Sports Illustrated revealed the next portion of their Top 100 list of NBA players for 2016-17 on Wednesday, and the (presumably) final Toronto Raptor was on it. I mean, unless Bruno has really made some strides over the summer.
Kyle Lowry landed at number 14 on the list, a spot that both acknowledges his greatness over the past two seasons, but is quick to exclude him from the true cream of the NBA’s elite. I’ve been ranking our Raptors versus the others at their positions, but this time writer Ben Golliver took the bat out of my hands.