<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Earlier this week, Andrea Bargnani spent a few moments visiting his past. Today, the Toronto Raptors' second-year forward will get a taste of what his future may hold as an emerging European NBA star.</p> Tomorrow, the Raptors will hope Bargnani gets on with the reality of his NBA present.</p> The Raptors open their exhibition season in his hometown of Rome, fittingly, against Kevin Garnett and the revamped Boston Celtics, on paper the most formidable obstacle to Toronto's attempt to defend its Atlantic Division title.</p> "I am happy," Bargnani said. "It's something unique to have my NBA team in my country."</div></p> Source: The Globe & Mail</p>
