AUGUST 1

TRADE · 1999 · 27 years ago

Raptors trade the No. 5 pick for Antonio Davis

Toronto drafted high schooler Jonathan Bender fifth overall in 1999 and shipped him to Indiana for Davis, a proven interior rebounder. Davis immediately became the starting big man who anchored the first playoff teams in franchise history.

• Antonio Davis

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