Toronto Raptors
PREDICTED FINISH: 5th 56-26
ACTUAL FINISH : 7th 51-31
What I got right: I expected the team to be solid on both offense and defense and the team remained in the NBA top ten in both. I also correctly pointed to the shooting accuracy as a key statistic. The team fell out of the NBA top ten, shooting 46.4 percent to an 11th ranking.
What I got wrong: I expected Jakob Poeltl to deliver something more than he did. The Raptors are already backcourt-centric, and Poeltl’s failure to deliver something more this year truly hurt the team overall.
ORIGINAL PREDICTION
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