Brooklyn Nets head north to face Toronto Raptors  Alex Trautwig
The Nets flew out of Newark for points north, without Brook
Lopez who is not yet ready to return after six missed games five
of them losses. Mikhail Prokhorov also left for points east
without a win during his stay, the first time that's happened.
Kind of sad, but recently, Toronto writers have taken to calling
the Raptors the saddest team in the NBA. Hard to argue against
them.  They're 4-18, one game ahead of the Wizards with an
opening schedule that's, to put it kindly, unfair. They've
played 15 of their first 22 games on the road, winning one
(making them 3-4 at home.) They've lost five straight and are
trying to unload their highest paid player, Andrea Bargnani, but
finding no takers, particularly not the Lakers. They've rumored
as a possible taker of Pau Gasol's $40 million contract.
Meanwhile, their most popular player, Jose Calderon, wants
out...desperately. Their top rookie, Lithuanian seven-footer
Jonas Valanciunas has been somewhat o