Dwane Casey talks about it so often that he’ll sometimes apologize for what he’s about to say before he say it for the umpteenth time in front a crowd that’s heard it time and time again.
It is a tenet that he holds dear to his heart, a belief that the process of developing a winning NBA team is a painstaking endeavour that is ever-evolving.
There is a natural progression that has to be followed and despite the fact Casey’s Toronto Raptors are at an unprecedented place in their evolution, the journey continues.
The team has made gigantic strides for a program that hadn’t tasted playoff success in a decade, a franchise that had never won a seven-game series until earlier this month but there is more to do.