Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic reports that the Suns are closing in on deals to acquire disgrunted Toronto Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu, 31, and former Atlanta Hawks guard/forward Josh Childress.
According to the report, Leandro Barbosa and Dwayne Jones would be traded to Toronto for Turkoglu and Childress would be obtained via sign-and-trade. Childress has agreed to a five-year, $33 million deal with the Suns, and the team would send a conditional second-round pick to Atlanta.
Additionally, the Suns would use a portion of the Traded Player Exception they received in the Amar'e Stoudemire sign-and-trade to help complete the Childress deal. After the Childress and Warrick deals, the Suns have about $5.7 million of the exception left.
After the Turkoglu trade, Tortonto then sent Jones over to Charlotte, along with a portion of the trade exception they received from moving Chris Bosh, and obtained forward Boris Diaw from the Bobcats.
So, in the course of one evening, Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo has picked up Barbosa and Diaw, two players he brought to the Suns back when he was general manager of the team.
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Excellent analysis
as usual Seth.
Hedo may be a bit better in the system than you think. But as Scott would say, it never hurts to look on the down side, keeps disappointment at bay.
by svspider on Jul 12, 2010 10:50 AM MST reply actions
Nice Seth.. Really nice!
Love the trades.. both!
Want to react about:
“In these two contracts, the Suns are taking on $73.8 million in new contract obligations while giving up $14.7 million owed Barbosa. That’s a net of $59.1 million in long-term salary. Add to that Channing Frye’s $30 million and Hakim Warrick’s $18 million and the Suns’ “cheap” owner has spent $110.1 million since July 1."
My opignon is that R.Saver play is role really well signing classy, smart and talented players in a very difficult situation.
We had to take our hats for what he did.. and for me the first very good move was to not give Amare a none secure max deal.. A+ mister Sarver.
Look our roster..It’s a bunch of great persons and that’s great as a fan view!! Can’t wait it will be official..
Go Suns!! Suns For Life!! (miss you Raja)
by Reelsht on Jul 13, 2010 2:22 AM MST reply actions
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