THEN I'M WALKING AROUND 
TRYING TO FIGHT MY WAY THROUGH 
ALL OF.
THIS AND I'M LIKE MAN, THESE 
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE AMAZING.
I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD 
HAPPEN IN TORONTO AND CANADA.
>> Adrienne: DID YOU FEEL SAFE 
IN THAT CROWD?
>> NO.
[LAUGHTER]
IT'S OK.
SO MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE.
WE HAD TO FIGHT THROUGH.
BUT AT TEND OF THE DAY, WITNESS 
HISTORY.
THESE AMAZING FANS.
IT ALL PAID OFF.
ALL PAID OFF.
>> YOU AND YOUR GROUP OF 
FRIENDS WHERE YOU LIVE IN 
HAMILTON, HOW IS YOUR COMMUNITY 
-- HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ENJOYING 
THIS RIDE?
WHAT ARE YOUR FRIENDS TALKING 
ABOUT?
WHO ARE THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS?
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PLAYER?
>> MY FAVORITE PLAYER AT THE 
MOMENT IS KYLE LOWRY.
I ASKED HIM THE QUESTION.
RIGHT?
MY FRIENDS, MOST OF THEM KAWHI 
FANS, OF COURSE, THE CLAW.
BUT IN SCHOOL, WE HAD OUR OWN 
PARADE AT RECESS.
THROWING BASKETBALLS AROUND.
YOU KNOW --
[LAUGHTER]
JUMPING AROUND LIKE OH, MY GOD, 
WE DID IT!
RIGHT?
WE FEEL LIKE WE JUST CAME OFF 
THE PLANE FOR THE RAPTORS.
THIS IS OUR THING.
SO WE'RE ALL GOING CRAZY, 
HONESTLY.
IT WAS AMAZING.
>> DID YOU STAY UP AND WATCH IT?
>> DEFINITELY.
I CALLED MY UNCLE RIGHT AFTER 
AND I WAS LIKE WE DID IT, WE 
DID IT!
AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
MY MOM LET ME STAY UP AND WATCH 
IT AND SOAK IT IN.
AND I REMEMBER GAME FIVE, WE 
LOST BY ONE POINT.
I LIED ON THE COUCH FOR 15 
MINUTES STRAIGHT.
I WAS DEVASTATED.
>> Adrienne: YOU ARE NOT THE 
ONLY ONE.
>> I'M LIKE WE GOT TWO MORE.
WE HAVE TWO MORE CHANCE AND I 
KNEW THIS TEAM WOULD PULL IT 
OFF AND WE DID IT.
>> Adrienne: WHAT DOES YOUR 
NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK LIKE?
FULL OF HOCKEY NUTS OR 
BASKETBALL NUTS?
>> WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY 
HOCKEY NUTS.
NOBODY REALLY -- YOU KNOW, 
STANLEY CUP IS KIND OF LIKE, 
YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY FOR THE 
BLUES AND ALL.
BUT NOBODY REALLY TALKS ABOUT 
THAT ANYMORE.
WE HAVE A LOT -- WE DON'T HAVE 
A BASKETBALL NET CLOSES TO 
WHERE MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS.
BUT SIR ALLEN McNABB --
>> THAT IS A BIG SCHOOL.
>> YEAH.
WE PLAY BASKETBALL THERE.
A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
WE GET SLUSHEES AFTER, WHICH IS 
THE BEST PART.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THAT'S MY CHILDHOOD, TOO.
YOU HAVE TO GET A SLUSHEE AFTER 
PLAYING BALL.
[LAUGHTER]
>> EVERYBODY LOVES BASKETBALL.
>> WE'RE HAVING AN INTERVIEW 
WITH FRED VANVLEET.
THROW TO HIM.
>> OH, MY -- 
>> COMING UP RIGHT NOW!
>> COMING UP RIGHT NOW, 
INTERVIEW WITH FRED VANVLEET, 
STEADY FREDDIE!
>> WHAT IS THE RESPONSE YOU'VE 
GOTTEN FROM THE CITY OF TORONTO?
>> THE GROUND IS SHAKING, IT'S 
UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AROUND AND 
ENJOY THIS AS BEST AS YOU CAN 
WITH THE CITY OF TORONTO.
>> WHAT HAS BEEN THE BEST PART 
OF THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE?
>> OUT HERE CELEBRATING.
WORK SO HARD, SO FOCUSED.
DON'T GET OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES 
AND FINALLY GET THE JOB DONE 
AND CELEBRATE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US.
>> THE TEAMS ARE GOOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
I'M ALL RIGHT.
I'M FEELING GOOD RIGHT NOW.
>> ONE QUESTION FOR YOU BECAUSE 
I KNOW YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS.
YOUR RESPONSE FROM THE PEOPLE 
OF TORONTO.
>> THIS IS WHY WE WANTED TO WIN 
A CHAMPIONSHIP.
THIS IS UNG BELIEVABLE.
AND WE AIN'T CLOSE TO BEING 
DONE.
>> ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN 
TORONTO, WATCHING YOU GUYS OVER 
THE YEARS, I WANTED TO SAY 
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, BRO.
GET OUT OF HERE NOW.
[LAUGHTER]
>> STEADY FREDDIE AS ARJAN 
CALLED HIM THERE.
MY KIDS WATCH BASKETBALL.
AND IT IS NOT ABOUT THE GAME, 
BUT ABOUT LEARNING LIFE LESSONS 
FROM THE SPORT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A KID LIKE 
FRED VANVLEET WHO TOOK HIS 
COLLEGE TEAM TO THE FINAL AND 
STILL WENT UNDRAFTED, DID NOT 
GET A -- WE GRABBED THIS GUY 
BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE WANTED HIM.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A STORY LIKE 
THAT ABOUT HIS HARD WORK AND 
PERSEVERANCE, DID THAT INSPIRE 
YOU IN OTHER FACETS OF LIFE?
>> IT INSPIRED ME TO NEVER GIVE 
UP, GOING UNDRAFTED BUT STILL 
COME TO THE TORONTO RAPTORS AND 
BE LIKE OH, I'M NOT DRAFTED.
WHAT'S THE POINTED OF PLAYING, 
RIGHT?
NOW LOOK AT IT.
HE IS AN NBA CHAMPION.
HE HAD SO MANY BIG THREES FOR 
OUR TEAM, RIGHT?
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOOTERS 
OF THE GAME, CHASE HIM AROUND!
>> HE IS A SMALL GUY.
BUT SMALL THINGS COME IN BIG 
PACKAGES.
>> HOPING FOR THE LITTLE 
PLAYERS OUT THERE.
>> FOR EXAMPLE, I PLAYED JUNIOR 
BASKETBALL THIS YEAR FOR MY 
SKAO. I WAS ONE OF THE SHORTEST 
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SO 
SHORT, RIGHT?
BUT SHORT PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND 
EASILY AND WE'RE GOOD -- WE'RE 
GOOD SHOOTERS, TOO!
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT?
A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF GETTING 
BACK UP, SHOWING THAT HE'S 
STRONG AND, YOU KNOW, NEVER 
GIVING UP ON THE PLAY.
GREAT GUY.
STEADY FREDDIE.
>> A GREAT STORY THIS YEAR, 
TOO, WITH THE BABY.
HE WASN'T PLAYING THAT GREAT 
AND THEN WHEN FRED JR. WAS BORN 
-- 
>> Adrienne: THE BABY WAS BORN!
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN HE CAN'T 
MISS.
>> RIGHT?
THAT WAS A GREAT PART OF THE 
SERIES.
>> Adrienne: WHAT A GREAT 
FATHER'S DAY FOR HIM.
>> BOTH HAVING YOUNG ONES 
AROUND THIS TIME.
SO ARE YOU HAVING FUN UP HERE 
WITH US?
>> AMAZING.
S WOULD YOU RATHER BE UP HERE?
>> I LIKE THIS VIEW RIGHT NOW.
>> Adrienne: A GOOD CALL.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE 
THE PLAYERS SITTING THERE.
I WATCHED PARADES LAST YEAR AND 
THE YEAR BEFORE AND FINALLY 
CAME TO TORONTO.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
>> Adrienne: IT IS ABOUT TIME.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WHERE IS THAT PARADE RIGHT NOW?
[LAUGHTER]
>> YEAH.
WE NEED AN UPDATE.
>> Adrienne: ANYBODY HAVE ANY 
IDEA WHERE THOSE BUSES ARE?
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND, HONESTLY.
HOPEFULLY THEY COME CLOSE.
>> Adrienne: YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHY DON'T WE GO CHECK IN WITH 
CHRIS GLOVER.
DO YOU WANTS TO THROW TO HIM?
>> SURE.
CHRIS GLOVER AT JURASSIC PARK.
>> HEY, BUDDY.
THAT IS RIGHT.
I AM HERE AT JURASSIC PARK, OR 
WHAT WAS JURASSIC PARK AND THE 
BIGGEST PARTY THROUGHOUT ALL OF 
THESE VERY INTENSE, NAIL BITING 
GAMES AND YOU JUST MENTIONED IT 
A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO.
ABOUT WHERE IS THE PARADE?
EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE HAS 
COME UP TO ASK ME AT LEAST FIVE 
TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 30 
MINUTES, WHERE IS THE PARADE?
THEY ARE READY.
THEY ARE EXCITED.
THEY WANT TO MEET THESE 
CHAMPIONS.
THESE SUPERSTARS.
THEY WANT TO YELL THANK YOU.
AND BE A PART OF THIS MOMENT.
THIS HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF 
DECADES IN THE MAKING AND FOR 
MANY OF US, I'LL INCLUDE MYSELF 
IN THIS WHO WERE A LITTLE BIT 
TOO YOUNG WHEN THE BLUE JAYS 
WON THE WORLD SERIES, 
BACK-TO-BACK TITLES IN THE 
EARLY 1990s.
I MYSELF WAS IN KINDERGARTENEN.
BY ME NEW FRIEND HERE NERA WAS 
NOT JUST AROUND, BUT YOU WERE 
HERE AT THE BLUE JAYS PARADE IN 
THE 1990s.
YOU BROUGHT YOUR THREE KIDS 
BACK.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE FIRST TIME EVERS FOR ME AND 
MY GIRLS TO BE PART OF SUCH A, 
YOU KNOW, HISTORY.
I THINK TODAY IS BETTER.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY -- IT SEEMS 
BIGGER, BETTER AND, I DON'T 
KNOW, WE WITH RESPECT OVERJOYED.
-- WE WERE OVERJOYED AND NOW WE 
BROUGHT MY LITTLE GRANDSON WHO 
IS 5 AND A BIT AND I LEFT HIM 
BEHIND, I WISH I HAD BROUGHT 
HIM HERE.
BUT I DID A LITTLE WALK AND I 
BUMPED INTO YOU AND THANK YOU 
FOR HAVING ME TALK ABOUT MY 
EXPERIENCE.
>> Reporter: OF COURSE.
AND YOU MENTIONED THERE THAT 
THE PARADE TODAY JUST FEELS A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IT CERTAINLY IS BIGGER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS MAKING 
THIS PARADE FEEL A LITTLE 
DIFFERENT?
>> I THINK BASKETBALL HAS COME 
UP A LOT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS 
AND I MEAN, SUCH AMAZING 
PLAYERS AND KAWHI LEONARD, KYLE 
LOWRY, NORM POWELL -- I DON'T 
WANT TO NAME THEM BECAUSE 
THEY'RE ALL FABULOUS.
I MISS DeROZAN A LOT.
I WISH HE HAD BEEN PART OF IT.
BUT I THINK BASKETBALL HAS 
BECOME A REALLY BIG SPORT.
AND PROBABLY BIGGER THAN 
BASEBALL, MAYBE, IN MY OPINION.
>> Reporter: I KNOW YOU WERE 
SAYING YOU WERE EXCITED TO YELL 
"THANK YOU" AND SEE THE BUSES 
COME THROUGH.
IF YOU COULD TALK TO THEM, I 
MEAN, YOU HAVE THE MIC TO THE 
NATION RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WOULD YOU WAND TO TELL OUR 
RAPTORS?
>> I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND 
WHAT -- AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND KEEP WINNING.
AND IF THESE WEREN'T FAKE 
NAILS, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN 
MY STOMACH.
SO, THANK YOU.
STAY IN TORONTO.
KAWHI LEONARD, YOU HAVE TO STAY 
IN TORONTO.
WE LOVE YOU.
WE LOVE YOU ALL!
>> YEAH!
YOU HEARD IT.
STAY IN TORONTO.
DYNASTY.
THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT 
AROUND THIS TEAM, OBVIOUSLY.
AND WE ARE JUST EXCITED TO HAVE 
THE BUS COME THROUGH HERE.
BUT YOU CAN EXPECT THEY WILL BE 
YELLING A LOT OF THAT WHEN THE 
BUSES GET CLOSE, GUYS.
>> Adrienne: LET'S DIP IN HERE.
THAT IS DANNY GREEN BEING 
INTERVIEWED.
>> NOW YOU WON A CHAMPIONSHIP 
BEFORE.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHEN YOU 
GOT HERE, AFTER SPENDING TIME 
IN THE LOCKER ROOM, WHEN DID 
YOU REALIZE THIS GROUP HAD THE 
POTENTIAL TO GO ALL THE WAY?
>> AS SOON AS WE GOT TRADED, I 
KNEW WE HAD THE POTENTIAL.
BUT I WASN'T SURE IF WE WERE 
GOING TO GEL.
BUT THINGS STARTED TURNING FOR 
US AND I KNEW WE HAD A GOOD 
SHOT AT IT.
>> PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BRAGGED 
ABOUT TORONTO T CITY.
YOU GUYS KNOW THERE'SES 20,000 
IN THE STADIUM.
BUT WHAT IS THIS ?RIEK YOU'VE 
HAD OTHER CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS.
WHAT IS THIS ONE LIKE?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL, 
MAN.
THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENCE 
THAN WHAT I'M USED TO.
NOTHING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE 
ONE BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE 
COUNTRY BEHIND YOU AND THEIR 
FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND TWO MILLION PEOPLE OUT HERE.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN FIT THAT 
IN MOST CITIES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> CONGRATULATIONS, DANNY.
AN AMAZING YEAR.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> Adrienne: IT IS AMAZING 
WATCHING THAT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT 
BE THINKING WHAT ON EARTH ARE 
THEY DOING?
THEY'RE UNDER A HIGHWAY.
>> THEY ARE UNDERNEATH THE 
GARDINER.
TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO 
YORK STREET AND UP UNIVERSITY 
AND  WE'RE TOLD THERE ARE 
50,000 PEOPLE BEHIND US AND IN 
FRONT OF US AND TO THAT 
DIRECTION, AS FAR AS THE EYE 
CAN SEE.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT DANNY 
GREEN, HE'S COMBED OUT THE 'FRO 
AND HE HAS THE FROHAWK GOING.
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS 
DANNY GREEN AT FIRST.
I WAS LIKE WHO IS THAT?
>> AND IT IS A SPECIAL MANE.
HE'S WON A CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE.
BUT THIS ONE HAS TO BE REALLY 
SPECIAL FOR HIM.
HE WAS TALKING TO DANNY GREEN 
THERE ABOUT THE FACT THAT NOT A 
LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTED THIS 
TEAM -- I'M A HOMER.
RIDE OR DIE WITH THIS TEAM AND 
I'VE BEEN DYING MOST YEARS.
THIS YEAR I'M ON TOP OF THE 
WORLD.
THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, DID YOU 
SEE THIS?
DID YOU THINK THAT WE WOULD GET 
HERE AS YOU WATCHED THIS TEAM 
THROUGHOUT THE SEASON?
>> I'M GOING TO BE HONEST.
>> COME ON.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE -- THAT 
GAME ONE LOSS IN ORLANDO, WE'RE 
LIKE WHAT HAPPENED?
>> MASAI UJIRI, MAKING THE 
TRADES.
DE'MAR GONE.
>> YOU WERE A DE'MAR FAN.
>> I LIKED HIM.
>> SAD TO SEE HIM GO.
DID YOU THINK THEN, NOW THAT WE 
HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP, IT IS ALL 
WORTH IT.
DID YOU THINK THAT THIS IS OUR 
BEST PLAYER.
WHO IS THIS KAWHI GUY?
>> I LOVED KAWHI BACK THEN 
BECAUSE I LOVED HOW HE PLAYED 
DEFENSE.
WHEN WE GOT HIM, I WAS A LITTLE 
IFFY, RIGHT?
[LAUGHTER]
THE SEASON STARTS TO GO, WE 
WERE PERFORMING SO GREAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING.
I WAS LIKE THIS IS GREAT.
AND PLAYOFF TIME CAME.
BUT THE RAPTORS HAVEN'T BEEN 
CLUTCH AND THIS YEAR THEY WERE 
CLUTCH.
>> THAT IS AN UNSTATEMENT.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN CLUTCH WHEN WE 
WERE SUPPOSED TO.
BEST RECORD IN THE LEAGUE AND 
WE'RE GETTING SWEPT.
>> WHEN WE WERE 2-0 DOWN IN 
MILWAUKEE, I WAS LIKE OH, MY 
GOD.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT SMALL --
>> I'M RIDING THE ROLLER 
COASTER WITH HIM RIGHT NOW ALL 
OVER AGAIN.
>> Adrienne: I KNOW.
THERE IS GOING TO BE AN AIR 
DROP OF FANTASTICS HERE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WHEN WE WERE UP 3-2, I WAS 
LIKE I THINK WE DID IT!
FINALS!
I THINK WE DID IT!
AND HOW MANY COMEBACKS WE HAD 
TO MAKE.
HOW MANY INJURIES AND FIEKTS 
THROUGH AND KEEP GOING.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
LIKE I SAID, IT ALL PAID OFF.
ONCE WE WON IT, I WAS LIKE YES, 
FINALLY.
>> Adrienne: ONE OF MY FAVORITE 
THINGS LISTENING TO YOU IS WHEN 
YOU USE THE WORD "WE" BECAUSE A 
LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A 
TAEMZ AND SAY THEY DID THIS, 
THEY DID THAT.
YOU SO SEAMLESSLY USE THE WORD 
"WE" BECAUSE THAT KIND OF 
REPRESENTS HOW PEOPLE ARE 
FEELING.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE 
PEOPLE IN THIS CITY FELT LIKE 
THEY WERE ATTACHED WITH AN 
ENTITY THAT WAS WINNING.
>> YEAH.
WHAT WOULD THE RAPTORS BE 
WITHOUT THESE FANS?
>> Adrienne: THAT IS A GOOD 
POINT.
>> WE.
WE THE NORTH.
EXACTLY.
>> AND WHAT DID YOU THINK OF 
DRAKE'S PART IN ALL OF THIS?
>> OH, OUR AMBASSADOR.
>> I KNOW YOU ARE A YOUNG 
HIP-HOP FAN.
COME ON NOW.
>> WELL, DRAKE -- GREAT RAPPER, 
HAS A GREAT TALENT AND SUDDENLY 
HIM AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THIS 
TEAM, HE BRINGS SO MUCH ENERGY.
YOU SEE HIM ON THE SIDELINE AND 
HE YELLS BYE TO THE OTHER TEAM.
DON'T JINX IT!
YOU NEVER KNOW.
HE IS A GREAT GUY AND BRINGS 
ENERGY TO THE TEAM.
I LOVE HOW WHEN KEVIN DURANT 
GOT INJURED, HE SHOWED RESPECT.
HE'S A FAN.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE RESPECTS THE 
OTHER TEAMS.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE.
>> KEEPING IT CLASSY IS THE 
THEME WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GO 
FOR HERE.
WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE STREETS 
AND TALKING TO ASHA TOMLINSON.
SHE IS ABOUT MY HEIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT 
TALLER THAN YOU.
BUT MAYBE NOT MUCH.
MAKES IT HARD TO SEE, BUT SHE 
HAS SOME STUFF.
>> SHE HAS GIANTS AROUND HER.
OH, NO.
THIS IS AKIEL.
>> YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH 
MONTREAL.
BUT A LITTLE FAMILIAR WITH 
TORONTO.
YOUR IMPRESSION OF HOW THE CITY 
--
>> WE MAY HAVE LOST ASHA IN THE 
CROWD DOWN THERE.
>> Adrienne: POOR ASHA.
>> LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> AND WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP 
AND WE CAME SHORT A COUPLE OF 
TIMES.
BUT WE'RE CHAMPIONS NOW.
WE'RE HAVING FUN AND HOPEFULLY 
EVERYBODY IS HAVING FUN OVER 
HERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND 
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> APPRECIATE IT, MAN.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THE ONE CANADIAN ON THIS 
TEAM.
IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL FOR CHRIS 
BOUCHER, I WOULD IMAGINE.
>> Adrienne: SEE THOSE WHITE 
TENTS IN THE BACKGROUND?
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.
THAT IS SORT OF THE VIEW THAT 
WE HAVE, WHICH IS -- I DON'T 
KNOW.
FEELS PRETTY EPIC TO ME, I HAVE 
TO SAY.
>> JUST HANGING OUT WITH 50,000 
OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS.
>> Adrienne: AS YOU DO ON A 
MONDAY AT LUNCHTIME.
>> THIS IS TORONTO.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE OFFICE 
BUILDINGS AROUND US, TOO.
WE'RE TAKING A GUESS THAT 
THEY'RE ALL EMPTY RIGHT NOW.
>> Adrienne: IF YOU ARE CALLING 
SOMEONE IN TORONTO, IT IS JUST 
GOING TO RING.
THIS IS A HARD THING TO IMAGINE 
THAT IN --
>> LOOK AT THAT SHOT.
>> Adrienne: THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> Adrienne: THIS FROM A TEAM 
IN THEIR FIRST SEASON COULDN'T 
SELL ENOUGH SEASON TICKETS.
THEY HAD TO RELY ON SHOPPERS 
DRUG MART.
>> I WAS THERE.
WE COULD AFFORD THE TICKETS 
BACK THEN.
I THINK OUR FIRST SEASON WE WON 
SOMETHING LIKE 16 GAMES.
IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY ROAD TO 
GET HERE.
BUT I WAS WORTH THE BLOOD, 
SWEAT AND TEARS IT TOOK TO GET 
US TO THIS POINT.
>> Adrienne: SO $200 FOR 
SEASONS TICKETS THAT FIRST YEAR.
NOW?
[LAUGHTER]
>> I LOOK BACK AND LAUGH.
>> Adrienne: OR CRY.
>> I DO GET TO SNEAK IN THERE 
ONCES IN A WHILE WITH A BOX 
HERE AND THERE TO CATCH A FEW 
GAMES.
BUT IT WAS A LOT EASIER TO BUY 
TICKETS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF 
THIS TEAM.
>> Adrienne: IT IS NOW 20 AFTER 
12:00 EASTERN.
THEMENT XATION WAS AT  -- THE 
EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS PARADE 
WOULD BE WINDING UP AT NATHAN 
PHILLIPS SQUARE AND ALMOST BE 
HERE.
MAYBE AN HOUR LEFT TO GO.
BUT, YEAH.
NO.
>> IT IS A PARADE AND WE KNEW 
THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE SLOW.
BUT WE DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE 
THIS SLOW.
I KNEW THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE HERE.
I DID NOT EXPECT TO SEE MY TOWN 
AND MY COUNTRY COME OUT IN SUCH 
INCREDIBLE NUMBERS.
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
>> Adrienne: IT IS A VERY 
PATIENT CROWD.
[P.A. ANNOUNCER]
>> LET'S GET BACK NOW TO THE 
PARADE ROUTE WITH ASHA.
SEE IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON 
HOW IT IS MAKING ITS WAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS AT SPADINA 
AND LAKESHORE.
HOW IS IT GOING DOWN THERE 
RIGHT NOW?
>> Reporter: I REPOSITIONED 
MYSELF.
BUT I CAN SAY I WAS HOLDING MY 
OWN IN THAT CROWD, ELBOWS UP, 
EVEN THOUGH I'M SHORT.
[LAUGHTER]
IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
WE WERE REALLY CLOSE TO THE 
PLAYERS, BUT WE COULD SEE DRAKE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF 
CHAMPAGNE SHOWERS.
I GOT WET.
THESE FANS, WE EXPERIENCED IT 
ALL ON LAKESHOREMENT IT HAS 
MOVED ALONG.
SO THE CLEANUP CREW CAME VERY 
QUICKLY AND WE'RE NOW AT THE 
VIEWING PARTY, CORRONATION PARK.
SO, THESE FANS ARE MORE RELAXED
, THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAND UP 
AND BE LITTLE SARDINES PLAYING 
AND WAITING FOR PARADE TO COME 
ON BY.
THEY'RE JUST WATCHING IT ON A 
BIG SCREEN WITH THEIR LAWN 
CHAIRS, THEY'RE EATING AND IT 
IS JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF 
CELEBRATION.
RIGHT?
WE HAVE SOME FANS OVER HERE 
HANGING OUT, INCLUDING THIS 
COULD BE THE NEXT CANADIAN 
SUPERSTAR.
WHAT DIVISION ARE YOU?
>> I PLAY DIVISION II FOR THE 
[INAUDIBLE] DEMONS.
>> Reporter: AND DIVISION II, 
THERE IS ONLY ONE LEVEL UP FROM 
THAT, DIVISION I.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WATCH THE 
TORONTO RAPTORS RISE TO THESE 
HEIGHTS FOR YOU AS A BALLER?
>> I GIVES A LOT OF MOTIVATION 
FOR ME AND UP COMING 
BALLPLAYERS.
IT IS REALLY SPECIAL.
>> Reporter: WHAT POSITION DO 
YOU PLAY?
>> POINT GUARD.
>> Reporter: SO, WHO IS YOUR 
FAVOURITE?
>> KAWLI LEONARD IS THE GOAT.
>> Reporter: GREATEST OF ALL 
TIME IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT 
"GOAT" MEANS.
WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE LIKE?
>> IT WAS GREAT.
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST 
EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE.
YEAH.
>> Reporter: IS IT GOING TO 
INSPIRE YOU?
>> OH, YEAH.
IT INSPIRES ME A LOT.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE HITTING THE 
FLOOR TOMORROW, HUH?
>> FOR SURE.
>> Reporter: MOM, HOW COOL IS 
IT TO SEE THAT AND THINK THAT 
MY SON MAY GET THERE ONE DAY.
>> IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS.
IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET HERE 
AND WAS MORE THAN WORTH IT.
BEING SO CLOSE AND SEEING -- 
WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WE 
WOULD HAVE WENT ALL THE WAY.
SO IT'S MORE THAN WORTH IT.
I KNOW THAT YOU'LL GET THERE 
ONE DAY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Reporter: I LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT.
THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE HANGING 
OUT.
BUT THERE IS A HUGE PARTY AT 
NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE AND THE 
PLAYERS ARE GETING THERE IF 
THEY'RE NOT THERE ALREADY, IF 
I'M RIGHT.
>> THEY ARE.
WE'LL PREVIEW THE PLAYERS.
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> IT'S MY FIRST ONE.
SO, HONESTLY, I KNEW IT WAS 
GOING TO BE CRAZY.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING 
TO BE LIKE THIS.
I KNOW TORONTO, I KNOW CANADA 
WAS DYING FOR AN NBA KHOI. 24  
-- CHAMPIONSHIP.
24 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE A 
PART OF MANY HISTORIC TEAMS FOR 
THE RAPTORS IN THE LAST COUPLE 
OF SEASONS.
THE WAY THE FANS ARE COMING OUT 
AND SHOWING SUPPORT AND GOING 
CRAZY.
WE'RE JUST REALLY THANKFUL.
WE REALLY DO HAVE THE BEST FANS 
IN THE NBA.
THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING THE WAY 
WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING.
AND GRINDING THE WAY WE'VE BEEN 
GRINDING.
IT'S GREAT TO BRING A 
CHAMPIONSHIP HOME.
>> HELP US UNDERSTAND THE GRIND.
YOU AND KYLE HAVE BEEN HERE 
SINCE DAY ONE , THE JOURNEY 
THAT THIS GROUP HAS GONE 
THROUGH.
TELL ME ABOUT THE TRANSITIONS 
COMING IN SECOND FIDDLE IN YOUR 
OWN CITY.
[CHEERING]
AND NOW WHERE YOU STAND TODAY.
>> I THINK IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
A LONG TIME COMING.
MY MAN KYLE IS A TREMENDOUS 
PLAYER AND LEADER.
GIVES HIS HEART AND SOUL EVERY 
TIME HE IS ON THE FLOOR.
HE HE GETS KILLED IN THE MEDIA 
ULTIMATE A TIME ABOUT WHAT HE'S 
NOT DOING.
I'M SO BLESSED AND SO FORTUNATE 
TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THIS TEAM 
WITH HIM.
AND TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THIS 
MOMENT AND SHUTTING ALL THE 
HATERS AND CRITICS UP.
THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN SAY 
ANYMORE.
WE'RE CHAMPS AND NOBODY CAN SAY 
ANYTHING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM LIKE WHAT?
>> GIVE ME BACK MY MICROPHONE 
AND DON'T DO YOUR THING.
>> I AM AN NBA CHAMPION, I MIKE 
ON THIS MIC ALL DAY, THOUGH.
>> I GOOD GO.
I GOTTA GO!
>> HE PUT OUTS A SONG THIS YEAR 
CALLED "NO PROBLEM."
NORM POWELL THERE.
SAN DIEGO KID.
WE BEAT THE TEAM FROM WHERE HE 
GREW UP.
MAJORED IN HISTORY AT UCLA.
HE HAS MADE HISTORY FOR US 
RIGHT HERE AS A TORONTO RAPTOR.
>> THERE A PLAYER THAT YOU LIKE 
ON THIS TEAM THAT YOU LIKE 
THEIR STORY?
A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE SPICY P'S 
STORY.
WHAT RAPTOR DO YOU LOVE HIS 
STORY AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS 
POINT.
>> MR. LOWRY.
KYLE LOWRY.
>> HE KEEPS GOING BACK TO KIEFM 
 -- KYLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY KYLE LOWRY 
SHOULDN'T BE IN THE NBA.
HE IS NOT THE TALLEST KID, NOT 
THE QUICKEST KID, DONE HAVE THE 
GREATEST SHOT.
THEY CALL HIM A BULLDOG FOR A 
REASON.
IT'S PURE HEART AND 
DETERMINATION.
>> HE IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF 
THIS TEAM.
HE IS WHAT POWERS EVERYONE TO 
PLAY SO WELL.
HE'S TOUGH.
COME ON, PLAY HARDER.
I LOVE KYLE LOWRY.
IN TERMS OF A STORY, I DON'T 
REALLY KNOW.
I KNOW KAWHI'S, OF COURSE.
BUT HE PROVE SOD MANY PEOPLE 
WRONG.
LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME HE HAD 
AN INJURY.
HE COMES TO TORONTO AND PEOPLE 
EXPECT HIM TO PLAY WELL.
BUT I DON'T THINK REALLY 
ANYBODY EXPECTED THIS TO HAPPEN.
I THINK HE PROVED EVERYBODY 
WRONG.
>> WE GOT DAMAGED GOODS FOR ONE 
HERE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE TALK.
>> BUT FRED VANVLEET WENT 
UNDRAFTED AND PASCAL.
ALL OF THESE PLAYERS ON THE 
RAPTORS, THEY NEVER HAD AN EASY 
RIDE.
NONE OF THEM HAD AN EASY RIDE.
THEY PROVED EVERYBODY WRONG AND 
THEY PROVED TO EVERYBODY THAT, 
YES, THEY [INAUDIBLE].
AND EVERYBODY ON THIS TEAM 
DESERVES IT.
>> Adrienne: AS I UNDERSTAND 
IT, YOU ARE THE EXPERTS.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE.
BUT WHEN EVERYBODY WAS HAVING A 
HARD TIME WITH DE'MAR DeROZAN 
BEING TRADED AND HE WAS KYLE 
LOWRY'S BEST FRIEND, IT WAS 
KAWHI LEONARD WHO REACHED OUT 
TO KYLE AND TO SAY WE'RE GOING 
TO BE OK.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
I SAW THAT.
HE KIND OF BROUGHT THE TEAM 
TOGETHER.
SAYING IT'S OK.
I KNOW A BIG PART OF THIS TEAM 
WITH DeROZAN.
HE HAS A BIG FAN BASE.
BUT LET'S WORK ON WHAT WE HAVE.
>> HIS NAME IS SERGE IBAKA, BUT 
HE'S KNOWN AS SERGE IBLOCKA.
LET'S HEAR FROM HIM.
>> FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 
SO MANY YEARS FOR THIS MOMENT.
AND SHOW YOU HOW BAD THEY WANT 
IT.
YOU KNOW?
THAT'S HOW WE FEEL THE 
CHAMPIONSHIP HERE.
THIS IS FOR THEM AND ALSO FOR 
MYSELF, FOR MY FAMILY.
WE ARE LIVING THE DREAM.
>> YOU'VE HAD DEEP PLAYOFF RUNS 
BEFORE.
WHAT MADE THIS ONE, OTHER THAN 
THE CHAMPIONSHIP, DIFFERENT?
>> FIRST, ONE IS DIFFERENT.
THEY WANT IT TO BAD.
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR SO 
LONG.
AND THEN TWO, WITH EVERYTHING 
[INAUDIBLE] THE LAST COUPLE OF 
YEARS, I THINK IT WAS TIME.
OTHER GUYS AND OTHER PLAYERS 
WHO WE SAY, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH IS 
ENOUGH.
IT'S TOUGH GO-TO-GO OUT THERE 
AND TO GET IT.
SO WE WERE JUST MORE HUNGRY AND 
WANTED IT TO BAD.
>> QUICKLY, TALK ABOUT KAWHI 
AND KYLE, YOUR LEADERS.
EVERYONE TALKSES ABOUT THE 
IMPACT THAT KAWHI HAD ON 
COMPOSURE AND END OF GAME 
SCENARIO.
BUT WHAT IMPACT DID HE HAVE FOR 
YOU AND HOW HAPPY ARE YOU TO 
SEE KYLE GET THE RECOGNITION 
THAT HE DESERVES?
>> FIRST I WANT TO SAY I'M SO 
HAPPY FOR KAWHI, MAN.
HE DESERVE THIS IS MOMENT.
HE DESERVES EVERYTHING.
HE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG, MANY, 
MANY YEARS.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW 
WHAT THE PROGRAM IS.
YOU HAVE TO BE SO THANKFUL TO 
HAVE A POINT GUARD LIKE KYLE.
HE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT 
SCORING.
HE MAKES SURE THAT ALL OF HIS 
BIGS AND PLAYERS ARE BETTER.
OUTSIDE, PEOPLE ONLY WATCH 
STATS.
PEOPLE SEE STATS BUT THEY DON'T 
KNOW HOW GOOD HE IS BECAUSE HE 
MAKES EVERYBODY BETTER.
EVEN WHEN KAWHI FIRST GOT HERE, 
HE WAS MAKING SURE THAT HE 
PLAYED ON THE COURT WITH US.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT 
KAWHI.
KAWHI, MAN, HE'S A LEADER.
LIKE NO MATTER WHAT, HE IS NOT 
GOING TO BE OUT THERE 
COMPLAINING.
HE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE OUT 
THERE AND LEAD US AND THIS IS 
WHAT YOU DO FOR A LEADER.
EVEN WHEN THINGS GO DOWN OR 
EVEN WHEN THINGS NOT GOING OUR 
WAY, OUR LEADER, WHEN WE SEE 
OUR LEADER, YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE.
BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY 
LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> WELL, CONGRATS, SERGE.
>> Adrienne: YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 
LOT OF RESPECT FOR A STARS 
PLAYER WHO TAKES HIS INTERVIEW 
TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMEBODY 
ELSE.
>> IT SPEAKS TO THE 
COHESIVENESS OF THIS TEAM AND 
HOW THEY DID THIS AS A TEAM.
AS MUCH AS KA WORK  -- KAWHI 
WAS OUR SUPERSTAR.
AND AT THE BEGINNING WE WERE 
WORRIED ABOUT HIM HAVING TOO 
MUCH WEIGHT ON HIS SHOULDERS 
BUT THOSE GUYS STEPPED UP AND 
BROUGHT US PERFORMANCES OF 
THEIR CAREERS TO BRING US THIS 
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> Adrienne: IF YOU ARE 
WATCHING THESE PICTURES AND 
THINKING WHERE ARE THEY TAKING 
THAT FWHUS A BEAUTIFUL CITY 
LIKE TORONTO.
WHY ARE THEY DRAGGING THEM 
UNDER OVERPASSES.
THAT IS THE ROUTE.
IN A PARADE THAT WAS ONLY 
SUPPOSED TO BE MAYBE AN HOUR 
AND 45 MINUTES LONG.
>> WE'RE TWO AND A HALF NOW.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Adrienne: PEOPLE ARE LINED 
UP ON THE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY 
JUST TO SORT OF LOOK OVERS THE 
OTHER SIDE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE 
OF IT.
I KNOW THEY PLANNED FOR ROAD 
CLOSURES TODAY AND PLANNED FOR 
A BIT OF CONGESTION.
NOT LIKE THIS.
>> I THINK IT HAS SURPASSED OUR 
EXPECTATION.
BUT WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING 
BECAUSE SO FAR SO GOOD.
IT IS SAFE AND IT IS A LOT OF 
FUN.
IT IS WINDING ITS WAY TO NATHAN 
PHILLIPS SQUARE AND WE'VE BEEN 
WAITING TO HAVE A BIG PARTY.
JUST CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEY GET 
HERE ALREADY.
>> Adrienne: CAN I ASK YOU 
AGAIN, MY BASKETBALL EXPERT 
FRIENDS ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE?
THE STORIES OF THESE PLAYERS, 
AGAIN, IF PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO 
BASKETBALL INTERESTED IN THE 
STORIES, I WOULD SAY PASCAL 
SIAKAM'S STORY HAS TO BE PRETTY 
AMAZING.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WAS IT NOT 
THE CASE THAT THE VERY FIRST 
NBA GAME HE SAW IN PERSON IS 
THE ONE HE PLAYED IN?
>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
>> Adrienne: HOW DOES THAT COME 
TO BE?
>> THAT IS CRAZY.
>> I TALKED TO HIS BROTHER 
BORIS LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS 
JOURNEY AND HE WOULD SAY IT WAS 
THE DREAM OF THEIR DAD TO HAVE 
ONE OF HIS SONS MAKE IT TO THE 
NBA AND HE HAD OLDER BROTHERS 
THAT CAME OVER AND GOT DI 
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PLAYED BACK IN 
THE U.S. AND THEY HEARD ABOUT 
HIM BACK AT HOME AND HOW HE WAS 
GROWING AND HE SAID I CAN'T 
BELIEVE THIS LITTLE BABY THAT I 
USED TO HOLD IN MY ARMS IS NOW 
TALLER THAN ALL OF US AND HAS 
REALIZED THEIR FATHER'S DREAM.
AND THE SAD PART OF STORY IS, 
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS, 
IS THAT HE WAS IN THE STATES 
AND HIS I  -- HIS VISA WAS 
IMPROPER SO HE COULDN'T GO BACK 
TO AFRICA WHEN HE LOST HIS DAD 
IN AN ACCIDENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT HIS SHOES, HE 
WOULD WRITE ON HIS SHOES R *IP, 
DAD.
>> Adrienne: THERE IS A LOT OF 
LOSS AMONGST THIS TEAM.
THERE ARE LOTS OF PLAYERS WHO 
LOST THEIR FATHERS IN 
PARTICULAR.
>> KAWHI'S FATHER WAS MURDERED 
IN A ROBBERY AT HIS FATHER'S 
CAR WASH WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER.
FRED VANVLEET LOST HIS FATHER.
SO THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT 
THIS TEAM THAT IS SPECIAL AND 
ABOUT THESE PLAYERS THAT HAS 
MOTIVATED THEM TO PULL THIS OFF 
THIS YEAR.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH SOME PLAYER 
INTERVIEWS.
LET'S HEAD BACK UNDERNEATH THE 
OVERPASS THAT ADRIENNE WAS TALK 
ABOUT.
>> Adrienne: THEY HAVE TO GET 
OFF THAT THING.
>> WE HAVE BUSINESS TO DO.
IT'S BUSINESS ON THE BASKETBALL 
COURT.
STAYED LOCKED IN, EVERY SERIES, 
EVERY GAME AND EVERY POSSESSION.
AND THEY PREACHED THAT THE 
WHOLE TIME AND WE GOT IT DONE.
>> YOU ARE A GUY WHO STARTED 
WITH THE 9-0-5.
YOU SAW FRED VANVLEET AND 
PASCAL SIAKAM AND WHAT DOES 
THIS ORGANIZATION MEAN TO YOU 
KNOWING THAT THEY'VE SIGNED YOU 
AND NOW YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO WIN 
A NBA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THEM?
>> IT'S BIG TIME.
YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER 
SITUATION.
TO STICK WITH YOU, BELIEVE IN 
YOU, BELIEVE IN YOUR SKILL AND 
AS YOU SEE, WITH PASCAL AND 
FREDDY, PAYS OFF.
IT PAYS OFF.
BECAUSE THEY DEVELOP YOU AND 
GET YOU BETTER AND THAT IS ALL 
YOU CAN ASK FOR IN AN 
ORGANIZATION.
THEY DOZ THAT WITH THEIR 
PLAYERS AND WE END UP WITH 
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
YOU GET A CHAMPIONSHIP AND GET 
TO BE IN A PARADE WITH MILLIONS 
OF FANS EVERYWHERE.
>> TALK ABOUT THOSE MILLIONS OF 
FANS.
HOW IMPRESSIVE IS THIS TURNOUT?
>> IT IS AMAZING.
