It may seem like a new reality for Darko Rajakovic and the Raptors.

The conversation this year isn’t focused on development, and no one has uttered the word “rebuilding” since training camp began.

There are higher goals to chase, a playoff spot to earn and it should be a whole new world for the head coach heading into his third year.

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Maybe Rajakovic can see the balance, that making players better can feed into making the team better. A hand-in-glove pursuit of a bigger accomplishment.

“There is no different pressure at all,” Rajakovic said of the Raptors season that begins against the Hawks in Atlanta on Wednesday night. “We are developing, we’re still

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