There’s something to be said for not counting your chips at the table, for not celebrating small victories when there’s a bigger task still at hand.
And so a nod of respect goes out to the 2015-16 Toronto Raptors, who quietly raised their fourth Atlantic Division Champions banner to the Air Canada Centre rafters recently with no fanfare whatsoever. No ceremonial raising, no big ceremony, just a quiet addition to a row of accomplishments that most find meaningless beyond the value of a footnote.
Hey, look what they snuck into the ACC pic.twitter.com/SuJwktFbOl
— Doug Smith: Raptors (@SmithRaps) April 12, 2016
This team has designs on much bigger accomplishments than another division crown, especially in a year where the division only had two NBA teams. You could even argue the banner could have stayed down until next season, although there’s little harm in adding it quietly since the division’s been locked up for weeks.
Now, when can we get a Carly Rae Jepsen banner up to replace the departed Bon Jovi banner?