IT'S LIKE JURASSIC PARK 
FOLLOWING US AS WE GO.
IT IS AMAZING.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THESE 
FANS.
TEAMS HAVE CITIES BEHIND THEM.
IT IS A WHOLE COUNTRY BEHIND US 
RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS OVERSEAS BEHIND US 
RIGHT HERE.
>> ON BEHALF OF CANADA, MR. 
MILLER, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> APPRECIATE YOU, MAN.
HEY, WE CHAMPS.
WE CHAMPS, BABY.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S INTERESTING.
YOU GUYS GO THAT?
>> OH.
>> Adrienne: THERE IS A VIEW 
TODAY.
>> WHAT BUILDING IS THAT?
>> Adrienne: I DON'T KNOW.
IS THAT SEATTLE?
>> I SAW A PICTURE WITH A 
RAPPER SITTING ON IT AT ONE 
POINT.
SOME GUY NAMED DRAKE?
>> DRA-KAY?
[LAUGHTER]
>> I THINK THAT WE MADE SOME 
PROGRESS?
>> Adrienne: HAVE THEY EMERGED 
INTO THE LIGHT?
>> WE'RE TOLD THAT THE PARADE 
HAS FINALLY REACHED YORK AND 
BREMNER AND CHRIS GLOVER IS 
STANDING BY THERE.
CHRIS, ARE WE CORRECT?
>> Reporter: YEAH, DWIGHT.
I'M HERE FOR YOU, BUDDY.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SEEING WHERE 
YOU ARE?
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW WE HAD A 
HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE STANDING 
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE 
THE PARADE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO.
AND POLICE PUSHED ALL OF THEM 
BACK OUT OF THE WAY.
IN TRUE CANADIAN FASHION, THEY 
LEFT WITH APPLAUSE AND 
EXCITEMENT AND GOT RIGHT OUT OF 
THE WAY AS QUICKLY AS THEY 
COULD.
THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE 
THEIR TORONTO RAPTORS, THEIR 
CHAMPIONS, THEIR HEROES WHO ARE 
NOW WITHIN EYESIGHT.
THEY CAN SEE THE BUSES THERE IN 
THE DISTANCE.
YOU CAN START TO HEAR THE 
POLICE CRUISERS AND I WAS JUST 
TALKING TO THIS WOMAN FROM 
MARYLAND.
SHE WAS TELLING ME SHE WAS SO 
SURPRISED TO SEE THE FACT THAT 
THERE WEREN'T MORE BARRICADES 
AND SO MANY PEOPLE WERE BEING 
SO NICE, SO KIND.
SHE HAD SURGERY A YEAR AGO AND 
SHE FLATLINED DURING THAT 
SURGERY, WHICH MEANS THAT SHE 
WAS CLINICALLY DEAD AND THEN 
SHE CAME BACK AND CAME UP TO 
THIS TRIP TODAY.
SHE SAYS SHE'S BEEN A RAPTORS 
FAN FOR YEARS.
AND TO BE A PART OF THIS 
MOMENT, YOU CAN HEAR THEM 
CHANTING IN THE BACKGROUND, "WE 
THE NORTH."
AND IT PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE 
WHY THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR SO 
MANY RAPTORS FANS, NOT JUST 
HERE IN TORONTO, NOT JUST HERE 
IN CANADA, BUT ACROSS NORTH 
AMERICA AND IN MANY CASES 
ACROSS THE WORLD AS WELL.
>> IT REALLY IS A WORLDWIDE 
CELEBRATION.
[SIRENS]
AND THAT IS THE VIEW FROM WHERE 
WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT NATHAN 
PHILLIPS SQUARE.
AT LEAST WE'RE A LITTLE CLOSER, 
ADRIENNE, TO THE PARADE 
REACHING US BECAUSE CHRIS IS 
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF YORK 
STREET.
IF IT IS TURNING THE CORNER 
THERE, THAT MEANS IT IS MAKING 
ITS WAY NORTH.
HOPEFULLY FROM THE LAKE.
>> Adrienne: ALLEGEDLY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THIS IS PART OF THE ISSUE 
WITH PARADES.
EVERYBODY LOVES A PARADE.
BUT FOLKS!
THE PARADE CAN'T MOVE IF YOU 
JUMP ON THE ROUTE AND START 
PARTYING.
>> Adrienne: AND THIS IS A 
PROBLEM, A HAPPY PROBLEM.
TORONTO HAS NEVER HAD BEFORE.
I WAS LOOKING.
THIS IS LONG TIME AGO, THIS IS 
THE YEAR I WAS BORN, 1967.
THAT IS WHEN THE MAPLE LEAFS 
LOST WON THE STANLEY CUP.
THEY HAD A BIG PARADE, BUT ONLY 
30,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
AMAZING.
AND SOME OF THE PLAYERS DIDN'T 
EVEN BOTHER SHOWING UP BECAUSE 
THEY'D BEEN A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL 
TEAM BEFORE SO IT WAS LIKE NO 
BIG DEAL, SOME OF THEM.
AT THAT POINT.
THIS -- THIS IS BECAUSE THEY 
HAVEN'T TASTED THAT FEELING.
>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN 
THE CITY BEFORE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE BEFORE 
THEY WERE EVEN BORN, WE SAW OUR 
LAST CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE JAYS.
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GET IT THAT 
YEAR AND DIDN'T HAPPEN.
BUT THESE YOUNG FANS ARE NOT 
OLD WEATHER VETERANS LIKE US.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL THE 
YEARS -- 
>> Adrienne: WHAT DID YOU JUST 
CALL ME?
>> VETERANS SPORTS FANS.
THE FUTILITY YEAR AFTER YEAR 
AFTER YEAR OF PEOPLE LOSING, 
ESPECIALLY MY AMERICAN FRIENDS.
IT'S TORONTO, MAN.
YOU GUYS ALWAYS CHOKE.
THE REGULAR SEASON SUCCESS OF 
THIS TEAM WAS GREAT AFTER ALL 
OF THESE YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT, THE 
REGULAR SEASON SUCCESS HAS BEEN 
GREAT.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TASTED.
WE GOT CLOSER.
YOU CAN SITE ON THE HORIZON.
FOR US TO ACTUALLY REALIZE A 
CHAMPIONSHIP IN THIS TOWN IS 
INCREDIBLE.
I'M EXCITED FOR THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE.
I GREW UP WANTING TO BE THE 
NEXT MAGIC JOHNSON OR SHOOT 
LIKE LARRY BIRD OR WANTED TO BE 
THE NEXT MICHAEL JORDAN.
THESE KIDS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN 
HOMETOWN PLAYERS TO BE LIKE 
WHEN THEY'RE OUTSIDE ON THOSE 
COURTS PLAYING THIS GAME.
>> I NEVER WENT THROUGH 
CONSECUTIVE LOSSES LIKE YOU --
>> AND DON'T CALL ADRIENNE A 
VETERAN -- 
>> Adrienne: HE CAN CALL ME 
WHATEVER HE WANTS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> BUT I REMEMBER THE RAPTORS 
LOST TO BROOKLYN.
LOWRY WENT UP AND HE GOT 
BLOCKED.
I NEVER EXPERIENCED SOMETHING 
LIKE THAT BEFORE.
I WAS SO DEVASTATED.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE MORE 
DEVASTATION I HAD, THE MORE I 
GOT THROUGH LIKE I TRIED TO 
WATCH THEM MORE.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY YEAR I GOT 
THAT HOPE.
AS I GOT THROUGH IT, I FIGURED 
THIS TEAM THEY LOST, BUT I'M 
GOING TO KEEP WATCHING AND 
THESE FANS FINALLY REALIZED HOW 
YOU FINDLY GOT IT.
LIKE YOU WATCHING THIS TEAM FOR 
SO LONG.
YOU MUST FEEL AMAZING RIGHT NOW.
>> I REALLY DO.
I FEEL LIKE I'M ON TOP OF THE 
MOUNTAINTOP.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS 
MOMENT FOR A QUARTER CENTURY 
NOW AND ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT 
OF IT.
>> Adrienne: WHEN YOU WENT BACK 
TO SCHOOL, RIGHT, THE MORNING 
AFTER A NIGHT LIKE THAT, WAS 
ANYBODY ABLE TO CONCENTRATE?
WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE 
CLASSROOMS?
>> EVERYBODY TIME I WENT BY 
SOMEONE, THEY YELLED MR. LOWRY 
ALL THE TIME.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT'S LIKE A MEME IN MY SCHOOL 
NOW.
>> BECAUSE OF YOUR FAMOUS 
INTERVIEW.
>> BUT AFTER GOING BACK AFTER 
THAT INTERVIEW, EVERYBODY'S 
LIKE I GOT SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM 
TEACHER, FRIENDS.
THAT WAS GREAT.
GOOD JOB.
DID YOU GET ANY FREE TICKETS?
CAN YOU HOOK ME UP?
>> Adrienne: EVERYBODY HAS AN 
ANGLE.
>> JUST DRIVING INTO THE CITY 
AND SEEING ALL THE RAPTORS'S 
GEAR, I SAW WHOLE CLASSROOMS 
WALKING DOWN DUFFERIN STREET.
SOME TEACHERS WERE TAKING THEIR 
WHOLE CLASS DOWN HERE TO WATCH 
THIS.
>> Adrienne: YESTERDAY THERE 
WAS A MAN, A COUPLE OF GUYS IN 
NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE SO THEY 
WERE PLANNING ON STAYING OUT 
ALL NIGHT LONG AND HAD THESE 
FAKE NOSES AND FAKE MUSTACHES 
AND HOODIES PULLED OVER THEM.
THEY SAID OUR BOSS DIDN'T GIVE 
US THE DAY OFF.
WE'RE AFRAID WE'LL GET BUSTED 
AND LOOKING THAT THE CROWD NOW.
I'M NOT SURE THERE ARE ANY 
BOSSES LEFT IN ANY BUILDINGS.
>> NO.
I THINK THE BOSSES ARE HERE 
WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES TAN MAYOR 
OF TORONTO MADE A PLEA SAYING 
LISTEN, EMPLOYERS, LET PEOPLE 
COME OUT AND ENJOY THIS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL 
HAPPEN.
WE HOPE NEXT YEAR.
BUT HEY, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN 
THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
LET YOUR EMPLOYEES COME OUT AND 
ENJOY THE DAY AND ENJOY THIS 
TOGETHER AS A CITY AND AS A 
COUNTRY.
>> THE ENVIRONMENT FEELS 
AMAZING.
>> DOESN'T IT, THOUGH?
>> Adrienne: THIS IS A HARD 
THING TO KLOL.
-- CONTROL.
WE KNOW THAT THE T.T.C., THE 
SUBWAY IS CLOSED AT OSGOOD 
BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY 
PEOPLE.
THOSE AREN'T PEOPLE TRYING TO 
GET AWAY.
THOSE ARE PEOPLE STILL TRYING 
TO GET DOWN HERE SO THAT IS A 
BIT DIFFICULT AND THAT PLANE, 
THAT AIR DRAKE, THAT WE KEEP 
SEEING GOING BY SOMEHOW HAS 
PERMISSION TO MAKE VICTORY LAPS.
STILL MAKING VICTORY LAPS.
>> IT COSTS $70,000 JUST TO 
FUEL IT UP AND LOOKS LIKE 
THEY'RE SPENDING THAT OVER OUR 
AIR SPACE TODAY.
>> Adrienne: SO, WE'LL HAVE A 
CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATION 
WITH DRAKE AT SOME POINT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE'RE ALSO TOLD ANOTHER 
STATION MAY BE CLOSED DOWN, TOO.
QUEEN AND DUNDAS.
THE STATION THERE IS ALSO -- 
QUEEN AND DUNDAS, BOTH THOSE 
STATIONS ARE SHUT DOWN RIGHT 
NOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME 
INFORMATION.
FOLKS, IF YOU ARE TRYING TO 
MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN HERE, IT IS 
PROBABLY TOO LATE.
YOU MAY WANT TO SIT HOME AND 
ENJOY IT.
>> Adrienne: I WOULD HEAD TO A 
TELEVISION AT THIS POINT.
>> ENJOY THE TELEVISION HERE.
AND LOOK AT THAT RAPTORS FAN 
RIGHT THERE.
>> YOUNGBLOOD.
>> Adrienne: KEEP YOUR KIDS 
CLOSE.
THE COPS ARE TELLING US THAT 
THEY'RE GETTING A COUPLE OF 
CALLS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 
SEPARATED FROM THEIR KIDS.
IT HAPPENS SO EASILY.
SPEAKING OF KIDS KEEPING CLOSE.
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE BODYGUARDS 
WITH CHRIS GLO *EFER
-- CHRIS GLOVER.
>> AND HIS ARMY OF RAPTORS FANS 
PROTECTING HIM DOWN THERE.
>> Reporter: MY ARMY OF LITTLE 
RAPTOR FANS WHO WERE PROTECTING 
ME ALL MORNING LONG, THEY ARE 
NOW BACK WITH THEIR PARENTS ON 
THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS STREETS 
FROM WHERE I AM.
AND THEY ARE JUST AS EXCITED AS 
EVERYBODY ELSE IS TO HAVE THE 
RAPTORS HERE.
YOU'VE BEEN SAYING IT 
THROUGHOUT THIS BROADCAST THAT 
THINGS ARE QUITE A BIT DELAYED 
HERE AND I THINK THIS IS 
PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD IMAGE OF 
WHY.
WE HAVE PROBABLY 30 OR 40 FANS 
DEEP.
THESE CROWDS ARE MASSIVE.
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT HOW 
IF PEOPLE AREN'T DOWN HERE YET 
BECAUSE IT IS SO CONGESTED 
AROUND THE STREETS HERE?
WELL, THEY PROBABLY WON'T GET A 
GOOD VIEW, EITHER.
JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY 
PEOPLE HERE TRYING TO CATCH A 
GLIMPSE OF THE CHAMPIONS NOW SO 
VERY, VERY CLOSE TO WHERE WE'RE 
STANDING AT YORK AND BREMNER.
OF COURSE, THIS IS A SPECIAL 
PLACE ON THIS PARADE ROUTE 
BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE JURASSIC 
PARK HAS BEEN.
IT HAS BEEN THE FOCAL POINT OF 
THIS CELEBRATION AND ENTIRE 
PLAYOFF RUN WHERE SO MANY FANS 
HAVE CAMPED OUT FOR HOURS 
OUTSIDE OF SCOTIABANK ARENA 
WAITING FOR GAMES.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOME 
GAMES, OF COURSE.
THE LINES TO GET INTO THOSE 
HOME GAMES WERE ABSOLUTELY 
INSANE.
EVEN THE AWAY GAMES AND WHEN I 
WAS RAINING AND LIGHTNING AND 
THUNDER.
PEOPLE WERE STILL HERE IN THE 
THOUSANDS JUST WAITING TO WATCH 
THIS GAME TOGETHER.
AND THAT IS THE COOL THING 
ABOUT THIS PLAYOFF RUN AND 
ABOUT SPORT IN GENERAL IS THAT 
IT HAS THE ABILITY TO BRING SO 
MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE 
TOGETHER.
ALL UNITED IN THE SAME GOAL AND 
THE SAME PASSION.
AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS FOR THE 
RAPTORS.
THESE ARE THE FOLKS MARCHING 
WITH THESE BUSES.
I'LL GRAB ONE OF THEM NOW.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARCHING 
WITH THE RAPTORS HERE?
>> SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT --
[SIRENS]
>> Reporter: AND TELL ME WHAT 
IS IT LIKE AS YOU MARCH THROUGH 
THESE MASSIVE CROWDS OF PEOPLE?
>> IT'S CRAZY.
THE ENERGY IS REALLY GOOD.
I THINK WE'RE GOING [INAUDIBLE].
IT'S GREAT.
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK 
OUT INTO THE CROWDS AND SEE 
THESE FANS JUST SO EXCITED?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE ENERGY 
IS GREAT.
THERE IS A REALLY GOOD VIBE 
RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
WORDS CAN'T REALLY EXPRESS IT, 
TO BE HONEST.
>> Reporter: LET'S KEEP 
MARCHING.
I DON'T WANT TO HOLD THIS 
PARADE UP ANY LONGER THAN IT 
NEEDS TO.
AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING, THE 
PARADE IS QUITE DELAYED HERE 
AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING OVER THE 
PAST COUPLE OF MINUTES THERE'S 
EVEN BEEN CHEERING OF PEOPLE 
WHO ARE SHOUTING OUT MOVE BACK, 
MOVE BACK.
AND THE REASON WHY THEY WERE 
SHOUTING OUT THOSE CHEERS IS 
BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE CROWDS 
TO -- 
>> DID WE LOSE CHRIS THERE?
>> Reporter: OH, NO.
I'M STILL HERE.
I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING 
IS THAT MOVE BACK CHANT SO THAT 
YOU CAN SEE THE BUSES COME 
THROUGH.
THIS AREA.
AND THE FANS CAN GET A GOOD 
VIEW OF THEIR HEROES.
DWIGHT?
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ONE OF THEIR HEROES IS ON THAT 
BUS AND SPEAKING TO US RIGHT 
NOW.
LET'S LISTEN TO SPICY P, PASCAL 
SIAKAM, FOLKS.
>> YOU'VE BEEN AROUND LARGE 
CROWDS BEFORE.
BUT DOES ANYTHING COMPARE TO 
THE CROWD YOU SAW HERE TODAY?
>> SAY ONE MORE TIME.
>> YOU'VE BEEN AROUND LARGE 
CROWDS TODAY, BUT DOES ANYTHING 
COMPARE --
>> NO.
NO WAY.
THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE 
SEEN IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, HEY, I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING 
A MOMENT.
I WANT YOU TO ENJOY IT.
BUT LASTLY, YOU ARE A GUY THAT 
WENT WITH THE SUMMER LEAGUE, 
SPENT TIME WITH 9-0-5, CAME OFF 
THE BENCH, STARTED, PEOPLE 
CALLED YOU AN ALL-STAR.
PLAYOFFS.
WHAT HAS THIS JOURNEY BEEN LIKE 
FOR SOMEONE WHO STARTED PLAYING 
THE GAME SO LATE?
>> IT IS INCREDIBLE THINKING 
ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
TRYING TO PICTURE MY HEAD 
AROUND EVERYTHING THAT'S 
HAPPENING.
IT'S MOVING SO FAST.
AT THE SAME TIME, SO MANY UPS 
AND DOWNS.
I'M JUST BLESSED.
AT TEND OF THE DAY, I'M BLESSED 
TO BE HERE AND I'M EXCITED.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
ON THAT NOTE, I'M GOING TO LET 
YOU ENJOY YOURSELF, PASCAL 
SIAKAM, 2019, NBA CHAMPION.
[LAUGHTER]
>> DEFINITELY A FAN FAVORITE.
SPICY P.
P-SKILLS.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT 
THIS YOUNG MAN, BORN IN 
CAMEROON.
INITIALLY THEY SAID HE WANTED 
TO BE A PRIEST!
>> Adrienne: I KNOW.
AT 15, THOUGH, HE DECIDED NO, 
I'M WRONG.
>> I'LL FOLLOW MY BROTHERS INTO 
BASKETBALL.
AND THE REASON THE FANS LOVE 
HIM SO MUCH IS THAT WE'VE BEEN 
ABLE TO WATCH HIM FROM 9-0-5 
MAKE IT TO THE TEAM AND IMPROVE 
EVERY YEAR AND A LOT OF PEOPLE 
THINK THAT HE SHOULD BE VOTED 
THE MOST IMPROVED PLAYER IN THE 
NBA THIS YEAR.
WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY WORK ON 
THEIR GAME, WORK ON THEIR 
SKILLS, DRAFTED LOWER END LIKE 
NUMBER 27.
WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 
MAKE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY 
MADE DURING THIS RUN, YOU SAY 
OF THAT HARD WORK ETHIC TO SHOW 
THAT YOU CAN PUT IN THE WORK 
AND YOU CAN GET IT DONE.
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ONE OF 
SUPERSTARS BEING DRAFTED IN THE 
TOP 10 OR IN THE LOTTERY.
TO BE HERE ON THIS STAGE, BEING 
DRAFTED THAT LATE AND NOW BEING 
TALKED ABOUT AS PROBABLY THE 
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER IN THE 
LEAGUE, A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO 
THIS TEAM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MASAI UJIRI 
KEEPS FINDING THESE GEMS LIKE 
THAT.
>> Adrienne: HE LITERALLY FINDS 
PEOPLE.
[LAUGHTER]
YOUNG KIDS IN CAMPS, WATCHING 
THEM, ADMIRING THEM.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW 
STRESSFUL IT IS.
AGAIN, I'M CONFESSING I'M A 
WANT WAGONER HERE, RIGHT?
I'M STRESSED OUT FOR THEM.
BUT HE MANAGES TO FIND A 
SUPERCALM PLACE AND HE JUST 
GETS IT DONE.
IT IS AN AMAZING LIFE SKILL TO 
HAVE.
>> HE PLAYS THE GAME WITH A LOT 
OF JOY.
NOW WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING HIS 
FACE, THAT IS ONE OF THE 
REASONS YOU LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE 
LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE KID OUT 
THERE.
LIKE HE IS ON THE COURT WITH 
HIS FRIENDS OUTSIDE THE 
SCHOOLYARD.
>> I LOVE WATCHING HIM PLAY.
IT IS COOL.
HE'S COOL.
RIGHT?
GAME ONE, 32 POINTS.
THAT GAME WAS CLOSE MOST OF THE 
TIME.
BUT FOURTH QUARTER WE TOOK OVER.
RIGHT?
AND THAT FOURTH QUARTER, PASCAL 
WAS LIKE BRING IT.
HE KNEW THE FIRST TIME.
I LOVE WATCHING HIM PLAY AND HE 
GOES INTO THE PAINT, AND SPICY 
MOVES.
>> DO YOU TRY SOME OF THOSE 
SPICY MOVES?
DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON THE COURT?
>> I CAN'T DO IT.
>> LET'S HEAD BACK TO THE 
PARADE ROUTE.
IT IS FINALLY MOVING.
YOU SEE SOME CONSTRUCTION 
WORKERS -- 
>> Adrienne: I LOVE THAT.
NO CONSTRUCTION WORK HAPPENING.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING UP TODAY, 
FOLKS.
LET'S GO BACK TO CHRIS GLOVER 
DOWN IN THE CROWD.
[CHANTING]
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 
THE TORONTO POLICE MARCHING 
BAND WHERE I'M AT AT YORK AND 
BREMNER AND THIS IS WHAT THESE 
FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING HOURS 
FOR.
THEY'RE FINALLY GETTING --
>> WHEW!
>> Reporter: THEIR FIRST TASTE 
OF THIS PARADE.
JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS AGO.
NAV BAHTIA, SUPERFAN, HE JUST 
CAME THROUGH HERE AND IT WAS A 
REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT.
ALL OF THESE FANS TOGETHER IN 
UNISON STARTED CHEERING NAV, 
NAV, NAV.
AND IT CEASE FUNNY  -- AND IT'S 
SO FUNNY BECAUSE IT IS ALL 
THESE MOMENTS AND SPECIAL 
PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE THIS 
FRANCHISE AND PLAYOFF RUN SO 
SPECIAL AND I TALK ABOUT DRAKE 
IN THAT SAME BREATH.
BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE AND 
TALKING ABOUT THEM ABOUT WHO 
THEY'RE EXCITED FOR, DRAKE'S 
NAME OF COURSE KEEPS COMING UP.
IF YOU PAN OVER HERE, YOU CAN 
JUST SEE THE FACT THAT NEARLY 
EVERY SINGLE HAND IN THIS CROWD 
IS UP, HOLDING A PHONE.
WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT 
COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE BLUE 
JAYS MARCH AND PARADE BACK IN 
THE 1990s AND THIS RAPTORS 
PARADE.
ONE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THE 
DOCUMENTATION OF THIS THING.
JUST EVERY HAND HERE HAVING A 
PHONE, POSTING IT ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA.
AND THEY WILL BE POSTING CHANTS 
LIKE THE ONE WE'RE HEARING 
RIGHT NOW, WE THE NORTH.
[CHANTING]
I'LL LET YOU LISTEN IN TO A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE 
HEARING HERE AT YORK AND 
BREMNER.
>> WE THE NORTH!
[CHANTING]
>> LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
>> WE THE NORTH!
>> Reporter: NOW WE HAVE A 
LITTLE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE 
TWO SIDES OF THE STREET.
ON THE ONE SIDE WE HAVE "WE THE 
NORTH."
ON THE OTHER SIDE --
>> LET'S GO RAPTORS!
[CHANTING]
>> Reporter: YOU MENTIONED 
EARLIER ABOUT HOW THIS IS A 
MONDAY LIKE NO OTHER.
I WOULD ARGUE IT'S A DAY OF THE 
WEEK LIKE NO OTHER.
AND AN SPENCINGER THAT ALL OF 
THESE PEOPLE, YOUNG OR OLD, ARE 
NOT GOING TO FORGET.
THE DAY THAT THE CITY OF 
TORONTO AND CANADA UNITED IN 
THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO 
CELEBRATE TOGETHER, TO HONOR 
THE TEAM.
WE THE NORTH.
THAT THEY LOVE AND THAT THEY 
WATCHED THROUGH THESE PLAYOFFS.
SO INTENTLY.
WE WERE SPEAKING WITH YOU 
EARLIER, LEVON.
TELL ME WHAT IS IT LIKE NOW 
THAT THE PARADE IS RIGHT AT 
YOUR FOOTSTEPS.
>> LIKE I SAID, MAN, WE GOT -- 
WE GOT [INAUDIBLE].
WE CAME FROM THE BOTTOM, NOW 
WE'RE HERE!
WE'RE SO HAPPY, MAN!
IT'S THE BEST FEELING TO BE IN 
TORONTO RIGHT NOW!
THE BEST CITY!
TORONTO, WE DID IT!
WE WANTED TO WIN HERE AND WE 
HAVE FINALLY.
>> Reporter: AS A FORMER 
TORONTONIAN WHO NOW LIVES IN 
AUSTRALIA, BUT HAS HAD THIS 
OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK, I'VE 
SEEN YOU.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU OVER THE 
LAST COUPLE OF HOURS, REUNITING 
WITH SO MANY FRIENDS, SO MANY 
RAPTORS FANS.
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE 
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU 
KIND OF LEFT IN A PREVIOUS LIFE 
AND NOW RETURNING FOR THIS 
AMAZING MOMENT?
>> REALLY SPECIAL.
WE CAN'T REALLY PUT INTO 
TWOEERSES.
-- WORDS.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY AND CITY 
TOGETHER.
FAMILIES.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL, MAN.
LIKE, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO MY 
BROTHER FOR 10 YEARS!
AND HE'S RIGHT BESIDE ME RIGHT 
NOW!
SO THAT SHOULD TELL A LOT.
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE, MAN.
IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL TIME.
WE WANTED TO WIN HERE!
MASAI BELIEVED.
HE -- I'M SPEECHLESS.
>> Reporter: YOU ARE SPEECHLESS.
AND LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS 
CROWD, THE ONLY WORDS THEY CAN 
MUSTER ARE CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT 
RIGHT NOW.
AS WE WAIT IN THESE LAST COUPLE 
OF MOMENTS FOR THE PLAYERS TO 
COME TO WHERE WE'RE STANDING AT 
JURASSIC PARK AND I WAS SAYING 
IT EARLIER HOW EMOTIONAL AND 
IMPORTANT THIS PART OF THE 
PARADE IS.
[CHEERING]
BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN THE FOCAL 
POINT OF THESE PLAYOFFS.
THIS IS WHERE THEIR HOME ARENA 
IS AND WHETHER THEY WERE 
PLAYING AT HOME OR PLAYING 
AWAY, PEOPLE HAVE CAMPED OUT 
HERE IN HUGE NUMBERS TO BE A 
PART OF THIS PLAYOFF RUN.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 
DIDN'T MISS THIS MOMENT.
SO NOW TODAY, TO GET TO 
CELEBRATE IN SUCH A LOUD, 
BOISTEROUS WAY --
[CHEERING]
IS JUST THE ICING ON THE CAKE.
[CHEERING]
AS YOU CAN SEE , THE JIB IS NOW 
COMING THROUGH WITH THE 
OFFICIAL CAMERAS, THE POOL 
CAMERAS AND THESE CROWDS.
THEY KNOW IT.
THIS MEANS THAT THE PLAYERS ARE 
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER SO 
CLOSE TO THEM.
IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE THEY'RE SO 
CLOUD THAT YOU THINK THEY'D BE 
SEEING KAWHI LEONARD ALREADY, 
BUT NO, NONE OF THESE PLAYERS 
HAVE HAD A CHANCE YET TO SEE 
THEM.
BUT AS SOON AS THEY DO, I CAN 
ONLY IMAGINE IT IS GOING TO BE 
ABSOLUTELY DEAFENING.
AND IT IS THE KIND OF VOLUME 
AND KIND OF EXCITEMENT THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR FOR.
>> AS THE TEAM AMBASSADOR RAPS, 
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE.
>> Adrienne: NO KIDDING.
MAJOR RESPECT TO NOT JUST THE 
POLICE BUT ALSO THE CROWDS HERE 
GENERALLY.
WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF PEOPLE 
GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP 
OTHERS.
THERE WAS, I THINK, SOME FOLKS 
IN WHEELCHAIRS WHO WERE 
STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT IN THE 
CROWD AND EVERYBODY JUST PARTED 
WAYS AND PICKED THEM UP, HELPED 
THEM GET OUT OF THERE AND GET 
TO SAFETY.
AND THEN JUST CARRIED ON WITH 
THEIR DAY.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR 
BEING SUPER SUPPORTIVE AND KIND 
AND  PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE SORT OF 
SPIRIT THE TEAM WANTED TO SEE 
LIVE TODAY.
>> AND EXEMPLIFIES THIS AND 
WE'RE LIVING IT TODAY AND HOPE 
TO CONTINUE THAT.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THIS 
AND PARTY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
ANY FINAL WORDS ON THIS SEASON?
AND ON THIS GREAT RIDE FOR YOUR 
TEAM?
>> TORONTO, YOU GUYS DESERVE 
THIS.
THIS IS 24 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
WE FINALLY DID IT.
REMEMBER, WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH 
THIS TEAM IN THE NEXT YEARS, 
ALWAYS SUPPORT THEM.
WHATEVER PLAYERS WE GET, ALWAYS 
CHEER THEM ON BECAUSE THIS IS 
CANADA'S TEAM.
NOT TORONTO'S, LIKE I SAID.
THIS IS CANADA'S.
ALWAYS SUPPORT THIS TEAM.
AND REMEMBER THIS DAY BECAUSE 
THIS IS OUR DAY.
>> Adrienne: YOU ARE AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Adrienne: REALLY NICE TO 
MEET YOU.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO KEEP 
WATCHING YOU ON CBC KID NEWS.
>> I'LL KEEP WATCHING YOU GUYS.
>> Adrienne: CHEERS.
>> LOTS OF FUN HERE.
WE KNOW MAYOR TORY HAS 
PROCLAIMED THIS DAY "WE THE 
NORTH" DAY AS WE CELEBRATE THIS 
RAPTORS VICTORY.
THIS TEAM INSPIRED PEOPLE 
ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY 
THROUGH THEIR DETERMINATION OUT 
THERE.
THAT'S WHAT I REALLY LIKED 
ABOUT THIS TEAM.
WHEN YOU LOOKED AT IT ON PAPER, 
OTHER THAN SUPERSTAR KAWHI WHO 
IS A TOP FIVE PLAYER AND NOW IN 
THE TOP TWO, THREE AND MAYBE 
EVEN NUMBER ONE, IF YOU ARE 
WATCHING BASKETBALL, EVEN 
VEGAS, ADRIENNE, EVEN AFTER 
WINNING GAMES IN THE PLAYOFFS, 
THEY STILL HAD US AS UNDERDOGS 
AND THINK THAT IS PART OF WHY 
WE FEEL SO GOOD TODAY IS THAT 
WE REALLY DID OVERCOME.
THE ODDS.
THE ODDS.
>> Adrienne: AND AGAIN, THERE'S 
THAT "WE."
EVERYONE HAS A COLLECTIVE 
OWNERSHIP OVER WHAT'S JUST 
HAPPENED HERE.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND 
JOINING US NOW.
>> Adrienne: EVERY TIME WE TURN 
AROUND, SOMEBODY ELSE SLIDES 
INTO THE CHAIR.
WONDERFUL.
>> THIS MAN HAS BEEN A FAN.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING BASKETBALL 
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> LONG TIME!
>> I KNOW HE LOVES THE GAME.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY, 
STROMBO?
>> I AM -- I WAS AN NBA 
REPORTER WHEN THE RAPS FIRST 
CAME TO TOWN.
WE WERE DOING PHONE CALLS ON 
THE AIR ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD 
CALL THIS TEAM.
I WAS THERE COVERING THE 
VISITING DRESSING ROOM PLAYING 
AT SKYDOME IN THE GARDENS AND 
PEOPLE LOOKED AT THIS AND 
THOUGHT WHY BASKETBALL?
BUT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WERE 
ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS DIDN'T 
COVER THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE CAME 
FROM SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT 
THIS COULD HAPPEN.
THIS IS SO EXCITING.
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT I'VE 
NEVER BEEN SO NERVOUS WATCHING 
SPORTS IN MY LIFE.
[PLEASE STAND BY]
>> IF WE GET MORE GREAT, WE KNEW
IT COMING IN.
THIS IS THE MOST BUDDHIST RUN
EVER.
THIS IS OUR TIME.
THIS IS OUR SHOT.
CAN WE BEAT THAT REGULAR SEASON
M.V.P. EASILY.
ORLANDO PUT A SCARE IN US.
THAT'S FLORIDA.
THEY DO THAT TO ALL OF US.
[Laughter]
PHILLY HAD A BENCH.
NEVER MIND K.D. IS HURT.
THAT'S BASKETBALL.
KAWHI GETS THE END OF THE RUN
WITH THE MIAMI HEAT, ENDS THE
RUN OF THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
AND BY LEAVING THE SPURS THE WAY
HE DID, HE ENDS THE SPURS.
KAWHI IS THE FRANCHISE KILLER.
AND THAT'S --
>> Dwight: DID YOU SEE THE STUFF
ON-LINE WITH HIM BEING KING OF
THE NORTH.
>> "GAME OF THRONES" AND THE
SWORD.
THE FACT THAT NOBODY DRAFTED
HIGHER THAN 15.
THIS IS ABOUT MASAI.
I LIKE IT WHEN THE WHOLE
FRANCHISE PLAYS A ROLE.
WASN'T IT LIKE, OH, WE JUST GOT
KAWHI.
KAWHI DID HIS JOB.
WHEN KAWHI WASN'T SCORING,
TELEVISION ALL D-- IT WAS ALL
"D."
>> Adrienne: WHAT DOES IT DO FOR
ANOTHER APPETITE IN CANADA?
>> I THINK WE RIPPED OFF
VANCOUVER.
THEY SHOULD HAVE STILL BEEN
HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE CAN BE
ANOTHER FRANCHISE.
MAYBE THERE IS.
A BIG DRAKE -- DRAKE HERE?
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Dwight: DRAKE IS NOT HERE.
>> I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
MASH-UP OF THE GAME IN MUSIC.
LET'S GET OUT THERE WITH THEM.
JEREMY LIN.
>> MORE THAN THE NBA CHAMPIONS.
>> WOW!
>> ALL I SAY IS WOW!
IT'S AWESOME, MAN.
WE'RE HAVING A BLAST.
THE CITY IS RALLYING AROUND US.
AND IT'S JUST -- THE PARADE IS
CRAZY.
MAN, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
>> Reporter: SPEAKING OF FUN,
THE PLAYOFF STRETCH MUST HAVE
BEEN FUN FOR YOU WITH YOUR GROUP
GOING AS FAR AS YOU GUYS DID.
HEY, ERIC IS PHOTO BOMBING THE
HECK OUT OF US RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST -- WHAT ARE
YOU DOING, MAN?
ARE YOU GOOD.
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST MOMENT OR
TAKEAWAY FOR YOU FROM THE
EXPERIENCE?
>> JUST WHAT IT TAKES, MAN.
THE AMOUNT OF HEART AND GUTS AND
BOLDNESS IT TAKES TO WIN IT ALL.
IT'S SO HARD TO WIN IN THE
PLAYOFFS, MAN.
IT'S SO HARD.
IT TAKES EVERY LAST BIT OF WHAT
YOU HAVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO, YOU
KNOW, REALLY SEE FROM A LOT OF
GUYS ON THE TEAM.
>> Reporter: NOW LOOK AT THIS
CROWD, THE COMMUNITY, THE
ATMOSPHERE.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY
THAT RALLIED BEHIND YOU FROM
JURASSIC PARK.
30 OF THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> FROM THE JUMP, MAN.
FROM THE MINUTE I SIGNED HERE,
IT WENT CRAZY.
AND THEY WERE -- ALL THE WAY
THROUGH.
I'M JUST SO THANKFUL, MAN.
HONESTLY I COULDN'T THINK OF A
BETTER CITY TO BRING A
CHAMPIONSHIP TO.
>> Reporter: CONGRATULATIONS,
JEREMY LIN.
NBA CHAMPION.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne: CHECK OUT THAT
JERSEY FROM JEREMY LIN.
RIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO -- OH, THERE'S
NICK NURSE.
WE'RE GOING TO DIP BACK INTO
GREG ROSS, WHO HAS THROWN
HIMSELF OFF THE BUS FOR A
MOMENT.
>> Dwight: THERE HE IS.
>> Reporter: YES.
WE'RE OFF THE BUS NOW.
WE'RE IN FRONT OF THE LINE OF
BUSES.
YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK BACK
THAT WAY, THAT'S SERGE IBAKA UP
THERE.
HE'S GOING TO POP THE CHAMPAGNE
FOR US INTO THE CROWD.
HE'S GOT EVERYBODY GOING HERE.
YOU CAN HEAR EVERYBODY.
[ Cheers ] THERE IT GOES!
OH, WE'RE GETTING SO MANY --
SOAKED DOWN HERE.
THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THIS PARADE.
AND IT'S BEEN A SLOW, SLOW
PARADE.
AND THE PROBLEM IS THERE ARE
JUST SO MANY PEOPLE HERE ON THE
STREETS, COLLAPSING IN IN FRONT
OF THE BUS, EVERYBODY TRYING TO
GET A GLIMPSE OF THESE PLAYER.
EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET A T-AS
CLOSE AS -- GET AS CLOSE AS THEY
CAN.
EVERYBODY WITH THEIR CAMERAS,
THEIR CELL PHONES, EVERYBODY
TRYING TO GET PICTURES.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
AND I THINK THEY ASKED ABOUT
2 MILLION PEOPLE WOULD BE ON THE
STREETS.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT SEEMS
LIKE A LOT MORE.
JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF PEOPLE
ALONG LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD.
THESE FANS ARE GOING CRAZY
BECAUSE THEY'VE JUST REALIZED
THAT IBAKA IS AT THE TOP OF THE
BUS CHEERING AND POLICE HAVE TO
PUSH PEOPLE BACK TO GET THE
BUSES THROUGH.
IT HAS JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
SCENE DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND.
SOMEBODY LIGHTING OFF FIREWORKS
IN THE DISTANCE.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT THIS
IS, GUYS.
>> Dwight: IT REALLY IS AN
INCREDIBLE MOMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, GREG.
WE'LL KEEP OUR EYE ON THE
ACTION.
WE STILL HAVE STROMBO HERE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, OKAY.
>> Adrienne: OH, YES.
>> M.J.
JORDAN.
PUT IT BACK UP.
WE MISSED IT.
>> THE ORIGINAL JORDAN.
I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING M.J.
WE WANT RAPTOR COLOURS, LIKE YOU
HAD THE SHATTERED BACKBOARD.
WE WANT RAPTOR J.'S.
WE WANT RAPTOR J.'S.
>> Dwight: WE GOT A WIN IN THE
FIRST SEASON, YES, WE DID.
MUIR THE MUSIC GUY.
TALK ABOUT THE MASH-UP OF THE
MUSIC WITH THE TEAM, WITH DRAKE.
OUR EMERGENCE AS A GLOBAL MUSIC
POWER IN THIS WORLD, HAS ALSO
KIND OF MIRRORED THE RISE OF
THIS TEAM.
IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE
TOGETHER IN THIS.
>> YOU KNOW THE PHRASE, WE
ALWAYS HEAR THE PHRASE "FOR THE
CULTURE" RIGHT.
THE CULTURE ISN'T JUST THE GAME.
THE CULL SUFFER -- THE CULTURE
IS THE ART THAT COMES WITH IT.
IT'S NOT JUST --
>> Dwight: FROM YOUR SHOES.
>> EXACTLY.
YOU SEE THE BEAUTIFUL MURALS
THAT WERE POPPING UP AROUND THE
CITY.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT FOR HOCKEY
TEAMS THE SAME WAY.
BECAUSE HOCKEY TEAMS -- AND I
LOVE HOCKEY.
WE ALL KNOW THAT.
>> Dwight: YEAH.
[ Cheers ]
>> THE NBA TAKES THE FAN
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PLAYER AND
MUSIC AND DOESN'T TRY TO
SEPARATE IT.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FIT
IN OR GET LOST.
THIS IS ABOUT WE'RE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER.
AND THE MUSIC IS A HUGE PART OF
IT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DRIVING
-- THAT'S THE DRIVING ART FOR
U.N. GENERATIONS.
>> Dwight: OUR GLOBAL AMBASSADOR
IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE GAME.
>> WE'VE GOT DRAKE.
WE'VE GOT THE WEEKND.
