Trade talk swirls around Diaw, LB

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Linkage – June 20
Published 6/20/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... helped the Bucks to a 41-41 playoff season. When Ford missed the next season after neck surgery, the Bucks went 30-52 and fired Porter. Ford, 25, is drawing interest but is a risk after having two vertebrae fused in 2004. He has three contract years worth $25 million remaining. The Raptors, run by ex-Suns President Bryan Colangelo , just bought out Jorge Garbajosa and might be looking for a versatile forward such as Diaw, who will make $9 million in each of the next four seasons. - AZCentral Raptors director of player personnel, Jim Kelly, said Hibbert is like most players ...

Is T.J. Ford the Heir of Nash?
Published 6/20/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
... Rumors are a dime twelve dozen this time of year, but the Arizona Republic has published this morning a dazzling little slice of speculation: the Suns have considered sending ...

Suns Notes…Thunder Dan in. Amare out. Trades and women’s soccer
Published 6/20/2008 by Bright Side of The Sun at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
... and you've got some seriously good entertainment. Amare is sitting out the Olympics citing general health but really saying that he needs the time off to rest up for the coming season.  I credit Amare for giving up the potential gold medal in favor of the Suns. Way to put team ahead of country. That 's the kind of dedication we need from everyone to win that ring... The LB and Boris trade rumors are flying. Here's a few. LB to Portland for Martell ...

Suns Notes...Thunder Dan in. Amare out. Trades and women's soccer
Published 6/20/2008 by Phoenix Stan at Bright Side Of The Sun: Front Page Posts
... and you've got some seriously good entertainment. Amare is sitting out the Olympics citing general health but really saying that he needs the time off to rest up for the coming season.  I credit Amare for giving up the potential gold medal in favor of the Suns. Way to put team ahead of country. That 's the kind of dedication we need from everyone to win that ring... The LB and Boris trade rumors are flying. Here's a few. LB to Portland ...

Boris and LB…Who’s It Gonna Be?
Published 6/20/2008 by Black Jesus Disciples at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
Paul Coro was a busy man yesterday. He does us the favor of putting names to the trade rumors involving LB and Boris Diaw. According the rumors/sources, LB would be traded to the Trail Blazers for Martell Webster, the #13 pick and a throw-in to make the deal work. Boris would be sent to the Raptors for T.J. Ford and the #17 pick in the draft. This is pretty interesting stuff. First, the possible LB deal. Webster makes less money and comes off the books next year, perhaps paving the way for the extension Amare will no doubt get. Besides payroll ...

The Ball Does Lie
Published 6/20/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (SJ) at The Rip City Project
... Other Blazers news includes a trade rumor that ends up with us getting Barbosa. Said rumor says we could send the #13 pick, Martell Webster and something else for Captain Barbosa. I don't like it. Yeah I said it...I don't like it. Too much for Barbosa. In my head I'm not trading Rush and Webster for Barbosa I'm sorry. We might as well just keep letting Martell develop, we still don't really know where his ceiling is at. We know the best we're getting from Barbosa. And we know he'll disappear during the playoffs, so sorry if I'm not exactly hopping on the bandwagon to get him. ...

Steve Kerr is Breaking Up Mike D’Antoni’s Team
Published 6/20/2008 by Andrew Katz at NBA Rumors - Trades - Free Agents - Basketball Olympics - Dime Magazine
... . If Kerr can work his magic, he might be able to score both a vet three and one of their two coveted prospects. He’s thrown Boris Diaw and Leandro Barbosa out on a line, and it looks like the Blazers might bite. According to the Arizona Republic’s Paul Coro … 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. Sure Webster isn’t in the same ...

The Internets are alive: NBA Draft week
Published 6/23/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Thursday's NBA Draft, Tyrus Thomas and Larry Hughes? Shawn Marion to Los Angeles for Elton Brand? Miami moving Michael Beasley to Seattle for the No. 4 pick and a shot at drafting O.J. Mayo? Too much to process. Too muddled to sift through the deception and find facts. So no second-hand news here. Just a simple suggestion to Heat brass on how to make the best of a big week: Make Shawn Marion the player you look to trade. Keep Beasley." Paul Coro, Arizona Republic: "Since the season ended, any Suns deal figured to ...