Toronto Raptors: Creating the team’s all-time roster

Damon Stoudamire (1995-1996): Third Point Guard/ Emergency Scoring

Damon Stoudamire serves as the team’s third point guard and a “break in case of emergency” option for the team. Obviously if creating a real team, the players on the end of the bench will not play with regularity, and that will almost certainly be the case here.

Still, it’s nice to have a spark-plug in case you need one, and man Damon Stoudamire can serve as one heck of a spark plug.

During his rookie season Stoudamire averaged 19 points, 9.3 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. Perhaps most impressively Stoudamire was able to average four rebounds per game, despite being only 5’10”.

When deciding between seasons, there isn’t much of a difference between Stoudamire’s rookie and sophomore year, so we went with his rookie season strictly based off the excitement he brought to the team. Hopefully, he can bring that same excitement to our team in the rare occasions that he is able to play.

When it comes to converting to the modern game, the change will likely help Stoudamire. Back in 1995-1996 he was attempting 4.8 threes a game, in the modern game that number would likely be around double digits. In an open style with more room to navigate, Stoudamire would likely be a dominant scorer.

Our team won’t ask much of Stoudamire, but he should excel when it comes to being a spark-plug third point guard.