JUST OUTSIDE OF TORONTO, YOU'VE
GOT BIEBER.
THIS CITY IS --
>> Dwight: I SAW YOUR THING WITH
JESSE REYES.
ALEXA IS ON FIRE.
AND THEY HAD THE RAPTOR ON STAGE
WITH THEM.
LIKE THIS IS THE CULTURE.
IT'S MUSIC.
>> Adrienne: AM I WRONG ABOUT
THIS, ALSO PART OF THE CULTURE
OF THE NBA THAT ALLOWS THE
PLAYERS TO BE MORE INDIVIDUALS
THAN MAYBE IN SOME OTHER SPORTS.
>> THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING US
ENJOY THIS THE SAME WAY.
WHEN SERGE IBAKA SHOWS UP
WEARING AN AMAZING JACKET, WE
CELEBRATE IT.
THAT ERA IS IMPORTANT FOR A
CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE.
THIS IS WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AT.
RIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT.
I WANT TO SEE THE SWEATERS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE MEMES THAT
MICHAEL JORDAN WORE.
FASHION IS IMPORTANT TO THIS
GENERATION.
THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY IS WALKING
AROUND ROCKIN' THE SUPREMES OR
THE FACT THAT O.V.O. JERSEYS.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME A MUSICIAN
FROM A CITY HAD A JERSEY ON A
PRO SPORT.
>> Adrienne: THAT ALSO SPEAKS TO
THEIR OPINIONS, TOO.
RIGHT, LIKE NBA PLAYERS ARE NOT
SILENT.
>> Dwight: LEBRON SPEAKS UP WHEN
THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
DIFFERENT PLAYERS SPEAK UP WHEN
THINGS ARE HAPPEN.
SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE WITHIN
SOCIETY.
>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO.
AND YOU CAN'T TURN A BLIND EYE
TO WHAT YOUR PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING.
SO NBA PLAYERS -- THE FACT THAT
LEBRON JAMES TWEETED OUT TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND CALLED HIM A "CLOWN" HE'S
SHOUTING OUT THE INJUSTICE THAT
HIS AUDIENCE IS EXPERIENCING.
YOU JUST ACT LIKE THAT'S NOT
THERE, MAKES YOU THINK YOU'RE
BETTER THAN THE FANS.
THEY'RE NOT BETTER.
>> Dwight: THEY'RE NOT SHUTTING
UP AND DRIBBLING.
>> Adrienne: SPEAKING OF STARS
LET'S GO BACK TO CHRIS GLOVER, I
THINK NICK NURSE IS NEARBY.
>> Reporter: THE PARADE IS
OFFICIALLY AT YORK AND BREMNER.
AND YOU ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT
PRETTY WILD FANS HERE AS WELL.
THEY'RE POPPING THE CHAMPAGNE
HERE AND IT IS FLYING ON ALL OF
OUR HEADS.
SO EXCITED TO SEE FOLKS EXACTLY
LIKE NICK NURSE, WHO HAVE
BROUGHT HOME THIS MAJOR TROPHY
TO THE CITY OF TORONTO AND TO
CANADA FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!
TAKE A LISTEN TO SOME OF THE
CHEERS THAT WE ARE HEARING RIGHT
NOW.
>> LET'S GO!
>> Reporter: HEY, GUYS, ARE YOU
EXCITED TO SEE NICK NURSE OR
WHAT?
[Cheers and Applause]
LET KNOW THAT.
GIVE THEM A BIT OF A CHEER.
>> LET THEM KNOW, BABY.
LET THEM KNOW, BABY.
>> Reporter: HEY!
HEY, TELL ME -- ARE YOU HAVING A
GOOD PARADE SO FAR?
>> I'M HAVING A BALL.
>> Reporter: TELL ME WHY.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
>> THE EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY COMING OUT TO
REPRESENT.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A MOMENT
FOR OUR CITY.
AND AS WE SEE THE COACH OF THE
RAPTORS COMING CLOSE, WE KNOW
THAT THE PLAYERS ARE NOT FAR
BEHIND, ADRIENNE AND DWIGHT.
>> Dwight: THANK YOU FOR THAT,
CHRIS.
I'M A BASEBALL HAT GUY.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ROCK A NICK
NURSE HAT.
>> DWANE CASEY.
AND HE ALSO EMPOWERED NICK
NURSE.
HE FOUND THAT GUY FOR US.
>> Dwight: YEAH.
>> DWANE CASEY.
>> Dwight: A LOT OF LOVE TO
DWANE AND DeROZAN FOR THAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
CROSS-CULTURAL POLLINATION A
LITTLE BIT, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE
MASH-UP OF THE ART AND THE
SPORT.
A LOT OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS WANT
TO BE DRAKE AND WANT TO BE
AROUND.
I FEEL LIKE DRAKE HIMSELF, THEY
WANT TO BE BALL PLAYERS.
>> WELL, HE DEFINITELY WANTS TO
BE A BALL PLAYER.
>> Dwight: WE WANT DRAKE'S
PRIVATE JET.
FOR SURE.
>> I THINK IT IS -- AGAIN
THERE'S NOT MUCH DELINEATION
BETWEEN WHO MATTERS TO A
POPULATION.
I THINK IF YOU MATTER, YOU MAKE
CHANGE, THEN THEY'LL SHUT YOU
OUT AND BE A PART OF YOUR STORY.
I THINK DRAKE HAS GOT THAT FOR
SURE.
DRAKE IS BUILT FOR THE HEAT.
[Laughter]
DRAKE -- MASSAGE THE COACH ALL
YOU WANT.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING
THE NAME OF THE TEAM, THEY
THOUGHT THIS WASN'T A TEAM WITH
A WINNING COACH.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT DRAKE WAS
A BIG VOICE IN THE ROOM AT THE
RAPTORS.
>> Adrienne: HE SAID "LEAVE IT."
>> HE SAID WHEN YOU WIN A
CHAMPIONSHIP, WHAT ARE WE GOING
TO RAISE HUSKIES?
NO.
RAPTORS.
DON'T RUN AWAY FROM CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT DRAKE MEANT TO THE
TEAM.
I KNOW THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
LIKES TO HATE ON TORONTO.
BRING IT.
>> Dwight: NOT TODAY.
NOT TODAY.
>> YEAH.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
THAT THERE ISN'T AS BIG OF A
SEPARATION BETWEEN TRADITIONS
AND ATHLETES.
THEY JUMPED ON THAT BANDWAGON
AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
>> Dwight: A PART OF I THINK THE
ALLURE OF WHY PEOPLE -- SO MANY
PEOPLE FROM HERE FROM SO MANY
DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.
BACK IN THE DAY HIP-HOP FANS,
EVERYBODY IS HERE.
>> YOU KNOW THIS.
AND I'M SURE WHEN YOU WATCH NBA
GUESTS GO ON TALK RADIO, THEY
PLAY THE HIP-HOP TRACK.
WHEN THEY HAVE HOCKEY GUESTS
COME ON, THEY PLAY SOME ROCK 'N
ROLL.
>> Adrienne: OLD TIME.
YEAH.
YEAH.
>> BASEBALL I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE PLAYING, BIG BAND MUSIC.
[Laughter]
THIS IS -- THAT'S THE KIND OF
STUFF THAT'S STILL WEIRD KIND OF
-- PEOPLE HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP TO
WHERE WE ARE.
YOU KNOW WHO I HAVE BEEN
TWEETING THE MOST WITH, K.D.
LANG.
>> Adrienne: YOU'RE KIDDING?
>> I THINK SHE'S IN PORTLAND, A
TRAILBLAZER FAN.
SHE WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT
WAS GOING ON HERE.
HOW COULD SHE NOT.
I'M SENDING MESSAGES JUST WOW,
K.D. IS LIKE WOW.
EVERYBODY IS INTO THIS.
I USED TO HAVE HER ON THE SHOW.
MAJOR BASKETBALL FAN.
BUT WE EARNED THIS THE HARD WAY.
THIS IS A HARD THING.
>> Dwight: HUGE.
THE PLAYOFFS OVER THE YEARS.
>> Adrienne: SPEAKING OF IT, I
GOT TO INTERRUPT, POOR OLD CHRIS
GLOVER IS GETTING SOAKED AGAIN.
>> Dwight: EVERYBODY WANTS TO
TALK TO HIM.
>> GO GET IT, C.G.!
>> Dwight: WE REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME, AS ALWAYS, MAN.
>> Adrienne: YOU OKAY, CHRIS?
>> Reporter: YOU JUST SAW HIM A
COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO.
THE PARADE SEEMS TO HAVE STALLED
A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE'RE AT.
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHY.
BUT LET'S GET ONE OF THE
RAPTORS' COACHES HERE, JAMAL,
YOU HEARD THEM YELLING FOR THEM
EARLIER.
HEY, BIG CAT.
WE JUST TALKED A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AGO.
WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN.
HOW AMAZING IS THIS PARADE, AS A
CANADIAN, TO BE HERE IN CANADA,
BACK IN FRONT OF ALL OF THESE
FANS?
>> I'M VERY HUMBLED.
WE WORKED VERY HARD THROUGHOUT
THE COURSE OF THE SEASON.
I'M SO HAPPY FOR THE GUYS ON THE
TEAM THAT WE WON A WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE.
>> Reporter: IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT YOU EVER IMAGINED WE WOULD
BE CELEBRATING IN THIS CITY?
I MEAN, SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
CALLING US UNDERDOGS, NOT
BELIEVING THAT THIS WOULD
HAPPEN.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE SAID TO
THOSE PEOPLE?
>> I HAVE ALWAYS SAID ALL ALONG,
I'M A BIG TORONTO ADVOCATE.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY COULD BEAT
US.
>> Reporter: WHAT'S THE TAKEAWAY
MOMENT FOR YOU IN THIS PARADE?
>> TAKEAWAY MOMENT IS FACT THAT
EVERYBODY IS JUBILANT, EVERYBODY
IS SMILING, EVERYBODY IS HAVING
A GOOD TIME.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT TO PLEASE OUR CROWD.
WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
AND WE WANT TO HAVE FUN.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
AND THEN WHERE DOES THE PRESSURE
GO FROM HERE?
I MEAN, THE RAPTORS -- ARE THEY
FEELING IT?
ARE THEY FEELING THEY NEED TO
DELIVER NEXT YEAR, NOW THAT
THEY'VE BROUGHT HOME THE MASSIVE
TROPHY THIS YEAR?
>> NO.
THE PRESSURE IS TO REPEAT A
CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT WE WANT TO SAVIOUR THE
MOMENT RIGHT NOW.SAVOUR THE
MOMENT.
DO YOU KNOW WHY THE PARADE IS
STOPPED?
>> NO, SIR.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A LOT
LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED.
>> YES.
WE'RE HAPPY.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A LONG
TIME COMING TO GET TO THE
PARADE, TO THIS POINT.
BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
HOW ABOUT YOU, MA'AM?
YOU'VE BEEN UP IN A UNIQUE
POSITION UP THERE THROUGHOUT
THIS PARADE.
HOW ARE THINGS GOING DO YOU
FIND?
>> BEAUTIFUL.
EVERYONE IS INTO IT AND CHEERING
THEM ON.
LET'S GO RAPTORS!
AND THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST
PHENOMENAL.
>> LET'S GO RAPTORS!
>> EVERYONE IS HAVING A GOOD
TIME.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
AND YOU CAN HEAR IT IMPROMPTU
CHEERING IS JUST COMING OUT OF
EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS CROWD.
>> LET'S GO RAPTORS!
>> Reporter: MAN, YOU HAVING A
GOOD TIME?
>> OH, YEAH.
TORONTO DESERVES.
LET'S GO, BABY!
>> Reporter: DESERVE FOR
EVERYBODY WHY THIS IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THE CITY
AND THE COUNTRY?
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE, MAN.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO THE TEAM.
THEY WORKED AIR ASSES OFF EVERY
YEAR.
THE CITY DESERVES.
LET'S GO EVERYBODY.
WE KNEE EVERYBODY CHEERING.
LET'S GO!
[ Cheers ]
>> Reporter: AND SO IF WE JUST
CONTINUE TO WALK DOWN THIS WAY,
JUST A TOUCH, I'LL ASK MY FRIEND
HERE TO DUCK OUT OF THE WAY.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TRUCKS
THAT ARE STOPPED.
THESE ARE THE SPONSORS WAITING
TO CONTINUE THE PARADE.
AND JUST BEYOND THAT YOU CAN SEE
THE INFLATABLE RAPTOR.
THAT MEANS THE PLAYERS ARE
CLOSE.
HEY, YOU GUYS JUST SAW NICK
NURSE.
I SAW YOU GRAB A BOTTLE OF
CHAMPAGNE.
ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD DAY OR
WHAT?
>> THIS IS A GREAT DAY.
OH, MY GOSH!
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED.
SHOUT-OUT TO THE FAMILY.
LET'S HAVE A GOOD TIME!
>> Reporter: WHICH CHAMPION,
WHICH RAPTOR ARE YOU MOST
EXCITED TO SEE AND WHY?
>> KAWHI LEONARD.
AND KYLE, OF COURSE.
AND OH, MY GOD!
INCREDIBLE DAY.
GREAT BANDS, GREAT ENVIRONMENT,
GREAT ATMOSPHERE.
IT'S A GREAT, BEAUTIFUL DAY.
OH, MY GOD!
>> Reporter: IT IS.
ALL OF THE STARS ARE ALIGNING
FOR TORONTO RIGHT NOW.
WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE UNDER
OVERCAST SKIES.
OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THAT
DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WE HAVE FULL SUN.
AND A LOT OF EXCITEMENT HERE.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DELAYED, NOT
ENTIRELY SURE WHY THAT IS.
WHEN YOU TALK TO THE FANS, THEY
DON'T SEEM TO MIND.
I'LL HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND I'VE
BEEN SPEAKING TO THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE THE
PARADE SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING
TO GET TO SEE KAWHI LEONARD AND
THE REST OF THE RAPTORS.
>> I KNOW, THAT'S EXCITING
ACTUALLY.
WE'RE JUST WAITING AND WAITING.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM.
SO YEAH.
>> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK
THIS IS SUCH A BIG MOMENT?
I'VE BEEN ASKING EVERYBODY THIS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS SUCH A
BIG MOMENT FOR OUR CITY AND FOR
TORONTO AND CANADA AS WELL?
>> WOW, THIS IS LIKE A BIG DEAL
FOR US.
LIKE "WE THE NORTH."
I'M SURE, YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING?
NO.
I THINK, YEAH, IT'S A BIG DEAL
FOR US.
>> Reporter: LIKE A LOT OF FANS
HERE, SHE CAME WITH HER KIDS,
MAKING THIS A FAMILY AFFAIR.
THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING
THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING TIME AND
TIME AGAIN.
SO MANY PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHEN
WE'LL HAVE THE
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY
AGAIN.
I THINK THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH
THE ANTICIPATION AND THE
EXCITEMENT, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO
LONG SINCE WE'VE HAD A MAJOR WIN
IN PRO SPORTS LIKE THIS.
A MAJOR PARADE LIKE THIS.
AND HAVING AN ENTIRE CITY
TURNING OUT.
I KEEP ON TURNING AROUND AND
LOOKING, BECAUSE EVERY FEW
MINUTES THERE'S A MASSIVE CHEER.
I JUST ASSUME THE PLAYERS ARE
GOING TO BE RIGHT BEHIND US.
SO FAR THEY HAVEN'T COME THROUGH
THIS PART JUST YET.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE
A MAGICAL MOMENT WHEN THEY DO.
AND A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS
BECAUSE THIS, OF COURSE, IS
THEIR HOME ARENA.
WE ARE JUST STEPS AWAY FROM
SCOTIABANK ARENA, WHERE THE
RAPTORS PLAY, WHERE SO MANY
PEOPLE CAMPED OUTSIDE OF.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO COME AND
CELEBRATE THIS PARADE RIGHT HERE
CLOSE TO JURASSIC PARK?
>> 24 YEARS, MAN.
24 YEARS.
>> I EARNED IT.
WE EARNED IT.
WE THE NORTH, BABY!
THAT'S WHY.
[Laughter]
BUT I WILL SAY ONE THING,
HONESTLY AND TRULY, KAWHI, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE THIS, YOU ARE THE GREATEST
BASKETBALL PLAYER I HAVE
PERSONALLY WITNESSED PLAY THIS
GAME.
NOW IT IS A DREAM COME TRUE TO
HAVE HIM IN MY CITY.
SO I WILL SAY, BOARD MAN, STAY,
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET
PAID.
LET'S GO!
>> Reporter: AND THAT'S THE KIND
OF SALES PITCH THAT I THINK
MIGHT WORK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Reporter: SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO GET KAWHI LEONARD
TO STAY IN OUR FINE CITY.
THEY HAVE BEEN OFFERING HIM
CONDOS, DEGREES, THEY'VE BEEN
OFFERING HIM FREE MEALS.
I DON'T KNOW.
TONS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OFFERING IT
KAWHI LEONARD TO HAVE HIM STAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,.
>> Adrienne: AND DWIGHT, BUT I
THINK A PARADE AND A TURNOUT OF
THIS SIZE, MAYBE THAT WILL DO
IT.
>> Adrienne: WHAT MORE DOES HE
WANT REALLY?
>> Dwight: WE'RE DOING OUR BEST
TO SHOW HIM THE BEST.
>> Adrienne: CHRIS, THANKS VERY
MUCH.
WE'RE TALKING BASKETBALL, THAT'S
SERIOUS SKATING YOU JUST DID
THAT.
VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT.
>> Dwight: GOOD HANDLING.
YOU HEARD THAT LINE THERE, WE
SAID THE BOARD MAN, NOW I HAVE
SEEN THAT ON T-SHIRTS, IT SAIDS
"BOARD MAN GETS -- IT'S A LINE
FROM KAWHI THAT HIS COLLEGE
TEAMMATES SAY HE USED TO SAY, IF
YOU GET THE REBOUNDS, GET THE
POSITION BACK FOR YOUR TEAM,
BOARD MAN GETS PAID.
SO HE USED TO GO AFTER THE
REBOUNDS.
I'M SEEING THE SHIRTS.
HE'S A MAN OF FEW WORDS, WE LIKE
THAT ONE.
"BOARD MAN GETS PAID."
GET THE REBOUNDS, GET BOXED OUT
AS WE YELL FROM THE STANDS.
YOU KNOW WHO GETS A LOT OF
REBOUNDS FOR A LITTLE GUY?
>> Adrienne: WHO IS THAT.
>> Dwight: MR. KYLE LOWRY.
GREG ROSS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM
EARLIER.
>> Adrienne: HE'S UNSTOPPABLE,
THIS GUY.
>> ARE WE LIVE?
WE'RE NOT LIVE.
I'M NOT GOING TO CURSE.
BUT IT'S UNBELIEVABLE!
WE'VE GOT OUR FAMILY, OUR
FRIENDS HERE.
WE'VE GOT FRIENDS HERE, DRAKE
BACK THERE.
WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY HERE.
THE CITY IS AMAZING.
LOOK AT THE TURNOUT.
AND WE AIN'T EVEN HALFWAY THERE,
WE'VE BEEN ON THE BUS FOR TWO
HOURS.
>> Adrienne: OKAY.
GOOD THING KYLE LOWRY HAS GOOD
AIM.
THAT MIGHT HAVE COME OUT OF
GREG'S PAYCHEQUE.
>> Dwight: YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE
GOT LOVE FOR YOU, TOO, KYLE
LOWRY.
>> Adrienne: I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE
AN HOUR AND 15, HOUR AND 20
MINUTES AWAY.
>> Dwight: WE WERE SUPPOSE TO BE
HEADING BACK BY NOW.
>> Adrienne: NO.
NO.
TIME IS ELASTIC HERE IN A CITY
THAT'S BECOME JURASSIC PARK.
BEHIND US HERE THE CROWDS 5,000
PLUS WE UNDERSTAND.
JUST AT NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE
ALONE.
SO MANY MORE MULTIPLES OF THAT.
WE DO HEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE
ASKING FOR WATER, WHEREVER THEY
ARE.
STANDING IN THE SUN, IT'S A
LITTLE COOL TODAY, BUT STANDING
IN THE SUN IS ALWAYS SOMETHING
THAT IS HARD.
>> Dwight: HAVE TO STAY
HYDRATED.
>> Adrienne: YOU SEE THE TTC
LOGO ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR
SCREEN.
A NUMBER OF STATIONS HAVE HAD TO
CLOSE.
>> Dwight: YOU'RE NOT GETTING
INTO THE STATION RIGHT NOW.
>> Adrienne: OR OUT OF IT.
AND THE REASON IT SEEMS THAT WHY
THEY STOPPED IT, IS NOT BECAUSE
PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT,
THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO GET
DOWNTOWN.
>> Dwight: YEAH.
>> Adrienne: I THINK AT THIS
POINT, YOU KNOW WHAT FIND
YOURSELF A TELEVISION.
>> Dwight: AND HANG OUT WITH.
>> Adrienne: AND I.
>> Adrienne: YEAH.
>> Dwight: GREG ROSS IS STILL
DOWN IN THAT CROWD HAVING SOME
FUN.
GREG, WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> Reporter: STILL ON YORK
STREET.
WE'RE NOT MOVING.
WE'VE COMED TO A COMPLETE
STANDSTILL, COMPLETE BOTTLENECK
JUST DOWN YORK STREET.
LOOK AT THESE FANS SOAKING IT
IN, GETTING A NICE LONG LOOK AT
THE BUSES WITH THE PLAYERS.
A BIG TREAT FOR THESE FANS.
AND LOOK HOW DEEP THIS CROWD IS.
THERE ARE -- IT'S GOT TO BE AT
LEAST 20 TO 30 PEOPLE DEEP LINED
UP ALONG YORK STREET HERE TO GET
A GLIMPSE OF THESE PLAYERS.
LET'S GO FOR A WALK HERE.
WE'VE GOT SOME OF TORONTO'S
FINEST HERE.
JEFF WITH 14 DIVISION, A BIKE
TOP HERE.
HELPING THESE GUYS OUT.
HOW ARE THINGS GOING SO FAR?
>> IT'S PRETTY CHAOTIC.
BUT IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
>> Reporter: HE'S WALKING AROUND
SMILING.
YOU LOVE IT.
HE'S LOVING IT.
HE LOVES IT.
THE BUSES ARE GOING TO COME BY
US HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO WALK DOWN AND GET
A LOOK AT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING
ON TOP OF THESE BUSES.
SO THIS IS SERGE IBAKA'S BUS.
WE'VE GOT A HONK THERE FROM
SERGE'S BUS.
WE'VE GOT NORM POWELL'S BUS AND
CHRIS BOUCHER'S BUS.
YOU CAN SEE CHRIS AT THE FRONT
THERE.
AND WE'LL WAIT FOR THE THIRD
BUS.
THE THIRD BUS IS THE
STAR-STUDDED US ABOUT THAT HAS
KAWHI LEONARD AND KYLE LOWRY AND
DRAKE ON IT.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET BACK
THERE.
KYLE LOWRY JUST LIFTING UP THE
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY AND THESE
FANS ARE GOING CRAZY.
[ Cheers ] HOW EXCITING IS
THIS.
AND KYLE LOWRY, WEARING A DAMON
STOUDEMIRE JERSEY FOR THIS
PARADE, SHOWING -- SHOWING A
LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT FOR THE
FIRST-EVER RAPTOR.
AND THAT'S WHO HE IS WEARING ON
HIS JERSEY AS THE BUS GOES BY
HERE.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ON THE BUSES
HAVE COME DOWN.
DRAKE IS STILL ON THE BUS.
IF WE CAN GET A GLIMPSE OF
DRAKE, HE'S RIGHT THERE.
TAKE A LOOK UP AT DRAKE.
RIGHT OVER HERE.
IF YOU'LL JUST LOOK UP AND
THEY'RE CHANTING "M.V.P.."
BECAUSE RIGHT AT THE BACK IS
KAWHI LEONARD.
I'M LITERALLY WALKING BEHIND
KAWHI, WHO HAS STOOD UP TO
ADDRESS THE CROWD HERE AS THEY
CHANT "M.V.P., M.V.P.."
AND KAWHI HAS BEEN VERY
ANIMATED.
I'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON HIM.
HE'S BEEN UP AND DOWN, HE LOOKS
LIKE HE IS VERY IMPRESSED BY NOT
ONLY THE SHEER SIZE OF THE CROWD
BUT HOW PASSIONATE THE FANS ARE
THERE.
HE'S GETTING A LOOK AT THE
BUSES.
HE'S NOW WAVING TO THE FANS.
THEY CONTINUE TO CHAT AND HE IS
DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BIG ONES
THAT THEY CAME OUT TO SEE HERE
TODAY.
HE'S DONE A LOT OF THIS, JUST
KIND OF LEAPING ON THE RAILING,
JUST SOAKING IT IN, ENJOYING IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE SMILE ON HIS
FACE.
THERE'S HIS M.V.P. TROPHY.
HE'S GOING TO HOLD IT UP NOW.
AND THE FANS OBVIOUSLY REACTING
TO THAT.
[ Cheers ] I HAVE TO SAY THIS
HAS GOT TO BE A SPECIAL MOMENT
FOR KAWHI LEONARD.
DANNY GREEN EARLIER WE SPOKE
ABOUT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN SAN
ANTONIO WHEN THEY WON THE
CHAMPIONSHIP THERE.
AND DANNY GREEN SAID IT WAS NOT
AS BIG AS THIS.
THERE YOU SEE ONE MAN TRYING TO
THROW HIS HAT UP TO GET AN
AUTOGRAPH.
KAWHI JUST WATCHES SAIL BY.
JUST CHAOS HERE AS THESE FANS
HERE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET A
PICTURE.
EVERYBODY HAS GOT A CELL PHONE
IN THEIR HAND.
I SEE PEOPLE HOLDING UP THEIR
KIDS TO GET A LOOK AT KAWHI
LEONARD.
THE SUPERSTAR OF THE RAPTORS.
THE M.V.P. OF THE FINALS.
>> Dwight: TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE, GREG.
>> BECAUSE IN LESS THAN TWO
WEEKS, FREE AGENCY BEGINS.
AND HE IS STILL NOT MADE A
DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE
PLANS TO RE-SIGN WITH THE
RAPTORS.
SO LOOK AT IT, FOLKS.
IF WE COULD TURN THE CAMERA
AROUND, LOOK AT EVERYBODY TRYING
TO GET A SHOT OF KAWHI HERE.
HE'S HOLDING UP HIS TROPHY
AGAIN.
AND THE CROWD IS GOING CRAZY.
JOE, IF YOU CAN GET A SHOT OF
THAT.
>> Adrienne: MR. FUN GUY.
>> Reporter: POLICE ARE TRYING
TO HOLD PEOPLE BACK AS THEY
COLLAPSE IN ON THIS BUS RIGHT
HERE.
IT'S A SURREAL MOMENT.
THERE'S SO MANY FANS.
IT'S SO LOUD.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE SURROUNDED BY
POLICE OFFICERS HERE, TRYING TO
KEEP THINGS UNDER CONTROL.
THESE FANS ARE JUST SO EXCITED
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN
UP-CLOSE LOOK AT KAWHI LEONARD.
>> Dwight: WE'RE TRYING TO GET
AN IDEA OF EXACTLY WHERE THEY
ARE, SO WE CAN SEE IF THEY'RE
COMING.
>> Reporter: THE FANS ARE UP IN
BUILDINGS, ON THE SOME OF THE
ROOFTOPS, SOME OF THE BALCONIES
AND KAWHI PUNCHING HIS FIST
RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT KIDS OVER HERE HANGING
OFF THE LAMPPOSTS.
IF YOU LOOK UP, THERE'S ANOTHER
GENTLEMAN LOOKING DOWN ON KAWHI.
HE HAS A "WE THE NORTH" BANNER
AND KAWHI DOWN HERE WITH A SMILE
ON HIS FACE AS HE'S WATCHING OWL
OF THIS -- ALL OF THIS CHAOS
HAPPEN AROUND HIM.
THE FANS BACK THERE SPRAYING
CHAMPAGNE AND MORE CHAMPAGNE
COMING OFF THE BUS HERE BEHIND
US.
IF YOU LOOK UP, THERE'S PASCAL
SIAKAM, WHO IS ACTUALLY WATCHING
ON AS THESE FANS CLAMOUR TO GET
A LOOK AT THESE PLAYERS.
>> Dwight: IT LOOKED LIKE THE
PARADE HAS TURNED NORTH.
>> Reporter: IF YOU JUST PICK UP
THERE, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET DOUSED
WITH CHAMPAGNE HERE.
>> Dwight: CHAMPAGNE SHOWERS.
>> Adrienne: I THINK WE NEED TO
HANG ON TO THIS MOMENT.
>> Reporter: HERE WE GO.
>> Adrienne: I'M SORRY, GREG,
HERE IT COMES.
>> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT IT'S
ALL ABOUT.
HERE IT COMES.
HE'S TRYING.
HERE WE GO.
[Laughter]
OH!
HERE WE GO.
>> Dwight: THERE IT IS!
[Cheers and Applause]
>> Adrienne: OH, YEAH!
>> Dwight: AND THE CROWD JUST
LOVES IT.
IF YOU'RE HEARING A DEEP
BARITONE VOICE, THAT DOESN'T
SOUND LIKE HIM, WE'VE BEEN
JOINED BY YOUNG ELIJAH FROM CBC
KIDS NEWS.
HE'S LOOKING LIKE A TINY VERSION
OF SPICY P. HIMSELF.
HE'S GOT THE LENGTHY LOOK.
>> Adrienne: IT'S TRUE.
>> Dwight: ARE AWE BALLER THERE,
ELIJAH?
>> I LIKE TO BALL.
>> Dwight: HOW OLD ARE YOU, HOW
TALL ARE YOU?
>> I'M 14 YEARS OLD.
AND I'M AROUND 6 FEET.
>> Adrienne: STOP IT.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
>> Dwight: YOU'RE WELL ON YOUR
WAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE AND THIS
WONDERFUL RUN WITH OUR TORONTO
RAPTORS.
>> OH, IT'S BEEN SURREAL.
HONESTLY AMAZING.
JUST EVERYONE IS JUST GOING
INSANE AROUND THE RAPTORS RIGHT
NOW.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHEN THE
ACTUAL RAPTORS GET HERE.
I WANT TO REALLY SEE THEM.
>> Dwight: WELL, THEY'RE ON THE
ROUTE.
>> Adrienne: IF YOU HAVE A LOOK
AT THE PICTURE THERE, KIND OF
LOOKS LIKE APPROACHING UNION
STATION.
>> Dwight: YES.
COMING PAST.
THE ROYAL YORK ACROSS THE STREET
HEADING NORTHBOUND.
WHICH MEANS THEY'RE WALKING
DISTANCE FROM US, ROLLING
DISTANCE.
>> Adrienne: YOU KNOW, ELIJAH,
YOU KNOW HOW IN THE LAST ONE
MINUTE OF A BASKETBALL GAME, CAN
TAKE LIKE A WEEK AND A HALF.
>> Dwight: YES, IT CAN.
ARE YOU A BANDWAGONNER?
>> Adrienne: I'M LEARNING.
>> Dwight: KNOW YOUR BASKETBALL.
ELIJAH, YOUR FAVOURITE PLAYER,
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE TEAM?
WERE YOU A BELIEVER FROM THE
KAWHI TRADE, JUMP IN IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE SEASON?
WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE?
>> THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>> Adrienne: IT IS.
>> Dwight: YOU TELL US.
LIKE I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY WHEN
DID YOU JUMP ON?
>> ACTUALLY BEFORE THIS I WAS A
SOCCER BOY.
I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN SOCCER.
EVER SINCE I WAS BORN ACTUALLY.
>> Dwight: SOCCER IS GOOD
FOOTWORK TO LEARN WHEN YOU GO
PLAY BASKETBALL.
>> OH, REALLY.
>> Dwight: IT'S GOOD FOR THE
FOOTWORK.
>> UH-HUH.
SO I RECENTLY STARTED GETTING
INVOLVED IN BASKETBALL, WHEN I
WAS LIKE AROUND 13, I'M 14 NOW.
AND CURRENTLY MY FAVOURITE
PLAYER IS KAWHI, BECAUSE OF THE
KLAW, THE BIG HAND.
>> Adrienne: YEAH.
>> AND I PERSONALLY THINK THAT
THE RAPTORS ARE JUST AN AMAZING
TEAM IN GENERAL AND HOPEFULLY
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WIN THE NEXT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> Dwight: DID WHEN YOU BELIEVE
THAT THEY COULD DO THIS?
AT WHAT POINT DID YOU THINK YOU
COULD BE LEAVING IN A
CHAMPIONSHIP CITY LIKE THIS?
>> ACTUALLY I DIDN'T KNOW.
I'M KIND OF --
>> Dwight: BE HONEST.
YEAH.
YEAH.
>> I'M BEING REALLY HONEST, KIND
OF BANDWAGON MYSELF.
>> Adrienne: EXACTLY.
THANK YOU.
>> Dwight: IT'S OKAY.
NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A
BANDWAGON.
YOU DON'T GET 2 MILLION PEOPLE
HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF 2 MILLION.
ARE YOU NOW A RAPS' FAN FOR
LIFE?
>> I'M A DIE-HARD RAPS' FANS.
I DID THINK GOLDEN STATE WOULD
HAVE IT.
>> Dwight: YOU THOUGHT GOLDEN
STATE WAS GOING TO WIN IT?
>> I DID.
>> Adrienne: WE'RE GOING BACK TO
POOR OLD GREG ROSS.
I KNOW HE -- HE KIND OF LOVES
BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS,
RIGHT, GREG.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
TOTALLY DO.
LOOK AT THIS CRAZINESS.
WE HAVE A CHANT GOING.
LET'S GO RAPTORS.
JUST UP ABOVE THESE GUYS,
SOMEBODY SITTING ON A LIGHT POST
TO TRY AND GET A BETTER LOOK AT
WHAT'S HAPPENING, AS THESE BUSES
CONTINUE TO TRY AND PUSH THROUGH
THIS CROWD.
I MEAN, HOW EXCITING IS THIS
MOMENT.
>> RAPTORS!
RAPTORS!
>> WE'VE GOT THIS!
>> Reporter: IS KAWHI GOING TO
RE-SIGN?
>> YES.
[ Cheers ]
>> Reporter: THEY ALL SAY YES.
THEY'RE ALL GETTING SHOWERED
WITH CHAMPAGNE.
SO IF YOU LOOK JUST OVER HERE,
THAT'S SCOTIABANK ARENA.
WE'RE RIGHT ON YORK AND BREMNER
BOULEVARD HERE, JUST PASSING THE
ACTUAL JURASSIC PARK.
BUT THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN HAS
BECOME JURASSIC PARK.
AND AGAIN THE "M.V.P." CHANTS
BEGIN.
EVERYWHERE KAWHI GOES, HE'S
HOLDING UP THE M.V.P. TROPHY
RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK ON THAT
BUS.
HE'S GOT DRAKE WITH HIM ON
THERE.
HE'S GOT KYLE LOWRY, HE'S
HOLDING THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.
THAT'S A STAR-STUDDED BUS.
YOU COME OVER HERE, YOU CAN SEE
DRAKE.
DRAKE IS JUST KIND OF HANGING
OFF THE SIDE OVER THERE.
[Cheers and Applause]
GETTING A LOOK AT THIS CROWD.
I SHOULD SEE IF I CAN GET
UNDERNEATH TO THROW HIM MY
MICROPHONE.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CLIP.
DRAKE IS GETTING THE CROWD FIRED
UP HERE.
I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT
UNDERNEATH DRAKE IF I CAN.
DRAKE!
WE'RE LIVE.
WE'RE LIVE.
>> Dwight: HERE'S DRAKE RIGHT
NOW.
MAYBE HE CAN GET IT TO HIM.
>> Reporter: I'M GOING TO THROW
THE MIC TO DRAKE.
>> Dwight: YOU'RE GOING TO DO
WHAT?
>> COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE
BIG CITY WITH THE GREATEST IN
THE WORLD OF CHAMPIONS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THIS IS.
HE'S GOT A NICE PLAID JACKET.
WE'RE ALL HERE.
HEY!
[ Cheers ] WE'VE GOT ONE.
LOOK AT THIS.
>> THAT WAS AMAZING.
I MEAN, THANK YOU, DRAKE.
GREAT MOMENT.
LOOK AT THESE FANS JUST SOAKING
IT IN.
DRAKE KIND OF PLAYS WITH
EVERYBODY.
NOW I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO
HEAR WHAT DRAKE SAID, SO I HOPE
IT WAS ALL ABOVE BOARD.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT DOWN
HERE, GUYS.
I'LL THROW IT BACK TO YOU.
>> Adrienne: WELL, YOU WERE AS
SMOOTH AS BUTTER, MR. GREG ROSS.
THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
>> Dwight: OH, WOW!
INTREPID REPORTER.
GREG ROSS THROWING THE MIC UP TO
OUR SUPERSTAR AND OUR TOTAL
AMBASSADOR DRAKE.
DRAKETIC -- DRAKE TAKING THE
MICIS AND DOING A SHOUT-OUT.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
GREG ROSS HAS BEEN OUR M.V.P.
THROUGHOUT THE COVERAGE.
ELIJAH, YOU'RE A DRAKE FAN?
>> YES, OF COURSE.
>> Dwight: DID YOU NOT JUST SEE
THAT.
HE'S ON THE WAY HERE, RIGHT.
>> UH-HUH.
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
>> Dwight: IT REALLY WAS.
>> IT MUST HAVE BEEN COOL FOR
THE KIDS TO SEE DRAKE IN PERSON.
>> Dwight: AS WE LISTEN TO HIM.
I THINK IN THE SQUARE HERE,
ADRIENNE, THEY SHOULD BE PLAYING
ALL DRAKE.
>> Adrienne: REALLY SHOULD.
>> Dwight: ALL DRAKE, ALL THE
TIME.
>> ESPECIALLY STARTING FROM THE
BOTTOM.
REALLY DID START FROM THE BOTTOM
24 YEARS AGO.
>> Dwight: 16-WIN SEASON AND NOW
WE'RE HERE.
>> Adrienne: WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE, ELIJAH AND DWIGHT, AS WE
WAIT.
POLICE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO
MOVE AWAY FROM THERE A LITTLE
BIT.
WE HAVE TO SPREAD THIS OUT.
TOO MANY PEOPLE DOWN HERE.
I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO GET
THEM TO MOVE NORTH TOWARDS YONGE
AND DUNDAS.
AWAY FROM CITY HALL.
>> Dwight: THE PARADE WINDS ITS
WAY, PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING IT
HERE TO NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE.
BUT THERE WILL NOT BE ROOM FOR
YOU WHEN YOU GET HERE, BECAUSE
THERE'S ALREADY 50,000 PEOPLE
PACKED INTO THE SQUARE.
I'M SURE IT'S WELL ABOVE
CAPACITY ALREADY.
GET THE MESSAGE TO ANYONE, IF
YOU'RE TRYING TO COME TO NATHAN
PHILLIPS SQUARE THERE WILL --
BETTER OFF TO GO TO YONGE AND
DUNDAS OR THE OTHER SATELLITE
LOCATIONS AROUND THE DOWNTOWN.
>> Adrienne: IT'S REALLY THE
ONLY WAY TO KEEP IT SAFE AND
KEEP IT CLASSY AND KEEP
EVERYBODY OKAY IS JUST TO SORT
OF EASE UP ON THE NUMBERS.
>> Dwight: YEAH.
>> THE NUMBERS.
>> Dwight: A LOT OF LITTLE ONES
HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THIS
BEING A GENERATIONAL
CELEBRATION.
GRANDPARENTS ARE HERE, PARENTS
ARE HERE, KIDS HERE, BABIES
HERE.
AND IT'S REALLY EASY FOR KIDS TO
GET LOST.
SO PARENTS ARE TRYING TO HOLD ON
TO KIDS TIGHT.
AND, FOLKS, AS WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THIS WHOLE TIME, KEEP IT
CLASSY, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: WHAT MAKES IT HARD,
TOO, PEOPLE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE
HERE FOR QUITE THIS LONG.
AT SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY
WOULD BE ON THEIR WAY HOME.
AND YET THE PARADE HASN'T EVEN
ARRIVED.
THEY KNOW IF YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE
NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
I SWEAR -- MY BANDWAGON FRIEND,
I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE
TROPHY.
A WHOLE BUNCH OF KIDS WILL LEARN
HOW TO DRAW THIS THING.
ABOUT TO TIP INTO THE NET,
RIGHT.
>> Dwight: IT'S NAMED AFTER
FORMER NBA COMMISSIONER LARRY
O'BRIEN.
PERSONALLY I THINK THEY NEED TO
CHANGE THE NAME, NOW THAT A
CANADIAN TEAM HAS WON.
>> Adrienne: JAMES NAISMITH.
>> Dwight: THE HIGH -- THE GUY
WHO INVENTED THE GAME.
HE CUT THE HOLE AND SO WE COULD
HAVE THE WONDERFUL GAME OF
BASKETBALL.
NOW, ELIJAH, YOU SAID YOU'RE
LATE TO THE GAME.
DID YOU REALLY ENJOY THIS RUN
WITH YOUR FRIENDS?
>> OH, YEAH, OF COURSE.
EVERY GAME I I WAS WITH MY
FRIENDS WATCHING.
>> Adrienne: WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN
SCHOOL THE MORNING AFTER A BIG
GAME, LIKE LOTS OF SLEEPY FACES?
>> LIKE USUALLY WHEN I GO BACK
TO SCHOOL AFTER THEY WIN, LIKE
MY ENTIRE CLASSROOM IS SO HYPED.
