Delon Wright was one of those players who, even though he was a bench player, was vastly underappreciated while he was a Raptor.

A First Rounder and Second Team All-American from Utah, Wright was Toronto's backup Point Guard for three-and-a-half seasons, providing defensive prowess and a nice change of pace.  In Wright's fourth season, he was traded to Memphis with Jonas Valincuinas for Marc Gasol, and Toronto went on to win the NBA Title.  Wright might not have been part of that championship, but he was a reason they got there. 

What Chris Boucher has been able to accomplish has been nothing short of inspirational.

Born in St. Lucia and raised in Canada, Boucher went from New Mexico Junior College, Northwest College, and then to Oregon.  Boucher went undrafted and signed with Golden State, playing one minute for the Dubs and mostly with Santa Clara of the G-League.  The Warriors cut bait with Boucher, and he signed with the Raptors, winning the G-League MVP and Defensive Player of the Year, and also seeing limited action in the Raptors' NBA Championship.

The Center had an established lockdown defensive game, and his days in the G-League were over.  Boucher came off the bench for Toronto over the last two years, with him averaging 24.2 Minutes per Game in 2020-21, with a fifth-place finish in Blocks per Game (1.9).  Notably, in his first three full seasons in Toronto, he never had a year in Toronto where his PER was under 20, an incredible achievement that should turn heads.

Boucher is still providing a solid role in Toronto, that has largely gone unnoticed outside of the Raptors fan base.

O.G. Anunoby was a late First Round Pick (23^rd) from Indiana, and in a mild surprise, he was logging most of the starts as a rookie.

Anunoby helped Toronto win the 2019 NBA Championship, and while he averaged the same amount of Minutes per Game that he did as a rookie, he did so off the bench, as the Raptors had Kawhi Leonard that year.  With Leonard departing for the Clippers afterward, Anunoby was again a starter, showing even better defense and finally breaking through offensively in 2020-21 with a 15.9 PPG.  He built on that with an increased 17.1 PPG in 2021-22.  In 2002-23, Anunoby took another leap, as he was the NBA's leader in Steals per Game (1.9), and earned a Second Team All-Defensve nod.

Going into 2023-24, the Raptors were in clear rebuilding mode and shipped off Anunoby to the Knicks.  Overall as a Raptor, Anunoby played 395 Games with a 11.8 PPG.

After four years at Wichita State (including a "shocking" trip to the Final Four," Fred Van Vleet signed as an undrafted Free Agent with the Toronto Raptors in 2016.  Usually, undrafted American players don't make the NBA, but someone forgot to tell Fred Van Vleet.

Van Vleet, who was a two-time MVC Player of the Year, would turn out to be a steal.  The Point Guard appeared in 37 Games as a rookie and 76 in his second year.  Van Vleet saw more action in his third year (2018-19), starting a third of his games and helping Toronto win the NBA Title.

Playing more at Shooting Guard afterward, Van Vleet became a permanent starter after the championship season, elevating his PPG to 17.6 and up to what is currently a career-high of 19.6 in 2020-21, a year in which Toronto slumped, and Van Vleet was required to do more heavy lifting.  Over the last three seasons, Van Vleet has finished in the top ten in both Steals per Game and Minutes per Game, with him cracking 20 Points per Game fo rthe first time last season, with a trip to his first All-Star Game.  VanVleet had another good year with the Raps, approcahing 20 PPG  season with the Raptors, but it would be his last, as he left for Houston via free agency.