sports.yahoo.com - 7/1/2009
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30.
31, by the time the playoffs start next season.
Portland?
By the time the playoffs start in 2010?
Brandon Roy , 25. LaMarcus Aldridge , 24. Rudy Fernandez , 25.
Greg Oden , 22. Travis Outlaw , 25.
And when those players are in their primes? 2014 or so? Hedo's
going to be ...
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 ...
detroit4lyfe.com - 7/1/2009
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detroit4lyfe.com —
Ben Gordon is in Michigan today to talk
to Joe Dumars about signing with the Pistons. In...
an average free agent market, this is the one guy I would like to see the Pistons sign. Aside from the points he can put on the board, Gordon plays hard, makes good decisions and hits clutch shots down ...
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Time to Re-Pay Chicago for Signing Hossa and Kopecky
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Points in the Paint
BallerBlogger.com —
... Kelly Dwyer on Portland’s pursuit of Hedo Turkoglu: “What am I missing here? The team was, statistically, the best offensive team in the NBA last year. Possession to possession, nobody scored more. Defense is this team’s weakness, so they’re spending all sorts of dough on a defensive liability? The team, for years, has been one of the better closing squads in the NBA. They don’t make a lot of comebacks, not with Nate McMillan’s snail-slow pace, but with Travis Outlaw and Brandon Roy in the fold, they do just about lead the ...
Jamario Moon: The Right Fit at the Right Time for the Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers —
... City. Ariza tied for 38th at 67 dunks. On the very day that Ferry secretly signed Moon -- this past Friday -- Kelly Dwyer of Yahoo! Sports' "Ball Don't Lie" had a spectacular must-read article on Moon, entitled "Who wants Jamario Moon?": I don't think teams are coveting Jamario Moon at a rate
concurrent with his skill set. This has been, more or less, the story of the summer for me.
Whether we're overrating
Hedo, underrating
Lamar Odom, or sleeping
on the Magic, I've seemed to be at ...
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Turkoglu bags Portland
redsarmy.com 7/4/2009 — Remember when we said Hedo Turkoglu signed with Portland? Yeah... not so much . 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! Sports on Friday night.
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scoresreport.com 7/3/2009 —
Per TrueHoop…
Although a verbal commitment may be announced sooner, the terms of the contract cannot be finalized until Wednesday when the NBA informs teams what the 2009-10 salary cap will be.
The Orlando Magic’s recent trade for Vince Carter, who has a large salary and ...
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 ...
