Trade talk continues to center on Barbosa, Diaw

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Are the Blazers trying to land Barbosa?
Published 6/20/2008 by Tim Brown, OregonLive.com at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
According to Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic , the Portland Trail Blazers have been active in trade discussions involving players on the Phoenix Suns, namely point guard Leandro Barbosa. ...

Kerr Prepares to Break Up D'Antoni's Suns
Published 6/20/2008 at The Sporting Blog
[image] Let the Steve Kerr purges begin. D'Antoni's gone, and so, his signature players must also go. That's why the Arizona Republic has the following rumors in today's pages: A Portland deal would have sent 21-year-old swingman Martell Webster, next week's No. 13 pick and another piece for Barbosa ... A Diaw trade possibility involved Toronto, where talk centered on Diaw leaving for point guard T.J. Ford and the Raptors' No. 17 pick in Thursday's draft. Both of these are running hot and cool at the moment, but the seed has been planted. What's really funny is Diaw might ...

On this Barbosa business
Published 6/20/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jack Brown) at Deceptively Quick
Here is the article that has local sports radio and Blazer blogs across Blogfrica sizzling at the moment. The meat of the trade has Portland landing Barbosa for Martell Webster and the thirteenth pick of the draft. ...

Point guards
Published 6/20/2008 by mgrange at The Globe and Mail - From Deep
... salary for last season, or a bump to $3.03-million from his $2.471-million he earned last season, would allow Calderon to become an unrestricted free agent next season if he took the one-year offer. As of July 1st Calderon become a restricted free agent, meaning the Raptors will have the right to match any deal offered by another club. It's is all but certain they will offer Calderon a deal that will keep him in Toronto for the next five seasons. Also a few emailers were eager to point out a rumour coming from Phoenix that would see the Raptors send T.J. Ford and the No.17 ...

Friday Bullets
Published 6/20/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... with a little joke: "A few emailers were eager to point out a rumor coming from Phoenix that would see the Raptors send T.J. Ford and the No.17 pick to the Suns for Boris Diaw. Poked around a little on this and I don't see it happening. One reason is that while the Raptors have had interest Diaw and new Suns coach Terry Porter might have warm feelings for Ford dating from his time with the Bucks, if the Suns trade for Ford how can they be sure Steve Nash will adjust to coming off the bench?" ...

Let the craziness begin
Published 6/23/2008 by mgrange at The Globe and Mail - From Deep
... . T.J. Ford is going to Phoenix for Boris Diaw . Ford is going somewhere but who knows where? The last days leading up to the draft are like an auction. The goal is to get the most possible return for your assets. The whole basketball world knows the Raptors want to move Ford so they can clear the deck for Jose Calderon, their point guard of choice. And while Ford is both relatively pricey – he's got three-years left on his deal at a little more than $8-million a year – and injury prone, there does seem to be a market of sorts for his services. Why? Because he represents ...

Mock Drafts For Fun Part 2 of 2
Published 6/26/2008 by jtom (noreply@blogger.com) at Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic
... I guess Phoenix is trying to trade up and are dangling Leandro Barbosa to do so, which means they are serious. If they don't and Brandon Rush isn't available, they should take Lopez who could be a 20-minute guy next year because of Shaq and Amare's defensive woes. ...