NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: Jeremy Lin #17 of the New York Knicks steals the ball in the second half against Andrea Bargnani #7 of the Toronto Raptors (Photo by Chris Chambers/Getty Images)
The Toronto Raptors didn’t have a ton of postseason success in the pre-Masai Ujiri era, and that meant that they were often joined in the basement of the Atlantic Division by the New York Knicks, who have spent plenty of time wallowing in James Dolan-created muck.
While the two have never had the most vitriolic rivalry, due both to the geography and the fact that the two teams have rarely both been good at the same time, the
The Knicks were able to get one over on the Raptors when they traded an aging, declining Charles Oakley for Marcus Camby, who would go on to have a long career as one of the best defensive players in the game.