IT'S LIKE A GREAT ENVIRONMENT
MOST OF THE TIME.
>> Dwight: SHOUT-OUT TO YOUR
SCHOOL.
>>
#alexanderMcKENZIEHIGHSCHOOL
>> Adrienne: IT'S AMAZING
SCHOOLS HAVE OFFICIAL
NATASHATAGS.
YOU TALK ABOUT SOCCER A LITTLE
BIT.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SPORT?
>> I'D SAY BEFORE MY FAVOURITE
SPORT WAS SOCCER.
NOW WITH THE RECENT SUCCESS OF
BASKETBALL, AND HOW IT'S LIKE
KIND OF CHANGING THE WORLD A
LITTLE BIT, I THINK MY FIRST
LOVE IS BASKETBALL AT THE
MOMENT.
>> Dwight: WOULD YOU SAY
CHANGING THE WORLD, DO YOU MEAN
IN THE WAY IT'S BRINGING US
TOGETHER?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT YOU
SAID, IT'S BRINGING US TOGETHER.
I NOTICED A LOT OF KIDS AND
FAMILIES ARE ALL LIKE WANTING TO
PLAY BASKETBALL MORE.
AND ALSO WITH KAWHI, HOW HIS DAD
PASSED AWAY AND MOSTLY DOING
THIS FOR HIS DAD.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST LIKE
REALLY AMAZING.
>> Adrienne: A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN
RELATE, EH.
>> Dwight: INSPIRATIONAL.
LET'S HEAD BACK NOW TO THE MAN
IN THE THICK OF IT RIGHT NOW.
HE WAS RIGHT WHERE JURASSIC PARK
WAS, WHICH IS -- JURASSIC PARK
IS KIND OF TURNING UP, THESE
KIND OF PARTIES ARE TURNING UP
ALL OVER THE NBA NOW.
WE STARTED IT RIGHT HERE AT THAT
SPOT WHERE CHRIS GLOVER IS RIGHT
NOW.
>> Reporter: HEY, GUYS.
WELL, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT AND
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ALL AROUND ME ON EVERY SIDE.
[ Cheers ] YOU CAN HEAR -- ANY
TIME NIP TALKS ON TV RIGHT NOW,
THEY'RE JUST LIT.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EVEN
TRIPPING OVER OUR CORDS, CAREFUL
ABOUT THAT.
HEY, YOU, YOU'VE BEEN MARCHING.
WHAT'S THIS LIKE?
>> YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
BLESSING.
CANADIAN WAY, BABY!
>> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
>> LET'S GO RAPTORS!
>> Reporter: YOUR NAME IS
TORONTO RAPTORS.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, PAL?
>> DEVON.
>> Reporter: TELL ME WHAT IS IT
LIKE TO BE MARCH IN THIS PARADE
WITH THE TORONTO RAPTORS?
>> IT'S WONDERFUL.
YEAH.
I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE -- I'VE
NEVER BEEN.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
>> Reporter: TO BE HONEST, NONE
OF US HAVE BEEN IN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS BEFORE.
IT'S SO HISTORIC.
AND THIS IS A REALLY A MOMENT
FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> Adrienne: WE'LL SEND IT BACK
DOWN TO GREG ROSS.
AFTER THE LAST PERFORMANCE, I
CAN'T IMAGINE HOW YOU TOP THAT.
>> Dwight: HOW DO YOU GET DRAKE.
[Cheers and Applause]
>> Reporter: I GOT TO TELL YOU,
WE'RE IN A LOCATION RIGHT NOW
THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY CHAOTIC.
WE'RE UNDER THE BRIDGE, JUST
PAST BREMNER BOULEVARD.
THESE ARE THE TRAIN TRACKS GOING
TO UNION STATION ABOVE US.
AND HERE WE HAVE THE BUSES.
I MEAN, THEIR HEADS ARE SCRAPING
THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE HERE.
IT IS SO DEAFENING LOUD UNDER
THIS BRIDGE.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE PACKED
HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE JUST
PACKED IN THERE UNDER THE BRIDGE
AND SCREAMING AND CHANTING.
CHANTING "DRAKE" RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT SOME KILL
LITTLE KIDS.
IT IS SO LOUD IN HERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE WAITING HERE TO GET A
GLIMPSE.
>> THREE HOUR.
THREE HOURS.
>> Reporter: THREE, FOUR HOURS.
IT'S A LONG TIME.
WHAT TIME DID YOU GET THESE GUYS
HERE THIS MORNING?
>> 8:00 THIS MORNING.
>> YOU GOT FRONT ROW.
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: YOU GOT THE FRONT
ROW.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: IT IS SO LOUD UNDER
THIS BRIDGE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN -- I THINK I'M
GOING TO LOSE MY HEARING UNDER
HERE.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE
EXPERIENCING SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
>> Reporter: WHO IS YOUR
FAVOURITE PLAYER, GUYS?
>> KAWHI!
>> KAWHI!
>> Reporter: KAWHI LEONARD.
HE'S LITERALLY -- KAWHI LEONARD
LITERALLY JUST WENT PAST US.
YOUR FAVOURITE PLAYER IS JUST
STEPS AWAY.
HOW AMAZING IS THIS TO LOOK UP
AND SEE HIM?
>> GOOD.
>> AWESOME!
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO PULL AWAY HERE,
BECAUSE THE BUSES ARE STARTING
TO MOVE.
THANKS, GUYS.
I MEAN, AGAIN THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLE SCENE MAKING OUR WAY
UNDER THE BRIDGE HERE.
IT IS SO LOUD.
I CAN'T EVEN DO IT JUSTICE.
[Laughter]
WE'VE GOT MORE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES
THAT ARE STARTING TO UNCORK
HERE.
FANS GETTING SPRAYED.
[Cheers and Applause]
LET'S GO RAPTORS!
LET'S GO RAPTORS!
>> Reporter: CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE.
>> Dwight: I THINK BEING UNDER
THE BRIDGE, GREG IS BREAKING UP
A LITTLE BIT.
QUICKLY I WANT TO SAY ONE OF THE
POLICE OFFICERS THAT WAS RIGHT
BEHIND HIM THERE, HIS NAME IS
LAWRENCE.
HE'S AN OFFICER HERE AT 52
DIVISION.
WE WERE ON THE JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM TOGETHER.
AND I JUST SPOTTED LAWRENCE
RIGHT THERE BEHIND HIM.
AND I KNOW HE'S A BALL FAN AND
GOING CRAZY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S
WORKING, TRYING TO KEEP
EVERYBODY SAFE TODAY.
>>
>> Adrienne: NO KIDDING.
PART OF THAT TELLING THE PLAYERS
TO DUCK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
>> Dwight: LET'S HEAD BACK TO
CHRIS GLOVER.
WE MIGHT AS WELL STAY IN THE
THICK OF THE ACTION WITH YOU
THERE, CHRIS.
>> Reporter: HEY, GUYS.
SORRY, IT'S VERY HARD TO HEAR
PEOPLE AROUND HERE.
THE PARADE JUST WENT THROUGH.
THEY'RE HAVING A WILD TIME.
[Cheers and Applause]
THEY DIDN'T SAY MUCH BUT I THINK
THEIR CHEERS SAID IT ALL.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHAMPAGNE
FLYING OFF OF THESE BUSES, YOU
CAN IMAGINE PEOPLE ARE -- I PLAN
TO GIVE THAT TO YOU, DWIGHT.
>> Adrienne: NICE.
>> Reporter: IT IS SOMETHING TO
REMEMBER.
AND I AM JUST SO PRIVILEGED TO
BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT
ALL.
[ Cheers ] EVERY SINGLE PERSON
YOU MEET IS SMILING, THEY'RE
HAPPY.
THEY ARE LIVING THE DREAM, THE
MOMENT.
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE TELLING
ME THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT WORK
TODAY, BUT WE WON'T TELL.
IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS GOING LIVE
ACROSS THE NATION OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
[ Cheers ] THEY ARE SCREAMING
FOR THEIR FAVOURITE PLAYERS.
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
KAWHI LEONARD, IF YOU HAVE NOT
JUST GOTTEN A PERSONAL LOVE SIGN
FROM THE CITY OF TORONTO AND THE
COUNTRY OF CANADA, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT MORE WE COULD DO TO GET YOU
TO STAY IN OUR FINE CITY, TO
HAVE A RESPONSE LIKE THIS.
PEOPLE HAVE WAITED DESPERATELY
FOR FOR TWO DECADES, GUYS.
>> Dwight: YEAH.
>> Adrienne: WE'RE JUST PAUSING
FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE THE SHOT
NEXT TO YOU, THE FULL-SCREEN
SHOT THERE, FROM THE HELICOPTER
SHOT OF DOWNTOWN TORONTO IS JUST
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> Dwight: I CANNOT BELIEVE THE
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME
OUT TO THIS TODAY.
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE PLANNED TO
GO BACK TO THE OFFICE AT SOME
POINT.
>> Adrienne: OH, FORGET IT.
>> Dwight: THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
>> Adrienne: DO WE HAVE TO GO?
>> Dwight: WE HAVE TO PUT THAT
SHOW TOGETHER.
WE HAVE OUR JIM BACK WITH US
FROM CBC KIDS' NEWS.
CHRIS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT
THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, KAWHI,
WE'RE SHOWING HIM SO MUCH LOVE
TODAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO KAWHI
TO TRY TO CONVINCE HIM TO STAY
RIGHT HERE IN TORONTO?
>> I DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.
HE JUST HAS TO LOOK OUTSIDE
RIGHT NOW.
[Laughter]
>> Adrienne: GOOD OUTSIDE.
>> Dwight: WE HOPE SO.
>> LIKE, YEAH.
THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, TO HIM.
HE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR US.
HE'S KAWHI THE CLUTCH.
HITTING THE SHOT AGAINST PHILLY.
THAT REALLY -- THAT MADE MEL
LIKE OH, KAWHI.
HE'S THE REST RAPTOR, IN MY
OPINION, REEF EVER HAD.
>> Dwight: I THINK YOU'RE GOOD
WITH THAT.
>> KAWHI THANK YOU, REALLY.
AND EVERY FAN IN TORONTO SAYS
THANK YOU TO KAWHI, I BET HE'D
STAY.
>> Dwight: YOU THINK.
>> YEAH.
>> Adrienne: I HOPE HE HEARS
THAT.
[Laughter]
>> Dwight: WE REALLY TAKE IT TO
HEART.
HOW EXCITING WILL IT BE?
YOU'VE SEEN KYLE LOWRY, DID YOU
SEE KAWHI IN PERSON, TOO?
>> I JUST MISSED HIM.
>> Adrienne: OH, NO.
>> HE WALKED KIND OF BY HERE.
HIS HANDS ARE BIG.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
THEY'RE LIKE -- MAN, I DON'T
KNOW --
>> Adrienne: ARE THESE GUYS --
R.J., ARE THESE GUYS BIGGER IN
PERSON THAN YOU IMAGINE THEY
WOULD BE?
>> KYLE LOWRY LOOKS LIKE A BIG
GUY.
>> Adrienne: HE LOOKS LITTLE ON
THE SCREEN.
>> Dwight: IN COMPARISON TO
OTHER GUYS ON THE COURT.
>> REALLY A BIG GUY.
A TOUGH GUY.
AND ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS
THAT EVER HAPPENED, KEVIN DURANT
WALKED RIGHT BY ME.
I'LL TELL YOU HE'S THE TALLEST
GUY I'VE EVER SEEN.
>> Dwight: HE'S A 7-FOOTER.
>> HE'S SO TALL.
HE'S SO INTIMIDATING.
HE'S WALKING WITH HIS HOOD ON,
OH, MY GOD, IT'S KEVIN DURANT.
HE'S PRETTY TALL.
>> Dwight: YEAH.
ICE GOT THE HEIGHT -- HE'S GOT
THE HEIGHT.
HE PLAYS LIKE A LITTLE GUY.
HE'S SO GREAT.
OUR KAWHI -- WE KEEP TALKING
ABOUT THE MAN, HE HAS ABNORMALLY
LARGE HANDS.
>> YEAH.
>> Dwight: PART OF WHAT MAKES
HIM SO SPECIAL, HE CAN PULL THE
BALL OUT OF THE AIR.
>> Kim: REALLY?
>> Dwight: HE CAN ACTUALLY CATCH
IT.
>>
>> Adrienne: IS THAT WHY THEY
CALL HIM THE KLAW?
>> HE GRABBED THE REBOUND IN
PHILY , TOOK IT FROM THE GUY.
>> Dwight: THE DRIBBLE.
HE HOLDS OUT HERE.
LOOKS AROUND.
AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURE TO WATCH.
>> Adrienne: I'M GOING TO WATCH
A GAME WITH YOU GUYS NEXT.
I NEED SOME MORE GUIDANCE ON
HERE.
>> Dwight: WOW!
>> WE'LL GET SOME TICKETS FOR
OPENING NIGHT.
>> Dwight: YEAH.
WE HEARD YOU GOT THE HOOK-UP.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Adrienne: SO AGAIN THE COPS
ARE SAYING TO PEOPLE, LOOK, WE
KNOW YOU WANT TO WATCH THIS.
WE WANT YOU TO WATCH IT, TOO.
SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE
SET UP AN ALTERNATE SPOT FOR
PEOPLE TO VIEW THE PARADE.
AND THAT'S AT YONGE AND DUNDAS
SQUARE.
THEY'RE TELLING FOLKS TO JUST
HEAD A FEW BLOCKS NORTH.
YOU KNOW, WHERE HOPEFULLY THAT
WILL BE -- NOT THAT IT'S UNSAFE.
IT'S SUPER CROWDED.
>> Dwight: YEAH.
LITERALLY, PHYSICALLY THERE IS
NOT ENOUGH ROOM IN BETWEEN THESE
BUILDINGS TO HOUSE THIS MANY
PEOPLE AND HAVE THE PARADE COME
THROUGH.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Dwight: SO LOGISTICALLY IT'S
BEEN A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE.
WE'RE GOING TO COME AND HAVE A
HUGE CELEBRATION HERE AT NATHAN
PHILLIPS SQUARE.
BUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, WE
ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET THESE
VEHICLES THROUGH THAT CROWD.
YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICERS THERE,
THEY'RE BEING REALLY PATIENT.
ASKING PEOPLE TO PLEASE MOVE
BACK AS WE GET THESE VEHICLES,
THESE DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES
CARRYING YOUR BASKETBALL HEROES
UP TO NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE.
>> LOOK AT ALL OF THAT RED.
MY GOSH!
>> Adrienne: THAT'S AMAZING,
RIGHT.
>> Dwight: A SEA OF RED.
>> Adrienne: A FRIEND STAYING AT
THE ROYAL YORK, AT THE CORNER
THERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS.
HE WAS AT A CONFERENCE, INSIDE
ALL DAY.
SHE'S NOT FROM CANADA, SHE'S
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
SHE WENT OUTSIDE AFTER THE
CONFERENCE AND WAS FACED FACED H
LIKE 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE
ENTRANCE.
>> Dwight: IS IT LIKE THIS ALL
THE TIME IN TORONTO?
>> Adrienne: SHE SAID FOR A
MOMENT SHE WAS SCARED, RIGHT.
IS THIS GOING TO TURN INTO A
RIOT.
SHE REALIZED THAT EVERYONE WAS
PASSING EACH OTHER SAYING,
EXCUSE ME, PARDON ME.
YEAH.
PARDON ME.
>> Dwight: TRUE CANADIAN
FASHION.
>> Adrienne: YEAH.
SHE FELT IN THE ONE INTERSECTION
WAS EVERYTHING SHE EVER HEARD
ABOUT CANADA.
>> YEAH.
>> Adrienne: IN ONE
INTERSECTION.
SHE LOVES IT.
>> Dwight: YOU AND I WERE BOTH
GOING DOWN THERE GOING LIVE FOR
THE GAMES.
WE SAW IF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
THEY HAD OVERFLOW SECTIONS.
I DON'T THINK FOR THE GAME 5
WHEN THEY THOUGHT WE MIGHT PULL
IT OFF.
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE
EXPECTING THAT MANY PEOPLE.
JUST LIKE I DON'T THINK YOU
COULD EVEN IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE.
I MEAN, I KNEW, ADRIENNE, THIS
WOULD BE A MASSIVE PARTY.
IT WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT
CELEBRATION.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE HERE.
THIS IS NOT JUST TORONTO.
THIS REALLY IS CANADA TODAY
CELEBRATING THESE CHAMPIONS.
THERE IT IS.
>> THERE'S THE TROPHY!
LARRY O'BRIEN.
>> Dwight: WOW!
>> HOW HEAVY IS THAT TROPHY?
>> 16,000 STERLING SILVER.
>> YEAH.
>> Adrienne: I LOOKED THAT UP
LAST NIGHT.
THAT'S WORTH A PRETTY PENNY.
NOT THAT ANYONE IS GOING TO MELT
THAT.
[Laughter]
>> Dwight: I'M HOPING IT WILL
GET A CHANCE TO TOUR THE COUNTRY
IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
>> Adrienne: THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
>> Dwight: I KNOW THE PLAYERS
WILL GET TO TAKE IT TO SOME OF
THEIR HOMETOWNS.
I KNOW THAT THEY DO WITH THE
STANLEY CUP.
>> Adrienne: SURE.
>> Dwight: I HOPE.
>> Adrienne: WE HAVE NO MUSCLE
MEMORY WITH THIS.
>> MY FAVOURITE TROPHY IS ALWAYS
THE STANLEY CUP TROPHY.
IF I EVER MADE IT IN THE NHL,
I'LL EAT CEREAL OUT OF IT.
>> Dwight: I THINK BY THAT TIME,
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE
PLAYERS DO.
THEY'RE DRINKING CHAMPAGNE OUT
OF THAT TROPHY.
>> NO, IT WILL STILL BE CEREAL.
>> Dwight: I KNOW HIS MOM IS
HERE.
>> Adrienne: NO.
NO.
SOLID GUY.
>> Dwight: ON HIS BEST
BEHAVIOUR.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE, ADRIENNE, IT
IS MOVING AGAIN.
>> NICE.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S A
COMBINATION.
>> Dwight: THAT'S TRUE.
WE'LL SEE.
I'M RECOGNIZING MANUFACTURE
THESE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN
TORONTO AND THINKING THEY'RE A
LITTLE CLOSER TO US.
LOOK AT ALL OF THE PEOPLE,
THOUGH.
>> MY GOSH!
THE NORTH HAS SPOKEN.
[Laughter]
>> Adrienne: WELL CERTAINLY THE
NORTH SHOWED UP.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Dwight: CAN WE GET ANOTHER
CHECK WITH GREG TO SEE, A CHECK
ALONG THE ROUTE.
LET'S SEE IF REGULAR ROSS CAN
HEAR -- GREG ROSS CAN HEAR US.
GREG, CAN YOU HEAR US DOWN
THERE?
IS THE PARADE FINALLY MOVING
ALONG AT A BETTER PACE?
>> Reporter: DWIGHT, I CAN HEAR
YOU GUYS.
I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS DOWN THERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> Dwight: WE SURE CAN.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> Adrienne: GO FOR IT, GREG.
>> Reporter: WE'RE WALKING THE
ROUTE HERE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE LIGHTING OFF
FLARES, WE HAVE EVERYBODY
CHANTING TOWARDS KAWHI LEONARD.
THE LAST CHANT WAS "STAY, STAY,
STAY."
AND HE --
>> Adrienne: OH, YEAH.
>> Reporter: EVERYBODY WANTS A
PIECE OF HIM.
>> I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING HARD
THERE.
>> PEOPLE DOWN HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM HOLDING THE
PHONES UP TRYING TO SEND A TWEET
OR -- IT'S HARD TO GET A SOLID
SIGNAL.
KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN THEY SHOW
UP HERE, I'M NOT GOING TO GUESS
ANY MORE.
>> IF YOU'RE NOT IN TORONTO,
THIS SHOULD MATTER TO YOU.
MEDICAL POST AT BAY STREET,
SOUTH OF DUNDAS, EAT OF CITY
HALL.
IF ANYBODY ISN'T FEELING
PARTICULARLY WELL.
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.
>> Dwight: IF YOU HAVE -- SO
FAR, SO GOOD.
>> YOU LOST A CHILD, PLEASE GO
TO A SECURITY STAFF OR ONE OF
THE POLICE OFFICERS.
WE WAIT FOR THIS PARADE TO WIND
ITS WAY HERE.
>> Dwight: THE VERY FIRST GAME
THEY GAVE OUT JACKETS.
MY DAUGHTER IS HERE WEARING THE
JACKET, RUNNING AROUND.
>> WOW!
>> Dwight: YOU KNOW, WE
STRUGGLED REALLY IN THE EARLY
YEARS WITH THE TEAM THAT -- THE
16-WIN SEASON.
I THINK IT WAS '97, WHERE WE
16-66.
A FAR CRY FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WE HAD EARLY SUCCESS FOLKS WITH
DAMON STOUDEMIRE.
HE TURNED OUT TO BE A ROOKIE OF
THE YEAR.
>> Adrienne: YEAH.
>> Dwight: THE WINNING WAS WHAT
WE WEREN'T HAVING.
THEN WHEN VINCE CARTER CAME HERE
IN '98, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.
THAT'S WHEN THE LOVE AFFAIR
REALLY STARTED.
WHEN HE WON THE SLAM DUNK
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE WAS SUCH A HIGH FLYER, EVEN
IF YOU WEREN'T A BASKETBALL FAN,
THE FACT THAT HE WAS SO AMAZING
DREW OTHER PEOPLE TO THE GAME
BECAUSE OF HIS ATHLETIC PROWESS
THAT THE MAN SHOWED THROUGH THE
TIME.
>> Adrienne: HAS DOUBT ALWAYS
BEEN A PART OF THE RAPTORS?
YOU KNOW, LIKE -- WHEN I HEAR
YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRADE WITH
DEMAR DeROZAN AND STUFF THAT
NICK NURSE HAS DONE.
I MEAN, HAS -- HAS DOUBT JUST
BEEN FUNDAMENTAL TO IT?
>> Dwight: I THINK IT'S BEEN
FUNDAMENTAL TO THE PSYCHEY OF
OUR CITY.
>> Adrienne: YEAH.
>> Dwight: SPORTS.
I THINK IT JUST RUBBED OFF ON
THE FACT THAT WE THINK WE'RE A
HOCKEY TOWN, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD
A HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SUCH A
LONG, LONG TIME.
SO I THINK IN THE PSYCHE, WE'RE
STILL -- I THINK FROM THE
OUTSIDE PEOPLE LOOKED AT US,
TOO, OH, TORONTO.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT -- WHAT DO
THEY KNOW ABOUT BASKETBALL.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO.
WE STARTED GETTING INTO THE
PLAYOFFS IN THAT '99, 2000
SEASON PERFORM.
IT WAS THE FIRST SHOT.
WE GOT SWEPT BY THE KNICKS.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT BECAME KIND
OF -- WE HAD GREAT SEASONS AND
YOU GET TO THE POSTSEASON.
YEAH.
WE FINALLY ADVANCED, CHRIS BOSH
ARRIVED, WE GOT KYLE LOWRY.
WE ONLY GOT KYLE LOWRY BECAUSE
STEVE NASH, OUR GREAT CANADIAN
PLAYER, AND NBA ALL-STAR, HE
DIDN'T WANT TO COME HERE.
AND ENDED UP GOING TO THE
LAKERS.
OH, WE'LL TAKE THIS GUY KYLE
LOWRY.
BOY, DID THAT WORK OUT FOR US.
AGAIN SWEPT BY THE WIZARDS IN
2015.
WE JUST GET SWEPT, SWEPT IN THE
PLAYOFFS.
AND WHEN MASAI UJIRI MADE THIS
DECISION TO BLOW UP THIS TEAM
AFTER LAST SEASON, AND AS
ADRIENNE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, WE
LOVED DWANE CASEY.
WE LOVED DEMAR DeROZAN AND
CASEY.
WHO IS NICK NURSE, WHO IS KAWHI
LEONARD.
I THINK THE INITIAL SHOCK OF THE
TRADE.
AFTER YOU HEARD MASAI SPEAK
SAYING, LISTEN, WHEN YOU HAVE A
CHANCE TO GET A TOP FIVE PLAYER,
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE MOVE, EVEN
IF YOU LOSE PLAYERS YOU LOVE.
AND, U-YOU -- YOU KNOW WHAT HE
COULD HAVE BEEN GONE.
WHAT DO THEY SAY, FOR THERE TO
BE REWARD, YOU HAVE TO TAKE
RISK.
THE RISK PAID OFF.
LOOK AT THAT SHOT.
THIS IS THE REWARD RIGHT HERE.
>> Adrienne: SORT OF AN EPIC
IMAGE.
>> Dwight: THIS IS THE REWARD,
FOLKS.
>> Adrienne: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT THIS
TEAM IS WORTH TO THE PSYCHOLOGY
OF CANADA.
WHAT'S IT WORTH, THOUGH?
I MEAN, FINANCIALLY WHAT IS THIS
RAPTORS TEAM WORTH?
>> Dwight: WE HAVE INCREASED
THIS VALUE OF THE FRANCHISE.
I WILL SAY THIS, THOUGH, FOR
TORONTO FANS.
WE'VE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH
PEOPLE GOING TO WATCH THE TEAM.
>> Adrienne: YEAH.
>> Dwight: WHEN THE TEAM GOT
HERE, THIS WAS FAN SUPPORT IN
THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO
TO THE GAMES.
YOU HAVE TEAMS AROUND THE NBA
WHO SOME NIGHTS HAVE PROBLEMS
PUT 7,000 TO 10,000 PEOPLE IN
THEIR STANDS.
WE'VE BEEN IN THE TOP FIVE FOR
YEARS, AS FAR AS FAN SUPPORT AND
GOING TO THE GAMES.
AND BEING THE ONLY TEAM IN
CANADA, I THINK "FORBES" HAS
ALREADY SAID OUR VALUE HAS
INCREASED JUST, NOT ONLY FROM
THE CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE REALLY THE ONLY BASKETBALL
TEAM IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE
GRIZZLIES MOVED TO MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN MANY
YEARS AGO.
MOVED TO MEMPHIS MANY YEARS AGO.
 EVEN IF THEY GO IN YEARS TO
COME, I THINK JUST LIKE VINCE
CARTER, A WHOLE GENERATION OF
KIDS WHO GREW UP LOVING AND
PLAYING THE GAME.
I THINK KAWHI AND THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP IS GOING TO DO THE
SAME THING FOR THE FUTURE
GENERATIONS OF FANS.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO BE A BASKETBALL COUNTRY, AS
WELL AS A HOCKEY COUNTRY, AS
WELL AS A SOCCER COUNTRY.
>> Adrienne: SO TELL ME, AS YOU
LOOK AT THESE PICTURES, IF YOU
CAN IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE IN
CHARGE OF THE L.A. LAKERS, ALL
RIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE
HORNETS, YOU LOOK AT THIS TEAM
AND THIS PARADE, WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING RIGHT NOW ABOUT HOW YOU
WANT TO MOTIVATE YOUR OWN FANS?
WELL, IF I WAS LIKE ANY TEAM AND
I'M LOOKING AT THIS, LIKE, YOU
KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
EVERYBODY COMES TO SUPPORT THIS
TEAM.
RIGHT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE FANS TO
COME ON, YOU KNOW, START
WATCHING THE GAME OR WATCHING IT
AT HOME.
IMPROVE OUR FAN BASE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE RAPTORS --
JURASSIC PARK, RIGHT.
>> Dwight: WE STARTED IT.
YOU HEARD DRAKE SAY WE STARTED
THIS.
>> MILWAUKEE TRIED THE DEER
DISTRICT.
>> YEAH.
>> Dwight: RIGHT.
>> Adrienne: YEAH.
>> I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW POINTS
FOR THAT.
THIS TEAM, EVERYBODY GENERAL
MANAGER SHOULD KNOW IN THE NBA
TEAM IS UNIQUE, RIGHT.
I BET EVERY PLAYER IN THE TEAM
THEY GO OUT TO PLAY THEIR
HARDEST, WHEN IT COMES TO
TORONTO, YEAH, INLOVE TORONTO.
I LOVE THIS TEAM.
I LOVE THE FANS.
LEBRON EVEN SAID WE HAVE THE
BEST FANS IN THE NBA.
LEBRON SAID IT.
>> Dwight: AND IT'S TRUE.
>> SO IF I WAS ANYBODY, I
RESPECT TORONTO MOSTLY.
BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE FANS TO
COME OUT MORE.
>> Adrienne: YEAH.
>> I DON'T THINK IT CAN MATCH
WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE.
>> Dwight: I THINK A PLAYER
THINKING ABOUT COMING TO TORONTO
IN PAST YEARS, WE HAD ISSUES
TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO
COME HERE.
>> Adrienne: THE WEATHER.
[Please stand by]
>> Reporter: THESE FOLKS
DIDN'T HAVE A HOPE TO GET
TO NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE,
IT WAS THAT PACKED.
BUT THEY IS STILL WANTED
TO GET HERE AND BE PART OF
THIS PARADE AT THIS
MOMENT.
RACHEL, TELL ME WHY YOU
WANTED TO SKIP SCHOOL, I'M
ASSUMING, AND COME TO THIS
PARADE TODAY?
>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRIDE
FOR OUR CANADA, AND I
THINK RAPTORS REPRESENT
CANADA, AND WE'RE ALL
PROUD OF THAT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
BE HERE TODAY.
>> Reporter: VERY NICE,
VERY NICE.
I JUST MET OUR YOUNGEST
FAN PERHAPS.
I HAVEN'T CAUGHT HER NAME
YET.
>> KIOMI.
>> Reporter: HEY, KIOMI,
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> HEY, ARE RAPS NUMBER
ONE?
WHAT NUMBER ARE THE RAPS.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> Reporter: I THOUGHT
WE COULD DO IT.
WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR
YOU TO COME DOWN AND BRING
YOUR DAUGHTER TODAY?
>> IT IS AN HISTORICAL
MOMENT.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
THIS FOR 24 YEARS, AND
WE'RE REALLY PART OF THE
BOYS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
RAPTORS.
>> Reporter: DESCRIBE
FOR ME THE PARTY AND THE
SCENE WE SAW HERE TODAY?
>> IT IS INDESCRIBABLE.
YOU NEVER ANTICIPATED THIS
MANY PEOPLE.
BUT THE SPIRIT DOWN HERE
IN INCREDIBLE.
ALL ARE ONE TODAY IN
TORONTO.
>> Reporter: ALL ONE,
AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL TO BE
HERE.
NOW A LOT OF THIS SCENE
HAS ALREADY WRAPPED UP.
IF WE CAN GO THIS WAY A
LITTLE BIT, ADRIENNE AND
DWIGHT, THIS IS CLEAN AND
FRIENDLY TORONTO.
AND THEY WERE QUICK TO GET
TO WORK TO MAKE SURE IT
GETS BACK TO NORMAL BY
TOMORROW.
FOR SURE THAT IS HOW THEY
WILL FIND THE CITY
TOMORROW.
ALTHOUGH I THINK SOME FANS
MIGHT BE A LITTLE TIRED
AFTER A FULL DAY OF
PARTYING HERE DOWN AT THE
PARADE.
>> Adrienne: I'M HAVING
A HARD TIME ACCEPTING THAT
TOMORROW IS ONLY TUESDAY.
>> YEAH.
>> THIS IS EFFICIENT
TORONTO, THOUGH.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AS
SOON AS THE PARADE IS
PAST, THE CLEANUP CREWS
ARE RIGHT THERE.
>> Adrienne: IT IS TRUE,
DWIGHT.
GAME SIX, WHEN YOU AND I
WERE LEAVING JURASSIC
PARK, I LINGERED A LITTLE
LATER, LIVE UNTIL AROUND
2:00 a.m., ANDIAS AND AS I WAS
WALKING BY, THERE WAS A
PAR RAISED PEOPLE WALKING
TOWARDS GATE SIX, AND THEY
WERE THE CLEANUP BRIGADE.
>> WHAT WOULD WE DO
WITHOUT THE CLEANUP
BRIGADE?
>> Adrienne: NO KIDDING.
>> Dwight: SOMETIMES THE
PLAYERS, WHEN THEY RVED, SERVED,
AND THEY'RE ASKING THEM
ABOUT THE CITY, THEY SAY
IT IS SO CLEAN.
THEY SHOULD BE ARRIVING
HERE SHORTLY.
>> Adrienne: THEY SAID
AROUND THE CORNER, AND
THEN THERE WAS SOME
HESITATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS
HERE.
>> Dwight: LET'S HEAD
BACK TO GREG ROSS, AND I
THINK HE WAS THE FIRST GUY
TO ONE THE NBA
CHAMPIONSHIP, AND HE IS
WITH OUR GREG ROSS.
>> THE JERSEY THAT JEREMY
HAS ON RIGHT NOW, THIS IS
REALLY COOL.
>> YES.
IT'S AN OLD JERSEY THAT
HAD THE CHINESE CHARACTERS
ON IT, MAN, JUST A SHOUT
OUT TO ALL OF THE FANS,
ESPECIALLY THE CHINESE
FANS, WHO DID A GREAT JOB,
AND REALLY EVERYBODY, THE
CITY -- THE CITY HAS BEEN
AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING.
>> Reporter: JEREMY,
LET'S JUST SWING THE
CAMERA AROUND HERE SO WE
CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE.
LOOK AT THOSE SWARMS AND
SWARMS OF PEOPLE.
AND JEREMY IS GETTING THE
CROWD GOING HERE, AND THEY
ARE LOVING IT.
JEREMY, HAVE YOU EVER, IN
YOUR CAREER, SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THIS SA LOT OF FUN, AND TO
SEE EVERYBODY COME OUT AND
TAKE OFF -- THIS SA IS A
MONDAY.
>> Reporter: LOOK AT
THAT HERE.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
AS WE LOOK DOWN, THIS IS
AT UNIVERSITY AND
WELLINGTON, NOT FAR FROM
THE CBC STUDIOS, AND YOU
CAN THERE IS A SEA OF
PEOPLE.
THE PLAYERS OBVIOUSLY JUST
CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE
SEEING.
IS THIS A GOOD SALES PITCH
FOR KAWHI LEONARD TO COME
BACK?
>> I HONESTLY THINK AT
THIS POINT, MAN, THERE IS
NOTHING ELSE.
THIS IS THE TOP, THIS IS
THE PINNACLE, AND THIS IS
AS FUN AS IT GETS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK -- WE'LL
SEE, BUT TORONTO HAS DONE
EVERYTHING THEY HAVE CAN
AND IT HAS BEEN AN
AMAZING, AMAZING YEAR, AND
AMAZING SEASON, AND IT HAS
BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE PART
OF.
>> Reporter: TALK ABOUT
THAT.
YOU CAME LATE IN THE
SEASON.
YOU WANTED TO PLAY FOR A
CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND YOU GOT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT
NOW ABOUT THAT?
>> I FEEL GREAT.
I'M SO ENCOURAGED TO BE ON
THIS TEAM, AND AFTER
MISSING THE LAST TWO
SEASONS TO INJURY AND
GETTING TRADING, AND GOING
THROUGH ALL OF THE
EMOTIONS OF THAT, AND THEN
FOR ME TO END UP HERE AND
WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, IT
TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT
MYSELF.
IT HAS CHALLENGED ME.
IT HAS GROWN ME.
I WANT TO SOAK ALL OF THIS
IN.
AND WHEN IT IS ALL SAID
AND DONE, I'LL GET READY
FOR NEXT  NEXT SEASON.
BUT RIGHT NOW I'M IN THE
MOMENT.
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS IT
LOOK TO HOLD THAT TROPHY
IN YOUR HAND.
AND YOU HAD A CHAMPAGNE --
TALK ABOUT THAT MOMENT.
>> THE TROPHY IS HEAVY.
THE TROPHY IS HEAVY, BUT,
MAN -- I DON'T REALLY
THINK I CAN RECREATE THAT
MOMENT.
IT IS THE FIRST TIME TO BE
ABLE TO SEE THE TROPHY,
TOUCH THE TROPHY, HOLD THE
TROPHY, AND LIFT IT UP --
IT'S SUCH A BLESSING.
>> Reporter: IF YOU WANT
ANOTHER CHANCE TO HOLD IT,
YOU'VE GOT TO SOMEHOW PRY
IT OUT OF KYLE LOWRY'S
HANDS.
HE DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO
GIVE IT UP.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE
HAVING A GREAT TIME.
JEREMY, THANKS FOR DOING
THIS.
THIS IS SURREAL.
YOU'VE HEARD JEREMY, HE
SAID HE HAS NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
HE HAS PLAYED IN FRONT OF
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
CROWDS, BUT THIS IS BEYOND
ANY OF THAT.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE.
LOOK IN THE WINDOWS OF THE
BUILDING.
EVERYBODY IS PACKING THE
WINDOWS HERE TO GET A
GLIMPSE OF THIS.
THERE IS NOT A WINDOW IN
ANY BUILDING THAT ISN'T
FILLED WITH PEOPLE
WATCHING.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SCENE
HERE IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO.
>> Dwight: IT IS
INCREDIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, GREG
ROSS.
GREAT JOB.
I REMEMBER THE HYPE OF THE
INSANITY WHEN HE WAS
BECOMING A BIG GUY IN THIS
LEAGUE, AND HE HIT A SHOT,
AND THE CROWD WAS CHEERING
FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE
SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS KID
IN THE NBA.
HE CAME HERE AND WON A
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH OUR
TEAM.
ADRIENNE, WE'VE GOT
ANOTHER GUEST?
>> MICHAEL CRANE HAS
JOINED US.
>> WHEN IN DOUBT, I PUT ON
A SUIT.
THEY GIVE THEM TO ME, AND
I WEAR THEM.
THAT'S MY STRATEGY.
>> Adrienne: THERE
PROBABLY ISN'T ANYONE IN
THIS COUNTRY THAT KNOWS
MORE ABOUT BASKETBALL THAN
YOU.
>> THERE ARE A FEW.
THERE IS A FEW.
THANK YOU, I TRY MY BEST.
IT MUST BE A THRILL FOR
YOU GUYS, TOO.
ADRIENNE, I'VE WATCHED YOU
FROM ALL OF THE CRAZY
PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD,
BUT EVERYBODY IS SO HAPPY,
AND EVERYTHING IS GOING
WELL.
>> Adrienne: IT'S
UNHEARD OF.
IT'S FANTASTIC.
IN ALL OF THE TIMES YOU
STUDIED THE RAPTORS, DID
YOU THINK THEY HAD THE
CHEMISTRY AS A TEAM FOR
THIS?
>> WELL, I MEAN, I
THINK -- PEOPLE FORGET.
THIS IS A TEAM THAT WON 59
GAMES A YEAR AGO, AND AS
MUCH AS THINGS WENT WRONG
IN THAT GAME AGAINST
CLEVELAND -- THEY WERE A
TEAM THAT WAS CLOSE.
I'M ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE
ON THE PLANET WHO THINK
THEY COULD HAVE WON THAT
GAME.
WE WON'T GET INTO IT.
BUT WHEN THEY MADE THE
DECISION TO HIRE DANNY
GREEN AND KAWHI LEONARD --
ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT
CHANGES THE EQUATION.
ADRIENNE, BASKETBALL IS
THE ONE SPORT WHERE AN
INDIVIDUAL CAN HAVE SUCH
AN IMPACT, AND THE SAME IN
HOCKEY.
THE BEST SOCCER PLAYER IN
THE WORLD IS ONE OUT OF 22
PEOPLE ON THE FIELD.
IN BASKETBALL, WHEN YOU
HAVE ONE GUY WHO IS ON THE
FLOOR, 40, 43 MINUTES A
GAME, THROWING THE BALL 30
TO 40% OF THE TIME, THAT
CHANGES THE GAME.
WHEN THEY MADE THE
DECISION TO HIRE KAWHI
LEONARD, MY QUESTION WAS
IS HE GOING TO GET
HEALTHY?
>> Adrienne: WHY
WOULDN'T KAWHI COME BACK?
EVERYBODY IS KIND OF
BEGGING HIM TO COME BACK.
THERE IS A A BIT OF A
NEOPHYTE, HE'S GOING TO
GET A BIG PAYCHEQUE.
>> WELL, THEY COULD PAY
HIM $50 MILLION MORE.
WHEN YOU TAKE LEBRON JAMES
OR KEVIN DURANT, THEY HAVE
MASSIVE EXTERNAL INCOMES,
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FROM ENDORSEMENTS,
AND KAWHI LEONARD ISN'T
QUITE THERE.
TO MY MIND, AND TO YOUR
POINT, HERE IS A PLAYER
WHO IS PROVEN TO BE
SOMEWHAT FRAGILE WITH HIS
HEALTH, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS
LIKE HE IS OVER THE WORST
OF IT, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE
THIS INCREDIBLE POOL OF
ENDORSEMENTS TO DRAW ON,
SO I DO THINK THAT THE
RAPTORS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A
VERY GOOD CHANCE BECAUSE
THEY CAN PAY HIM THE MOST.
AND AS THEY'VE
ESTABLISHED, THEY CAN WIN
WITH HIM IN THIS TYPE OF
LINEUP.
THE REASON -- AND I THINK
THIS CAN'T HURT,
OBVIOUSLY.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF LOVE
TODAY.
>> IN JANUARY, WHEN IT IS
20, 30º BELOW, AND HE
WOULD SAY, I'M GOING
GARAGE TO GARAGE.
HE IS A CALIFORNIA KID.
>> HE'S A CALIFORNIA KID.
>> THIS HAS GOT TO
REAFFIRM OR OPEN HIS EYES
AS TO WHAT IS OUT HERE.
