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Blazers make quick push for Hedo; Bucks eye big splash
Blazers make quick push for Hedo; Bucks eye big splash
Updating some of Wednesday's top NBA free agent stories: Magic free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu will be wined and dined by the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday and Friday as they try to make a quick strike in free agency by getting Orlando's starting forward to agree to a deal. Turkoglu was ...
Step Away From the Ledge
Step Away From the Ledge
bustabucket.com — I wanted to jump. I could NOT believe that reports that I was hearing! I crept closer... to the edge, then I had an epiphany. Much like most Blazer fans, when I first heard rumors of potentially signing Hedo Turkoglu I just didn't get it. WHY?? First thing that came to mind was that the Blazers ... (more) Step Away From the Ledge
Sports | Raps setting their sights on Knicks' big man Lee
thestar.com — Doug Smith Sports Reporter The Raptors are widening their NBA free-agent search that now includes one of... the more intriguing players on the market. Capping a whirlwind 24 hours to open the negotiating period, league sources say Toronto is trying to ... (more) Sports | Raps setting their sights on Knicks' big man Lee
Rudy Mad About the Potential Hedo Signing
Rudy Mad About the Potential Hedo Signing
bustabucket.com — According to Chris Sheridan of ESPN (via Blazers Edge ) Rudy is mad as hell about the... Blazers potential signing of Hedo Turkoglu. Apparently Rudy is getting multiple offers from European teams and might consider taking his game back overseas. (more) Rudy Mad About the Potential Hedo Signing
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Bucks trade Charlie Villanueva for Amir Johnson
The Bratwurst - Milwaukee Bucks Blog — ... NBA.com is also reporting that Josh Childress will visit the Bucks. He is a restricted free agent who doesn’t want to return to Atlanta and a pretty nice player, and it’s possible that a sign-and-trade could be in the works here (Childress signed to a 5 year/$30 million deal and traded for Luke Ridnour and Mbah a Moute?) Atlanta is not over the salary cap and thus would not have much incentive to make a trade such as that, except that they would get something for Childress. ...

Josh Childress visiting the Bucks today
Peachtree Hoops — As Hawks-Semi fan found in a fan post, Josh Childress is visiting Milwaukee today. Can you say sign and trade for Ramon Sessions? .....Probably not. But what it does mean, or at least probably means, is Childress is looking to return to the NBA. The Bucks seem like a good spot with Richard Jefferson gone, a starting position may be available. Not sure if the Hawks can convince anyone that they may actually match an offer to Josh after all the hurt feelings and bad blood that boiled into a nice little stew over ...

NBA Free Agent Madness: The Detroit Huskies, Puzzling Memphis, and Ariza to Where?
The Big Lead — ... Here’s a random note at the bottom of David Aldridge’s column: “… forward Josh Childress … will visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday, according to his agent, Jim Tanner. Childress can return to the NBA, but his rights would still be owned by the Atlanta Hawks, who drafted him in 2004, as a restricted free agent — meaning the Hawks could match any offer from other teams for Childress. But Childress has not yet decided whether to stay in Greece for a second season or come back to the NBA.” ...

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