[Brandon]

Brady will be fine.. but I'm not sure on KG. Everything is kept so 'hush hush' on him.. I hope he returns to form. fuck the Lakers.

[Necro]

Yeah I think Brady will be fine too, but I'll still hold my breathe for a little while.

As far as Garnett he's such a unique player, and has a real unique body. Hope this injury doesn't permanently fuck him up.

[Twist of lEMOn]

Hedo to Toronto, Marion to Dallas in 4 team deal

The Toronto Raptors and Dallas Mavericks agreed in principle Wednesday night to a complicated four-team sign-and-trade deal including the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic that will land Shawn Marion in Dallas and Hedo Turkoglu in Toronto, sources close to the process told ESPN.com.


ESPN

The Mavericks and Raptors recruited the Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies to help facilitate the deal. The Raptors will get Hedo Turkoglu in a sign-and-trade deal with the Magic rather than signing him outright. They also will receive forwards Devean George and Antoine Wright from the Mavericks.

Toronto, which gets to keep its midlevel salary-cap exception, sends a trade exception to Orlando. The Mavericks also will receive forward Kris Humphries from the Raptors.


Yahoo Sports

The Toronto Raptors have agreed to a remarkable three-team trade, turning free-agent-to-be Shawn Marion and little-used forward Kris Humphries into two backup wing players. More importantly, Toronto has managed to regain their eligibility to use the mid-level and bi-annual exceptions to the salary cap, which the team appeared to have sacrificed by committing to sign forward Hedo Turkoglu.

The deal, according to sources, would send Marion to Dallas with a new contract along with Humphries. Toronto would receive Mavericks swingmen Devean George and Antoine Wright. Memphis, the third team in the deal, would receive Jerry Stackhouse — who will be waived — at least US$2-million from Dallas to pay the guaranteed money on Stackhouse's contract, and Raptors guard Quincy Douby. Memphis would also send guard Greg Buckner to the Mavericks.


National Post

[Freak]

By all accounts, Colangelo with some of the slickest managing I've ever heard of.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but he just turned Kris freakin' Humphries into Antoine Wright and Devean George (two serviceable swingmen whose contracts expire in 2010), an MLE and an LLE (possibly Delfino and Rasho? Kleiza? Nate Robinson?).

[Necro]

That is complicated as hell wow. So if I read that right, Toronto still has the mid level to pick someone else up?

Sweet deal.

[Twist of lEMOn]

Honestly, BC is amazing some times, I can't wait to see who they pick up with the MLE

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That is complicated as hell wow. So if I read that right, Toronto still has the mid level to pick someone else up?

Sweet deal.

They also don't have to renounce any of there impending free agents and along with the cap wiggle room they can resign the key guys (Bonsu, Delfino) and still retain the MLE/LLE (Kleiza/Rasho?)

Epic Swindling by BC.

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yush

[CrasH - X]

jalenrose posted this on his twitter early Thursday morning (Not sure if it's legit yet or not, but I'm sure he has some inside info) :

"Cavs also resign Verajo and sign Parker formerly of the Raps.."

[Necro]

Varejao agrees to stay with Cavs

The Cleveland Cavaliers have come to an agreement with free agent Anderson Varejao on a six-year deal, his agent Dan Fegan told ESPN.com.

Varejao's contract is worth $42.5 million over the six years, and the final year is only partially guaranteed. Incentives could push the total amount to $50 million.

"Andy made it clear from the beginning of the process that his first choice was Cleveland," Fegan said. "He feels strongly that there's unfinished business left in Cleveland -- to win a championship."

The Cavs have also agreed to terms with Toronto free agent Anthony Parker. The final figures of the deal are not set, but he will receive a portion of the $5.8 mid-level exception for either two or three years.

The Cavs hope to sign Channing Frye with the remainder of their mid-level exception.

The quick agreement between the Cavs and Varejao is a stark contrast from the long, protracted negotiations the two sides went through in 2007. The Cavs were reluctant to pay Varejao anything more than the mid-level exception. Varejao ultimately got an offer sheet from the Charlotte Bobcats on a two year deal for the mid-level exception and the Cavs matched.

This time around it was much clearer to Cleveland GM Danny Ferry that Varejao was a critical piece to the Cavs' chances at a championship.

Varejao has been a huge source of energy and defense for the Cavs in the paint. With both Shaquille O'Neal and Zydrunas Ilgauskas in the last year of their contracts, he has proven to be the Cavs' big man of the future.

Is he really worth that much? I guess with the lack of big men it makes sense.


McDyess leaves Pistons for Spurs

SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Spurs landed free agent Antonio McDyess on Wednesday in another big offseason pickup for the aging NBA power that apparently isn't ready to fade away just yet.

McDyess, who despite being 34 was among the most sought players on the market this summer, reached a deal with the Spurs and is expected to sign later this week, team spokesman Cliff Puchalski said.

The deal is for three years, $15 million, sources told ESPN's Chad Ford and Ric Bucher.

McDyess spent the last five seasons with Detroit, which also officially lost Rasheed Wallace on Wednesday when the veteran signed with Boston.

The Spurs reportedly sought Wallace, too, but got what they were looking for in McDyess: a big and proven frontcourt presence alongside Tim Duncan. The Spurs have won four NBA championships in the Duncan era, but their star centerpiece will be 33 come next year's playoffs.

With their window for a fifth title shrinking, the Spurs began a busy offseason in June by trading for Milwaukee swingman Richard Jefferson in a four-player deal that pushed San Antonio into the luxury tax.

Between Jefferson and McDyess, the Spurs have added two former Olympians to their lineup after being ousted in the first round of the playoffs last season for the first time since 2000. Following that series, the Spurs candidly admitted to not packing the same firepower as Dallas.

McDyess averaged 9.6 points and 9.8 rebounds in his 14th NBA season. His rebounding average last season was the third highest of his career.

The second overall pick in the 1995 draft, McDyess spent six seasons in Denver and also had stops in Phoenix and New York. He has never won an NBA title, going to Detroit the year after the Pistons won their last in 2004.

San Antonio also added a lesser-known big man Wednesday in Marcus Haislip, the former first-round pick who spent the past two years in Spain after fizzling in his first three NBA seasons. The 6-10 forward was picked 13th overall by Milwaukee in 2002 before going to Europe to work on his game.

The Spurs also brought back forward Malik Hairston, who played 15 games with the Spurs last season and spent much of the year in the NBA development league.

San Antonio needed size after dealing backups Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas in the Jefferson trade. The deal amounted to a salary dump for the Bucks, who wanted to shed the $29.2 million owed Jefferson over the next two seasons.

Was not expecting 3 years 15 million for him HOLY CRAP??

[Toaster Oven]

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Is he really worth that much? I guess with the lack of big men it makes sense.

Short answer, No
Long answer, Noooooooooooooooooo

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McDyess leaves Pistons for Spurs



Was not expecting 3 years 15 million for him HOLY CRAP??

Why? Because you haven't heard from him in a few years? McDyess was more efficent than Rasheed Wallace last year with the Pistons, and overall was probably more influential in games than Wallace as well. The Spurs have solidified themselves as the second best team in the NBA behind the Lakeshow(pending the re-signing of Lamar Odom)

[Suffy]

Praise the lords Parker's gone, he's gone, I'm going to go in the streets and celebrate whose with me!