AND YET THESE GUYS GO
THROUGH THE PLAYOFFS, AND
THEY'RE NOT EXPERIENCING
IT.
THEY'RE ON A MISSION.
IT IS LIKE A MILITARY-TYPE
OPERATION IN TERMS OF WHAT
THEY'RE PLAYING ATTENTION
TO.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE
SENSORY OVERLOOK.
ONE, YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE
GEOGRAPHY, AND, TWO, HE
MIGHT NOT BE PROTECTING
ONLY THIS YEAR -- OR THE
YEAR FOLLOWING -- HE MIGHT
LOOK AT, I'VE GOT TO MAKE
THE MOST OUT OF THE NEXT
FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, AND
THOSE WILL BE THE MOST
IMPORTANT YEARS OF MY
CAREER PROFESSIONALLY.
IS THIS SITUATION GOING TO
OFFER THE BEST LONG-TERM
OPPORTUNITY?
THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO
ISSUES, FOR ME.
>> AS A FORECASTER, DID IT
NEED TO BE DONE?
IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE
GETTING A REPUTATION AS
BEING A GREAT REGULAR
SEASON TEAM.
BUT WHEN THAT SECOND
SEASON CAME, WE JUST
COULDN'T CUT IT.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT
REALLY HAD TO BE DONE TO
CHANGE THIS TEAM AND HOW
THE NBA AND THE BASKETBALL
WORLD LOOKED AT US?
>> THE ANSWER IS YES
BECAUSE WE'RE HERE.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT --
YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
A REAL STRONG ADVOCATE OF
THIS, THE WAY THE TEAM WAS
BEFORE.
I THINK THAT WE'LL NEVER
KNOW EXACTLY HOW THINGS
WOULD HAVE WORKED OUT.
YOU LOOK AT HOW WELL, FOR
EXAMPLE -- HOW THEY ARE
PLAYING WHEN THEY MADE THE
DECISION --
>> I DON'T LIKE TO
UNDERESTIMATE THE
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY
MAKE, DWAYNE CASEY.
BUT WHAT YOU DO HAVE WHEN
YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO
GO FOR IT WITH KAWHI
LEONARD, YOU'RE SENDING A
SIGNAL, A MESSAGE THAT,
YOU KNOW, SECOND PLACE
ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
AND I ALSO WOULD SAY THAT
THE ONE THING THAT DEMAR
DEROZAN WAS, HE WASN'T A
GREAT DEFENCIVE PLAYER.
AND THAT'S 50% OF THE
PLAY.
AND INSTANTLY THE TEAM GOT
BETTER BECAUSE YOU PUT
DANNY GREEN AND KUAUI LEN
KAWHILEONARD ON THE FLOOR.
I THINK THOSE WERE THE
ELEMENTS THAT WERE
PROBABLY THE DIFFERENCE.
>> SO IF WE DIDN'T WIN
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP HERE,
WOULD IT HAVE STILL BEEN
WORTH IT?
THE REASON NOW EVERYBODY
IS TALKING ABOUT MASAI
GETTING THE SECOND NBA OF
THE YEAR, BUT --
>> OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS WORTH
IT.
WHAT KAWHI LEONARD
HELPED -- THE ONLY WAY IT
WOULD HAVE BACKFIRED IF HE
CAME BACK TO PLAY -- HE
PLAYED NINE YEARS BEFORE,
AND IT WAS NOT A
SIGNIFICANT INJURY HE WAS
DEALING WITH.
THAT WAS THE QUESTION MARK
IN MY MIND, HE MIGHT WANT
TO COME BACK AND WE WERE
HAPPY TO HAVE HIM, BUT
THIS SEASON WAS SO
RIGOROUS AND SO DEMANDING,
AND AS WE SAW WITH KEVIN
DURANT HURTING HIS
ACHILLES TEND DAN, AND
KLAY THOMPSON WITH THE
A.C.L., AND THE RAPTORS
ALONG ARE GOING TO HAVE
FOUR PLAYERS THAT WILL
HAVE THUMB SURGERY.
I THINK ONCE IT WAS CLEAR
HE COULD COME AND PLAY AT
A HIGH NBA LEVEL AND
SUSTAIN THAT, WITH THE
RAPS, AND WITH THAT
STRATEGY, AND IT WAS VERY
CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT,
THEN IT WAS WORTH IT.
IF HE HAD COME AND PLAYED
10 GAMES AND HAD TO SHUT
IT DOWN, OBVIOUSLY YOU
WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVING UP
A LOT.
>> Adrienne: ANY OTHER
CHANCE OF ANOTHER CANADIAN
TEAM, OR IS THE ENTIRE
MARKET RIGHT HERE?
>> I ASKED ADAM SILVER.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE
DEMONSTRATING HERE IS
THERE IS A DEMAND.
THIS IS A BIG COUNTRUUQdK A
VIBRANT COUNTRY.
AND YOU LOOK AT A CITY
LIKE VANCOUVER WHO HAD A
TEAM AND NOW THEY DON'T.
THIS IS THE EQUATION THAT
THE NBA IS GOING TO DO.
AND WHEN I ASKED ADAM
SILVER THIS QUESTION
EXACTLY.
RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GO 30
FRANCHISES THAT ARE
SHARING IN I THINK AROUND
$9 MILLION OR $10 MILLION
ANNUALLY.
THE ONLY WAY THEY WANTED
TO DO IT -- A NEW
FRANCHISE CAN COME IN, AND
THEY CAN GET A BILLION OR
$2 BILLION, AND THE SEATS
WOULD BE EXTRAORDINARY.
IT IS A MATH EQUATION.
WHATEVER THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY THEY COULD GET FROM
THAT FRANCHISE BEING
DISTRIBUTED AMONG 30
OWNERS, IT WOULD BE LESS
OR MORE BY WHAT THEY WOULD
LOSES BY DISTRIBUTING
REQUIRE REVENUE.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN
HERE IN CANADA, AND THE
NBA ITSELF -- THEY WERE
SAYING THEY WERE THE
AGGREGATE TV RATINGS.
BECAUSE ON THE WHOLE, SOME
OF THE VIEWERS IN
CANADA --
[YELLING]
>> I THINK CANADA IS
TAKING MONEY FROM THE NBA.
IF WE ADDED ANOTHER TEAM,
CAN WE TAKE EVEN MORE
MONEY, AND THAT WOULD DO
ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WELL.
>> Adrienne: HOW MUCH
MONEY IS CANADA MAKING FOR
CANADA?
>> LOOK, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
HOW YOU WOULD CALCULATE
IT, TO BE HONEST.
I THINK THEY USED TO SAY
FOR EVER PLAYOFF GAME AT
AIR CANADA CENTRE, IT
WOULD WORTH MAYBE A
MILLION DOLLARS STRAIGHT
TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
THAT WAS YEARS AGO.
THAT MIGHT BE MORE, 7, 8,
$9 MILLION.
I BELIEVE THEY PLAYED 12
HOME PLAYOFF GAMES, AND
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
$100 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL
REVENUE.
DON'T QUOTE ME.
I'M SPECULATING THAT.
BUT CONSIDER THAT,
$100 MILLION OUT OF THIN
AIR.
SO THIS IS GOOD MONEY IN
BASKETBALL.
>> Dwight: WE'RE GOING
TO FINISH UP WITH THIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOUR
COVERAGE, AND WE'VE BEEN
WATCHING YOU ALL SEASON.
SEPARATE YOURSELVES FROM
THE SPORTS FANS, AND JUST
AS A CANADIAN AND WATCHING
WHAT IS GOING ON DOWN
HERE, AND AS A FAN OF THIS
GAME, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE
THE PLAYERS -- IT IS SO
HARD TO PROTEST.
IT IS OVERWHELMING.
I CAN WRITE THE STORY OF
MY LIFE THROUGH
BASKETBALL.
RIGHT FROM THE FIRST
MINUTE I WAS EXPOSED TO
THE GAME, AND IT BECAME
PART OF MY LIFE, AND EVERY
SINGLE STEP ALONG THE WAY
UNTIL NOW, I CAN HAVE THE
BASKETBALL ELEMENT THROUGH
IT.
SO TO BE ABLE TO BE
HERE -- BUT WHEN I'M HERE
AND TALKING TO CBC AND YOU
GUYS, IT KIND OF BLOWS MY
MIND.
I'M THINKING OF THE
FRANCHISE OF THE GAME WHEN
I WAS 10, 11, 12 YEARS
OLD.
I THINKING OF THE PLAYERS
I PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOL
WITH, AND I SEE GUYS I
HAVEN'T SEEN IN 20 YEARS,
AND WE USED TO PLAY
AGAINST EACH OTHER, AND
THAT'S WHO I FEEL LIKE I'M
HERE FOR.
I'M JUST LUCKY TO BE HERE.
THAT'S ALL.
>> Adrienne: THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>> Dwight: THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne: HAVE WE
DEMOLISHED POOR GREG ROSS.
>> Dwight: I THINK WE'VE
GOT SOME KAWHI -- IF WE'VE
GOT KAWHI, WE HAVE TO GO
TO KAWHI.
>> HOPEFULLY NOBODY WENT
INTO WORK TODAY.
THEY GOT THE FIRST FEW
HOURS OF THE DAY OFF.
LOOK AT IT, IT IS CRAZY.
>> Reporter: FOR YOU,
THIS HAS BEEN AN EPIC
TIME.
AT WHAT POINT IN THE
SEASON DID YOU REALIZE
THIS GROUP HAD WHAT IT
TAKES TO WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP?
>> FROM THE BEGINNING.
YOU'VE GOT TO INSTILL THAT
IN EVERYBODY'S MINDS, AND
LET THEM KNOW, WE'RE ALL
FOCUSED ON ONE GOAL.
SO EVERYBODY CAN COME INTO
THE SEASON WITH THE SAME
MINDSET AND FOCUS.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
TWO MORE BEFORE I LET YOU
GO BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO
ENJOY THIS.
THE FIRST ONE IS: WHAT
HAVE THE LAST FEW DAYS
BEEN LIKE WITH THE TRAVEL
AND THE CELEBRATIONS?
>> THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE
BEEN AMAZING.
NO SLEEP, A LOT OF
CELEBRATING, AND WE'RE
GOING TO KEEP GOING.
>> Reporter:
UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN THROUGH, IS THIS --
OR HOW DIFFERENT IS THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP FROM ONES IN
THE PAST?
>> IT IS A DIFFERENT UNIT,
A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION,
DIFFERENT CITY, DIFFERENT
COUNTRY, AND I'M OLDER,
WHICH MAKES IT THAT MUCH
BETTER.
>> Reporter: ON BEHALF
OF ALL OF THE TORONTONIANS
AND THE CANADIANS THAT
WATCHED YOU THIS YEAR, I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING YOU DID AND
ESPECIALLY FOR THE WAY YOU
CARRIED YOURSELF.
>> THANK YOU, TORONTO,
THANK YOU, CANADA -- WE
DID IT!
>> Adrienne: THAT WAS
KING KAWHI.
IF YOU HAD A WORD CLOUD OF
ALL OF THE INTERVIEWS THAT
WE HAD TODAY, "THANK YOU"
WOULD FEATURE PROMINENTLY.
THERE IS KAWHI THANKING
THE CROWD, AND THE CROWD
THANKING KAWHI.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME MORE
TAPE, I BELIEVE, OF THE
GREAT SERGE IBAKA, WHO HAS
SO QUICKLY BECOME A
FAVOURITE OF PEOPLE HERE
BECAUSE HE IS A DECENT
GUY.
>> Dwight: WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
I LOVE WHAT KAWHI WAS
SAYING THERE.
HE IS A MAN OF FEW WORDS.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS
MAN PLAY BASKETBALL SINCE
HE ENTERED THIS SEASON.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN
HIM SMILE AS MUCH, NOT
EVEN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
SAN ONOFRE.
INSAN ANTONIO.
I'M SO GLAD IT IS
HAPPENING HERE IN TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: AS IF THE
FANS AREN'T RIPPED UP
ENOUGH.
>> Dwight: IT IS GREAT
TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE
ENJOYING THIS.
>> Adrienne: STAYING IN
THE CONTROL ROOM, DO WE
HAVE SERGE IBAKA?
>> THIS IS MY HOME NOW,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
BECAUSE I'VE GOT FRIENDS
NOW, AND THEY'RE LIKE
FAMILY NOW.
AND YOU SEE HOW PEOPLE
LOVE US.
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO GO
SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE
LOVE YOU, PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT YOU.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE.
THEY COME HERE BECAUSE
THEY LOVE US.
>> Reporter: YOUR FANS
KNOW YOU HAVE A COOKING
SHOW ON YouTube.
YOU HAD KAWHI LEONARD ON
THERE.
AND YOU BEGGED HIM TO COME
BACK.
DO YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE
CONVINCED HIM TO COME
BACK?
>> LET'S HOPE HE COMES
BACK.
WE ALL NEED HIM.
>> Adrienne: SERGE IBAKA
AND HIS COOKING SHOW, THIS
AMAZING MAN, BORN IN THE
CONGO -- HE GOES HOME
EVERY SUMMER, BUT WHEN HE
CAME TO CANADA, HE FOUND A
RESTAURANT IN CANADA THAT
MAKES BRILLIANT SOUP.
AND HE SAID, LISTEN, WE
NEED TO WORK SOMETHING
OUT.
HE'LL JUST CALL HER AND
SHE SAYS, I KNOW WHAT YOU
WANT, AND BRINGS IT RIGHT
TO HIM.
IT IS A LOVELY
RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE
BUILT.
IT HAS DONE WONDERS FOR
HER RESTAURANT.
>> Dwight: I'VE HAD SOME
OF HER FOOD, AND SHE MAKES
SOME GREAT PLANTAIN, AND
SHE SAID, I'M THE LADY
THAT COOKS FOR SERGE.
AND WE HAD HER ON THE
SHOW.
THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
>> Adrienne: KEEPING AN
EYE ON THIS PARADE -- THIS
IS A SNAIL'S PARADE.
[YELLING]
>> Adrienne: SO THEY'RE
STILL ON UNIVERSITY
AVENUE.
>> Dwight: OH, WE'RE
GOING TO PAWS.
♪ O CANADA, OUR HOME AND
NATIVE LAND ♪
♪ O CANADA ♪
[CROWD SINGING]
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON
GUARD FOR THEE ♪
♪♪♪
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON
GUARD FOR THREE ♪
 ♪
O CANADA, WE STAND ON
GUARD FOR THEE ♪
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
>> THANK YOU, CANADA!
>> LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
>> Reporter: I LOVE
HEARING THAT RENDITION OF
OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM FROM
MR. TRANQUATA.
YOU WILL KNOW HE IS A
FAVOURITE DOWN THERE.
HE SINGS IT QUITE OFTEN.
AND I LOVE HOW HE PUTS THE
MICROPHONE TO THE AUDIENCE
AND HAS THEM SING IT BACK
TO HIM.
WE EVEN HAVE SOME
CONFETTI, AND I'M NOT SURE
WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
BUT WE MUST BE GETTING
CLOSE.
THEY SANG THE ANTHEM, AND
THAT MEANS THE PLAYERS
MUST BE GETTING CLOSE TO
ARRIVING.
THERE THEY GO ACROSS THE
SKY.
>> Adrienne: WELL,
THINGS ARE NOT GOING AS
SCHEDULED.
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
THE SNOWBIRDS: THEY CAME
UP WITH A MANEUVER CALLED
"THE RAPTOR."
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY
GOT THAT NAME FROM.
THIS IS CANADA'S
PRECISION, PRECISION TEAM.
WE DON'T USUALLY SEE THE
SNOWBIRDS UNTIL THE END OF
THE SUMMER.
IT IS TOTALLY SPECIAL.
>> Dwight: VERY SPECIAL.
>> Adrienne: AS WE WATCH
THE SNOWBIRDS THERE, WE'RE
NOT GOING TO GO AWAY FROM
THIS PICTURE AS BEST WE
CAN, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO
START TO HEAR FROM FIRE
MORALI --
>> THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO
FLY RIGHT OVER THE SQUARE.
I HOPE WE DIDN'T MISS
THAT.
WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT.
>> Adrienne: AIL TELL I'LL TELL
YOU, YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK.
>> Dwight: HE IS AT
PRINCE GATE, MADE HIS WAY
ALONG LAKE SHORE WEST TO
THE BASE OF WHERE THE FANS
AT JURASSIC PARK USUALLY
WATCH THE GAMES FROM.
AND THEN IT MADE ITS WAY
NORTH ON YORK.
IT MUST BE, ADRIENNE, THAT
THE PARADE IS FINALLY
MAKING ITS WAY UP
UNIVERSITY AVENUE, AND IT
IS AROUND THE CORNER FROM
US.
HERE THEY COME.
THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE
COMING BACK TOWARDS US.
YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD IS
CHEERING.
AND THEY'RE ALSO CHEERING
AND, FOLKS, THERE IT IS.
I CAN HEAR THOSE JETS.
>> Adrienne: RIGHT OVER
THERE.
>> Dwight: THERE IT IS.
WOW, WHAT A WONDERFUL
MOMENT.
>> Adrienne: I'M GOING
TO GUESS THAT WAS THE
CLAW.
>> Dwight: CANADA'S
FINEST, CELEBRATING OUR
CHAMPIONS.
>> Adrienne: NOT ONE,
BUT TWO FLY-BYs, JUST
BECAUSE.
>> Dwight: JUST BECAUSE.
>> Adrienne: AS WE
CONTINUE TO WATCH THE
SNOWBIRDS, WE'RE GOING TO
HEAR FROM FARM MORALI, WHO
IS ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE,
AS CLOSE AS SHE CAN GET TO
THAT POINT.
>> WE'RE HERE ON
UNIVERSITY AVENUE, IF YOU
GUYS CAN SEE ME OVER HERE.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG
AFTERNOON HERE FOR PEOPLE
WAITING.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN WAITING HERE SINCE,
LIKE, 10:00 IN THE
MORNING, AND THE PARADE IS
FINALLY MAKING ITS WAY UP
HERE, GUYS.
YOU CAN GET A SHOT OF IT
RIGHT NOW.
IT HAS BEEN A HOT, LONG
AFTERNOON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING A
LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE
PARADE ROUTE, TO BE
HONEST.
BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING IT
COME UP UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
WE'VE SEEN SOME ISSUES
WITH THE CROWD KIND OF
COMING INTO THE MIDDLE OF
THE STREET.
I'M SURE WHETHER THERE
WERE BARRICADES WERE SET
UP OR NOT, BUT IT SEEMS
THE PARADE IS NOW FINALLY
MAKING ITS WAY UP TOWARDS
NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE,
AND A LOT OF EXCITED, VERY
NERVOUS PEOPLE.
DESPITE THE CROWD, I WAS
SURPRISED TO SEE SOME
PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE BEEN
REALLY EXCITED TO WAIT ALL
OF THESE HOURS TO SEE THE
PARADE COME BY.
IT IS NOW ALMOST 2:30, AND
IT IS FINALLY COMING BY,
GUYS.
[YELLING]
[CHEERING]
>> Adrienne: NOT ONCE,
NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES
THE SNOWBIRDS PAID US A
VISIT HERE AT NATHAN
PHILLIPS SQUARE.
I HAVE A FEELING THEY'RE
DOING THIS BECAUSE THEY
LOVE THIS, AND IT IS A
RARE OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME RARE
ATHLETICISM DOWN ON THE
STREETS FROM GREG ROSS,
NOT THAT HE IS NOT AN
ATHLETE, BUT HE SPOTTED
DRAKE ON THE BUS, AND HE
HAD A GOOD INSTINCT TO
THROW HIS MICROPHONE TO
DRAKE.
SO IF WE HAVE THAT TAPE --
>> Dwight: AND DRAKE
ACTUALLY CAUGHT IT.
>> Adrienne: I KNOW.
[YELLING]
[CHEERING]
>> HEY, COMING TO YOU
LIVE.
WHAT A BIG CITY.
WE'RE THE GREATEST IN THE
WORLD, THE CHAMPIONS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THIS
IS.
HE GOT ON A NICE PLAID
JACKET.
WE OUT HERE, HEY!
[CHEERING]
[YELLING]
>> WE GOT ONE.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS
AMAZING.
I MEAN, HOW OFTEN -- THANK
YOU, DRAKE.
AND LOOK AT THESE FANS.
THEY'RE JUST SOAKING IT
IN.
>> Adrienne: THANK YOU,
DRAKE, INDEED.
HOW AWESOME WAS THAT.
AND GOOD CATCH.
>> Dwight: THAT WAS A
DROP THE MIC MOMENT.
WE ARE A PUBLIC
BROADCASTER, SO THERE ARE
MICROPHONES HERE, TOO.
IT'S ALL GOOD.
THAT WAS A GREAT MOMENT.
>> Adrienne: YOU NOTICED
THAT DRAKE SAID, "WE'VE
GOT ONE."
>> Dwight: A LOT OF
PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
HE WAS SAYING WHEN HE KEPT
SAYING, I WANT DIP WITH MY
CHIPS.
>> Adrienne: WHAT IS
THAT?
>> Dwight: I HAD TO
LEARN THIS FROM MY
DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE
LEARNED A COUPLE OF
CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SHE SAID, DADDY, WE'VE GOT
TWO CHIPS.
WE REPRESENT THE TEAM IN
ONTARIO.
INSTEAD OF THE KIDS
CALLING IT CHAMPIONSHIP,
THEY CALL IT CHIP.
AND THEY SAY, I WANT DIP
WITH MY CHIPS, AND IT HAS
BECOME A THING WITH THE
YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> Adrienne: I WOULDN'T
MIND SOME DIP WITH CHIPS.
AND I'M SURE THOSE PEOPLE
AT UNIVERSITY AVENUE
WOULDN'T MIND A LITTLE BIT
OF WATER.
>> Dwight: YEAH, WE'RE
HEARING THAT FROM PEOPLE,
SAYING THEY NEED WATER.
LET'S HEAD BACK TO THE
PARADE ROUTE, WITH PHARMA
MORALI, WHO IS ON
UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
>> IF YOU CAN HEAR US, GO
FOR IT.
[YELLING]
>> Reporter: THEY'RE
SAYING LET'S GO, RAPTORS,
AFTER THE PLAYERS PASS US.
THIS IS A MOMENT A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FINALLY
WAITING FOR AFTER ALL
THESE HOURS.
THEY'VE FINALLY ARRIVED.
[CHEERING]
[YELLING]
>> THIS IS THE SPOT THAT A
LOT OF FOLKS WERE LINED UP
ON UNIVERSITY.
IT IS A WIDE AVENUE IN OUR
CITY.
IT IS ONE OF THE WIDEST
STREETS, STRETCHING UP
TOWARDS QUEEN'S PARK, AND
IT WAS PACKED AS I MADE MY
WAY OVER HERE FROM THE
CBC, AND FINALLY, HOURS
LATER, THE RAPTORS ARE ON
THAT ROUTE, AND HOPEFULLY
JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM
THEIR ARRIVAL AT NATHAN
PHILLIPS SQUARE.
>> Adrienne: IF YOU LOOK
AT THE PICTURE, IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY'RE CURVING AND
TURNING, WHICH MEANS
THEY'RE PROBABLY HEADING
DOWN QUEEN'S STREET.
UNIVERSITY AVENUE DOES GO
ALL THE WAY TO QUEEN'S
PARK, BUT IT IS NOT GOING
TO QUEEN'S PARK TODAY.
THAT IS THE HOME OF THE
PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE.
THEY'RE NOT DROPPING BY --
>> Dwight: THEY'RE
COMING RIGHT HERE.
AT NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE.
LET'S TAKE IN SOME OF THIS
AS THEY ARRIVE IN THE
SQUARE, AS WE HEAR FROM
SOME OF THE CROWDS OUT
THERE.
[YELLING]
[CHEERING]
[CHEERING]
[CHEERING]
>> LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
>> Dwight: LET'S GO,
RAPTORS -- SORRY, WE'RE
CHANTING ALONG WITH THE
CROWD, HAVING SOME FUN, AS
WE WAIT FOR OUR
CHAMPIONSHIP RAPTORS TO
ARRIVE AT THE LANDING SPOT
FOR THIS LONG PARTY,
ADRIENNE, THAT HAS BEEN
WINDING ITS WAY THROUGH
THE STREETS OF OUR CITY,
WITH FOLKS FROM ALL OVER
OUR COUNTRY, IN FACT, ALL
OVER THE WORLD, HERE,
CHEERING AND ENJOYING OUR
TORONTO RAPTORS.
>> Adrienne: THEY'RE
ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR AND A
HALF LATE, WHICH IS
AMAZING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Dwight: IT IS -- WE
CAN'T SEEN SAY
STANDING-ROOM ONLY IN THE
SQUARE.
THERE IS NOT EVEN ROOM TO
BEND.
PEOPLE ARE SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER.
>> Adrienne: IT'S TRUE.
AND SOME PEOPLE, DWIGHT,
HAVE BEEN STANDING IN THIS
CROWD -- THIS CAN HAPPEN
ANY TIME SOMEONE IS
STANDING IN THE CROWD --
>> Dwight: AND NOT
HYDRATED.
>> Adrienne: THE GOOD
NEWS IS ABOUT A CROWD LIKE
THIS, THE MOMENT SOMEONE
GOES DOWN, EVERYONE WAVES
TO GET SOMEONE'S ATTENTION
TO GET A MEDIC, AND
SOMEONE GETS TAKEN AWAY.
EVERYONE IS REALLY
STEPPING UP TO EACH OTHER.
>> Dwight: I HAVE A TEXT
FROM MY 17-YEAR-OLD WHO IS
IN THIS MESS.
AND SHE SAID, DAD, IT IS
SO CRAZY HERE, PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO PASS OUT.
RANDOM PEOPLE HAD TO HELP
US, AND THEY CAME WITH
WATER.
SHE IS FINE, AND HER
FRIENDS ARE OKAY, BUT SHE
SAYS THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT HERE.
WE NEED SOME WATER DOWN
HERE BECAUSE, YOU'RE
RIGHT, IT IS DEHYDRATING.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A
HOT, HOT DAY, AND WE'RE
LUCKY IT IS OVERCAST, BUT
YOU STILL NEED TO KEEP
HYDRATED.
AND BECAUSE OF THE
ADRENALIN AND THE
EXCITEMENT, YOU KIND OF
FORGET YOU'VE BEEN
STANDING FOR THREE HOURS,
AND YOU NEED A BREAK OR
SOME REFRESHMENTS.
PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND,
WE WANT A FUN DAY AND A
SAFE DAY.
>> Adrienne: SO FAR, SO
GOOD.
I THINK THE SUBWAYS ARE
STILL A LITTLE CLOSED AT
SOME PARTS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BRING
ANY MORE PEOPLE IN HERE.
>> Dwight: THAT LOOKS
LIKE THE ROOKIE NBA HEAD
COACH AND -- TO GET THAT
CHIP IN YOUR FIRST YEAR AT
THE HELM IS JUST
INCREDIBLE, IT REALLY IS.
>> Adrienne: HE TOLD THE
STORY THE OTHER DAY ABOUT
WATCHING THE SPACES OF THE
OAKLAND PLAYERS AND THE
OAKLAND FANS WHEN THEY
WERE STARTING "O CANADA,"
AND HE WAS ASTONISHED AT
THE LOOK ON THE FACES OF
THE OAKLAND TEAM.
IT WAS LIKE A WAVE CAME
OVER THEM, AND THEY
REALIZED, UH-OH, THESE
RAPTORS, THESE CANADIANS,
THEY'RE SOMETHING GOOD.
>> Dwight: IN THE END,
AS GREAT A TEAM AS GOLDEN
STATE WAS, AND THAT'S
PROBABLY MY SECOND
FAVOURITE TEAM IN THE NBA,
WE REALLY JUST HAD A
BETTER TEAM THIS YEAR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY
WERE ABLE TO DO ON THE
COURT, AND IT WAS THE
DEFENCE THAT REALLY, I
THINK, PUT US OVER THE
TOP.
HE IS AN OFFENCIVE-MINDED
COACH.
THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT HIM
IN.
DWAYNE CASEY WAS A
DEFENCIVE-MINDED COACH.
BUT WHATEVER THEY DID THIS
YEAR, NICK NURSE DID AN
INCREDIBLE JOB GETTING THE
MOST OUT OF THESE PLAYERS.
ON PAPER THEY MAY NOT BE
NBA SUPERSTARS, BUT THEIR
PERFORMANCES ON THE COURT
THIS YEAR AT BOTH ENDS OF
THE FLOOR, TAKING DOWN A
GREAT TEAM, LIKE THE
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS, WAS
AN INCREDIBLE RUN.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, PEOPLE
DID NOT EXPECT OUR TORONTO
RAPTORS -- I THINK THE
PEOPLE WHO REALLY BELIEVED
THAT THIS TEAM COULD DO
THIS WAS JUST THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THIS TOWN.
THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS
TOWN WHO THOUGHT THIS
COULD HAPPEN, EVEN AFTER
WE PASSED MILWAUKEE.
PEOPLE WERE SAYING, EVEN
WITH K.D. NOT COMING BACK,
WHATEVER, YOU GUYS STILL
WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND I THINK TORONTO
RAPTORS AND NICK NURSE
REALLY SHOWED THEM, AND
THEY SHOWED THEM ON THE
FLOOR.
THEY REALLY DID THIS YEAR.
VERY PROUD OF WHAT THIS
TEAM WAS ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH AND WITH THE
KIND OF PLAYERS THEY WERE
ABLE TO DO IT WITH.
>> Adrienne: DOES THIS
MEAN THAT HE IS, FOR SURE,
A LOCK FOR TORONTO IN THE
YEARS TO COME?
>> Dwight: NICK NURSE?
>> Adrienne: YEAH.
>> Dwight: I CAN'T SEE A
G.M. OR PRESIDENT OF A
BASKETBALL OPERATION
GETTING RID OF A COACH WHO
BROUGHT HOME THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> Adrienne: SO IT IS UP
TO HIM IF HE WANTS TO
STAY?
>> Dwight: YES.
AND I THINK HE DOES.
THEY LIKE THEIR BOSSES,
THEY LIKE WHO THEY WORK
FOR -- HE IS AN AMERICAN,
BUT I THINK HE LIKES THIS
CITY.
THEY'VE EMBRACED HIM.
I TALKED TO DWAYNE CASEY,
AND HE SAYS HE LOVES BEING
IN THE SOUTH.
AND HE SAID, HIS KIDS
SAID, OH, DADDY, THEY HAVE
TIM HORTONS HERE, TOO.
WHEN THEY DO COME AND SEE
THIS PLACE, THEY LIKE THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE
FOR A LONG TIME AND ALSO
FALL IN LOVE WITH IT.
>> Adrienne: THANK
GOODNESS FOR THE
DOUBLE-DECKER BUS.
>> Dwight: A LITTLE BIT
OF OUR COMMONWEALTH
HERITAGE.
>> Adrienne: PEOPLE ARE
TRYING TO SEND OUT TWEETS
FROM DOWN HERE, AND YET
YOU CAN'T GET A SIGNAL
DOWN HERE TO SAVE YOUR
LIFE, SO GOOD LUCK WITH
THAT.
>> Dwight: AND ALL OF
OUR DEVICES ARE RUNNING
OUT OF POWER AS WE GO
ALONG HERE.
[CHEERING]
>> Dwight: YOU SEE A LOT
OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE
TORONTONIANS, BUT IT IS
ALSO INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE
INTERNATIONAL FOLKS HERE.
I WAS SO SURPRISED THAT
AFTER THIS CHAMPIONSHIP
HAPPENED, I GOT SO MANY
TEXTS FROM FRIENDS IN THE
STATE.
I GOT TEXTS FROM FRIENDS
IN THE U.K., AND TEXTS
FROM PEOPLE IN JAMAICA,
AND I LEFT MY TORONTO
RAPTORS' HAT IN JAMAICA,
AND I HOPE THEY'RE WEARING
IT.
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE
UNIFYING FORCE THAT THIS
THAT THISTEAM IS.
THERE IS SERGE IBAKA, WHO
AFTER HIS FAMILY -- THEY
WENT TO PARIS, AND THEN HE
LANDED IN SPAIN, WHERE HE
SPENDS HIS OFF-SEASONS.
IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL
TEAM WITH A LOT OF
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR, AND
I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF
REASONS WE'RE GETTING
REPORTS FROM PLACES AROUND
THE WORLD.
I SAW A GUY IN MUMBAI
TAKING A PICTURE WITH HIS
RAPTORS' SHIRT.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER
PERSON, I THINK THEY WERE
ON THEIR HONEYMOON, AND HE
WAS TAKING A PICTURE.
AND I THOUGHT, SHE IS
LETTING YOU CELEBRATE
THIS.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY
INCREDIBLE TO SEE THIS.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT
OUR CITY, THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY
ABOUT US, WE ARE A DIVERSE
MULTI-CULTURAL TOWN, AND
WE HAVE THIS TEAM THAT
REPRESENTS THE PLANET AND
OUR COUNTRY.
>> Adrienne: THAT IS
ALLEGEDLY HALF A BLOCK
AWAY, AND YET I DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE HECK THEY ARE.
WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR
THEM, WE HAVE A SHOT OF
ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT
GREG ROSS HAS MANAGED TO
CORRAL.
GREG ROSS HAS BEEN AMAZING
IN THIS -- ALL OF THE
REPORTERS ARE -- BUT I
THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO
HEAR FROM SOME OF THEM.
>> Dwight: LET'S LISTEN
IN.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF THIS?
>> THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR
IT, MAN.
WE TRY TO SHOW AS MUCH
LOVE BACK TO OUR FANS.
AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR
US THROUGHOUT OUR ARENA
AND THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW AS
MUCH LOVE AS WE CAN HERE
TODAY.
>> Reporter: YOU'VE WON
A CHAMPIONSHIP.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS?
>> I HAVE NOT.
>>> CLOSE, BUT I HAVE NOT
SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE
THIS.
>> Reporter: TALK ABOUT
WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU GUYS
AS PLAYERS.
SOMETIMES YOU GUYS ARE
PRETTY SEPARATED FROM THE
FANS, BUT YOU'RE HERE,
MAN.
>> THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS
ALL YEAR.
WE'RE HERE FOR THEM.
WE DOING IT FOR THE WHOLE
COUNTRY AND ALL OF THE
FANS HERE TODAY, AND THOSE
WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE
TODAY.
WE KNOW THEY'RE SUPPORTING
US, REGARDLESS, REGARDLESS
IF THEIR IN DIFFERENT
CITIES, AND WE TRY TO SHOW
AS MUCH LOVE AS WE CAN BY
DOING STUFF LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO SAY TO THE
FANS WHEN YOU GET THE
MICROPHONE?
>> I'M GOING TO WING IT.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Adrienne: ONE GUY HAS
BEEN CARRYING AROUND A
HOUSE PLANT, SAYING THIS
IS MY HOUSE WARMING GIFT
FOR KAWHI.
APPARENTLY THE MAN AND THE
PLANET HAVE A CONNECTION.
>> Dwight: I HAVEN'T
SEEN THIS CLIP.
>> Adrienne: WELL, LET'S
HAVE A LOOK.
[CHEERING]
[YELLING]
>> Dwight: IT WORKED.
HE'S GOT THE PLANT.
>> Adrienne: PLEASE TELL
ME THERE IS A LITTLE NOTE
IN THERE SAYING, DEAR
KAWHI...
>> Dwight: KAWHI CAN
LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF
BASKETBALL HOPES.
HOOPS.WE'VE GOT AN ELECTION
COMING UP -- WHATEVER IT
TAKES TO GET KAWHI.
>> Adrienne: SO THAT
CROWD.
.>> WE'RE IN A SEA OF
PEOPLE.
IF THERE ARE 50,000 IN THE
SQUARE, THERE HAS GOT TO
BE ANOTHER 10,000 ON
QUEENS STREET AS PART OF
THE SHERATON HOTEL IN
FRONT OF US.
I'M SAYING THOSE ESTIMATES
ARE KIND OF LOW FOR THE
TURNOUT WE HAD TODAY.
>> Adrienne: WE SAW ONE
COUNT FROM POLICE EARLIER
TODAY, NOT INCLUDING WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN NATHAN
PHILLIPS SQUARE -- THERE
IS A MILLION ON THE
STREETS, JUST ALONG THE
PARADE.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S
PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE.
>> Dwight: IT IS.
I THINK ESTIMATED OVER ALL
FOR THIS EVENT HERE TODAY,
THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT TWO
MILLION PEOPLE ALL
TOGETHER.
AND IT IS SO WORTH IT.
WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS
GOING TO TAKE THIS LONG,
BUT WE KNEW IT WAS GOING
TO BE A PARTY.
>> Adrienne: I'M NOT
SURE ANYTHING TAKES THIS
LONG.
>> Dwight: WE KNEW IT
WAS GOING TO BE A PARTY,
ADRIENNE, AND IT IS
NON-STOP.
THEY'RE TURNING THE CORNER
AND MAKING THEIR WAY TO
US.
>> Adrienne: IT IS TRUE.
WHAT PEOPLE CAN'T SEE IS
WHAT DWIGHT AND I ARE
LOOKING AT, WE'RE ON SORT
OF A BRIDGE OVER NATHAN
PHILLIPS SQUARE, AND WE'RE
LOOKING ON A MAJOR
THOROUGHFAIR, AND WE CAN
SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,
AND AS THEY TURN THEIR
HEADS, THAT GIVES US AN
INDICATION -- AS
RIDICULOUS AS THAT
SOUNDS -- BUT WHERE THE
PARADE IS.
>> Dwight: CAN WE GET A
CHECK IN WITH PHARMA
MORALI TO GET AN IDEA OF
EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE?
>> I'M NOT SURE WE'RE
GOING TO PULL THAT OFF.
>> Dwight: AS THE PARADE
LEAVES A CERTAIN AREA,
PEOPLE AREN'T GOING HOME.
THEY'RE SIMPLY TRAILING
THE PARADE AND FOLLOWING
IT UP.
WHICH IS MAKING IT AN EVEN
MORE DIFFICULT ROUTE TO
GET TO NATHAN PHILLIPS
SQUARE.
>> Adrienne: AND AGAIN,
TIMING-WISE, IT IS NOW 10
TO 3:00 EASTERN TIME, AND
THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT
AT 12:30 THE RAPTORS WERE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN
HERE.
SO THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE A LOVELY, CALM PARTY
UNTIL 1:30, AND NOW
EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE BEEN
PASSED OUT ON THEIR
COUCHES.
>> Dwight: AFTER WE GOT
SWEPT LAST YEAR BY LEBRON,
THE FIRST TIME THAT THE
NUMBER ONE SEED WAS SWEPT
BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
FINALS.
AND THAT'S WHEN THIS WHOLE
THING BLEW UP.
AND AS A FAN OF THIS GAME,
WHEN WE GOT KAWHI HERE, I
HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THIS
TEAM, BUT MY FRIENDS SAY
I'M A BIT DELUSIONAL
BECAUSE I'M A HOMER.
I ALWAYS SUPPORT MY TEAM.
>> Adrienne: LET THE
DELUSIONS RING.
>> Dwight: FOR ME TO BE
SITTING HERE WITH YOU,
ADRIENNE, FOR US TO BE
WORKING A CHAMPIONSHIP
PARADE --
>> Adrienne: IT IS A BIT
RIDICULOUS, RIGHT?
>> Dwight: I STILL HAVE
TO PINCH MYSELF.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE
ACTUALLY HERE AND THIS IS
HAPPENING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
HAPPENING FOR US.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S WHAT
MAKES THIS SO SWEET.
THAT IS DEFINITELY THE
PARADE TURNING ON TO
QUEEN'S STREET.
I'M SURE WE CAN GET TO
FARRAH RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT, FARRAH?
>> Dwight: I SEE HER.
I DO SEE HER.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE
MOMENT THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE HERE HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR, ADRIENNE.
THE BUS IS NOW IN SIGHT,
THE DOUBLE-DECKER BUS, AND
WE CAN SEE THAT PINK AND
PURPLE SMOKE COMING OUT
FROM THE CROWD.
THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE
HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE
CELL PHONES, PEOPLE STRIKE
TRYINGTO GET THEIR FIRST GLIMPSE
OF THE PLAYERS.
THOSE ARE THE LOUDEST
CHEERS I HAVE HEARD ALL
AFTER, WHEN NICK NURSE
CAME THROUGH ON A CAR, AND
HE PAUSED AND GOT SOME
PICTURES.
AND THE DOUBLE-DECKER
BUSES ARE COMING THROUGH.
IT IS A LONG AFTERNOON
HERE.
PEOPLE ARE JUST JAM-PACKED
HERE ON UNIVERSITY.
THERE IS NOT VERY MUCH
ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF STUCK
FOR ABOUT FOUR, FIVE
HOURS, WAITING AND HOPING
THAT THINGS WOULD GET
STARTED.
I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO A
LOT OF FANS HERE ABOUT A
GUY -- I'VE GOT A GUY NEXT
TO ME, GEORGE, WHO HAS
BEEN HERE FOR, GOSH, I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS,
PROBABLY AS LONG AS I'VE
BEEN HERE -- GEORGE, HOW
ARE THINGS GOING FOR YOU?
YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE
10:00 a.m., AND HOW ARE
YOU DOING?
>> I'M GREAT.
I CAME WITH MY FRIENDS,
AND WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE
ABOUT 10:00.
IT IS CANADA'S MOMENT.
INCREDIBLE ENERGY.
>> Reporter: THE BUS IS
IN SIGHT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> I'M EXCITED.
THIS IS CRAZY.
FIRST TIME IN 26 YEARS.
