As the Raptors head off into their summer — earlier on the calendar than any year of the last decade — they go with the knowledge that the next few months is when the important work gets done.
It’s when skill sets are expanded and finely tuned, when the basic conditioning program begins, when players decide if they truly want to get better or if they just want to pay lip service to the work ethic needed for genuine improvement. It is a time when organizations find out who is a professional and who is a poseur, and they will act according to the work the players do to improve.