Whether it was due to playing in a foreign country or simply not having faith in the organization, plenty of former Raptors couldn't wait to get out of town. This has not always been the case, however, especially in the team's early years and into the early 2000s, several notable players expressed their displeasure with being a Toronto Raptor. This perception was also beaten more recently when Toronto re-signed two more of its' star players in Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka. This helped to beat the perception that star players hate playing in Toronto and will either request a trade or leave in free agency.
In 2016, DeMar DeRozan chose to re-sign with the Raptors - the only NBA team he's ever known. Sometimes these players reached stardom in Toronto, or sometimes they ended up leaving before they reached the peak of their abilities. Since the birth of the Toronto Raptors baseball organization in 1995, the Toronto Raptors have had their fair share of star players.
