Toronto Raptors

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From the office today...

No communication between Bosh and Raptors Basketball Club. CB may be on his own.

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Progress on Bosh sign-and-trade
Posted on: July 7, 2010 10:05 pm

The Raptors and Heat are "progressing" toward a sign-and-trade arrangement to facilitate Chris Bosh's desire to join Dwyane Wade in Miami, a person with knowledge of the talks told CBSSports.com Wednesday night.

The most likely scenario, according to the source, would send draft picks and massive trade exception to Toronto -- but not Michael Beasley.

The Raptors would get back the 2011 first-round pick they previously traded to Miami, plus additional future picks and a trade exception they would then use to acquire a player without sending back comparable salary. The Heat only have one other player on their roster to trade, point guard Mario Chalmers.

Progress on Bosh sign-and-trade - CBSSports.com

This sounds good to me. As a Raps fan, I'm very desperate at this point, but I don't care! This would be good as long Beasley isn't included on the transaction.

BC... let's get this done!!

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Hedo traded to Suns for Barbosa

LAS VEGAS - The Suns are on the verge of acquiring forwards Hedo Turkoglu and Josh Childress, swiftly rebounding from the loss of Amar'e Stoudemire with two quality impact players.

The Suns would send guard Leandro Barbosa to Toronto for Turkoglu, a 6-foot-10 Turkish forward with versatile skills to shoot from long range and be a playmaker.

Turkoglu could become the Suns' starting power forward in place of Stoudemire, allowing new acquisition Hakim Warrick to come off the bench with Childress, Channing Frye, Jared Dudley and Goran Dragic.

Phoenix Suns close to acquiring Josh Childress, Hedo Turkoglu

Hedo at PF??

[inc-pankz]

hahaha. . dude so, unsa man among ma expect sa raptors this coming season? playoff contender? or what?

[Raki]

^ bro i dont know if playoff team ba ang raptors this coming season...excited nako for the young gunz...hopefully its a gonna be a different team...we just traded hedo for barbosa...and possiblity trades for calderon and evans going to bobcats for chandler and diaw...

[inc-pankz]

owwwww. .hmmm. . pde pod na diaw and chandler. .

exhange to?? who?

[Raki]

^ jose and evans.

[inc-pankz]

hmmmmmm. . ok rapod, ,para naay replacement kang raymond . .

[Raki]

^ wla na si raymond felton bro tua na sa knicks mao ngita ang bobcats ug pg...

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Bobcats reach deal with PG Shaun Livingston






CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)—Shaun Livingston suffered what was widely considered a career-ending knee injury playing against Charlotte in 2007.
Just over three years later, he’s joining the Bobcats to continue his comeback and help plug their hole at point guard.

“Yes,” agent Henry Thomas said, “how ironic.”
Thomas confirmed on Wednesday his client was headed to Charlotte but didn’t provide financial figures. Yahoo! Sports reported it was a two-year deal worth $7 million.
“A good get,” Bobcats coach Larry Brown said in a brief phone interview.
The 6-foot-7 Livingston is a big, versatile point guard that would seem to fit into Brown’s system if his left knee is fully recovered. And Charlotte needs the help after it made no attempt to re-sign last year’s starter, Raymond Felton, because of salary-cap woes.
When Felton signed with New York this week, D.J. Augustin was the only point guard left on the roster.
It remains unclear if the Bobcats will seek another playmaker. Brown was tightlipped, saying only the team has “a lot of work to do” after Tuesday’s trade that sent Tyson Chandler and Alexis Ajinca to Dallas.
The Bobcats got Erick Dampier from the Mavericks, whose $13 million non-guaranteed contract could be used as a chip in a future deal.
The 24-year-old Livingston’s career seemed over when he tore three ligaments and dislocated his kneecap in a game against Charlotte on Feb. 26, 2007 when he was with the Los Angeles Clippers. Livingston, who skipped college and was the No. 4 pick in the 2004 draft, missed an entire season and played in just 12 games with Oklahoma City and Miami when he returned in 2008-09.
Livingston played in 36 games last season with the Thunder and Wizards. He started 18 games to finish last season with Washington and averaged 9.2 points and 4.5 assists, which created some interest around the league.
Livingston’s size could contrast well with the 6-foot Augustin, who struggled some last season.