Gotta say I saw this coming, I believe I picked the Raptors dropping out of the playoffs in Jeff's preseason predictions thread way back in October.
It never made sense why most of the talking heads predicted them to get a HCA seed, after signing Hedu following a classic contract year performance. Then factor in the league worst defense they play at the 1 & 5 - it's amazing they still have a shot at the 8th spot really.