Wow. How Many More Times Are The Raptors Going To Get Burned?

[Marz]

I have a feeling that Philly is still in play for Calderon. They really need a PG as well.

Philly is higher than a kite on Jrue Holiday right now, and they have Louis Williams backing him up. Sure, neither are run-the-offense type of guys, but Doug Collins is implementing a run-and-gun system so they don't have to be. I don't see Philly needing Jose at all.

[Balls of Steel]

I have a feeling that Philly (possibly Detroit) is still in play for Calderon. They really need a PG as well.

[Rap Challenger]

Jordan would have gotten a better player if he dealt with the Raptors than the Mavs.

+++1. Exactly. Jose could really help the Bobcats. This is a shocking trade. Makes me think there's something up with Chandler. Did he piss off MJ or what? MJ seemed pretty determined to get rid of him for such a shitty trade with the Mavs. Did he owe Cuban a favour or somethin'? DAMN.

[Deckie007]

Why do I get the feeling that MJ will scrimp like crazy on the 'Cats and end up being like Donald Sterling? This move was purely to save money now, no sound basketball rationale behind it.

[vinnie_paz]

I think it's a bit early to compare us to the Clippers.... and if ANY team are the Clippers of the East, it's the Grizzlies.

grizzlies... east ?

[Apollo]

Jordan would have gotten a better player if he dealt with the Raptors than the Mavs.

[Bendit]

jordan didnt screw the raptors, he just did what was better for the team. freeing up substantial cap space as well as recieving some servicable players lets face it, is a better deal then calderone and reggie evans straight up for diaw and chandler.
im just happy the turk deal is going through and BC can start exploring some other options

You may want to read this....
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"As for the Bobcats, this is a puzzling move to say the least. While Charlotte can immediately cut Dampier and save some $13 million, ESPN's Marc Stein reports that they are first exploring packaging him to "fill another void". Still, given the Mavs' struggles to move Dampier themselves, Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski says that Bobcats officials think it is "very likely" that they will merely end up waiving him. The baffling part of this deal from the Bobcats' perspective is that Chandler's deal expires at the end of the season, so they are merely accelerating their cap savings a year, well after the top free agents are off the market this summer. Combined with the fact that Chandler is the far superior player at this point; the Bobcats had to take on the long-term salaries of Matt Carroll (who the Bobcats had ironically given to the Mavs in a salary dump a few years ago) and Eduardo Najera; and the Bobcats had a deal in place with the Raptors for Chandler that actually would have filled the holes on their roster, and this is a head-scratcher for Charlotte. As our Bobcats blog Rufus On Fire put it:

I don't get it. This would leave the Bobcats with a shaky point guard situation and Boris Diaw as the number one center option. Really?

The only way this works for us is if we have a deal in place to flip Erick Dampier for other assets, because Dampier's deal can be bought out. And if we're stuck with Matt Carroll and Eduardo Najera for the next three and two years, respectively... Again, I just don't get it.

If they're just trying to save several million dollars by buying out Dampier instead of cutting salary by taking Jose Calderon and Reggie Evans, then that's kind of silly, because Calderon and Evans would bring real performance value to the team.

Again: this is what Michael Jordan vetoed the José Calderon trade for? Brings back memories of his days as an executive for the Wizards...and Bobcats, for that matter."

http://www.sbnation.com/2010/7/13/15...-bobcats-trade

[webcrawler89]

lol I think MJ is still pissed off about losing that one game to the raptors during the '95/'96 season.

[Hassan]

jordan snaked out the raptors

[Priest]

Didnt Charlotte pretty much give away the last game of the season to the Bulls, which if they lost the Raptors would have had an appearance at least. and afterwards didnt MJ go in the Bulls locker room to congratulate them on making the playoffs? Im not saying MJ has something against the Raptors but damn thats twice he screwed us...

[blaze89]

jordan didnt screw the raptors, he just did what was better for the team. freeing up substantial cap space as well as recieving some servicable players lets face it, is a better deal then calderone and reggie evans straight up for diaw and chandler.
im just happy the turk deal is going through and BC can start exploring some other options

[Nick]

What about Cleveland

[FromTOtoVAN]

we also dont need a used reebok but i would have traded turk for that too its not just about positional need its about not paying turk over 10 million when hes 34

[RaptorsFan4Life]

This turn up very ugly. Raps end up trading a forward, which they need,
for a guard which they do not need.

Ya, this is the way I feel about that trade.

[dn66]

This turn up very ugly. Raps end up trading a forward, which they need,
for a guard which they do not need.