MAYBE I WILL NEVER SEE
THIS IN MY LIFE AGAIN.
AS AN IMMIGRANT AND A BIG
TORONTO SPORTS FAN, THIS
IS AMAZING.
>> Reporter: WHERE ARE
YOU FROM?
>> ORIGINALLY FROM RUSSIA.
AND I SETTLED IN NEW
MARKET.
>> Reporter: WHAT YOU
GOT INTERESTED IN
BASKETBALL?
>> I PLAYED HOCKEY, ALL OF
THE CANADIAN SPORTS, AND
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
THIS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ENERGY
LIKE THIS.
NEVER SEEN THE WHOLE CITY
AND COUNTRY COME TOGETHER
LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: WHAT DOES
IT MEAN TO SEE CROWDS LIKE
THIS, TO SEE THE WHOLE
CITY COME OUT LIKE THIS?
>> IT IS INCREDIBLE.
IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE
DIVERSITIY AND
MULTI-CULTURALISM WE HAVE
HERE IN CANADA.
>> Reporter: GEORGE,
THANKS FOR CHATTING WITH
US.
WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU
TAKE IN SOME OF THIS
PARADE THAT IS HAPPENING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE HAVE THE BUSES NOW
APPROACHING.
THE PLAYERS ARE IN SIGHT,
IT SEEMS.
THEY'RE SORT IN THE BACK
OF THE BUSES.
THERE IS SOME WAVING AND
THE FLAGS.
PEOPLE ARE TRYING THEIR
BEST TO GET THEIR BEST
PHOTOS OF THE BUSES AS
THEY GO BY HERE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS,
IT IS A VERY HOT DAY OUT
HERE.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE VERY
HAPPY THAT THIS IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> Adrienne: THANK YOU,
FARRAH.
WE JUST SAW MASAI GETTING
OFF THE BUS.
THAT'S HOW CLOSE THEY ARE.
WE HAVE BEN INNIS JOINING
US NOW.
WHAT A THING FOR YOU TO BE
WATCHING?
>> IT IS INCREDIBLE.
I WISH IT WAS HAPPENING A
LITTLE EARLIER THAN IT IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
>> Adrienne: WHAT DO YOU
MEAN BY THAT?
>> THE DELAYS -- I WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING A
RADIO SHOW THAT DOESN'T
EXIST BECAUSE IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY'LL BE GOING
UNTIL AT LEAST 4:00.
'92, '93, THOSE WERE MY
FORMATIVE YEARS AS A
SPORTS FAN IN THIS CITY,
AND I WAS SINGLE-DIGIT
YEARS OLD, SO I CAN ONLY
REMEMBER SO MUCH, BUT I
LOOK AT ALL OF THE YOUNG
PEOPLE HERE AND THE
MEMORIES THEY HAVE
GENERATED FOR THEM.
IT IS AMAZING.
>> Adrienne: I FEEL LIKE
I'M AT A PARTY.
>> Dwight: IT REALLY IS
A PARTY.
WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE
VINCE CARTER EFFECT DID
FOR BASKETBALL IN THE
SOUTH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK LIKE
THIS DID -- LIKE YOU SAID,
YOU WATCHED THE GAMES WHEN
YOU WERE YOUNG.
THERE IS A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE HERE TODAY?
>> IT IS ALREADY AMAZING.
WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO
HAVE ANOTHER LOTTERY PICK,
AND R.J. IS PROBABLY GOING
TO GO THIRD OVERALL.
THE INFLUX OF TALENT IN
THE NBA, IT FEELS LIKE IT
IS AT A SATURATION POINT,
BUT IT IS ONLY GOING TO
GET EVEN BIGGER.
MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE MORE
PEOPLE GETTING INTO SPORTS
MEDIA, LIKE MYSELF.
THIS CENTURY REASON I'M
HERE.
THIS IS A HOCKEY CITY
FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND IT
WILL BE THE LEAFS' CITY,
BUT THERE MAY BE SOME
PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING
THEIR FIRST BASKETBALL
GAMES EVER OVER THE LAST
MONTH OR TWO?
>> Adrienne: DO YOU
THINK THAT'S REALLY TRUE,
IT IS A HOCKEY CITY?
>> MAYBE IT IS CHANGING.
MAYBE WE'LL SEE THE
DIFFERENCE NEXT FALL.
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE A
LEAFS' CELEBRATION BIGGER
THAN THIS.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO
IMAGINE.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE, YOU
DON'T COUNT OUT THE GOLDEN
STATE WARRIORS UNTIL
THEY'RE DEFEATED, AND YOU
DON'T COUNT OUT THE
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS UNTIL
YOU SEE THE RAPTORS.
AND STILL THE RAPTORS
OVERTAKE THEM.
>> Dwight: AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE SEASON,
AFTER THIS TRADE WAS
MADE -- I WAS LISTENING TO
SOME OF YOU GUYS, AND
THERE WERE A LOT OF FANS
SAYING, I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU DID THIS, WE LOVE
DEMAR, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> IT IS SO DIFFICULT AS A
FAN TO SEPARATE YOUR
EMOTION FROM YOUR LOGIC.
THAT'S WHY MASAI UJIRI'S
JOB IS.
A LOT OF FANS COULDN'T
MAKE THE SEPARATION.
DEMAR DEROZAN WAS A
TORONTO RAPTOR, BUT THERE
IS NO QUESTION WHAT KAWHI
LEONARD WAY ABLE TO DO.
I LOOKED AT IT AND SAID,
IT HURTS, THIS IS A
FRANCHISE ICON, AND ONE
DAY HE'LL HAVE HIS NUMBER
RETIRED, BUT YOU HAVE A
CHANCE TO GET A ONCE IN A
GENERATION, AN M.V.P.-TYPE
PLAYER IN KAWHI LEONARD,
AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT
MOVE 10 TIMES OUT OF 10.
LOOK AT THIS LEAGUE, IT IS
THE STARS THAT WIN IT.
>> UNLESS YOU'RE A
QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL,
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF
STARS.
THEY'RE NOT WEARING
HELMETS.
WE CAN SEE THEM.
WHEN DID IT CHANGE WITH
THE PHONE-IN?
WHEN DID YOU THINK THE
TIDE CHANGED WHERE PEOPLE
SAID, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING
SPECIAL HAPPENING HERE?
>> IT IS HARD TO SAY IT
EVER HAPPENED DURING THE
SEASON, BECAUSE THEY WON
59 GAMES --
>> Dwight: WE HAD THE
BEST RECORD.
>> RIGHT.
AND THEY FINISHED SECOND
IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE.
AND IT WAS HARD TO SAY, IS
THIS TEAM APPRECIABLY
BETTER?
>> Dwight: AND PEEK PEOPLE
WERE MAKING FUN OF IT.
>> AGAINST THE
PHILADELPHIA 76ers -- IF
THE RAPTORS DIDN'T WIN
THIS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
AN INDELIBLE MOMENT.
>> Dwight: YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THIS SCENE WITH
THE MAYOR, AND HE REFUSES
TO TAKE THAT JACKET OFF.
>> Adrienne: AND HE'S
GOT COMPETITION FROM
JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
AND THERE IS DOUG FORD.
I WASN'T ENTIRELY CLEAR IF
DOUG FORD WOULD BE HERE.
>> Dwight: THE MAYOR IS
HERE, THE PRIME MINISTER
IS HERE, AND EVEN ED
SHEERAN -- EVERYBODY IS
HERE AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> Adrienne: WE KNOW
THERE WERE 59 JURASSIC
PARKS AROUND THE COUNTRY,
AND PEOPLE WERE WATCHING.
I WONDER TO WHAT DEGREE,
YOU KNOW, SHARING THESE
EXPERIENCES OF THE PARADE
IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO
COAST TO COAST TO COAST.
IT IS DIFFERENT FROM
SHARING THE EXPERIENCE OF
THE GAME.
>> Dwight: YEAH,
DEFINITELY.
THIS FEELS LIKE SOMETHING
THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT
SEEING IN PERSON THAN OVER
A TELEVISION SCREEN.
BUT ONE THING WE'VE
LEARNED, I THINK,
THROUGHOUT THIS RAPTORS'
PLAYOFF, RON, THEY'RE A
NATIONAL BRAND.
>> THEY ARE.
AND THEY'VE SAID THAT FROM
DAY ONE.
>> Adrienne: THERE YOU
GO FOR NATIONAL BRAND.
I WONDER IF WE SHOULD ASK
HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE TO
RUN IN THE UPCOMING
ELECTION.
>> I WONDER WHO WILL GET
THE MOST --
>> I WATCH SPORTS WITH MY
FRIENDS.
WE GET TOGETHER, WE HAVE A
COUPLE OF BEERS.
WE WATCH SPORTS.
THESE JURASSIC PARKS
NORTH, WEST, ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, WHAT IS IT?
IS IT SOMETHING ABOUT
BASKETBALL?
IS IT SOMETHING ABOUT
CANADA THAT WE ALL WANT TO
GET TOGETHER AND
EXPERIENCE THIS TOGETHER?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK
THAT IT IS SPORTS IN
GENERAL.
>> Dwight: YOU'RE NOT
EVEN IN THE ARENA.
>> RIGHT.
BUT WHAT OTHER EXAMPLES OF
LIFE DO YOU HAVE WHERE
PEOPLE WANT TO EVEN GET
TOGETHER AT ALL.
>> Adrienne: AND NO ONE
KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND SHARING THE
EXPERIENCE.
WE SHARE SO MUCH OF OUR
LIVES THROUGH OUR PHONES,
SOCIAL MEDIA AND TEXTING,
AND PEOPLE DON'T EVEN CALL
EACH OTHER.
AND LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE
SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW
WEEKS AND MONTHS, PEOPLE
NOT ONLY GETTING TOGETHER,
BUT GETTING TOGETHER AND
THESE HOW MUCH CROWDS, AND
THERE ARE VERY FEW
NEGATIVE STORIES ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCES THEY'VE ALL
SHARED TOGETHER.
IT IS REALLY RARE.
WE DON'T SEE IT --
ANYWHERE THAT I CAN SEE
IT.
I'M BIAS BECAUSE I LOVE
SPORTS.
>> Adrienne: I THINK YOU
CAN ARGUE THAT THE FUTURE
OF THIS MEDIUM IS SPORTS,
NEWS, LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS,
ANYTHING WHERE THERE IS
THIS COMMENT, "WHAT ON
EARTH IS GOING TO HAPPEN,"
FEELING.
>> THERE IS JUST SO MUCH
OF WATCHING TV OR
LISTENING TO THE RADIO IS
ON-DEMAND, WHETHER IT IS
PODCASTS -- SPORTS AND
LIVE NEWS ARE THE LAST
THINGS YOU HAVE TO
EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE.
>> Adrienne: AND WE'VE
GOT BOTH FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW.
>> Dwight: TALKING ABOUT
FANDOME IN THIS TOWN, AND
TORONTO SPORTS FANS IN
GENERAL, YOU HEAR THEM,
AND WE'RE RABID SPORTS
FANS SOMETIMES WHEN WE
CALL INTO THESE PHONE-IN
SHOWS.
WE'VE ARRIVED.
WE HEAR ABOUT BOSTON AND
ALL THESE PLACES GETTING
ALL OF THESE
CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT I DON'T
THINK THEY HAVE THIS EVEN
WHEN THEY WIN.
>> NO.
THEY'RE JADED.
THEY'RE SPOILED.
>> Dwight: THAT'S THE
POINT RIGHT THERE, WE'RE
NOT SPOILED HERE.
>> WE'RE STARVED.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS,
PEOPLE THAT ARE STARVED
FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> Dwight: IT HAS BEEN
50 PLUS YEARS FOR THE
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS' FIRST
CHAMPIONSHIP.
YEAH, IT IS DIFFERENT.
>> I'M SURE IT WOULD BE
DIFFERENT IF THE GOLDEN
STATE WARRIORS HAD RALLIED
BACK AND HIT THAT IN GAME
SIX AND THEY WON ON SUNDAY
IN A GAME SEVEN, I THINK
THEIR CELEBRATION WOULD BE
MUTED COMPARED TO WHAT WE
HAVE IN NATHAN PHILLIPS
SQUARE.
>> Adrienne: LET'S SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE WIN
IT NEXT YEAR.
>> THAT SOUNDS SO GOOD.
>> Dwight: AND PEOPLE
ARE CALLING IN, AND HOW
ARE THEY FEELING ABOUT
KAWHI GOING ON STAYING?
WHAT IS THE FEELING OF THE
FANS?
>> THE FANS, I THINK, VIEW
IT LIKE YOU SHOULD, THAT
THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO ENTICE HIM TO
STAY IN TORONTO.
>> Dwight: I'M ONE OF
THOSE FANS.
>> IF KAWHI LEONARD DOES
LEAVE, AND I THINK THAT IS
VERY MUCH ON THE TABLE
BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN VERY
GUARDED THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE TIME --
>> Dwight: A MAN OF FEW
WORDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO THAT SUBJECT.
>> NO QUESTION.
EVEN IF HE WERE TO LEAVE
FOR THE LOS ANGELES
CLIPPERS, THE MAN IS GOING
TO GET A HUGE STANDING
OVATION EVERY TIME HE
RETURNS TO TORONTO.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AFTER
THE SHOT IN GAME SEVEN,
YOU MIGHT AS WELL RETIRE
KAWHI LEONARD'S NUMBER
TWO.
EVEN IF HE PLAYS ONE
SEASON IN TORONTO THAN
EVEN VINCE CARTER HAS DONE
FOR THIS FRANCHISE.
>> Dwight: YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
TALK ABOUT DOING THINGS
FOR THIS FRANCHISE, WE
JUST WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP,
AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
ASSOCIATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE PEOPLE
IN THIS LEAGUE ARE TRYING
TO TAKE MASAI UJIRI, TOO?
>> AND WHY NOT.
HE IS THE BEST AT WHAT HE
DOES.
AND WICKI IS THE ARCHITECT
OF THE CITY OF TORONTO --
>> Adrienne: ARE YOU
THINKING THAT MASAI MIGHT
GO TO WASHINGTON?
>> THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL
REPORT.
THEY GAVE US NO TIME TO
CELEBRATE BECAUSE SECONDS
AFTER THE FINAL HORN --
>> Dwight: I THINK HE
HAD THAT ARTICLE WAITING
TO GO, AND AS SOON AS WE
WON, HE HIT "END."
>> I WANT TO GIVE HIM THE
BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, THAT
HE RECEIVED SOME
INFORMATION AT THAT
MOMENT, AND NOT JUST TO
RAIN ON THE RAPTORS'
PARADE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE -- LOOK AT
HOW MUCH MONEY MAPLE LEAF
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
HAS MADE OVER THIS RUN.
HOW MANY EXTRA EYEBALLS
ARE ON THEIR PRODUCT THAT
THEY WERE NOT MATCH
WHATEVER OFFER WAS GIVEN
TO MASAI UJIRI.
AND WHY WOULD MASAI UJIRI
WANT TO LEAVE?
IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE,
THOUGH, KEEPING KAWHI
LEONARD, AND IF HE LEAVES,
THAT IS ANOTHER CHALLENGE
HERE IN TORONTO.
I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME
SEEING HIM LEAVE.
>> Adrienne: WHAT
HAPPENED IN OAKLAND THE
OTHER NIGHT, THE WHOLE
BUSINESS HE DIDN'T HAVE
THE CREDENTIALS --
>> IT'S VERY BIZARRE.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT
ALL OF THE INFORMATION,
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN A VIDEO
OF THE ACTUAL ALTERCATION.
>> EVEN AS A POLICE
SERVICE IN THAT TOWN, HE
IS THE PRESIDENT OF
BASKETBALL.
HE IS TRYING TO GET ON THE
FLOOR WHERE HE IS SUPPOSED
TO BE.
I GET WHAT WAS HAPPENING
HERE, BUT FOR THEM TO
ESCALATE IT AND SAY THEY
WANT TO CHARGE HIM, I
THINK IS A LITTLE
DIFFICULT.
YOU COULD DEAL WITH THAT
WITHOUT MAKING IT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> AND IF IT WAS
INCIDENTAL.
IT IS HARD FOR ME TO
BELIEVE IT IS WORTH
STAYING WITH IT.
TO CONTINUE TO PRESS
CHARGES -- IT FEELS LIKE
IT WOULD BE SUPER EASY TO
LET IT GO AND MOVE ON.
>> Dwight: WE APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME.
I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED THIS
RUN, TOO?
>> I LOVE IT.
IT IS AMAZING.
THIS IS THE BEST TIME FOR
THE HOST OF SPORTS AND
TALK RADIO SHOWS.
IT IS AMAZING.
AND HOPEFULLY IT
HAPPENSAGAIN NEXT YEAR.
>> Dwight: AND WE WON'T
BE NEEDING TO GIVE YOU A
HARD TIME.
THE RAPTORS ARE THE BEST
TEAM IN THE NBA AND
HOPEFULLY WILL BE UNTIL
THE NEXT TIME THIS YEAR.
>> Adrienne: THE
LONGEST, TINIEST BLOCK IN
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
IS BEING DRIVEN RIGHT NOW.
IT IS REALLY NOT THAT FAR,
DWIGHT.
AND YET -- AND YET...
>> THE ROUTE WAS NOT THAT
LONG.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
HOW LONG HAS IT TAKEN US
TO DRIVE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC
IN THIS TOWN, AND IT
USUALLY TAKES US A LITTLE
WHILE.
WE WENT NORTH ON YORK TO
UNIVERSITY.
YOU SEE THAT CORNER,
THAT'S WHAT ADRIENNE WAS
TALKING ABOUT THERE, THAT
CORNER THAT TURNS INTO
NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE,
THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW.
THAT MEANS WE'RE CLOSE TO
THE PODIUM PARTY, AND THE
FESTIVITIES KICKING OFF
THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO
START, I DON'T KNOW, A
COUPLE OF HOURS AGO?
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> Adrienne: WE CAN SEE
GLIMPSE EVERY ONCE IN A
WHILE OF MARCUS, SORT OF
BANGING HIS CHEST THERE.
THIS AMAZING BASKETBALL
PLAYER, WHO IS A FORCE ON
THE COURT AND A FORCE ON
THE BUS, TRYING TO GET
EVERYBODY A LITTLE HYPED.
WE LOVE YOU.
[CHEERING]
>> Dwight: WE HAVE A
GUEST ONSET, AND WE'RE
GOING TO JUMP IN.
LET'S SIT DOWN WITH GREG
ROSS ALONG THE PARADE
ROUTE.
ANY UPDATE FOR US, GREG?
HOW CLOSE ARE WE?
[YELLING]
[CHEERING]
>> Reporter: DWIGHT,
WE'RE JUST LITERALLY
ARRIVING AT OUR
DESTINATION FINALLY.
WE'RE THREE, FOUR HOURS
LATE, BUT HERE WE ARE.
I'M WALKING ALONGSIDE --
THEY'RE GOING CRAZY.
AS THIS BUS
[INDISCERNABLE].
[AUDIO BREAKING UP]
>> Adrienne: WE ARE
REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
>> I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE
HERE.
>> Adrienne: ONE OF THE
THINGS WE LOVED ABOUT YOU
IS THAT YOU STAYED IN
CANADA.
YOU DID NOT LEAVE US
BEHIND.
>> YES.
>> Dwight: OUR KIDS
ACTUALLY GO TO THE SAME
HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.
>> YES, THEY DO.
>> Dwight: TALK ABOUT
HOW YOU'RE FEELING AS A
FORMER COACH OF THIS
SEASON.
SOMEONE WHO LOVED THIS
CITY SO MUCH, YOU STAYED
AND MADE A LIFE HERE.
>> AS AN ALUMIST, IT IS
REALLY EXCITING.
AS A PLAYER, THEY WON THE
CHAMPIONSHIP THE YEAR
BEFORE I GOT THERE, AND
THEN THEY WIN IT THE YEAR
AFTER I LEAVE.
AND THEN I GO TO THE WORLD
CHAMPION LOS ANGELES
LAKERS, AND THEY WIN IT
BEFORE I GET THERE.
SO FOR ME, THIS HAS BEEN A
LONG TIME COMING ON THE
BUCKET OF THINGS YOU WANT
DONE WHERE YOU LEAVE THIS
EARTH, AND THIS IS ONE OF
THEM.
I'M SO HAPPY FOR THE CITY,
THE COUNTRY, THE PROVINCE.
THE FANS HAVE JUST BEEN
UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS
DREAMED OF.
I COMPETED TO WIN.
I DIDN'T COMPETE TO DO A
WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER
THINGS.
SO THIS ISOUT STA IS OUTSTANDIN.
I'M SO PROUD.
IT WAS LIKE A BIG BALLOON
BURST OF PRIDE THAT WE
FINALLY GOT THROUGH IT.
AND THE GUYS AND MASAI
DESERVE ALL OF THE CREDIT.
MASAI WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS
WAYS.
HE DOESN'T THINK LIKE A
NORTH AMERICAN.
HE ENDED UP PLAYING CHESS
AND EVERYBODY WAS PLAYING
CHECKERS.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT HE DID.
I'M SUPER HAPPY AND HAPPY
THAT YOU GUYS ASKED ME TO
SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH
YOU.
>> Adrienne: IS THERE
ANYTHING THAT HAS
SURPRISED YOU ABOUT THIS
DAY IN PARTICULAR?
ANYTHING THAT YOU DIDN'T
EXPECT?
>> NO.
>> Dwight: THE SIZE OF
THE CROWD --
>> NO.
I ALWAYS FELT, GIVEN TIME,
WE COULD TEACH CANADIANS
HOW TO LOVE BASKETBALL.
IN THE STATES, YOU HAVE
YOUR FAVOURITE FOOTBALL
TEAM -- I HAVE A PLACE UP
NORTH, BUT OVER THE DOOR
IN THE BOATHOUSE, THERE IS
A DALLAS COWBOYS' SIGN AND
A MINNESOTA VIKINGS' SIGN,
BUT IT IS BELOW THE
COWBOYS.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR 
CHRISTMAS -- IN EVERY
SPORTS YOU SHOULD HAVE
YOUR FAVOURITE TEAM, AND
BASKETBALL TO BE THE
RAPTORS.
IT JUST TOOK US A WHILE TO
GET CANADIANS TO
UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE DON'T OFFEND ANYTHING
IN HOCKEY BY LOVING OUR
BASKETBALL TEAM, RIGHT?
>> Dwight: NO.
>> THIS DIVERSITIY IS WHAT
CANADA IS ABOUT ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS JUST A BIEWBL
THING.
THING -- IT IS JUST A
BEAUTIFUL THING.
YOU HAD TROUBLE PERSUADING
PLAYERS TO COME TO CANADA.
DOES THIS CHANGE ANYTHING
FOR YOU?
>> WE STARTED RECRUITING
FREE AGENTS THE SUMMER
BEFORE.
WE BRING THEM UP IN THE
SUMMER BECAUSE THE WEATHER
IS GOOD.
AND THEN THEY BUILT A NEW
BUILDING, SO IT GOT
EASIER.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT MASAI
DID, HE TRADED AN ACE FOR
A BIGGER ACE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO TRICK
THEM TO GET TO WHERE YOU
WANT THEM TO GO.
IT IS JAGGED LINES.
>> Adrienne: YOU KNOW
THE TRUTH.
WHY DID YOU STAY?
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.
>> I'VE GOT ONE LIKE YOU
AT HOME.
SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.
SHE HAS TAUGHT ME HOW TO
LIVE AS A BETTER PERSON.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL
15-YEAR-OLD SON, HE GOES
TO SCHOOL WITH DWIGHT'S
KID.
I DIDN'T WANT TO CHASE
EVERY COACHING JOB.
THERE COMES A TIME WHEN
YOU HAVE TO FIND PEACE IN
LIFE, AND IN CANADA I
FOUND PEACE.
>> Adrienne: LUCKY US.
>> Dwight: WE ARE VERY
LUCKY.
>>> DO YOU THINK MASAI, AS
A FORMER PLAYER AND A
COACH -- DO YOU THINK HIS
ABILITY TO FIND THESE
PLAYERS THAT OTHERS DON'T
SEE, DOES IT GO BACK TO
HIS PREVIOUS JOB AS A
SCOUT?
HOW DOES HE GET A PASCAL
SIAKAM OR KAWHI LEONARD?
>> HE WAS BORN AND GREW UP
IN AFRICA.
IN NORTH AMERICA, WE DON'T
THINK AFRICA -- IF YOU
TAKE THE POPULATION BASE,
RIGHT, HE WAS SEEING YOUNG
BASKETBALL PLAYERS' TALENT
COME OUT OF AFRICA.
WHEN YOU SEE TALENT, IT IS
ALL ABOUT HOW YOU BUFF IT
OUT.
YOU CAN TAKE THE MOST
TALENTED GUY, AND IF HE
DOESN'T GET BUFFED OUT, HE
WON'T BE SUCCESSFUL.
IT STARTED WITH BIAMBOL,
AND NOW SIAKAM.
BUT HE GOT TWO OF HIS
FIRST SEVEN FROM A FOREIGN
COUNTRY, AND THREE OF HIS
FIRST SEVEN THAT ARE
INTERNATIONAL.
HE BASICALLY DID NOT HAVE
THE BARRIERS THAT, SAY, A
COACH LIKE ME --
>> Dwight: THAT SO MUCH
OTHER COACHES HAVE.
>> RIGHT.
HE BASICALLY WENT AND GOT
WHAT HE KNEW, AND HE
TRUSTED IN IT.
AND THEY TRUSTED EACH
OTHER.
AND SO WHEN I SEEN
BASICALLY SERGE IBAKA
AFTER THE TRADE STRUGGLE A
LET BIT, BUT THEY GOT HIM
BACK.
AND HE PLAYED SO WELL DOWN
THE STRETCH.
HE PLAYED LIKE A VETERAN
WHO WANTED TO WIN.
AND TO SEE HIM DANCING AND
TALKING ABOUT HOW
UNBELIEVABLE IT WAS FOR
HIM TO WIN AN NBA
CHAMPIONSHIP IN TORONTO,
IT MEANT SO MUCH FOR HIM
BECAUSE HE HAD TO TRAVEL
ALL OVER THE WORLD TO
LEARN HIS CRAFT.
>> Dwight: THANK YOU FOR
SHARING THIS WITH US, AND
THANK YOU FOR STAYING IN
CANADA.
YOU'VE GOT TO TELL ALL OF
YOUR AMERICAN COUSINS -- I
HOPE THEY COME UP TO YOUR
COTTAGE AND SEE HOW GREAT
THIS COUNTRY IS.
>> IT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE
COUNTRY, WITH AN
UNBELIEVABLE ATTITUDE, FAR
BETTER THAN OTHER
COUNTRIES.
WHEN I LAND AT THE
AIRPORT, I KNOW I'M HOME.
>> Adrienne: YOU'RE A
GREAT CANADIAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Dwight: THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PART OF THE JOURNEY
IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP
TODAY.
BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF
THAT HISTORY, PART OF THAT
JOURNEY.
>> WHATEVER SMALL PART IT
WAS, I'M PROUD OF.
>> Dwight: YOU SHOULD
BE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> Adrienne: WE'RE GOING
TO TOSS IT DOWN TO MEAGAN
FITZPATRICK, WHO HAS
MANAGED TO FIND HER WAY
INTO THE CROWD.
>> Reporter: I'M OVER
HERE.
I'M SORT OF ELEVATED ABOVE
THE CROWD, BUT STILL WITH
A LOT OF RAPTORS' FANS,
WHO OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN
WAITING A LONG TIME IN
NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE FOR
THE FESTIVITIES TO GET
GOING.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
WAITING HERE?
>> 7:00 IN THE MORNING.
>> Reporter: AND ARE YOU
SKIPPING SCHOOL?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: WHAT HAS
BEEN IT LIKE WAITING HERE?
>> FUN.
>> IT IS WORTH IT.
>> Reporter: HOW HAVE
YOU BEEN PASSING THE TIME?
>> SITTING AROUND.
>> Reporter: SINGING
SONGS?
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING
TO PASS THE TIME?
>> BEING BORED.
>> Reporter: HOW ABOUT
THE PARENTS, HOW HAVE YOU
BEEN ENTERTAINING THE KIDS
TRYING.
>> LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO RAPTORS!
LET'S GO RAPTORS!
>> Reporter: THEY SEEM
TO STILL HAVE A LOT OF
ENERGY, EVEN THOUGH IT IS
HOT HERE, AND YOU PROBABLY
HAVEN'T HAD MUCH FOOD OR
WATER.
HAVE YOU HAD ANYTHING TO
EAT?
>> NOT REALLY.
>> Reporter: WHO YOU
GUYS MOST LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING WHEN THEY
FINALLY ARRIVE HERE?
>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
KAWHI LEONARD, I'M NOT
GOING TO LIE.
HE HAS BEEN AMAZING DURING
THE SEASON AND THE
PLAYOFFS.
HE IS SUCH AN AMAZING
PLAYER.
>> Reporter: WHAT ABOUT
YOU, WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE
PLAYER?
>> PASCAL SIAKAM.
>> Reporter: HOW COME?
>> HE IS THE BEST PLAYER
ON THE TEAM, THE MOST
POTENTIAL.
>> Reporter: WE'VE GOT A
BIT OF A DEBATE HERE
SOMEONE ELSE THINKS KAWHI
LEONARD.
IS THERE ANYONE LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING WHEN
THEY GET HERE?
>> FRED VAN VLEET.
>> Reporter: WE'VE GOT A
LITTLE BIT OF A VARIETY IN
TERMS OF WHO THEY'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING.
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE
PLAYER?
>> KAWHI LEONARD.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF
PEOPLE HOPING HE IS GOING
TO STAY HERE IN TORONTO
NEXT YEAR.
WHAT DO YOU THINK TORONTO
CAN DO TO CONVINCE HIM TO
STAY?
>> OFFER HIM MORE.
>> Reporter: MORE MONEY?
>> NO, MORE APARTMENTS.
>> Reporter: MORE
APARTMENTS, MORE FREE
RESTAURANTS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IS GOING
TO BE ENOUGH, BUT MAYBE
THIS TURNOUT WILL CONVINCE
HIM TO STAY.
>> IF HE SEES THIS, HE IS
STAYING FIVE MORE YEARS.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE
DEBATE GOING OVER HERE
ABOUT WHO THE M.V.P.
SHOULD BE, AND WHO THE
FAVOURITE PLAYERS ARE.
OVERALL, YOU GUYS ARE
STILL HANGING IN.
YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
HOURS.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE
SINCE -- WELL, WE SHOWED
UP AT 5:00 a.m., AND
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE, AND OBVIOUSLY THE
CROWD HAS GROWN THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.
LET'S GET ONE LAST
CHANTED, YOU GUYS.
>> LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
>> Reporter: WE'LL END
IT BACK OVER TO YOU GUYS
FOR NOW.
>> Dwight: LET'S GO,
RAPTORS!
>> Adrienne: AND WE'LL
GIVE YOU A LITTLE WAVE.
>> Dwight: ARE WE STILL
CHANTING?
>>
>> Adrienne: NO.
YOU'RE GOOD.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE
GUYS.
AMAZING PLAYERS, AND WE
KNOW THEM FROM THE SHAPE
THE HAIRCUTS.
>> Dwight: I THINK WE'VE
TURNED THE CORNER.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE PLAYERS
ARE ARRIVING AT NATHAN
PHILLIPS SCARE.
WE CAN SEE SOME OF THEM
OVER OUR SHOULDER WALKING
ON TO THE STAGE.
>> Adrienne: WHAT YOU
MAY BE NOTICING WITH SOME
OF THEM, IN THE WAY WE
WON'T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT
OUR PHONES, THEY SEEM TO
HAVE THEIR PHONES.
>> Dwight: THEY'RE
SHARING THE MOMENT WITH
THEIR PHONES, AND DRINKING
CHAMPAGNE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SAYING, WHAT ARE THEY
DOING WITH SEA GOGGLES?
THE CHAMPAGNE.
CHAMPAGNE SHOWERS.
IMAGINE BEING A TORONTO
RAPTORS' FAN AND HAVING
KAWHI LEONARD SHOWER YOU
WITH CHAMPAGNE.
>> Adrienne: THERE IS
DRAKE.
WHAT DO YOU FIGURE THE
CHANCES ARE HE IS GOING TO
PERFORM?
>> Dwight: WELL, YOU
KNOW WHAT?
HE HAD A SURPRISE BEFORE
HERE IN NATHAN PHILLIPS
SQUARE.
A COUPLE OF SUMMERS AGO,
WE HAD AN OLD SCHOOL,
HIP-HOP CONCERT, AND DRAKE
PERFORMED.
AND I'M THINKING HE
THOUGHT UP TWO SONGS OVER
THE WEEKEND.
>> Adrienne: AND THERE
IS KYLE, CARRYING IT IN.
>> Dwight: HE HAS ONE OF
THE ORIGINAL JERSEYS ON
THERE BEFORE WE CHANGE
THINGS UP.
[CHEERING]
>> Dwight: LOOK AT THAT.
LARRY IS ON SITE AS OUR
NBA CHAMPION TORONTO
RAPTORS' GET READY FOR THE
BIG PARTY.
THE PARTY HAS BEEN GOING
SINCE ABOUT 10:00 THIS
MORNING, WHEN YOU AND I
FIRST HIT THE AIRWAVES
HERE AT NATHAN PHILLIPS
SQUARE.
WE WERE GOING TO THROW IT
OVER TO THEM AT 10:30 FOR
SAID PARTY, BUT ARE WE
PUSHING 3:18EASTERN TIME?
>> Adrienne: IT IS HOW
WE ROLL IN TORONTO.
>> Dwight: AND I'M NOT
COMPLAINING, WE'RE
ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT OF
IT.
AND THANK YOU, FOLKS FOR
WATCHING US AND LISTENING
TO US.
AND THERE IS NO MORE ROOM
OUT HERE FOR ANYMORE
PARTIERS AND FANS.
THEY HAVE FILLED THIS
PLACE.
THE HELICOPTER SHOTS ARE
JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> Adrienne: IT IS NOT
OFTEN WE ACTUALLY GET TO
SEE THE CITY FROM THAT
VIEW.
>> Dwight: NO.
WITH THE STREETS PACKED
WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE.
BUT THE DOUBLE-DECKER
BUSES HAVE ARRIVED.
YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE
OUTSIDE THE SQUARE, AND
THE FANS ARE MAKING THEIR
WAY TO THE MAIN STAGE.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO
HEAR THE SPEECHES FROM THE
PLAYERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE FOLKS
CAN HEAR, THAT OFF IN THE
DISTANCE, PEOPLE ARE
SETTING OFF FIREWORKS, AND
THE POLICE ARE ASKING FOR
NO PRYOTECHNICS WITH OTHER
PEOPLE ALL AROUND.
CAN YOU SEE US?
CAN YOU SEE ADRIENNE AND
I?
>> Adrienne: YOU SAW THE
ARCHWAYS, AND SOME PEOPLE
WERE CRAWLING ALL OVER
THOSE ARCHWAYS.
AND THAT TOOK A FEW
ANNOUNCEMENTS TO GET THEM
TO COME DOWN.
>> Dwight: LOOKING AT
O.G. ANUNOBY THERE.
HE WAS ONE PLAYER I MISSED
DURING THESE PLAYOFFS.
HE WAS HAVING SUCH A GREAT
SEASON, AND HAD AN
EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY
RIGHT BEFORE IT STARTED.
HE IS ANOTHER GUY WHO HAS
A GREAT STORY, AND A
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
RAISED HIM -- WE WOULD
HAVE LOVED TO SEE HIM IN
THE GAME, BUT WE'RE GOING
TO SEE HIM IN THE FUTURE.
>> Adrienne: AND HE IS
STICKING WITH THE RAPTORS?
>> Dwight: HE IS
STICKING WITH THE
RAPTORS'.
HE ONLY FELL THAT LOW IN
THE DRAFT BECAUSE OF
INJURIES.
BUT MASAI AND THAT EYE FOR
TALENT PICKED HIM UP.
HE WILL BE A GOOD ONE
GOING FORWARD.
IS THAT "P" COMING UP?
THAT'S WHAT HIS BROTHER
SAYS IS HIS NICKNAME,
P-SKILL.
>> Adrienne: I DON'T
KNOW IF WE'VE SEEN HIM
SMILE THAT MUCH.
>> Dwight: THESE GUYS
HAVE GROWN UP PLAYING THIS
GAME, AND THEY'VE BEEN IN
THE SCHOOL YARD WAITING TO
DO WHAT KAWHI DID IN THAT
GAME SEVEN.
YOU IMAGINE IT ALL OF THE
TIME.
YOU COUNT DOWN IN YOUR
HEAD, THREE, TWO -- AND
YOU TRY TO MAKE THAT SHOT.
THEY SAW KAWHI LIVE THAT
DREAM AS TEAMMATES, AND
HELPED THEM TO ACHIEVE
THEIR LIFE-LONG DREAM OF
BEING AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND THERE IS THE PRIME
MINISTER.
>> Dwight: HIS KIDS ARE
WITH HIM RIGHT THERE.
AND THE KIDS ARE, LIKE,
THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR DAD
TO BE THE P.M. BECAUSE WE
GET TO HANG OUT WITH THE
RAPTORS'.
I'M SURE HE GOT TO MEET
SOME REALLY COOL PEOPLE
WHEN HE WAS A KID WITH HIS
FATHER BEING PRIME
MINISTER.
IS KYLE GOING TO LET HIM
HOLD THE TROPHY?
KYLE IS HOLDING ON TO THAT
LIKE HIS FIRSTBORN.
HE IS NOT LETTING THAT GO.
THERE YOU GO, A SHOT OF
THE TROPHY WITH THE P.M.
AND MR. LOWRY.
>> Adrienne: THE THING
IS, THE PEOPLE IN THE
CROWD CAN'T ACTUALLY SEE
THIS RIGHT NOW.
SO WHERE THEY'RE STANDING
BEHIND STAGE -- YOU
HAVEN'T HEARD A HUGE CROWD
REACTION YET, BECAUSE THEY
MAY SENSE THEY ARE THERE,
BUT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN
EYES ON THE PLAYER YET.
>> Dwight: I THINK
THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE
BIG REVEAL.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THIS
PLACE IS GOING TO GO
CRAZY.
PANDEMONIUM.
IT REALLY WILL BE.
I'M TRYING TO SEE WHO ELSE
IS THERE.
ACTUALLY, KYLE IS WEAR
THAT OLD-SCHOOL DAVID
STOUDAMIRE JERSEY.
AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO INTERVIEW HIM, AND HE
SAID HE THOUGHT HIS OLD
TEAM COULD WIN THAT.
AND HE IS NOW A COACH.
AND KYLE IS PAYING SOME
RESPECT TO THE FOUNDATION
OF THIS TEAM.
AND WE HAVE HAD A GOOD
LEGACY OF SOME GREAT
GUARDS.
IS THAT KAWHI WITH HIS
DAUGHTER?
LOOK, SHE HAS HIS NAME ON
THE BACK OF HIS JERSEY.
>> Adrienne: HOW
BEWILDERING HAS THIS GOT
TO BE.
>> Dwight: WHY IS
EVERYBODY YELLING AT MY
DADDY AND TELLING HIM HE
IS THE BEST.
SHE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME
FOND MEMORIES OF THIS
MOMENT.
OH, LOOK, SHE IS FALLING
ASLEEP.
THERE HE IS, AND HER EYES
ARE OPEN, AND DADDY HAS
GOT HER AS THEY MAKE THEIR
WAY UP ON TO THE STAGE.
THIS IS KILLING ME, I'M
SORRY.
>> Adrienne: YOU'LL BE
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A POWER BACKUP
FROM HER.
AND AJUN FROM CBC KIDS'
NEWS IS BACK.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
>> I CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE.
>> Dwight: THERE IS
KAWHI, HIS DAUGHTER, AND
THE PRIME MINISTER --
>> Adrienne: AND HIS
CHILDREN.
>> Dwight: AND THE KIDS
ARE SAYING HIGH TO KAWHI'S
KID.
THIS SA REAL FAMILY
ATMOSPHERE HERE.
LOTS OF FAMILIES AND LOTS
OF SCHOOLS HAVE BROUGHT
OUT THEIR CHILDREN.
>> Adrienne: THE PRIME
MINISTER IS A TALL MAN,
AND LOOK HOW TALL HE IS.
>> Dwight: THAT'S GREAT.
AS THEY ALL ENTER, THEY'RE
GREETED BY THE PRIME
MINISTER.
DEMARCUS IS A POLITICAL
GUY, AND HE IS INVOLVED IN
SOME CAUSES BACK HOME,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE
MIGRANTS.
HE HAS REALLY, REALLY BEEN
AN ADVOCATE FOR THOSE
FOLKS.
>> Adrienne: HE SPENT 10
DAYS TRYING TO RESCUE THE
MIGRANTS IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN.
AGAIN, ONE OF THE
INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT
THE NBA, THAT THE PLAYERS
HAVE THE FREEDOM TO
EXPRESS THEMSELVES SORT OF
POLITICALLY.
>> DID A STORY WITH THE
CBC KIDS, ASKING ABOUT
POLITICS.
I GOT TO INTERVIEW -- I
GOT TO INTERVIEW AN
ATHLETE, SHE WAS REALLY
NICE.
AND SHE WAS IN THE LGBTQ.
AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE
THESE PLAYERS EXPRESSING
THEIR OPINIONS.
>> Adrienne: AND THEY'RE
GOOD INFLUENCERS, RIGHT?
>> Dwight: THERE WAS A
FAMOUS REMARK THAT CAME
OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE,
THE WHOLE "SHUT UP AND
DRIBBLE."
