slamonline.com - 7/1/2009
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Get in line , gents: “The Trail Blazers’ summer agenda was revealed late Tuesday night at the minute the free agent market opened. That’s when general manager Kevin Pritchard and assistant general manager Tom Penn called agent Lon Babby to begin the courtship of small forward ...
sports.espn.go.com - 7/1/2009
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The following are the first helpings of front-office
chatter to dribble into Stein Line HQ, culled from...
various team executives, coaches, players and agents throughout the league, to coincide with the buzzer sounding on NBA Free Agency Season 2009 at ...
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Marc Stein: The latest chatter on free agency
sports.espn.go.com - 7/1/2009
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Portland's pursuit of a certain player from Turkey
has infuriated the Trail Blazers' lone remaining Spanish player,...
Rudy Fernandez , to the point where he'd prefer to play in Greece, Russia or even Spain again, ESPN.com learned Tuesday. A league ...
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Rudy Fernandez of Portland Trail Blazers draws interest ...
blog.oregonlive.com - 7/1/2009
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Gordon, Villanueva May Be Pistons Soon
CelticsBlog —
... and Villanueva, both unrestricted free agents, would be significant strikes on the first full day of NBA free agency. Gordon and Villanueva have history together, and are good friends. They played for the University of Connecticut, although never together. The Pistons have nearly $20 million in salary-cap space and it’s thought that the offers to these two players would come close to expending that money.
In other free agent news, it looks like Hedo is the Blazers top priority.
“The Trail Blazers’ ...
Sifting Through Rumors
Portland Trail Blazers —
... players would come close to expending that money. I've said it once, I'll say it again: The Pistons will be an entirely different team next year. Joe Dumars will not settle for anything less than destruction of this Detroit squad. Although this may not involve trades at first, believe me when I say that he will try to move guys like Hamilton if he signed Gordon, and would most certainly not re-sign Rasheed Wallace if he managed to snag Villanueva. Hedo heavily targeted by Portland: "The Trail Blazers' summer agenda was ...
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Blazers To Pursue Hedo Turkoglu In Free Agency
mkrob.com 7/1/2009 —
The Trail Blazers’ summer agenda was revealed late Tuesday night at the minute the free agent market opened. That’s when general manager Kevin Pritchard and assistant general manager Tom Penn called agent Lon Babby to begin the courtship of small forward Hedo Turkoglu.
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Sorry, Blazers. Hedo Now Going to Toronto
slamonline.com 7/4/2009 — Turkoglu changed his mind , and will reportedly now become a Raptor : “Free agent Hedo Turkoglu has backed out of his commitment to the Portland Trail Blazers and plans to sign with the Toronto Raptors, a source close to the talks told Yahoo! ...
Blazers make Hedo the “12:01″ call
ripcityproject.com 7/1/2009 — No smokescreens, no posturing, no rumors. Kevin Pritchard and the Blazers want Hedo Turkoglu, and they want him now, as in seconds after free-agency opened now. It’s a lot to process, all the thoughts and opinions out there, but here we go:
Ken Berger made the first call (I believe) and ...
No doubt: Blazers want Turkoglu
blog.oregonlive.com 7/1/2009 — The Trail Blazers are putting on a full-court press in their attempt to lure free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu to Portland. Coach Nate McMillan had dinner with Turkoglu in Orlando on Wednesday night, and on Thursday Turkoglu and his agent,...
Welcome to Portland, Hedo
slamonline.com 7/4/2009 — Turkoglu is the newest member of the Blazers: “Hedo Turkoglu has reached an agreement in principle to join the Portland Trail Blazers, according to sources. Although a verbal commitment may be announced sooner, the terms of the contract cannot ...
Hedo Turkoglu and Blazers close to agreeing to five-year deal
tonyblogs.net 7/3/2009 — The Blazers are close to coming to terms on a five year contract with free agent Hedo Turkoglu . Hedo was also pursued by the Toronto Rapters, but they have decided to attempt to keep their own free agents, Shawn Marion and Carlos Delfino.
The addition of Turkoglu certainly gives the ...
Blazers Talk to Turkoglu - $8 Million per Year Offered?
blazeoflove.com 7/1/2009 — Apparently "your" Portland Trail Blazers made the 12:01 EST call to Hedo Turkoglu's agent last night to get the ball rolling on the opportunity he may have here. Ric Bucher reported that the Blazers offered him $8 million per year...why would they be throwing out numbers already?
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Turkoglu to visit with Trail Blazers (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 7/2/2009
Hedo Turkoglu will visit with the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday. In an e-mail to The Associated Press, agent Lon Babby says Turkoglu will be in Portland on Thursday. He did not elaborate. Turkoglu, who helped Orlando to the NBA finals this past ...
Agent: Turkoglu to visit Portland —
FOXSports.com News for NBA 7/2/2009
Turkish free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu will visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press, agent Lon Babby said Turkoglu will be in Portland on Thursday. He did not elaborate.
Turkoglu, who helped Orlando to ...
