A Toast To Sam

With the win today over Chicago, Sam Mitchell now has more wins as Raptors coach [114] than any other coach in franchise history. Doesn't mean a lot, per se, considering the Raptors have never had a coach with a winning record, and only two of the teams six coaches have even made it to 75 wins [something Avery Johnson did for the Mavs in what, a season and a half?]. Here is how Sam stacks up against the rest of the Raptors coaches:

1995-1996: Brendan Malone. 21-61 record, 0.256 winning percentage. It would've taken him almost 6 seasons and over 450 games to get to 114 wins with that pace.

1996-1998: Darrell Walker. 41-90 record, 0.313 winning percentage. Another 240 games or so, and Walker could've got 114.

1998-2000: Butch Carter. 73-92, 0.442 winning percentage. With the second best winning percentage of any of the Raptors coaches, Carter could've broke 114 after 260 career games, which would've put his record at 114-145 or so.

2000-2003. Lenny Wilkins. 113-133, 0.459 winning percentage. The man Mitchell just beat for all time wins still holds the franchise record for best winning percentage while coach.

2003-2004: Kevin O'Neil: 33-49, 0.402 winning percentage. The experiment that never really worked, O'Neil was the only coach that took a step backward in terms of winning percentage. He was canned after only one season.

2004-present: Sam Mitchell: 114-146, 0.438 winning percentage. 3rd place all time when it comes to winning percentage, Mitchell can take over 1st place in that category too if the Raptors finish the year 45-37. That would give him a career winning percentage of 0.461.