AND THE PLAYERS SAID, NO,
WE'RE PART OF THE SOCIAL
FABRIC OF THE CITY, AND WE
HAVE OPINIONS, AND IT IS
IMPORTANT WE SHARE THEM.
[YELLING]
>> Dwight: IS THAT
HERBIE?
ADRIENNE, IT IS TIME.
LET'S TAKE IT RIGHT TO THE
STAGE.
>> TO HELP US KICK-START
OUR CELEBRATION THIS
AFTERNOON, WOULD YOU
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE
STAGE THE MAYOR OF THIS
GREAT CITY, PLEASE WELCOME
MAYOR JOHN TORY!
[CHEERING]
>> THE PRESIDENT AND
C.E.O. OF MAPLE LEAF
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT,
MICHAEL FRESOL.
THE PREMIER OF ONTARIO,
DOUG FORD!
THE PREMIER OF ROGERS
COMMUNICATIONS, EDWARD
WATERS!
THE PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.
OF BELL CANADA, GEORGE
COAST!
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
OF MAPLE LEAFS SPORTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT, LARRY
CANABAL!
THE PRIME MINISTER OF
CANADA, PLEASE WELCOME THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE JUSTIN
TRUDEAU!
AND WE WELCOME ALL OTHER
DIGNITARIES AND ELECTED
OFFICIALS IN ATTENDANCE
TODAY!
♪♪♪
[YELLING]
>> THE RAPTORS!
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
>> WELCOME TO THE STAGE.
♪ THIS IS THE CITY WHERE
WE ALL SPEAK ♪
♪ WE BREATHE RED AND
WHITE.
♪♪♪
♪ FOURTH QUARTER, GETTING
CRAFTY ♪
♪ DANNY GREEN, ALL FIRE,
AWE READY ♪
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
>> WE ARE WARM IN TORONTO!
[CHEERING]
[YELLING]
>> FANS, ARE YOU READY FOR
YOUR NBA WORLD CHAMPIONS,
THE TORONTO RAPTORS!
I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR
YOU: ARE YOU READY?
BASKETBALL FANS, YOUR 2019
NBA CHAMPIONS, THE TORONTO
RAPTORS.
LET'S START WITH THE
COACHING STAFF, OUR
TRAINER SCOTT!
DIRECTOR OF SPORTS
SCIENCE, ALEX MACKENZIE!
COORDINATOR JOHN
GOODWILLIE!
YOUR RAPTORS' HEAD COACH,
SHERMA!
AND NOW OUR ASSISTANT
COACHES, STARTING WITH
ERIC CORY!
JAMAAL MARCOR!
JERRY!
STAN!
BILL HANDY!
ADRIAN!
AND NOW, LET'S MEET YOUR
2019 CHAMPIONS, TORONTO
RAPTORS' PLAYERS!
STARTING WITH GUARD,
NUMBER EIGHT!
NUMBER 13, MALCOLM MILLER!
AT CENTER, NUMBER 15, ERIC
MORELAND!
MR. 25, CHRIS BOUCHARD!
NUMBER 17, JEREMY LIN!
NUMBER 20, DANIEL GREEN.
NUMBER 1, PAT MCCAW.
AT GUARD, NUMBER 24, NORM
NORMAN!
NORMAN POWELL!
NUMBER 23, GIVE IT UP FOR
FRED VAN VLEET!
[CHEERING]
[CHEERING]
>> AND THE CENTER, NUMBER
NINE, MARC GASOL!
TORONTO, LET'S WELCOME THE
HEAD COACH OF THE
TORONTO-RELATED, NICK
NURSE!
THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
RAPTORS, BOBBY!
AND YOUR TEAM PRESIDENT!
[CHEERING]
>> GIVE IT UP FOR JEREMY
LIN!
AND REPRESENTING CANADA,
NUMBER 43, PASCAL SIAKAM!
HERE IS YOUR NBA STAR,
FROM NORTH PHILLY, THE NBA
WORLD CHAMPION, GIVE IT UP
FOR KYLE LOWRY!
[CHEERING]
>> AND FROM CALIFORNIA,
NUMBER 2, M.V.P., KAWHI
LEONARD!
[CHEERING]
[CHEERING]
>> CANADA!
THE NBA FINALS IS YOURS!
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
IT MEANS WE ARE THE
CHAMPIONS!
[CHEERING]
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF
THE WORLD ♪
♪ WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING
UNTIL THE END ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF
THE WORLD ♪
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
>> LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
>> IT IS MY DISTINCT
PLEASURE AT THIS TIME TO
INTRODUCE THE MAYOR OF
TORONTO, THE GREATEST CITY
IN THE WORLD!
JOHN TORY!
[APPLAUSE]
>> Mayor: GOOD 
AFTERNOON, AND TO THE
GREATEST FANS IN THE
WORLD, WELCOME TO TORONTO
CITY HALL, HOME OF THE
TORONTO RAPTORS, 2019 NBA
CHAMPIONS ON "WE THE
NORTH" DAY.
AND IT'S "WE THE NORTH
DAY" 2019 BECAUSE I'M SURE
THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY
TIMES WE'LL CELEBRATE HERE
DOING OUR BELOVED TORONTO
RAPTORS.
[CHEERING]
>> Mayor: WE ARE HERE
TODAY TO PROUDLY WELCOME
TO CITY HALL THE PLAYERS,
THE COACHES, THE OWNERS
AND THE STAFF OF THE 2019
NBA CHAMPION RAPTORS.
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US,
ALL OF YOU, ALL THE PEOPLE
WATCHING ACROSS THE CITY
AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY,
IT HARDLY SEEMS ADEQUATE
TO SAY THIS TO OUR BELOVED
RAPTORS, BUT I WILL SAY IT
ANYWAY: THANK YOU FOR
INSPIRING US.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING US
PRIDE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US
TOGETHER LIKE NEVER
BEFORE.
THANK YOU FOR WINNING IN
SUCH SPECTACULAR FASHION!
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
>> Mayor: NOW BEYOND
SAYING THANK YOU, THERE
ARE TWO OTHER THINGS WE
WANT TO DO AS A CITY TO
RECOGNIZE THIS GREAT
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR TORONTO
AND FOR CANADA.
FIRST, JUST IN CASE PEOPLE
CAN'T FIND THEIR WAY,
THOUGH I KNOW I SAW MOST
OF YOU AT THE ORIGINAL
JURASSIC PARK, BUT TO HELP
PEOPLE GET THERE MANY MORE
TIMES DURING THE SEASON
AND IN PLAYOFF RUNS TO
COME, AND IN RECOGNITION
OF THIS FIRST -- FIRST
HISTORIC CHAMPIONSHIP, WE
WILL BE DEDICATING BREMNER BREMR
BOULEVARD AT "RAPTORS'
WAY."
THERE IS THE SIGN YOU'LL
SEE, "RAPTORS WAY."
SECOND -- SECOND, IT IS MY
HONOUR AS MAYOR, ON BEHALF
OF EVERYBODY IN THE CITY
OF TORONTO, INCLUDING MY
COLLEAGUES IN CITY
COUNCIL, AND ALL OF THE
PEOPLE OF TORONTO, TO
PRESENT THE ENTIRE TORONTO
RAPTORS' TEAM WITH THE KEY
TO THE CITY.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
>> Mayor: WHAT YOU HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER,
WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
TOGETHER IS DESERVING OF
THE HIGHEST HONOUR THAT
THIS CITY CAN OFFER, AND
WE HAVE THIS FRAMED
RECOGNITION OF THE KEY,
WHICH WE HOPE CAN FIND A
SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR
LOCKER ROOM TO REMIND YOU
HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE, HOW
MUCH WE LOVE YOU, AND TO
INSPIRE YOU TO MANY
REPEATS.
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Mayor: NOW, THEN
THERE IS THE MATTER OF THE
KEY ITSELF, BECAUSE THERE
ACTUALLY IS THE KEY TO THE
CITY.
WHO ELSE BETTER TO PRESENT
THE KEY TO THE CITY ON
BEHALF OF ALL OF HIS
TEAMMATES AND ALL OF THE
COACHING STAFF THAN TO THE
M.V.P. OF THE NBA FINALS,
THE KING OF THE NORTH,
KAWHI LEONARD!
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Mayor: KAWHI, AND
MAYBE I SHOULD REFER TO AS
YOUR MAJESTY, YOU ALREADY
HAVE THE KEY TO OUR
HEARTS.
YOU CAN KNOW THAT EVERY
DOOR IN THIS CITY IS OPEN
TO YOU AND YOUR TEAMMATES,
BUT IF YOU FIND ONE THAT
DOESN'T OPEN, YOU CALL US
AND WE'LL LOOK AFTER IT.
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Mayor: WE HONOUR ALL
OF YOUR TEAMMATES WITH
THIS KEY BECAUSE, AS
YOU'VE SAID MANY TIMES, IT
HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT
LIKE NO OTHER.
ON BEHALF OF...
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
>> KAWHI LEONARD!
>> KAWHI LEONARD!
>> Mayor: ON BEHALF OF
ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
CITY OF TORONTO, THE
GREATEST FANS IN THE
WORLD, MAY I SIMPLY SAY
DIRECTLY TO YOU, YOU ARE
FABULOUS, YOU ARE ONE OF
US.
THIS CITY -- THIS CITY AND
THIS COUNTRY LOVE YOU.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING YOU AND THE WHOLE
TEAM BACK NEXT YEAR TO DO
THIS AGAIN.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
[CHEERING]
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR TORY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MAYOR.
IT IS MY HONOUR TO
INTRODUCE YOUR PRIME
MINISTER, JUSTIN TRUDEAU!
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE
HISTORY FOR THE RAPTORS,
AND FOR THE FANS AS WELL.
YOU STOOD BEHIND THOSE
RAPTORS EVERY DAY, WIN,
LOSS, EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU
SHOWED WHAT CANADA IS MADE
OF, PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE!
BUT I'VE GOT TO SAY, THIS
INCREDIBLE WIN BY THIS
INCREDIBLE TEAM WAS SO
CANADIAN.
IT WAS DONE WITH
SPORTSMANSHIP, WITH
ELEGANCE, WITH COMPASSION,
AND MOSTLY WITH INCREDIBLE
HARD WORK!
[APPLAUSE]
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THE DIVERSITIY
OF THIS TEAM SHOWED THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY AND THE
ENTIRE WORLD.
WHAT WE SAW HERE WAS AN
ENTIRE COUNTRY COMING
TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHAT
WE CELEBRATE.
I'M NOT GOING TO STAY
LONG.
I JUST HAVE ONE BIG
REQUEST: WE LOVE THIS
CELEBRATION SO MUCH, WE
LOVE THIS TEAM SO MUCH, WE
WANT THEM TO DO IT AGAIN
NEXT YEAR!
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: GO, RAPTORS!
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
PRIME MINISTER.
ALL RIGHT.
IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE
TO INTRODUCE THE CHAIRMAN
OF M.L.S. T., MR. LARRY
TANNENBAUM.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> LARRY!
LARRY!
LARRY!
>> OUR TORONTO RAPTORS,
WOW, WOW, WOW!
NBA WORLD CHAMPIONS.
SPECTACULAR ATHLETICISM.
ONE GOAL, TREMENDOUS WILL,
CLEAR VISION.
RAPTORS ARE NUMBER ONE.
OUR TORONTO RAPTORS
BROUGHT IT HOME TO YOU.
THEY ARE THE BEST OF THE
BEST.
AND YOU ALL CARRIED THE
FLAG.
YOU ALL SUPPORTED THIS
TEAM.
YOU ALL LET THEM KNOW HOW
MUCH YOU CARE.
YOU ARE THE BEST FANS IN
THE LEAGUE.
AND THE RAPTORS ARE THE
CHAMPIONS.
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
>> FOUR ROUNDS, ORLANDO,
PHILLY, MILWAUKEE, GOLDEN
STATE, EVERY POSSESSION,
EVERY BASKET, EVERY STEEL,
EVERY BLOCK, WE ALL STOOD
WITH THE RAPTORS AND LIVED
EVERY MOMENT TOGETHER.
WE NEVER GAVE UP.
BECAUSE OUR RAPTORS NEVER
GAVE UP.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE
SOMETHING GREAT HAPPEN
HERE, AND THEY DID.
OUR RAPTORS BROUGHT HOME
THE CHAMPIONSHIP, A UNITED
TEAM, FOR THEIR FANS, AND
THAT MEANS YOU, FOR
TORONTO, FOR CANADA.
THE RAPTORS UNITED AN
ENTIRE COUNTRY WITH 50
JURASSIC PARKS.
NOBODY HAS EVER DONE THAT
BEFORE.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR
TORONTO RAPTORS!
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
>> MATT, THANK YOU FOR THE
INTRODUCTION.
>> Adrienne: IF YOU'RE
SEEING PICTURES OF THE
STAGE BUT HEARING OTHER
SORTS OF SOUNDS,
OCCASIONALLY YOU'LL SEE
PICTURES OF PEOPLE
RUNNING.
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AT
NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE IS
THAT THE CROWD EVERY NOW
AND THEN GETS PANICKING,
AND PEOPLE ARE FLEEING OUT
OF IT.
YOU HEAR RUMOURS -- WE
HAVE TO SAY THEY'RE JUST
RUMOURS AT THE MOMENT OF
WEAPONS OR SHOTS FIRED,
AND SUDDENLY THE CROWD
WILL ALL MOVE IN ONE
DIRECTION AND THEN MOVE IN
THE OTHER.
FRONT OF ME, ON QUEEN
STREET, AND I APOLOGIZE,
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A
SHOT YOU CAN SEE AT THIS
POINT, BUT WE SAW
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
RUNNING WEST AND THEN EAST
AND THEN WEST AGAIN.
THE BARRICADES IN SOME
CASES SEEM TO BE DOWN.
IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR
IF THIS IS A MATTER OF
CROWDS BEING HYSTERICAL
BECAUSE THERE IS A RUMOUR
THAT GOES THROUGH, OR
SOMETHING ACTUALLY
HAPPENING.
WE KNOW THAT THE POLICE
HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE
RUNNING THROUGH HERE,
TELLING EVERYONE TO GET
DOWN, TELLING ALL OF THE
REPORTERS TO GET DOWN.
THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE,
ALSO.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS CROWD
HAS BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD
ALL DAY LONG.
IT IS GETTING HOT.
SOME PEOPLE ARE PASSING
OUT.
THAT ALSO CAUSES SOME
PEOPLE TO FREAK OUT.
BUT THE BIGGER CONCERN IS
WHAT SENT THE CROWDS
RUNNING WITH A FAIR AMOUNT
OF PANIC ALONG QUEEN
STREET AND HERE OUT OF
NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE STARTING
TO LEAVE, NOT NECESSARILY
BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN
SOMETHING, BUT BECAUSE
THEY'RE LEGITIMATELY
TERRIFIED.
DWIGHT, WHAT ARE YOU
SEEING?
>> Dwight: I WAS JUST ON
THE PHONE WITH THE TORONTO
POLICE, AND THEY'RE
REPORTING AN INCIDENT AT
SAGE AND ALBERT, AROUND
BAY AND QUEEN, WHICH IS
WHERE WE SAW THE TROUBLE.
THE REPORTS ARE OF SHOTS
BEING FIRED, AND POSSIBLY
A FEMALE BEING HURT, BUT
THIS IS ALL PRELIMINARY
INFORMATION.
BUT THIS IS WHAT POLICE
OFFICERS ARE HEARING ON
THEIR OWN RADIOS ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
IT HAS BEEN A GOOD DAY SO
FAR.
BUT WHEN YOU GET THIS MANY
PEOPLE TOGETHER, THEY
SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO SAY
IT, BUT THESE THINGS
HAPPEN, AND WE EXPECTEDED
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
IT IS -- THERE ARE REPORTS
OF AT BAY AND QUEEN, OF
SOMETHING, MAYBE A SHOT
BEING FIRED.
>> WE'RE HERE TO
CELEBRATE, WHICH WE WILL.
BUT I JUST WANT EVERYBODY
TO TAKE A MOMENT, PLEASE
STAY STRONG.
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY THAT
IS BEING DEALT WITH.
SO, PLEASE, FROM THE
BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS UP
HERE ON THE STAGE TO YOUR
HEARTS OUT IN THE CROWD,
PLEASE, EVERYBODY, JUST
STAY CALM, RELAX.
WE'RE DEALING WITH THE
SITUATION THAT IS CLOSE
BY, AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE ALL OF THE
INFORMATION HERE TO US
MOMENTARILY.
SO IF EVERYBODY NOW COULD
JUST TAKE A MOMENT, WE
WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT.
AND AS SOON AS I HAVE MORE
INFORMATION, I WILL
CERTAINLY GET IT BACK TO
YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE.
THIS IS ABOUT LOVE.
IT'S ABOUT REJOICING.
IT'S ABOUT THE TORONTO
RAPTORS.
IT'S ABOUT YOU, THE
GREATEST FANS IN THE
WORLD.
YOU GUYS ARE THE GREATEST
FANS IN THE WORLD.
I SAY IT ALL OF THE TIME
WITH MY GREAT BROADCAST
PARTNER JACK ARMSTRONG AND
LEO ROUND, AND PAUL JONES,
ERIC SMITH, WHEREVER WE
GO, YOU'RE HERE WITH THIS
TEAM.
SO AT THIS MOMENT, WE
APPRECIATE YOUR
UNDERSTANDING, WE REALLY
DO.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE
SOME MORE INFORMATION, YOU
KNOW THAT I'LL PASS IT ON
TO YOU.
>> Adrienne: WHAT IS
IMPORTANT ABOUT WHAT YOU
JUST HEARD THERE --
>> I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
>> Adrienne: WHAT IS
IMPORTANT ABOUT WHAT YOU
JUST HEARD BY THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER
THERE, HE IS NOT ASKING
PEOPLE TO LEAVE NATHAN
PHILLIPS SQUARE.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING PEOPLE
AT THIS POINT TO LEAVE.
JUST TO TELL EVERYONE TO
TAKE A BREATH, TO
APPRECIATE THAT THE POLICE
ARE DOING THE BEST THEY
CAN.
THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN US THE
EXACT NATURE OF WHAT THEY
CALL THE EMERGENCY.
THERE ARE LOTS OF RUMOURS
THAT WERE FLYING THROUGH
THE CROWDS ABOUT A WEAPON
OR SHOTS FIRED.
IT'S SHOT.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE
PASSED OUT, AND WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN A CROWD
STARTS TO MOVE -- WE'VE
ALL SEEN IT MOVE VERY,
VERY FAST -- PEOPLE GET
PUSHED OVER.
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WAS
HAPPENING AT WELL.
AGAIN, IT IS WORTH
REPEATING THAT THIS CROWD
OF POSSIBLY AS MANY AS TWO
MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS
CITY HAVE BEEN REALLY,
REALLY GOOD.
>> LARRY!
LARRY!
>> Adrienne: WE'RE JUST
GOING TO LISTEN INTO THE
EVENT, AND IF WE NEED TO
BREAK BACK IN AND SPEAK,
WE WILL.
BUT FOR NOW, LET'S HOPE
THE PARTY COMES BACK.
>> FOR ALL WHO HAVE MADE
THIS HAPPEN TODAY, AND HOW
ABOUT OUR HEAD COACH, NICK
NURSE?
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
>> THE FIRST-TIME HEAD
COACH IN THE NBA.
HE PUT TOGETHER A COACHING
STAFF THAT WORKED WITH
PROFESSIONALISM,
DEDICATION, AND TRUE
CARING FOR EACH AND EVERY
PLAYER, MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
FROM MINUTE TO MINUTE
THROUGHOUT EVERY GAME, AND
SHARING THE DEDICATION TO
BEING THE BEST.
NICK, YOU AND YOUR
COACHING STAFF PLAYED A
TREMENDOUS ROLE IN THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE ALL FEEL THE PRIDE OF
THE CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE
OF YOU.
THANK YOU, COACHES!
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
>> WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP
TAKES HARD WORK, TEAMWORK,
AND SUPPORT.
AND I WANT TO THANK MY
CO-OWNERS, GEORGE, C.E.O.
OF BELL, AND EDWARD
ROGERS, CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD OF ROGERS, OUR BOARD
OF DIRECTORS, OUR TEAM,
AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES,
FOR THEIR COMMITMENT IN
RUNNING MAPLE LEAF SPORTS
AND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE
HIGHEST STANDARDS.
WE CARE AND WE WILL ALWAYS
PROVIDE THE BEST
ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR
ATHLETES AND FOR OUR FANS.
AND NOW TO YOU, OUR FANS.
EVERY MEMBER OF THIS
SPECTACULAR RAPTORS' TEAM
CAN HEAR YOU.
OVER 2,000 RAPTORS FANS IN
OAKLAND, OUR TEAM COULD
HEAR YOU.
50 JURASSIC PARKS ACROSS
CANADA, THEY COULD SEE
YOU.
TO THE MILLIONS OF FANS
OUT TODAY, THIS IS YOUR
TEAM, YOUR CITY, YOUR
CELEBRATION.
THANK YOU FROM YOUR TEAM,
THE TORONTO RAPTORS.
AND THE 37 MILLION
CANADIANS YOU REPRESENT,
WE HEAR YOU.
LET'S GO, RAPTORS!
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. TANENBAUM.
AS MR. "T" SAID, WHEN THIS
NEXT GENTLEMAN CAME HERE
SIX YEARS AGO, HE SAID, WE
WILL WIN!
WELL, WE HAVE WON, AND
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
WINNING.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE
PRESIDENT OF YOUR TORONTO
RAPTORS, MASAI UJIRI!
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
[PLEASE STAND BY]
>> THAT TO THIS DAY I ALWAYS
WILL BE MY BROTHERS.
ALWAYS.
AND WE ARE NOW WORLD CHAMPS
TOGETHER.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
AND THAT'S ALL THAT REALLY
MATTERS, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU
GUYS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART.
I APPRECIATE IT.
BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
AND THANK YOU, GUYS, APPRECIATE
IT.
>> K-LO!
KYLE LOWRY!
ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW WHO I HAVE
COMING UP HERE NEXT?
SPICY.
OH, YEAH!
HE'S ALL KIND OF SPICY!
LET'S HEAR IT FOR SPICY P AND
WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE,
WAIT A MINUTE, THE GREEN RANGER,
DANNY MONTE GREEN!
YOU ALL WANT THE MIC?
YOU GOT HIM?
YOU GOT HIM?
DANNY IS GOING TO DO A LITTLE
INTERVIEW HERE.
>> MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK MY
TEAMMATES.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
AMAZING.
I KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
GIVE MUCH ON THE COURT FOR YOU
GUISE BUT HOPEFULLY I'VE...
HOPEFULLY I'VE HELPED YOU GUYS,
YOU KNOW, IN THE LOCKER ROOM A
LITTLE BIT WITH SOME LEADERSHIP.
NOW, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, ALL
SERIOUSNESS, I KNOW I'VE BEEN A
PAIN IN THE ASS ALL YEAR TRYING
TO BE A PLAYER/COACH, TEACH YOU
GUYS SOME HABITS AND THINGS, HOW
TO BE A CHAMPION BUT YOU GUYS
HAVE TAUGHT ME A LOT THIS YEAR
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS
AND HAVING MY BACK AND
ENCOURAGING MOO ME EVEN WHEN I
HAD SOME STRUGGLES THROUGHOUT
THE WAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
GUYS.
THANK YOU.
AND TO THE FANS.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS
FOR EMBRACING ME.
I KNOW I'M THE OTHER GUY IN THE
TRADE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS
EMBRACING ME WITH OPEN ARMS AS
THE OTHER GUY IN THE TRADE AND
MAKING ME FEEL AT HOME AND
ALLOWING ME TO ENJOY THIS RIDE
AND WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO IT ANOTHER
WHAT COMES TO MIND?
[ Chanting ]
WHO WANTS TO HEAR NEW.
>> I AIN'T GOT A WHOLE LOT FOR
YOU ALL, MAN I JUST TRULY WANT
TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD
REALLY ENJOY THIS MOMENT.
IT'S A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT NOT
ONLY FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION
BUT FOR THE CITY, THE COUNTRY OF
CANADA, AND ME PERSONALLY, YOU
GUYS KILL US WHEN WE LOSE.
YOU KILLED US WHEN WE GOT SWEPT
TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
SO YOU BETTER CELEBRATE THIS
SHIT FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER
UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
WE DELIVERED.
WE DELIVERED.
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO DELIVER
FOR US.
ENJOY IT, MAN.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> THEY WILL, YOU KNOW THEY
WILL.
MAFUZI CHEF, COME ON DOWN,
NORMAL POWELL, COME ON, YEAH,
NORM.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM SERGE
IBAKA.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
YOU'RE COOKING IT UP.
>> HOW HUNGRY ARE YOU?
[ Cheering ]
HOW HUNGRY ARE YOU?
[ Cheering ]
YOU KNOW, ONE THING ME AND MY
TEAMMATES, WE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE
HUNGRY, FOR SO MANY, MANY YEARS;
RIGHT?
I'M RIGHT OR NO?
[ Cheering ]
>> ME AND MY TEAM, WE KNOW THAT.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO HUNGRY FOR
SO MANY, MANY YEARS, YOU GUYS BE
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT.
THAT'S WHY ME AND MY TEAMMATES,
WE COOK FOR YOU THIS HERE!
[ Cheering and Applause ]
YES.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ALWAYS BEING HERE FOR US.
SINCE MY FIRST TIME I GOT HERE,
ME AND MY TEAMMATES, YOU GUYS
NEVER GIVE UP, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
EVEN WHEN PEOPLE NEVER BELIEVE
IN US, YOU GUYS ALWAYS BELIEVE
IN US.
RIGHT?
SO LIKE FREDDY SAID, WE ENJOYED
THIS ALL SUMMER.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR SERGE
IBAKA, THE SHOT BLOCKA!
[ Cheering ]
>> PLAY-OFF PAL, NORMAL
"PLAY-OFF POWELL".
>> WE WORLD CHAMPIONS!
[ Cheering and Applause ]
HONESTLY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART, STICK WITH ME FOR A
MINUTE, I'M LOSING MY VOICE JUST
ENJOYING THIS MOMENT WITH MY
TEAMMATES AND THIS ORGANIZATION
AND THE FANS.
BUT I'VE BEEN HERE THE SECOND
LONGEST ON THE TEAM RIGHT BEHIND
KYLE, BEEN THROUGH ALL THE UPS
AND THE DOWNS OF THE PLAY-OFFS
IN MY FOUR YEARS HERE BEING SO
CLOSE TO MAKING IT TO THE
FINALS, MY ROOKIE SEASON, AND TO
COME FULL CIRCLE AND BE ABLE TO
STAND HERE ON THIS STAGE WITH A
GROUP OF GUYS, WITH A GROUP OF
MEN FOR AN OFFICE AND THE
ORGANIZATION OWNERS IS A
BLESSING, IT'S A BLESSING TO YOU
GUYS.
JUST TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS
MOMENT, I'M SO PROUD AND SO
THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT
THESE GUYS HAVE PUT IN.
YOU GUYS ARE ALONG THE RIDE WITH
US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, SO
LIKE MY BOY FREDDY SAID, MAN,
ENJOY THIS MOMENT.
ENJOY THIS TIME.
ENJOY THIS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH
THIS GROUP OF GUYS BEHIND US AND
TURN UP ALL SUMMER, MAN, BECAUSE
I'M WITH YOU ALL.
LET'S GO, BABY!
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> WHAT YOU DO, BABY?
WHAT YOU DO,U[0yñ BABY?
[ Cheering ]
WE GOT CHRIS BOUCHER FROM
MONTREAL.
SHOW THAT FLAG, SHOW THAT FLAG.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
TWO-TIME FINAL MVP.
ONLY THREE MEN IN THE HISTORY OF
THE GAME HAVE WON IT WITH TWO
TEAMS.
ONLY THREE.
AND WE GOT ONE OF THEM.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
THEY SAY HE'S THE GREATEST
TWO-WAY PLAYER IN THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY?
AFTER THE 2019 POST-SEASON, HE'S
THE GREATEST PLAYER IN THE
WORLD!
WHEN HE CAME HERE WHEN HE SAID
I'M A FUN GUY.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, HOW
MUCH FUN YOU HAVING NOW?
YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT FUN GUYS DO.
THEY SPREAD THE FUN.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.
KAWHI LEONARD.
EVERYBODY IN TOWN CAN WINE AND
DINE HAVE HOUSE WARMING GIFTS,
WE GOT TWO OF THEM UP HERE.
WE GOT TWO RIGHT HERE FOR CAN A
KAWHILEONARD, GREATEST PLAYER IE
WORLD.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE DROPPED SOMETHING ON US THE
OTHER DAY, THE LARRY OB AND
THERE IT IS.
I WANT TO BRING UP THE GREATEST
PLAYER IN THE WORLD, NUMBER 2,
TWO-TIME, TWO-TIME FINALS MVP,
WORLD CHAMPION, A FUN GUY, AND A
MAN WITH A COLLECTIVE WAITING
FOR HIM.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
ALL FOR WELCOMING ME HERE AFTER
THAT TRADE WITH OPEN ARMS, MAN.
IT MADE MY EXPERIENCE THAT MUCH
BETTER.
THIS GROUP OF GUYS LET ME DO
WHAT I DO ON THE FLOOR, THE
COACH LET ME DO WHAT I DO, AND
NOW WE GOT A CHAMPIONSHIP.
THANK YOU, AND LIKE THEY SAID,
ENJOY THIS, ENJOY THIS MOMENT.
AND HAVE FUN WITH IT.
AH-A-HA-HA-HA.
>> YEAH!
[ Cheering and Applause ]
WHAT HE DO, BABY!
[ Cheering and Applause ]
K-LO BACK ON THE MIC.
>> MVP, MVP.
[ Chanting ]
MVP, MVP, MVP, MVP.
>> FORD MAN GETS PAID.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
NOW LOOK IT, I KNOW IF I SAY
SOMETHING, WE DID IT EARLIER, I
KNOW IF I SAY SOMETHING, YOU
GUYS KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO IF I SAY "CHIP" YOU SAY
"CHIP".
>> CHIP.
>> CHIP.
>> CHIP.
>> CHIP.
>> YOU KNOW WHO'S HERE?
HE'S GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
THE LOVE OF TORONTO, THE LOVE OF
THE COUNTRY, SO IF I SAY CHIP,
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> CHIP.
>> CHIP.
>> CHIP.
>> CHIP.
>> CHIP.
>> WITH HIS WHOLE WORLD AT HIS
FINGERTIPS, ALONG WITH THE REST
OF THE TORONTO RAPTORS, DRAKE.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> YES.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAKE SOME
NOISE FOR RON BURGUNDY FROM THE
CHANNEL 4 NEWS TEAM.
>> THANK YOU, MAN, THANK YOU.
>> I WAS -- I WAS TALKING
EARLIER TODAY, AND I WAS SAYING
THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
USE THE TERM "YOU DESERVE THIS"
AS LIKE A NEGATIVE THING, HEY,
LIKE YOU DESERVED THAT, YOU
DESERVED THAT, AND I JUST WANTED
TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WATCHED
AN INTERVIEW THAT MY BROTHER
KAWHI DID THE OTHER DAY AND THEY
ASKED HIM WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR
ALL OF US TO EXPERIENCE THIS
MOMENT TOGETHER?
AND HE SAID WELL, YOU GOT TO 
ASK -- YOU GOT TO ASK SOMEBODY
THAT'S FROM THERE.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO LOOK
AROUND AT ALL OF US THAT ARE
FROM HERE AND LET HIM KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS TONIGHT
BECAUSE YOU DESERVE THIS.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
THIS IS A TALENTED, RELENTLESS
GROUP OF GUYS THAT PUT IT ALL ON
THE LINE AND SACRIFICE
EVERYTHING FOR EACH AND EVERYONE
OF YOU ALL THIS YEAR AND I WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT THESE MOMENTS
ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, SO
TODAY I KNOW YOU'LL GET ON YOUR
PHONE AND YOU'LL LOOK AT YOUR
PICTURES AND YOU'LL LOOK AT THE
CLIPS ON-LINE, WHATEVER,
WHATEVER OUTLETS POST, BUT RIGHT
NOW, THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO
DO, THIS IS WHAT I DO -- THIS IS
WHAT I DO AT SHOWS THAT ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THIS IS
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
MOMENTS I'VE EVER BEEN ON STAGE
IN MY LIFE, SO THIS IS WHAT I
WANT TO YOU DO, I WANT YOU TO
TURN TO SOMEBODY THAT YOU DON'T
KNOW AND I WANT YOU TO GIVE THEM
A HUG, I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM
CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE
FROM THE GREATEST CITY IN THE
WORLD, AND WE ARE THE NBA 2019
CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD SISTENE
CHAPEL.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE TORONTO
RAPTORS.
GIVE SOMEBODY A HUG TODAY!
HEY!
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO SEE, I
LIKE TO SEE ALL THAT LOVE.
PLEASE, I KNOW YOU MADE A LOT OF
NOISE TODAY, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE
MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THIS
INCREDIBLE TEAM AND THIS
INCREDIBLE STAFF ONE LAST TIME?
[ Cheering and Applause ]
AND AND I HOPE THAT ALL THESE
GUYS WILL JOIN ME THIS YEAR
BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING OVO FEST
BACK SO I HOPE WE CAN GO CRAZY.
HEY!
I GO BY THE NAME OF DRAKE.
I LOVE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU
ALL.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS MOMENT.
LIKE I SAID, YOU DESERVE THIS IN
THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
MAKE SOME NOISE FOR YOUR TEAM,
THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> THANK YOU, DRAKE.
HERE THEY ARE.
THE 2019 WORLD CHAMPIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREATEST FANS
IN THE WORLD.
HERE'S THEIR ANTHEM.
♪ I HAD MY SHARE OF SAND KICKED
IN MY FACE, BUT I'VE COME
THROUGH ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY
FRIENDS ♪
♪ AND WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING
'TIL THE END ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ♪
♪ NO TIME FOR LOSERS ♪
♪ 'CAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ♪
♪ OF THE WORLD ♪
[ ♪♪♪ ]
♪ ALL I DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN, NO
MATTER WHAT ♪
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> EXHALE, TORONTO.
LET IT ALL OUT.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE WAITING FOR
THIS MOMENT TODAY, THE TEAM
HITTING THE STAGE.
WE'RE HOPING THAT DRAKE WOULD
GIVE US A COUPLE OF SONGS BUT --
>> I KNOW, 1, 2, 3, MAYBE 4.
>> HE'S THERE.
YOU PUT OUT TWO NEW TUNES FOR
THIS, WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD PLAY
SOMETHING.
THEY ARE PLAYING THE APPROPRIATE
DRAKE SONG NOW, STARTED FROM THE
BOTTOM AND NOW WE ARE HERE.
THIS MAN HAS BEEN WITH THIS TEAM
FOR A LOT OF SEASON, HE'S BEEN
WITH THEM FOR MOST OF THE
PLAY-OFFS.
THEY WERE DOWN IN OAKLAND
BRINGING US THE GREAT FANDOM OF
THE TRAVELING CARNS THAT MET YOU
DOWN THERE IN THE BAY AREA.
>> I'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM HERE
TODAY.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> EVERY TIME WE TURNED AROUND
AND SAW YOU IN OAKLAND, I MEAN,
IT WAS ALMOST HILARIOUS.
IT WAS LIKE YOU'RE THE WHERE'S
WALDO OF SPORTS COVERAGE.
TURN AROUND, OH, THERE'S GREG IN
THE DRESSING ROOM, THERE'S GREG
SAYING MASAI, MASAI, WAIT,
MASAI, WAIT, YOU'VE HAD A HECK
OF A RUN YOURSELF.
>> YEAH, THAT -- I MEAN, LOOK: 
THIS IS NOT WORK.
THIS IS FUN.
I MEAN, WE'RE DOWN THERE
WATCHING BASKETBALL.
AND YOU KNOW, IF I WASN'T
WORKING I'D WANT TO BE THERE
ANYWAYS.
AND I GET TO GO ALL ACCESS
BEHIND THE SCENES, I MEAN, I AM
NOT COMPLAINING.
IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE RIDE.
I HAD A LOT OF FUN.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET TO MORE OF
THE SOMEBODY IN A MOMENT BUT WE
HAD A GREAT MOMENT HERE TODAY.
>> IT WAS HILARIOUS.
>> PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE
MOMENTS OF THE DAY.
YOU SEE THE GUY THAT'S SINGING
LIMITED US?
>> YEAH.
>> HOW DID YOU GET A CBC
MICROPHONE LIKE OVER THE CROWD?
WHAT HAPPENED?
HOW DID YOU PULL THAT OFF?
>> THAT'S REAL, LIVE TV.
I SAW THE MOMENT, I SAW HIM
HANGING OVER AND I THOUGHT LET'S
TRY.
THIS WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD
HAPPEN?
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BIG
UPSIDE, AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK
OUT, IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, I'LL
MAKE A JOKE AND WE'LL MOVE ON.
BUT HE ACTUALLY KIND OF THOUGHT
ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND AND THEN
THERE WAS THAT OPENING AND I
SAID COME ON, I'LL JUST THROW
IT.
AND HE KIND OF SHRUGGED HIS
SHOULDERS, I THREW IT UP, HE
MADE THE CATCH.
I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID.
YOU HEARD IT, WHAT DID HE SAY?
>> HE WAS SHOUTING THINGS LIKE I
DON'T KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS
THROWING ME A MICROPHONE.
HEY, YOU GET A COMPLEMENT FROM
SHAPPY PAPPY ABOUT YOUR SUIT.
>> THERE WAS A MOMENT WALKING IN
HERE, DRAKE WAS WALKING OFF THE
BUS, SAID THANK YOU, WALKED OVER
AND GAVE ME A FIST BUMP.
>> FRIENDSHIP.
>> VERY NICE.
>> SO I GOT THE OLD DRAKE FIST
BUMP.
THAT'S ACCEPTANCE RIGHT THERE.
I THINK WE'RE FRIENDS NOW.
>> I THINK WE WANT TO SHARE THAT
WITH THE FOLKS AT HOME.
>> LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT IT IN
CASE YOU MISSED IT.
>> YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS, FOLKS.
>> LIVE ON CBC.
WE'RE LIVE RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, GOING TO THROW THE MIC TO
DRAKE.
HERE WE GO.
>> HEY.
COMING TO YOU LIVE.
FROM THE BIG CITY.
WITH THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD,
THE CHAMPIONS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THIS IS.
HE GOT ON A NICE, PLAID JACKET.
WE OUT HERE.
HEY.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
WE GOT ONE WITH THE DIP.
>> THAT WAS AMAZING!
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
>> YEAH, WELL DONE YOU.
>> WHEN I WAS SAYING THAT WAS
AMAZING, I WAS TALKING ABOUT MY
CATCH THERE.
[ Laughter ]
>> IT CAN HAVE GONE HORRIBLY
WRONG IF YOU HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO
TOSS IT UP OR CATCH IT.
>> THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF LIVE
TELEVISION; RIGHT?
YOU GOT TO TAKE RISKS.
THAT WAS -- I MEAN, THE PAY OFF
IS SO AMAZING.
AND YOU GOT A LOOT OF POP STARS
WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE PLAYED ALONG
BUT HE COMES ACROSS AS A NICE
GUY.
>> HE'S IN A GOOD MOOD TODAY,
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
HE'S A HAPPY GUY AND I THINK HE
WAS WILLING TO PLAY ALONG.
>> WHEN YOU WERE IN OAKLAND AND
YOU WERE TALKING WITH THE TEAM,
WHAT WAS THE INTERVIEW THAT YOU
FOUND KIND OF THE MOST EXCITING?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE WAS A COUPLE BUT SERGE
IBAKA, I MEAN, AS THE SEASON
WENT ON I JUST REALED HOW MUCH
PERSONALITY THIS GUY HAS.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN
THIS CITY WILL LOVE IS THAT HE
IS REALLY FALLEN IN LOVE WITH
CANADA.
HE SAYS THIS IS HIS HOME NOW.
HE LOVES IT HERE, HE DOESN'T
WANT TO LEAVE.
HE'S BEEN TRYING TO BEG KAWHI TO
STAY.
I MEAN, IF YOU WATCH HIS YOUTUBE
SHOW, HE HAD KAWHI ON AND
BEGGING HIM TO STAY.
HE HAS NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS
TO SAY ABOUT THIS COUNTRY AND
THIS CITY.
I MEAN, HEY, YEAH, WE ACTUALLY
TALKED TO IBAKA TODAY.
LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY.
>> I LOVE THIS CITY.
THIS IS MY CITY, IT'S MY HOME
NOW.
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
BECAUSE I GOT FRIENDS NOW, THEY
LIKE FAMILY NOW.
AND YOU SEE HOW PEOPLE LOVE US
HERE SO OF COURSE, YOU ALWAYS
GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE WHERE
PEOPLE LOVE YOU.
YOU KNOW?
PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOU.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE, THEY
COME HERE TO SUPPORT US BECAUSE
THEY LOVE US, YOU KNOW.
>> YOUR FANS KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
A COOKING SHOW ON YOUTUBE.
YOU HAD KAWHI LEONARD ON THERE.
YOU BEG HIM TO COME BACK.
DO YOU THINK HE MADE ANY
HEADWAY?
DO YOU THINK YOU MAYBE CONVINCED
HIM TO COME BACK?
>> LET'S HOPE, LET'S HOPE HE
COMES BACK BECAUSE WE ALL NEED
HIM.
>> NOBODY WANTS TO COMMIT TO
WHETHER OR NOT KAWHI IS COMING
BACK.
>> YEAH, NO KIDDING.
