Raptors rated second worst in SI Power Rankings.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...sct=nba_t11_a0
New coach Dwane Casey faces the thankless assignment of significantly upgrading Toronto's terrible defense without reducing the prominence of leading scorer Andrea Bargnani, who is owed more than $40 million through 2015. Moving Bargnani from center to power forward might help the spindly 7-footer's coverage, but Toronto is already stocked with solid, if unspectacular players at that position in Ed Davis and Amir Johnson; plus, Casey's options for a legitimate big man in the paint rest with the long-past-his-prime Jamaal Magloire and earnest Aaron Gray, who has never played more than 715 minutes in a season in his four-year career. In the backcourt, point guard Jose Calderon is, like Bargnani, offensively gifted and a horrendous defender -- and he's owed $20 million for the next two years. Good luck, Mr. Casey.
Seattle finally has a contender . . . in Oklahoma.