5 Bold Predictions For The Toronto Raptors’ 2016-17 Season

Raptors Finish Season With Fourth Seed In East

With the recent rise in the Eastern Conference and the Raptors’ relative continuity heading into 2016-17, this season could go in a number of directions.

On one hand, the Raptors could finally put it all together in Dwane Casey’s sixth season at the helm. They’ve improved every year since he took over as the head coach, so why not do the same this season?

On the other hand, Toronto didn’t make any major improvements this offseason. Some would even say they took a small step back with the departure of Biyombo via free agency. So it’s easy to understand how someone would come to the conclusion that they could stumble a bit.

That’s exactly what I’m doing here.

While I don’t think they’ll be in any danger of missing the playoffs, I doubt they make it two years in a row as the East’s second seed. They’ll definitely be a team worth taking seriously, but some hiccups throughout the year will land them in the middle of the pack come postseason time.

Don’t worry, though…