Hedo Wants Out

[ibby]

I think he actually is a very good ROLE PLAYER for a contending team. He is not/will not/was never a superstar or even an all-star.

[Prof. Clutch]

He's 31 and his contract is a killer?! what team would want to take that on?  You made that bed Hedo, now go continue with your nightmares in it.

[bdm860]

What a tool. Maybe you shouldn't have weasled out of that verbal agreement you had to go to Portland, huh Hedo?

I agree, what a tool.  This is why I think a lot of people DESPISE professional athletes.

Hedo really had his choice to go to any team in the league.  Just off the top of my head, I believe Toronto and Portland offered him the most money, and he could have got a good chunk of change from Orlando too (but not as much as Tor or Port), but on top of that he could have signed with any other team in the league for like the mid level or on a bargain deal.

Do you think you are going to be happy in Toronto?  How do I fit in with their cultural, their game plan, the teammates, and the front office?  How do I like the city and the fans and the local media?  When you're making a big move this are the kind of questions you need to ask yourself!

So you can make millions of dollars and essentially choose to play in any of 30 cities, and you're unhappy just because you took the most money and didn't consider anything else!?!?

If Hedo is unhappy he has nobody to blame but himself.  Did somebody force him to sign in Toronto?  What a tool.

[Brendan]

I thought Hedo was vastly overrated in ORL, and I've been proven right.

He's also be a nice fit next to Kobe in the triangle, he'd allow them to put a Ron Harper type at PG and move Fisher to the bench. Pretty sure LAL doesn't trade Bynum for Hedo though.

[More Banners]

I'ld take Hedo in Boston the trade would have to be something like


Boston sends Rasheed Wallace and a signed and traded Marquis Daniels

Toronto sends Hedo Turkoglu and $35 million

Not sure the league would approve that, LOL.

Right...

I actually don't mind him as a complementary player/6th man because he could possibly back up the 2, 3, and 4 spots in a running game w/Rondo and Nate at PG, but too many years left on the deal for way too much money.  

An unprotected draft pick would make me think it over, though.  I'd probably try to move Daniels and Scal in S&T's, possibly Scal in a non-guaranteed deal to give them the $$ relief.  

NOTE:  Don't rule out the non-guaranteed S&T deal for a guy like Scal this summer.  That sort of trickery is just the thing that could bring talent in without having to give up much if a team looks to cut payroll, but that usually doesn't start to happen until midseason.

EDIT:  Watch...Toronto will trade him plus scraps to Minny for Al Jefferson.  His skills would make Minny much better, and TOR could use a big to replace Bosh when the inevitable happens.  Perfect "deal that helps both teams."

[Who]

Hedo Turkoglu has only one high level talent and that is playmaking ability off of the pick and roll. If utilized properly, he is a very effective player that creates high percentage scoring opportunities for his teammates.

If not utilized properly, Hedo Turkoglu is a role player. A 12/4/4 role player. And Jay Triano didn't come anywhere close to putting Turkoglu in situations where he could be successful.

Unfortunately, there are only a few coaches/systems/offenses that will give Hedo that opportunity which makes it difficult for him to regain his form from the last couple of years with the Magic.

[snively]

How much better off would Toronto have been if they went after Lamar Odom instead of Hedo?

It amazed me that the best non LA offer Odom got was the MLE from Miami and Turkoglu cashed in that monster deal.

[PosImpos]

I thought Hedo was vastly overrated in ORL, and I've been proven right.

He's also be a nice fit next to Kobe in the triangle, he'd allow them to put a Ron Harper type at PG and move Fisher to the bench. Pretty sure LAL doesn't trade Bynum for Hedo though.

Hedo+Bosh for Bynum+Artest?

Not so far fetched.

[fairweatherfan]

What a bizarre lose-lose situation the Hedo signing wound up being for Toronto and Orlando. 

The only team that really came out ahead in the deal is Portland, and they're one of the few teams crazy and rich enough to trade for him now.

[FallGuy]

Its funny that of all the BIG free agents everyone knows that Bosh is most likely to be gone (even more so than Joe Johnson who was lighting bridges on fire left and right on his quick trip out of the playoffs).  I was going to start a new thread but decided to just tack this on...

How much longer can Toronto really keep a team?  I love that city, but no one wants to play there because of Canadian taxes and the cold.

It's actually a pretty excellent basketball town (that's not true for the whole country but there are pockets of passionate fans from Toronto to Vancouver) so the issues are about perception (being in a different country seems to frighten some of these players, moreso for example than with baseball or hockey players) and partly it's weather (certainly it's bad, but no worse than, say, Boston) and partly it's the tax thing. That said, it's a terrific city and a huge market and I doubt Stern would ever abandon it with his internationalist dreams. No reason to do so now anyway.

[RondoKid]

New Flash Hedo, your part of the reason that teams stinks! Enjoy your salary and being whipped by your wife.

[Cman]

He knows Bosh is leaving and wants to get back to a playoff team. 

Again, this is something he should have anticipated a year ago.  He could have been battling with Portland alongside stars like Roy and Oden, and instead goes to Toronto for a few more (pre-tax) dollars.  Cry me a river Hedo, cry me a river.

[Moranis]

Maybe Hedo is the sign and trade price for Bosh.

Bosh and Hedo to Lakers (which seems to be where Bosh wants to go)

for

Bynum, Vujacic, and then Walton/Artest/Odom (whomever Toronto wants)

[freshinthehouse]

It amazed me that the best non LA offer Odom got was the MLE from Miami and Turkoglu cashed in that monster deal.

I could have swore that Portland offered Odom a deal of about 4/35mill.  I may be wrong tho.

[Moranis]

I've said all along I think Toronto will make Hedo the price for sign and trading Bosh.  You want Bosh you take Hedo off our hands.

Lakers could still do it, Knicks could do it, Bulls could do it, but you are starting to stretch past them.