NBA sending the Nets and Raptors to the NBA's D League in Europe

Okay, that's not true but the Nets and Raptors are playing two regular season games in London next Spring. The upside, that's two fewer games the Nets and Raptors will play on American (or Canadian) soil. Downside, not North America putting its best athletic foot forward.

From espn.com:

The NBA is taking regular-season games to Europe for the first time.

NBA commissioner David Stern announced Monday that the Toronto Raptors and New Jersey Nets will play a pair of regular-season games in London this season.