Grantland's Raptors Predictions: Crazy or True?

Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY SportsGrantland's Zach Lowe looks at Dwane Casey's future, Toronto's place in the East, and Terrence Ross' contract in his annual "crazy" NBA predictions.

In this week's column at Grantland, basketball guru Zach Lowe dove into his annual "crazy" predictions for the NBA. The looks into the crystal ball range from the insane to the probable, with Lowe's track record showing better than most. A few of his 35 points touched on the Raptors, with the one predicting their place in the Eastern Conference playoffs standing out most.

The prediction reads "Toronto finishes closer to No. 8 than No. 2" and Lowe's argument is this:

All the projections say this is crazy, and if…