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Jason Jones thinks winning anything is more important than basketball to Canadians

By Jasmyn Wimbish

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 04: Jason Jones attends the New York special screening of Paramount Pictures' film 'What Men Want' at Crosby Street Hotel on February 4, 2019 in New York, New York. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 04: Jason Jones attends the New York special screening of Paramount Pictures' film 'What Men Want' at Crosby Street Hotel on February 4, 2019 in New York, New York. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures) /
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The Toronto Raptors claimed their first ever NBA championship and while all of Canada will be celebrating the team, it’s really just the feeling of winning that means more.

Canadian-born actor Jason Jones, star of TBS show The Detour which is set to premiere its fourth season on June 18th, is convinced that Canadians are more excited about the feeling of having won something rather than it being about supporting the Toronto Raptors.

“They like winning, they’ve just been so deprived,” Jones told FanSided’s Mark Carman. “The Toronto Maple Leafs are the second-most winning team in NHL history and they have not won in my lifetime. It was six years before I was born when they won their last cup.”

When the Raptors closed out the 2019 NBA Finals in six games against the Golden State Warriors they became the first Canadian professional sports team to win a title since the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Blue Jays both won titles in 1993.

Yes It’s been awhile since Canada has been able to celebrate one of their professional sports teams winning a championship that wasn’t in the Olympics. However, the sheer dedication and passion that Raptors fans displayed standing outside Jurassic Park every game day to support their team indicates far more than just wanting to win.

“I don’t know that they’re as much into basketball as much as it’s just like, ‘can we just win something and be proud of us for something,'” Jones said. “I don’t want to just be America’s hat forever.”

The American-Canadian rivalry could have played into the support for the Raptors a tiny bit, but considering there are no Canadians on the Raptors let’s just chalk this one up to pure fandom. Scotiabank Arena has been a great home atmosphere for a few years, and despite their shortcomings year after year fans still supported the Raptors after every loss, this year it just finally paid off.

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