In last week’s Power Rankings, the man upstairs Daniel Reynolds wrote a sassy dek about the Raptors starting the new year with a perfect 1.000 mark. In the face of personal hysteria over how bad this week was — Toronto has now lost five of seven — I’m choosing to blame the karma of that statement for this week’s Power Rankings.
Yes, I’m subbing in to bring you the rankings this week, as Daniel is either “busy” or simply can’t face the reality of what I’m about to show you. For weeks, the ranking powers that be — the Mount Rushmore of Stein, Woo, Schuhmann, and Moore — have praised the Raptors.