>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I TALKED
TO DANNY GREEN AND THIS WAS
EARLIER ON IN THE SEASON AND I
SAID DO YOU GET ANY INKLING, ANY
FEELING?
HE SAID I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE
TO READ THAT GUY.
HE'S PLAYED SEVERAL SEASONS WITH
HIM FIRST OBVIOUSLY IN SAN
ANTONIO AND NOW HERE IN TORONTO,
HE SAYS HE CANNOT GET A READ ON
HIM AND HE SAYS NOBODY CAN.
THERE IS NO HE BE THAT KNOWS
EXCEPT FOR KAWHI LEONARD WHETHER
OR NOT HE'S COMING BACK HERE TO
PLAY IN TORONTO AND KAWHI
LEONARD MAY NOT EVEN KNOW AT
THIS POINT.
HE MAY STILL BE LITERALLY
DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT HE WANTS
TO COME BACK HERE AND PLAY IN
TORONTO.
>> I HOPE WE'VE TIPPED THE
SCALES IN OUR FAVOUR TODAY
BECAUSE HE SURE RECEIVED A LOT
OF LOVE IN PERSON FROM ABOUT
2 MILLION FANS RIGHT HERE TODAY.
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> AND LISTEN, PEOPLE HAVE HUNG
OUT.
THEY HAVE STAYED LONGER THAN
SOME MIGHT HAVE, ACTUALLY.
THEY ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO
STREAM OUT.
THERE WAS AN INCIDENT, TORONTO
POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE ARE IN
CUSTODY, A WOMAN THEY ARE
REPORTING WAS SHOT AT THE EDGE
OF NATHAN PHILIPS SQUARE WHEN
THAT HAPPENED.
BOY, YOU SURE SEE A CROWD --
>> BAY AND ALBERT.
IT WAS SCARY FOR US AS
BROADCASTERS BECAUSE WE WERE
TOLD TO GET DOWN UP HERE BECAUSE
THE SITUATION WAS UNFOLDING.
THE SCARY THING WAS JUST SEEING
THIS CROWD CRUSH, LIKE EVERYBODY
WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THAT SIDE
OF THE SQUARE WHEN THAT
HAPPENED.
WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE THINGS GET
UNDER CONTROL SO QUICKLY.
I MEAN, I'M WORRIED AS A PARENT,
I GOT MY KIDS DOWN HERE, A LOT
OF US HAVE OUR CHILDREN DOWN
HERE WATCHING THIS AND AS WE
WERE SAYING THROUGHOUT THIS
BROADCAST, ADRIENNE, HOW WE WERE
HOPING PEOPLE WOULD KEEP IT
SAFE, KEEP IT CLASSY BECAUSE YOU
DON'T GET THIS MANY PEOPLE IN
ONE AREA LIKE THIS TOGETHER
WITHOUT SOMETHING HAPPENING, AND
ALL IT TAKES IS A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE TO RUIN IT FOR EVERYBODY,
AND QUICK ARREST THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS
COMING FOR YOU BUT OVERALL, IT
WAS A SAFE DAY WHEN YOU HAVE
2 MILLION PEOPLE IN ONE SPOT.
>> INDEED.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO INTERRUPT
YOU FOR A SECOND JUST TO SAY
THANK YOU AND GOOD-BYE TO THE
FOABS WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING ON
THE CBC MAIN NETWORK IN
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US.
WE KNOW THIS IS YOUR TEAM TOO.
>> YES, THEY ARE.
GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER OUT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND, ALEX ENGLISH BACK
IN THE DAY, GOOD KID.
>> FOR EVERYONE ELSE STILL
HANGING OUT, LET'S JUST TALK
JUST FOMENT ABOUT THAT INCIDENT
AGAIN BECAUSE INITIALLY MATT
DEBLIN WHO IS THE RAPTOR'S PLAY
BY PLAY DID A PRETTY REMARKABLE
THING.
HE GOT ON STAGE VERY QUICKLY.
IT WAS CLEAR THEY WEREN'T MOVING
THE PRIME MINISTER, THEY WEREN'T
MOVING THE PLAYERS, THAT
SUGGESTED RIGHT AWAY THAT THEY
DIDN'T FEEL THERE WAS AN
IMMINENT THREAT, AND HE REALIZED
THAT HIS JOB WAS TO JUST GET
PEOPLE TO JUST TO CALM DOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT PICTURES OF
LIKE A STROLLER BEING TRAMPLED
THE LITTLE ONE WAS OKAY ONLY
BECAUSE HER FATHER LIFTED HER
UP --
>> GRABBED HER OUT OF THE
STROLLER AND PULLED HER UP.
>> BUT THE KEY WAS TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE STOPPED RUNNING.
THEY RAN WEST ALONG QUEEN STREET
IN A MAD TRAMPLE.
THEY RAN WEST, EVERYBODY RUNNING
AWAY --
>> RIGHT WHERE THE SKATING RINK
IS HERE AT NATHAN PHILIPS, THEY
RAN RIGHT ACROSS THAT AND IT WAS
A SCARY MOMENT.
WE'RE SHOWING SOME OF IT NOW.
>> THE AMAZING THING ABOUT IT IS
EVERYTHING ON STAGE CONTINUED
BECAUSE THERE WAS A WHOLE PART
OF THIS SECTION OF THIS SQUARE
THAT DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE
SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> AND HERE IN THE BACK WE'RE
SEEING PEOPLE BEING TRAM 78ED,
WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE CRYING,
WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE UPSET.
IT WAS A REALLY --
>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY
BAD MOMENT AND MARKED THIS DAY
BUT KUDOS GOES OUT TO OUR
EMERGENCY SERVICES, EVERYBODY
FROM OUR PARAMEDICS, YOU KNOW,
THE AMBULANCE CREWS, POLICE,
SECURITY OFFICERS, EVERYBODY
HERE INVOLVED TODAY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK AND
PLANNING THAT GOES INTO TRYING
TO PULL OFF SOMETHING OF THIS
MAGNITUDE, AND FOR THE MOST PART
IT WAS A SAFE DAY.
>> WELL, AND KUDOS SERIOUSLY TO
THE PEOPLE OF TORONTO, YOU KNOW?
THROUGHOUT THIS PLAY-OFFS BUT
ALSO ON THIS DAY IN PARTICULAR
AS THAT PARADE WAS SNAKING ITS
WAY THROUGH THE CITY AND THEY
WOULD CROWD AROUND, THE POLICE
JUST HAD TO ASK THEM TO MOVE AND
THEY WOULD.
NOW IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S AN
ACTUAL SITUATION UNFOLDING OR
ANXIETY ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT
IT'S HARD TO TELL BUT WE DO KNOW
THAT THE EATON'S CENTRE WHICH IS
NOT THAT FAR AWAY, ABOUT A BLOCK
OR TWO AWAY.
>> BASICALLY ACROSS THE STREET.
>> IS ON LOCKDOWN AT THE MOMENT.
AGAIN, WHY IS THAT?
IS THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR THE SUSPECTS WHO ARE ALREADY
IN CUSTODY ARE OR --
>> IT CAN BE THEM ALSO TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE
DON'T JUST CROWD INTO THAT
SHOPPING CENTRE AND MAKE THAT AN
UNSAFE PLACE AS PEOPLE TRY TO
MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE SUBWAYS
BECAUSE GETTING ON -- IT WAS
DIFFICULT GETTING THEM ALL IN
HERE, IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER
THING TRYING TO GET THEM OUT AS
THEY CLEAR THE SQUARE HERE AND
LEAVE A MESS BEHIND, BUT IT WAS
A LOT OF FUN.
>> THE CLEAN UP CREWS MOVE IN
PRETTY QUICKLY, YOU KNOW.
AGAIN I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT
SOME OF THE PICTURES OF PEOPLE
LEAVING.
>> THIS IS THE DISTURBANCE FROM
EARLIER.
>> YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT
HAPPENING IN A CROWD MIGHT SEND
THE RUMORS FLYING AS FAST AS THE
FEET.
>> ADRIENNE, I'M SURE YOU'VE
COVERED INCIDENTS LIKE THIS, YOU
KNOW WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS,
WHEN PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE, WHEN
THEY'RE SCARED, THEY TEND TO
MOVE IN PACKS LIKE THAT AND IT
COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY, REALLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION HERE.
>> THE POLICE ARE IN FACT
TELLING US THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY
HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN CUSTODY BUT
THEY ALSO RECOVERED A WEAPON.
SO --
>> AND THEY WERE CLOSE BY AND
THEY WERE ALL OVER.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A
COUPLE OF MILLION PEOPLE IN
HERE, YOU HAD THOUSANDS OF
OFFICERS, AND I GUESS AND OTHER
SECURITY STAFF FROM THE
DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, FROM NATHAN
PHILIPS SQUARE, FROM OUR OWN
TORONTO CITY HALL, SECURITY,
THERE WAS A LOT OF SECURITY
HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE
FOR A CELEBRATION AND ANY TIME
YOU GET THIS MANY PEOPLE
TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE, YOU CAN
HAVE SOME PROBLEMS AND IT ONLY
TAKES ONE OR TWO PEOPLE TO CAUSE
IT.
>> IT IS A BIG CITY, YOU KNOW?
IT IS A BIG CITY.
GREG, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE
ACTUALLY HERE TODAY, WHICH IS
ABOUT SOME OF THESE PLAYERS.
YOU -- I'M TRYING TO -- I'M
TRYING TO IDENTIFY YET ANOTHER
MOMENT YOU HAD WITH THEM.
WE HAVE SOME MORE TAPE.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER FAVORITE?
>> I MEAN, THERE WERE SO MANY,
WE HAD NORM POWELL WHO GRABBED
MY MIC AT ONE POINT AND SAID --
HE JUST WALKED UP AND GRABBED
THE MIC AND I SAID GO AHEAD.
THERE WAS ALSO A MOMENT WHERE I
WAS ON THE BACK OF ONE BUS, KYLE
LOWRY IS ON THE FRONT OF ANOTHER
BUS HOLDING THE TROPHY AND I
JUST GOT HIS ATTENTION, I WAS
LIKE KYLE, AND I JUST MOTIONED
CAN I THROW THE MIC?
SO I THREW THE MIC TO HIM AS
WELL, NOT JUST DRAKE.
WE HAD A PRACTICE RUN.
>> WHAT SPORT DID YOU PLAY WHERE
YOU'RE ABLE TO THROW THOSE MICS,
QUARTERBACK?
>> THERE YOU ARE RIGHT THERE.
>> KYLE WITH THE PERFECT THROW
BACK.
>> WE GOT OUR FAMILY, OUR
FRIENDS HERE.
WE GOT PEOPLE HERE, WE GOT DRAKE
BACK THERE, WE GOT EVERYBODY
HERE.
THE CITY'S AMAZING.
LOOK AT THE TURNOUT.
AND WE AIN'T EVEN HALFWAY THERE
AND WE'VE BEEN ON THE BUS FOR
TWO HOURS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
>> AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
>> LOOK AT THAT PERFECT THROW.
RIGHT IN MY ARMS.
AND I GOT TO SAY I LOVE THE
SWEATER, THE DAVID SWEATTER
FIRST EVER I LOVE IT.
>> NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WITH
OUR FIRST DRAFT PICK.
WE HAD SOME WINS IN THE EARLY.
LET'S STROLL THROUGH THE DAY AND
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER
PLAYERS YOU WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO
GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO TODAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SPICY 3-P?
>> WHO DOES NOT LOVE PASCAL
SIAKAM.
OBVIOUSLY HE LOVES THIS AND
LET'S SEE WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
>> YO!
HEY, MAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU GUYS, MAN, THE SUPPORT
HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.
SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I'M GLAD WE DIDtGD6"T÷ IT FOR Y2
YOU GUYS DESERVE THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL CHAMPS
SO LET'S ENJOY THIS.
THANK YOU.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> MY PP, MY PP, MY PP, MY PP.
>> I AIN'T GOT A WHOLE LOT FOR
YOU ALL, MAN, I JUST TRULY WANT
TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD
REALLY ENJOY THIS MOMENT.
THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT.
NOT ONLY FOR US AS AN
ORGANIZATION BUT FOR THE CITY,
THE COUNTRY OF CANADA AND ME
PERSONALLY.
YOU GUYS KILL US WHEN WE LOSE.
YOU KILLED US WHEN WE GOT SWEPT
TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
WE DELIVERED.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
WE DELIVERED.
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO DELIVER
FOR US.
ENJOY IT, MAN.
>> I WANT TO BRING UP THE
GREATEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD,
NUMBER 2.
TWO-TIME, TWO-TIME FINALS MVP.
WORLD CHAMPION, A FUN GUY.
>> AH!
>> AND A MAN WITH A PRACTICE
WAITING FOR HIM!
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
ALL FOR WELCOMING ME HERE AFTER
THE TRADE WITH OPEN ARMS, MAN.
IT MADE MY EXPERIENCE THAT MUCH
BETTER.
THESE GROUP OF GUYS LET ME DO
WHAT I DO ON THE FLOOR, COACHING
TEAM LET ME DO WHAT I DO, AND
NOW WE GOT A CHAMPIONSHIP.
THANK YOU, AND LIKE THEY SAID,
ENJOY THIS, ENJOY THIS MOMENT.
AND HAVE FUN WITH IT.
AH-HA-HA-HA-HA.
>> LOOK AT THE REACTION THERE
FROM EVERYBODY.
>> YOU KNOW WHY.
>> WHAT WAS THAT, BY THE WAY.
>> SO IN HIS OPENING PRESS
CONFERENCE THERE WAS JUST A MEME
OF THIS LAUGH THAT HE DID.
>> HA-HA.
I CAN'T EVEN DO IT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LAUGH
WAS.
>> IT WAS -- YOU GO ON THE
INTERNET, YOU CAN FIND IT.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, HAD
THEIR OWN MEME, THEY DID THE NBA
ON TNT THEME SONG TO THIS.
EVERYBODY MADE FUN OF -- .
>> BEING SO ANIMATED TONIGHT,
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> HEY, YOU GOT TO BE.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY
IS AMAZING.
>> I MEAN, LOOK AT THEM THERE.
HOW DOES HE LOOK?
>> HE'S ENJOYING HIMSELF.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO.
IT'S FUN.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS WILL HELP
RESIGN KAWHI?
>> HOPEFULLY IT DOES.
THEY GOT TO CHEER MORE THOUGH.
THEY GOT TO GET LOUDER FOR HIM.
>> Reporter: TELL THESE GUYS,
TELL THE FANS.
>> I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
TELL THEM BUT THEY GOT TO GET
LOUDER.
HOPEFULLY THEY LISTEN.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH KAWHI BEHIND
THE SCENES SAYING COME ON,
RE-SIGN?
>> NO, I DON'T.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> Reporter: YOU WANT HIM BACK
THOUGH.
>> I WANT HIM BACK FOR SURE BUT
AT THE END OF THE DAY I GOT TO
LET HIM MAKE HIS DECISION
HIMSELF.
HOPEFULLY THE FANS AND
EVERYTHING WE DO CAN HELP US.
>> Reporter: I'M JUST WATCHING
KAWHI OVER THERE.
COME IN HERE, JOE, GET A SHOT.
KAWHI SOAKING UP THE MOOD THERE.
SOAKING UP THE ATMOSPHERE.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
[ Chanting ]
SPICY P, SPICY P.
>> ANOTHER GREAT MOMENT THERE
WITH GREG AND SPICY P.
FANS ARE SO ENVIOUS OF YOU
GETTING TO HANG OUT, SO UP CLOSE
AND PERSONAL WHEN YOU'RE DOING
THESE INTERVIEWS.
>> BUT DID YOU SEE ALL THE
SMILES FROM KAWHI AND ALL THE
FIST PUMPS?
>> NOT HOW WE'RE USED TO SEEING
HIM.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THIS HAD AN
EFFECT ON HIM.
>> WE'RE SURE HOPING IT DOES.
HE'S THE KIND OF PLAYER HE
DOESN'T GET TOO UP WHEN THINGS
ARE GOING GREAT, HE DOESN'T GET
TOO DOWN, HE IS MEAN FOR HAVING
AN EVEN KEEL.
NO EVEN KEEL TODAY.
THAT MAN LOOKED LIKE A HAPPY MAN
TODAY.
>> AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HERE
WERE PRETTY HAPPY.
I MEAN, THEY DON'T OFTEN CHEER
FOR POLITICIANS, RIGHT?
WE ACCEPT THIS.
BUT WHEN THE MAYOR JOHN TORY
SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
NAME THAT SORT OF STRETCH OF
BREMNER BOULEVARD FROM LAKE
SHORE TO YORK "RAPTOR'S WAY",
THAT MADE PEOPLE PRETTY HAPPY.
>> DID YOU -- YOU SAW MY
HANDS --
>> YOU JUMPED UP.
>> MY HANDS GO:  BECAUSE I LOVED
WHEN WE DID BLUE JAY'S WAY IT IS
GREAT TO HAVE RAPTOR'S WAY.
WE GOT A MAPLE LEAF SQUARE,
MAYBE WE'LL GET A RAPTOR'S
SQUARE.
>> WE'LL GET THERE.
NICK NURSE SAID SOMETHING THAT
RESONATED WITH PEOPLE HE QUOTED
BONO SAYING "THE WORLD NEEDS
MORE CANADA", HE SAYS, AND THEY
JUST GOT IT.
ANOTHER FAN, ANOTHER MOMENT THAT
PEOPLE HERE REALLY LOVED.
>> CAN I SAY HOW CANADA REALLY
HAS -- I GET CHOKED UP WHEN I
TALKING TO ALL THESE FANS FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, FROM EVERY
PROVINCE, AND I'M SEEING THE
EXCITEMENT.
AND THEN THEY SHOW THE FOOTAGE
OF PEOPLE IN SASKATCHEWAN AND
THEY FILLED THE FOOTBALL
STADIUM.
YOU SEE PEOPLE IN HALIFAX
CELEBRATING, IN B.C., IT'S
INCREDIBLE THAT THIS REALLY HAS
BECOME CANADA'S TEAM.
>> UNIFYING POWER OF SPORT, AND
IT REALLY HAS BROUGHT THIS
COUNTRY TOGETHER.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM
THIS IS YOU ACTUALLY IN OAKLAND
WITH THE CANADIANS DOWN THERE
AND THERE WAS ONE NIGHT AFTER A
GAME, THEY WOULD NOT LEAVE THAT
COURT, AND THEY STOOD ON THAT
COURT AND WHAT DID THEY SING,
GREG?
>> THEY SANG THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM.
THEY CHANTED "WE, THE NORTH".
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
WE ACTUALLY DID ROLL CALL ONE
DAY, WE HAD A CROWD OF PEOPLE I
SAID WHO'S FROM B.C.?
WHO'S FROM ALBERTA?
WHO'S FROM MANITOBA?
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM
SASKATCHEWAN THAT DAY BUT WE HAD
EVERY OTHER PROVINCE COVERED.
IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU
THIS, THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF A
PART OF DOWNTOWN TORONTO NOT FAR
FROM THE EATON'SER CENTRE.
THIS IS GENE AND BAY IF -- QUEEN
AND BAY IF YOU KNOW THE CITY
WHICH IS REALLY ONLY A BLOCK OR
TWO FROM WHERE WE'RE SITTING
RIGHT NOW.
>> BASICALLY THE CENTRE OF OUR
TOWN AROUND EATON'S, KIND OF
KITTY CORNER FROM YONGE AND
DUNDAS THAT A PEOPLE OF TOURIST
WHEN IS THEY COME TO THIS AREA
WOULD KNOW.
>> THIS IS IN THE AREA WE
BELIEVE WHERE THE WOMAN WAS
SHOT.
WE BELIEVE THE BLISS HAVE
ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE RECOVERED WEAPONS.
THE EATON'S CENTRE IS ON LOCK
DOWN.
THESE ARE ALL TERRIBLE THINGS TO
HAVE HAPPENED BUT IF WE CAN JUST
SAY GIVEN THE SPEED WITH WHICH
PEOPLE WERE MOVING, THE PANIC IN
THEIR FACES THAT WERE NOT AT
THIS POINT TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE IS
REMARKABLE.
POLICE ON BIKES WERE REALLY,
REALLY QUICK TO TRY TO GET
PEOPLE SETTLED DOWN, AS WERE,
YOU KNOW, FULL -- FULL CREDIT TO
THE RAPTOR'S PLAY BY PLAY
OFFICIAL MATT DEVLIN TRYING TO
GET EVERYBODY JUST TO CALM DOWN.
>> WE'RE GETTING SOME
INFORMATION, WE ARE TOLD THAT
TWO PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY, TWO
WEAPONS RECOVERED.
THREE -- AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE
WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING OR NOT
SERIOUS INJURIES.
WE DID HEAR EARLIER THAT ONE
PERSON WAS DEFINITELY HIT BY A
BULLET AND IT IS SAD THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE EVEN HAVE TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THIS, ADRIENNE, BECAUSE
FOR THE MAJORITY OF ALL THE
HOURS WE SPENT HERE TODAY, IT
WAS -- THERE WAS A FEAR IN THE
AIR THAT WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE
PEOPLE, AND WE SPOKE ABOUT IT
BEFORE IT HAPPENED, THAT
SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN, AND
INEVITABLY, UNFORTUNATELY, IT
DID.
>> IT MIGHT BE A WHILE BEFORE WE
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THIS WAS
ALL ABOUT.
UP UNTIL THIS POINT, THE
CONCERNS FOR POLICE WERE BECAUSE
THE PARADE WAS TAKING SO LONG TO
HAPPEN --
>> CROWD CONTROL, YEAH.
>> PEOPLE WERE PASSING OUT, THEY
NEEDED WATER, THANK YOU.
THEY NEEDED WATER RIGHT HERE.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS
THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN.
LITTLE KIDS BECOMING SEPARATED,
THAT TRAMPLING THING THAT
HAPPENS THOUGH, THAT'S
ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS, AND WE
KNOW THAT IN ONE CASE
JEAN-FRANCOIS BISSON, OUR
CAMERAMAN, MANAGED TO GET A FEW
PICTURES OF A STROLLER THAT WAS
COMPLETELY TRAMPLED.
THE DAD HAD THE WHEREWITHAL TO
PICK HIS LITTLE ONE UP AND SORT
OF HOIST HER ABOVE HIS HEAD TO
KEEP HER AWAY FROM PEOPLE'S
FEET.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTALLY
PEOPLE ARE PRETTY GOOD ONCE THEY
REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON, THEY
TRIED TO MAKE SOME SPACE.
>> ADRIENNE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN
A LOT WORSE DOWN HERE.
WHEN WE SAW THAT CROWD MOVE, WE
WERE WORRIED BECAUSE THERE
WAS,
YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE AND
WHEN YOU SEE A MASSIVE CROWD
JUST SHIFT LIKE THAT YOU KNOW
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FALL DOWN
AND THE OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T
LOOKING, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO
GET OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE
THEY'RE SCARED AND THEY'RE JUST
RUNNING IN ONE DIRECTION AND
THAT WAS A VERY SCARY MOMENT
HERE.
WE ARE PLEASED TO SAY THOUGH
THAT RIGHT BEHIND US IN THAT
CRUSH OF THAT CROWD IT DOES NOT
LOOK LIKE THERE WERE ANY SERIOUS
INJURIES.
>> WE WILL LATER ON BOTH CBC
TORONTO AND "THE NATIONAL"
ENDEAVOR TO GET A BIT MORE
INFORMATION FOR YOU ON EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, FACTS
MATTER IN THIS.
>> IT DOES.
IT DOES.
WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS
WONDERFUL CELEBRATION BUT WE'RE
ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT
UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THINGS LIKE
THAT HAPPEN.
SO WE WILL KEEP ON THAT AND TRY
TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AND
OF COURSE YOU CAN WATCH "THE
NATIONAL" TONIGHT, WATCH CBC
NEWS, "CBC NEWS NETWORK".
>> CAN YOU MAKE IT IN TIME FOR
YOUR SHOW?
>> I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HOSTING
A SHOW AT 6 O'CLOCK, DON'T KNOW
HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO.
WE GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES TO GO
AS WE WRAP UP THIS DAY-LONG
BROADCAST.
>> WE ARE GOING TO THROW YOU TO
ONE MORE, GREG ROSS' GREATEST
HITS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO
TODAY.
THIS IS YOU WITH CHRIS BOUCHER,.
>> LONE CANADIAN ON THE RAPTORS.
>> LOOK AT THIS LOGO, HE'S GOT
HIS OWN LOGO, BONJOUR.
>> BONJOUR, MEANS A LOT TO ME
JUST REPRESENTING MONTREAL AND,
YOU KNOW, CANADA, SO I WANTED TO
START SOMETHING AND I FEEL LIKE
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
MONTREAL IS SHOWING THEIR
SUPPORT AND ANY CANADIAN THAT,
YOU KNOW, LIVES HERE, KNOWS
THAT, YOU KNOW, RAPTORS AS A
CANADIAN TEAM AND THEY SUPPORT
US ALL THE WAY.
>> THIS HAS TO MEAN SOMETHING
EXTRA SPECIAL FOR YOU BECAUSE
YOU ARE CANADIAN AND I MEAN THIS
IS CANADA'S ONLY TEAM AND HERE
WE ARE CELEBRATING.
JUST PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE WHAT
THIS MEANS TO YOU.
>> IT MEANS A LOT.
YOU KNOW, AS A CANADIAN, YOU
KNOW, YOU WANT TO SHOW -- YOU
WANT TO REPRESENT, YOU WANT TO
BE CHAMPION, AND WE FEELING ON
TOP OF THE WORLD RIGHT NOW,
EVERYWHERE WE GO THEY FOLLOWED
US.
THEY'RE SUPPORTING US.
IT'S TAKEN A LONG WAY FOR US TO
GET THERE BUT WE'RE FINALLY
HERE, WE'RE CHAMPIONS AND IT'S A
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
EVERYBODY IS OUT.
I DON'T BELIEVE NOBODY WENT INTO
WORK TODAY.
THEY GOT THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF
THE DAY OFF.
BUT LOOK AT IT, IT'S CRAZY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NOW FOR YOU, THIS HAS BEEN AN
EPIC RIDE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, AT WHAT POINT
IN THE SEASON DID YOU REALIZE
THAT GROUP HAD WHAT IT TAKES TO
WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP?
>> FROM THE BEGINNING.
FROM TRAINING.
GOT TO THROW THAT IN,
EVERYBODY'S MIND AND LET THEM
KNOW WE WERE ALL FOCUSED OBJECT
ONE GOAL SO EVERYBODY COULD COME
INTO THE SEASON WITH THE SAME
MINDSET AND FOCUS.
>> OKAY.
TWO MORE BEFORE I LET YOU GO
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO ENJOY
THIS.
THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT HAS BEEN
THE LAST FEW DAYS BEEN LIKE WITH
THE TRAVEL AND THE CELEBRATIONS?
>> MAN, THE LAST FEW DAYS BEEN
AMAZING.
NO SLEEP.
A LOT OF CELEBRATING.
AND WE GOING TO KEEP GOING.
>> NOW UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN THROUGH, THIS IS IS THIS OR
HOW DIFFERENT IS THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP FROM ONES IN THE
PAST?
>> MAN, IT'S A DIFFERENT UNIT.
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT CITY,
DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
AND I'M OLDER AND IT MAKES IT
THAT MUCH BETTER.
>> WELL, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE
TORONTONIANS AND CANADIANS THAT
WATCHED YOU THIS YEAR, I JUST
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING YOU DID AND
ESPECIALLY FOR THE WAY YOU
CARRIED YOURSELF.
>> THANK YOU, TORONTO, THANK
YOU, CANADA, FOR THE SUPPORT.
WE DID IT!
>> NO, KAWHI, YOU DID IT.
[ Laughter ]
>> JUST ONE THING, LET'S JUST
TALK AS WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYES
ON THE GROUND, AS WE HAVE ALL
DAY, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT
WAS GOING ON IN THE SKY BECAUSE
WE DON'T OFTEN GET TO SEE THE
SNOWBIRDS IN ACTION OVER THE
CITY.
SOMETIMES IF YOU DO, IT'S JUST
ONCE BUT WE GOT NOT ONCE, NOT
TWICE, THREE TIMES.
>> WE HAD OUR OWN AIRSHOW TODAY.
>> WE DID.
>> AND THERE THEY ARE.
>> WITH THE MOVE, AND I CAN'T
IDENTIFY THIS, BUT WITH A MOVE
CALLED "THE RAPTOR".
>> THE RAPTOR THEY'RE CALLING
IT.
KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A CLAW THERE
TOO WITH THE STREAKS GOING BACK,
WE'LL TAKE THAT TOO.
>> OH, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO SAY,
THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT DAY.
BUT THIS IS THE LAST DAY WE GET
TO NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT
KAWHI LEONARD BECAUSE --
>> OH, GREG, DO YOU HAVE TO GO
THERE?
>> THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT.
STARTING TOMORROW WE GOT ABOUT
12 DAYS OF WILL KAWHI SIGN
BECAUSE FREE AGENCY BEGINS ON
JUNE 30th THIS YEAR, IT'S
ABOUT SIX HOURS EARLIER THAN IT
NORMALLY STARTS ON JULY 1st.
SO THAT'S -- THAT'S THE DAY THAT
WE EXPECT KAWHI LEONARD TO MAKE
A DECISION, JUNE 30th.
>> WELL, HE'S ALWAYS RIGHT NOW
AND I'M JUST GOING TO ENJOY IT.
>> THAT'S GOOD.
YOU DID SEE THAT MAN GIVE HIM
THE HOUSE PLANT.
THE HOUSE WARMING PRESENT.
>> HE GOT TWO HOUSE PLANTS,
THEY'RE ACTUALLY STILL ON STAGE
THOUGH SO HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY
TAKE THEM.
>> HE'S GOT FREE FOOD AT ALL THE
RESTAURANTS.
>> WINE AND DINE, I TALKED TO
HIS SISTER ABOUT THAT, SHE WAS
PRETTY AMAZED ABOUT ALL THAT
STUFF.
>> DIDN'T YOU RUN INTO HER IN
THE AIRPORT?
>> I WAS WALKING INTO THE
CONCOURSE OF ORACLE ARENA,
TALKING WITH ADRIENNE CHUNG, ONE
OF THE CBC TORONTO REPORTERS,
DOING SOME INSTAGRAM PHOTO, AND
I SAID THERE'S SOME RAPTOR FANS,
AND SHE SAID I'M KAWHI'S SISTER,
AND I SAID I GOT TO GO.
>> AS A REPORTER.
>> AND THEN WE TALKED TO HER IN
THE LOCKER ROOM, TALKED ABOUT
KAWHINE AND DINE, THAT'S WHERE
THEY'RE OFFERING KAWHI FREE
DINNER FOR LIFE AND I SAID YOU
COULD PROBABLY GET IN ON THAT IF
YOU COULD CONVINCE THE HIM TO
STAY.
>> BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY, CUSS
SINCE, OVER OUT IS THERE.
>> THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
EVERYONE IF HIS GOING TO COME
DOWN TO ONE THING, CAN HE HANDLE
THE COLD OR NOT?
IF IT'S NOT BASED ON COLD
WEATHER AND WANTING TO BE AT
HOME --
>> GREG, IN FAIRNESS, RIGHT, WE
LIVE IN NORTH AMERICA.
WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER TO THESE
CITIES.
>> MINNESOTA ISN'T EXACTLY LIKE
HOT.
>> THANK YOU, NEW YORK, CHICAGO,
THEY HAVE THE SAME KIND OF
WINTERS WE DO.
>> BUT HE WANTS TO GO TO L.A.
>> BUT SEE, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
WE CAN'T COMPETE REALLY
WEATHER-WISE WITH SUNNY
CALIFORNIA BUT WE CAN COMPETE
WITH A LOT OF NBA CITIES THAT
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HIM GOING
TO POSSIBLY.
>> OUR HEARTS ARE WARM.
>> AND WE SHOWED THAT TODAY.
>> WE DID.
>> AND HE'S ON THE ROAD HALF THE
TIME ANYWAYS.
>> SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT
BACK DOWN TO THE STREET TO ASHA
TOM LYNN SON.
SHE WAS ALL THE DAY LONG WITH
THE CROWD, SO GOOD NATURED, AND
THEN I GATHER YOU GOT CAUGHT IN
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT STAMPEDE.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I MEAN, IT'S REALLY SAD TO
BE REPORTING THIS ON SUCH A
HAPPY AND HISTORIC DAY, BUT YES,
I DID MAKE MY WAY TO NATHAN
PHILIPS SQUARE.
I WANTED TO CATCH A BIT OF THE
CEREMONY AFTER I REPORTED FOR
YOUR SHOW EARLIER ON.
AND I WAS JUST IN A CORNER SO
THERE WAS A BIT OF A BEAR SIDE
WHERE THERE'S A PARKING GARAGE,
AND I SORT OF MANEUVERED MY WAY
CLOSER TO THE CROWDS AND THE
ACTION, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
PEOPLE STARTED PANICKING, PEOPLE
STARTED RUNNING AND I WASN'T
REALLY SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
BUT SOME PEOPLE WERE SHOUTING
"FIREWORKS", "FIRECRACKER", "A
FLARE", SO NO ONE WAS QUITE SURE
WHAT WAS HAPPENING UNTIL THEN IT
WAS JUST A MASS MOB AND PEOPLE
STARTED RUNNING VERY QUICKLY,
PEOPLE WERE FALLING.
I SAW SOME CHILDREN CRYING.
I WAS TRAPPED FOR A LITTLE BIT
AND SO I HAVE TO SAY I WAS QUITE
RATTLED MYSELF NOT REALLY
KNOWING WHERE TO GO.
WE FINALLY, YOU KNOW, HAD TO
MAKE OUR WAY ON TO THE STREET,
QUEEN STREET, WE SAW THE POLICE
STARTING TO WORK THEIR WAY
TOWARD WHERE WE WERE AND
LITERALLY PEOPLE STARTED JUST
RUNNING.
AND I WASN'T CLEAR ON WHETHER IT
WAS MORE THAN A FIRECRACKER
UNTIL I GOT CLOSER TO THE CBC
BUILDING AND SAW THAT TWEET OUT
BY TORONTO POLICE SERVICE THAT
IT WAS INDEED GUNSHOTS.
>> YEAH, THAT'S -- DO YOU HAVE A
SENSE OF TIME, ASHA, HOW LONG
FROM WHEN EVERYTHING WAS FINE
UNTIL YOU SAW THE TWEETS?
I KNOW TIME IS 'ELASTIC IN A
SITUATION LIKE THAT BUT DO YOU
HAVE A SENSE OF IT?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY
HARD TO SAY.
I COULD SAY THAT AS I WAS
WALKING UP TO NATHAN PHILIPS
SQUARE, JOHN TORY WAS ON THE
STAGE AT THE TIME MAKING HIS
SPEECH.
I CAN ALSO SAY THAT PEOPLE IN
FRONT OF US, THEY WERE REALLY
CLOSEST TO THE STAGE, THEY
DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING, AND OBVIOUSLY ON
STAGE THEY WEREN'T CLEAR ABOUT
WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE THE
CEREMONY WAS STILL ONGOING.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO SAY BY THE
TIME I GOT THERE AND THE
GUNSHOTS HAPPENED, I MEAN, IT
FELT LIKE AS MUCH AS, YOU KNOW,
AS LITTLE AS TEN MINUTES.
IN TERMS OF WHEN I ARRIVED AT
NATHAN PHILIPS SQUARE.
>> GREAT WORK TODAY, ASHA, WE
ARE GLAD THAT YOU AND THE REST
OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT CROWD WITH
YOU ARE SAFE.
AND IT IS, AS YOU SAID, SAD THAT
THIS EVEN HAD TO HAPPEN TODAY
BECAUSE THINGS WERE GOING SO
WELL HERE.
>> YEAH, LET'S HANG ON TO THAT.
LET'S HANG ON TO THE WAY THE
BULK OF THE CITY WAS FOR THE
BULK OF THE DAY BECAUSE I'M NOT
SURE WE WILL EVER SEE THAT.
I MEAN, I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR
SPORTS TEAMS BUT I'M NOT SURE WE
WILL EVER TASTE THAT ELEMENT OF
JOY THAT THERE WAS EARLIER
TODAY.
>> THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER
FIRST FOR THESE THREE MAJOR
SPORTS TEAMS.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO WRAP THINGS UP
HERE, IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE
WORKING WITH YOU.
>> ALREADY?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> WE'RE HAVING SO MUCH FUN,
WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE SINCE
10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL RIDE.
GREG, WE'LL START WITH YOU IN
JUST HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT
THIS PLAY-OFF, THIS RUN AND THIS
TEAM AND THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> WELL, I THINK WE CONVERTED
THE COUNTRY TO BASKETBALL FANS,
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS NOW OFFICIALLY -- I
THINK BACK IN THE EARLY '90s
THE BLUE JAYS BECAME CANADA'S
TEAM AND YOU SEE -- WE'VE SEEN
EVEN THOSE RUNS IN 2015/2016,
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT CAME
TO WATCH AND I THINK NOW THIS IS
CANADA'S TEAM.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
A LOT OF YOUNG BRVEL PLAYERS.
WE SAW THAT IN THE GTA WHEN
VINCE CARTER WON THE SLAM DUNK
COMPETITION IN 2000 SO MANY GTA
KIDS GREW UP TO BE NBA STARS.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
PEOPLE FROM HALIFAX, YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE PEOPLE FROM
NEWFOUNDLAND, YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE PEOPLE FROM WINNIPEG, YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE SOME STARS FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY AND IT'S
BECAUSE OF THIS RUN WE JUST WENT
ON RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GREG, YOU
HAVE BEEN A ROCK STAR
THROUGHOUT.
>> A LOT OF FUN, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR COVERAGE, MAN.
YOU BROUGHT US RIGHT THERE FRONT
AND CENTRE FROM ALL OF IT FROM
TORONTO ALL THE WAY DOWN.
>> A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO DO
IT.
>> TOTAL PRIVILEGE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
AS A KID BORN AND RAISED IN
TORONTO?
I'VE NEVER SEEN MY CITY LIKE
THIS, AND ASIDE FROM WHATEVER
MESS IS STILL UNFOLDING, SO
GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND FUN TO
BE WITH YOU.
>> YEAH.
I HAD A GREAT TIME.
WHEN I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WAY
BACK IN 1976 WE PLAYED STREET
HOCKEY, WE COULDN'T AFFORD
SKATES SO WE DIDN'T DO A LOT OF
ICE HOCKEY, BUT YOU KNOW,
BASKETBALL WAS THE ONE THING
THAT REALLY BROUGHT THAT
COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
WHEN WE WERE AT THE COURT YOU
HAD FILIPINO KIDS AT THE COURT,
YOU HAD ASIAN KIDS, SOUTH ASIAN
KIDS, YOU HAD THE EASTERN
EUROPEAN KIDS, THE LITHUANIANS
AND THE CROW
ALLEGATIONS,ESTONIANS, THOSE
GUYS LOVE BASKETBALL SO I GREW
UP IN THAT GOING TO DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE CITY PLAYING
BASKETBALL AND HAVING THAT KIND
OF DIVERSE TORONTO FEEL WITH
THIS GAME, AND THEN TO WATCH IT
YOU WILL CAN I NATURE IN A
CHAMPIONSHIP -- CULMINATE IN A
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH MY TEAM AND
HAVING ALL THOSE COMMUNITIES
COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE
THIS, FOR ME AS A CANADIAN AND
TORONTONIAN IT'S BEEN A
WONDERFUL RIDE.
>> WHAT A GREAT DAY.
HAVE A GOOD ONE TONIGHT, GUYS.
>> YES.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US,
EVERYBODY.
>> GREAT JOB, TORONTO.
ENJOY YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> THAT WE WILL WIN IN TORONTO
AND WE'LL WIN SOME MORE IN
TORONTO!
>> THIS GROUP OF GUYS, COACHES,
GENERAL MANAGER, PRESIDENT,
BOARD OF GOVERNORS, THIS IS A
SMALL GROUP, WE DID IT TOGETHER,
WE FOUGHT EVERY DAY.
WE PRACTICED HARD, WE WORKED
HARD AND WE JUST KEPT OUR FAITH.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU
ALL ALWAYS ARE GOING TO BE MY
BROTHERS.
ALWAYS.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
AND WE ARE NOW WORLD CHAMPS
TOGETHER.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
AND THAT'S ALL THAT REALLY
MATTERS.
>> I THINK IT WAS BONO WHO SAID
"THE WORLD NEEDS MORE CANADA".
THE WORLD JUST GOT IT!
>> WE WORLD CHAMPIONS!
>> THANK YOU.
AND LIKE THEY SAID, ENJOY THIS,
ENJOY THIS MOMENT, AND HAVE FUN
WITH IT.
AH-HA-HA-HA-HA.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE
TORONTO RAPTORS.
GIVE SOMEBODY A HUG TODAY!
HEY!
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO SEE, I
LIKE TO SEE ALL THAT LOVE.
PLEASE, I KNOW YOU MADE A LOT OF
NOISE TODAY, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE
MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THIS
INCREDIBLE TEAM AND THIS
INCREDIBLE STAFF ONE LAST TIME?
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> HERE THEY ARE, THE 2019 WORLD
CHAMPIONS.
THANK YOU TO THE GREATEST FANS
IN THE WORLD!
HERE'S THEIR ANTHEM.
♪ I HAD MY SHARE OF SAND KICKED
IN MY FACE BUT I'VE COME
THROUGH ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY
FRIENDS ♪
>> Announcer: Your house floods,
and you can't get insurance.
>> If I get flooded very often,
they'll cancel it.
>> Announcer: That could soon be
the reality for some Canadians
