Toronto giving up on turk?

The Toronto Star reports the Raptors seem to have pulled back on a decision to take a run at Hedo Turkoglu.

There was a report yesterday afternoon that Toronto was planning a $60M offer to Turkoglu, however, the newspaper says that was debunked by a handful of sources.

It would take Toronto renouncing the rights to Shawn Marion, Anthony Parker, Carlos Delfino and others to get that deal done and that won't happen as the Raptors are close to re-signing Delfino.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/features/rumors

 

You left out the best part of that Toronto Star article:

I don't want anything to do with Hedo, but I thought that was cool. He may end up playing with you guys, but deep down he'll still want to be up here.

 

sorry i dont read the toronto star, im a oregonian what whatttttt

 

Once he arrives here his "deep downs" will fall in love with PDX.

 

Why do you guys include an "X" in your abbreviation? I never understood that.

 

It's our airport code

PDX

 

I see. I thought the "X" stood for EXTREME!!!

 

Nope, international

 

He's not coming to Toronto. David Lee and Ariza are though, so...watch out! TOX!

 

Not having Hedo makes Toronto a much beter team.

 

Playing in the leastern conference, that team could be players. Is Ariza any better than Marion though? Would you move Bosh to center, or move him to another team for pieces? What about Bargnani? Sp many questions haha

 

If I was an outsider and free agent, I could see how living in Toronto would be more attractive than living in Portland. Of course, when Channing played for NY, he admitted he never thought anything of Portland and thought it was just a passing city to play a game, then leave. Then when he came here, he truly appreciated it here and made it his real home now.

Not saying Hedo will be the next Channing, but I think his feelings can change once he visits the city today.

 

lol, I was just teasing you guys. Portland isn't anything like other NBA wastelands (Memphis, Milwaukee, and Minnesota come to mind).

I think Toronto just comes off as appealing to any European player. They've built up a staff and roster with many links to Europe, and Toronto is the most cosmopolitan city in North America.

 

Ariza would be a backup plan, IMO. He doesn't bring Marion's rebounding which is such a boost for our team (any team starting Bargnani at center needs to have strong rebounding at the 2-4 spots). No question our team is an enigma right now, though.

 

shutup you dumb canadian! and stay away from my buffalo bills!

 

Uh, excuse me? More cosmopolitan than New York? Surely you jest.

 

Actually, I think that is true. I read that somewhere.

I have been to Toronto, and it is awesome FWIW.

 

Have you been to New York?

 

Nope, its population is much more diverse and integrated than NYC's.