Raptors remain a team for the playoffs … but those players are on other teams

TORONTO — If you’ve been feeling nostalgic for the Toronto Raptors of old, when April, May and June were a roller-coaster of high expectations, dashed hopes and unexpected triumphs, the first round of the NBA playoffs has been a trip down memory lane, delivering a warm fuzzy feeling from days gone by. Or maybe they’ve made you sad, lamenting what was and what seems so distant now. Either way, nostalgia is a powerful drug. Entire consumer and entertainment categories — political movements, too — have been built mining the feelings we all have about things that are far enough in...