Power Ranking Poll Week 1: It begins anew!

Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports Former Editor-in-Chief Daniel Reynolds has been writing this column — a summary of where the Raptors stand in all the popular weekly NBA Power Rankings — for years. Daniel has retired from HQ but I do feel some sort of responsibility in continuing it, not least because it was actually one of my favourite things to read on the site each week.

Here then, is my pale imitation!

To start off, we note that expectations this year for the Raptors are fairly low, from most outlets (including from, uh, me). Are the Toronto Raptors flying under the radar, ready to surprise everyone? Or are they indeed in rebuilding mode and heading, by design, to the lottery?

As ol’ King…