![]() ![]() Throwback Raptor Jersey: 1990s Marcus Camby #21 Toronto Jersey (Purple) Here’s Tracy McGrady’s #1 purple Raptors uniform. Throwback Raptors Jersey: Tracy McGrady #1 Purple Jersey from 1990’s Vince Carter Throwback Jersey: White 1990s Retro Raptors Jersey #15 Speaking of which, Vince Carter’s time in a Toronto Raptors jersey came to an end after seven seasons, but he will be forever immortalized as the poster child of this era’s Toronto Raptors uniform. Raptors Throwback Jersey: Vince Carter #15 Toronto Raptors Jersey (Purple) To our surprise, this is currently the best-selling NBA raptors throwback jersey on - over Vince Carter’s #15 jersey. This Tracy McGrady Raptors throwback jersey is in home white. Tracy McGrady Raptors Throwback Jersey #1 from the 1990s (White) Take a look at the throwback Raptors jerseys below and if you’re interested in grabbing one, go ahead and click on the image. So that’s a little Toronto Raptors jersey history for you, now let’s get into the visual part of this page. ![]() In fact Sports Illustrated listed the throwbacks at #8, Bleacher Report held the vintage Raptors uniforms at #23, and we’ve listed the retro Raps jersey in the top five of all-time (list forthcoming). That’s when the Damon Stoudamire, Marcus Camby, Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady-era jerseys made a huge comeback one that has seen the Raptors throwbacks consistently listed as one of the best NBA jerseys in the history of the league. The sentiment toward the purple dinosaur jerseys lasted up until the last decade. The Raptors mascot-heavy design was breaking tradition. This was highlighted by the fact that the Raptors were an expansion franchise and that teams like the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls dominated the 19080’s and early 1990’s with clean classic looks. I think a lot of the reason why critics had such a negative visceral reaction was that those Raptors jerseys were so completely different than what we’ve seen from jersey design. ![]() To be honest, I disliked Toronto’s jerseys at the time, too. It’s a surprise that they lasted four seasons considering what a joke they were considered back then. When those jerseys were released in the mid-1990’s, the purple pinstriped “dino” jerseys featured a red dinosaur dribbling a basketball and was nearly-universally derided by players, media and fans for its unpolished, over the top cartoony design that reminded everyone of another purple dinosaur popular during that decade. ![]()
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