You can have $6M more to play in Toronto or you can play here. I have faith that Turk will make the right decision. Personally I just think this is a ploy for Toronto to prove to Bosh that they're trying to improve the team.
Now why in the hell would we do that? Marion is already a better fit for Toronto than Hedo is, and he'll command less money. I'd choose the Matrix alone over Turkoglu. These are really shitty rumours created by people that know nothing about the Raptors, except their cap figures.
You don't think the Raptors could use a triple-threat play maker like Hedo? PG: Calderon SG: Kapono SF: Hedo PF: Bosh C: Mensah-Bonsu That looks like you could rain death and run a nasty pick and roll with Hedo and Bosh leaving Kapono and Calderon for open threes. It isn't bad at all.
Adrian Wojnarowski reported this over 14 hours ago, since then it's become clearer that Toronto isn't quite ready to renounce 5 players in order to make a push for him, especially when the offer they could put on the table wouldn't substantially outpace the potential 5 years $50 million Portland might offer. Last I read on realgm.com's wiretap is that they are focusing their attention on Linas Kleiza. http://thestar.blogs.com/raptors/2009/07/no-charlie-v-return-to-toronto.html
It doesn't do enough. We have scoring down pat. What we need to improve is our rebounding, perimeter defense, and depth. Marion directly addresses two of those, and Delfino/Parker (along with whoever we bring in with our MLE) solves the last. Colangelo tried the "all our eggs in one basket" approach last summer with the Jermaine O'Neal trade, and it failed miserably. I doubt he makes the same mistake twice. (btw, Bargnani starts over Mensah-Bonsu and Kapono was traded for Reggie Evans)
Maybe so ... hard to see it happening though with Hedo spending so much time talking with KP, there isn't going to be a lot of time for Toronto to make a hard sell. My guess is that the Raps would rather have a flex forward like Matrix on a slightly above MLE deal and also sign a guy like Kleiza if they can. That team needs depth and some defense at the wing, not a playmaking point forward. We'll see what happens.
