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With the Toronto Raptors celebrating their 20th anniversary season in 2014-15, Josh Lewenberg and TSN.ca take a look back at the franchise's first two decades with weekly Top Five lists, counting down the standout and signature players and moments in team history.

5. Joey Graham (16th overall, 2005)

Picked ahead of:
Danny Granger (17th, Indiana)
Gerald Green (18th, Boston)
David Lee (30th, New York)

Time with Raptors: 4 seasons, 275 games
Time in NBA: 6 seasons, 377 games
Raptors stats: 6.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.4 steals, 48% FG

The pick Toronto used to select Graham was one of two first-rounders they acquired in the trade that sent Vince Carter to New Jersey (the other was repackaged to New York and became Renaldo Balkman).

Then Raptors GM Rob Babcock made a couple first-round picks in that draft. Of the two, Graham was thought to be the safer choice while the selection of Charlie Villanueva seventh overall was widely criticized. Villanueva would go on to have a productive rookie season before incoming GM Bryan Colangelo sold high and swapped him for T.J. Ford the following summer. Meanwhile, Graham perplexed Raptors fans and coaches alike for years to come. The Oklahoma State product came into the league with an NBA-ready body and athletic upside but something was missing. Neither his outside shot or perimeter defence developed as expected and despite four years worth of opportunities and relatively good health, he failed to make an impact in Toronto.

4. Michael Bradley (17th overall, 2001)

Picked ahead of:
Zach Randolph (19th, Portland)
Gerald Wallace (25th, Sacramento)
Tony Parker (28th, San Antonio)

Time with Raptors: 3 seasons, 98 games
Time in NBA: 5 seasons, 173 games
Raptors stats: 3.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 48% FG

First of all, at pick No. 17 you will surely swing and miss more often than you can expect to hit a home run. That said, GM Glen Grunwald and the Raptors had high hopes for Bradley coming off a monster season as a junior at Villanova - averaging 20.8 points and 9.8 rebounds. In the NBA, however, the 6-foot-10 forward was ordinary, at best. Plagued by injuries throughout his career, Bradley suited up for five teams in five seasons before going to play overseas. Strangely, the latter portion of the 2001 draft ended up producing more NBA talent than the lottery. Toronto missed out on Zach Randolph, Gerald Wallace, Tony Parker and Gilbert Arenas, among other players that would go on to enjoy long pro careers.

3. Andrea Bargnani (1st overall, 2006)

Picked ahead of:
LaMarcus Aldridge (2nd, Chicago)
Rudy Gay (8th, Houston)
Rajon Rondo (21st, Phoenix)

Time with Raptors: 7 seasons, 433 games
Time in NBA: 9 seasons, 486 games
Raptors stats: 15.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.9 blocks, 44% FG, 36% 3P

In hindsight, most would agree that the Raptors botched their only first overall pick, but Colangelo's selection of the Italian enigma was certainly justifiable at the time. There really was no obvious choice. Rajon Rondo was not on the radar for Toronto or any team that high up in the draft. Brandon Roy was red-flagged on account of the knee-related injury concerns that would end up cutting his career short. Without a consensus top pick in one of the weaker draft classes, Colangelo swung for the fences, gambling on the talented seven-footer with a unique skill set. The quality Bargnani displayed in pre-draft interviews that the organization became enamoured with - his cool, unflappable demeanour - turned out to be the cause of his demise in Toronto, and in the NBA. Bargnani would show flashes, particularly during his first few seasons, but his suspect work ethic, lack of drive and passion for the game quickly derailed his progress. He appeared in just 66 of a possible 164 games (40 per cent) over his final two seasons with the Raptors as his relationship with the organization (as well as its fans) deteriorated. LaMarcus Aldridge would have been the ideal selection, but even he took five or six years to develop into an all-star calibre player.

2. Aleksandar Radojevic (12th overall, 1999)

Picked ahead of:
Corey Maggette (13th, Seattle)
Ron Artest (16th, Chicago)
Andrei Kirilenko (24th, Utah)

Time with Raptors: 1 season, 3 games
Time in NBA:  2 seasons, 12 games
Raptors stats: 2.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 0.3 blocks, 2-for-7 FG

No first round pick in team history has had less of an impact on the Raptors (and the NBA) than Radojevic, a 7-foot-3 project that appeared in just three games with Toronto. Looking to build around the emerging Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady, Grunwald used his first pick in the 1999 draft to select Jonathan Bender sixth overall, immediately shipping him to Indiana for veteran help in Antonio Davis. The hope was that Radojevic, with his size, could one day become an anchor for their defence. Alas, chronic injuries kept him off the floor until his hollow rookie contract was eventually included in the deal for Keon Clark a couple years later.

1. Rafael Araujo (8th overall, 2004)

Picked ahead of:
Andre Iguodala (9th, Philadelphia)
Al Jefferson (15th, Boston)
Josh Smith (17th, Atlanta)

Time with Raptors: 2 seasons, 111 games
Time in NBA: 3 seasons, 139 games
Raptors stats: 2.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.1 blocks, 41% FG

Much to the dismay of Carter, who pushed for Julius Erving to get the gig, the inexperienced Babcock was hired on to be the team's third GM in June of 2004. A couple weeks later, he was tasked with making a crucial, possibly franchise-altering draft selection. So let's face it, the setup here was not great. With Carter on the wing and sophomore Chris Bosh entrenched as the team's starting four, Babcock looked to fill a need by adding a big body, the 6-foot-11, 280-pound Araujo. "He's not a project," Bobcock had said after going off the board to select the BYU product. At 24 years old and with a "hockey mentality" (again, Babcock's words), he was touted as a player that could step in and contribute immediately, helping to turn around a talented roster in a tailspin. Less than three years later, Araujo's brief and uneventful NBA career was over. He appeared in 139 games, starting more than half of them, without making an impact. Despite his size, he blocked just 16 shots and shot 41 per cent from the field.

Honourable mention: Kareem Rush (20th overall, 2002 ** traded with Tracy Murray for Lindsey Hunter and Chris Jefferies on draft night), Terrence Ross (8th overall, 2012), Marcus Camby (2nd overall, 1996)