It has been 60 days since the merry travelling band of Raptors congregated in Naples, Fla. to begin an odyssey that may have more than a month left in it.
They have lived together, worked out together, played games together, eaten together, seen and been around each other every day.
No one has killed anyone, no one has exploded at anyone else, nary a discouraging word has been uttered publicly. If that doesn’t say something about the maturity of this group, nothing will.
Yes, the success of the journey so far has helped — the Raptors are up 3-0 on the Brooklyn Nets in their first-round playoff series after a ho-hum 117-92 rout Friday afternoon — but there is something about the cohesion of this group that’s impressive.