sports.espn.go.com - 7/1/2009
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Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan is flying to Orlando to have a Wednesday night dinner with the Blazers' top free-agent target, Hedo Turkoglu.
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 ...
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bustabucket.com - 7/1/2009
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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.
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Rudy Mad About the Potential Hedo Signing
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Report: Hedo Turkoglu ‘expected’ to land in Portland
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog —
... ESPN’s Marc Stein reports that Hedo Turkoglu will be having dinner with coach Nate McMillan tonight and will then tour Portland tomorrow. On Thursday he will also meet with Kevin Pritchard and Tom Penn. Stein also had this to say: ...
Blazers will reportedly meet with Hedo Turkoglu Thursday
Blazers Blog —
... ) reached out to free agent, and former Orlando Magic forward, Hedo Turkoglu around 12:00:01 a.m. ET Tuesday night. And as of Wednesday morning Marc Stein of ESPN.com is reporting the Blazers are moving quickly in the courting process: Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan is flying to Orlando to have a Wednesday night dinner with the Blazers' top free-agent target, Hedo Turkoglu. Turkoglu's agent, Lon Babby, said Wednesday that Turkoglu will then travel to Oregon for a Thursday tour of the Blazers' facilities and meetings with Portland general manager Kevin Pritchard ...
Early Free Agency Reports
Sparty and Friends —
... Hedo Turkoglu is meeting with Nate McMillan over dinner tonight to discuss the All-Star forwards basketball future. The Trailblazers still have high hope in Greg Oden as their center, so why not make their team look like Orlando’s? It is the new fad. Surround the big center with 3-point shooters. ...
Five teams contact Hedo Turkoglu; Magic talk to Bass
Orlando Magic Daily —
... It appears the Trailblazers are at the top of the list, as Portland coach Nate McMillan is having dinner with Turkoglu tonight in Orlando. This from Marc Stein of ESPN.com: ...
C's to Powe: "‘Good luck with another team"
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans —
... yesterday
saying that they only have a two-year window, and I would be taking up
a roster spot for someone else.” *Sigh* Jess Camerato made things even worse by emailing me this about Leon still being a super awesome guy. Powe says he could be back by February. I'm still holding out hope that we can bring him back. Maybe I'm being overly sentimental. Around the L: Ben Gordon might sign with Detroit for $50 mil... the Blazers are pursuing Hedo Turkoglu... The Mavs might offer Jason Kidd 3 ...
Hedo Leaves Trail of Fire in Portland
FanHouse —
... Hedo's agent Lon Babby on Wednesday morning, inquiring about or begging for the Turk's services. The Blazers top the list, having dispatched coach Nate McMillan for a Wednesday evening rendezvous in Orlando. But don't count out the Raptors!, who will reportedly offer Hedo ...
Evaluating The Small Forwards Using Statistics
Third Quarter Collapse —
... in the near future, looks like this is one of the last opportunities to talk about Turk. When looking at Hedo's numbers during the regular season, nothing stands out. Turkoglu's percentages (54.1% true-shooting percentage and 47.8% effective field-goal percentage) are average and his offensive rating (107) is below-average, meaning he's not the most efficient player. But sometimes, it's more than just the numbers with a particular player. Turk is a 6'10'' small forward who can handle the point, pick teams apart with the 3/5 pick & roll with ...
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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 ...
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bustabucket.com 7/1/2009 —
Update: ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher reports today that Blazers coach Nate McMillan is flying to meet Turkoglu and have dinner with him tonight, while the forward will visit Portland Thursday.
Now that free agency has opened up, the rumors and chatter are getting louder. It also looks ...
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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Update: Hedo Turkoglu going to Toronto, not Portland
dimemag.com 7/4/2009 — Earlier today, multiple media outlets reported that Hedo Turkoglu had reached an agreement with the Blazers on a five-year, $50 million.
Turns out, according to the Toronto Globe & Mail, while Hedo was actually in Portland on a visit with the ...
Report: Hedo Turkoglu ‘expected’ to land in Portland
ripcityproject.com 7/1/2009 — ESPN’s Marc Stein reports that Hedo Turkoglu will be having dinner with coach Nate McMillan tonight and will then tour Portland tomorrow. On Thursday he will also meet with Kevin Pritchard and Tom Penn. Stein also had this to say:
“Turkoglu is widely expected to land with the ...
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 ...
