Is it possible for the preseason to be shorter and still feel too long? We’re about to find out, as the Raptors play their penultimate fake game tonight in... [checks paper; squints] ...Toronto against the Detroit Pistons.
Yes, the Raptors make their return to Toronto tonight, which is both a big deal and not. On the one hand: basketball! in Toronto! On the other: a preseason game against, of all teams, the Pistons. We’re not even sure which members of Detroit will dress yet. (And we may not get to see Jonas Valanciunas take it to Andre Drummond again — that’s always fun.