Wednesday, June 25, 2008

NEW KID IN TOWN?
It appears that the Toronto Raptors have acquired Jermaine O'Neal from Indiana for T.J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic, and 17th pick in the upcoming NBA draft. Toronto would have to include one other player for salary cap purposes. In doing so the Rap's have added some much needed size and re4bounding help, provided O'Neal stays healthy. With the play of Jose Calderon Ford and his poor attitude toward coming off the bench has become expendable. This appears to be a good deal for the Raptors, but it may hurt a little more that it cost the 17th pick and still need help at the 3 spot. Another good looking move for the chosen one, GM Bryan Colangelo.

Also if nothing else it does increase the NBA tattoo quota for the team, and really isn't that the most important thing?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am not sure if this has been confirmed yet, but thanks to this Blog for bringing me up to speed on the latest rumours in the world of sport. As a Raps fan, I love this. The Pacers have always been one of my favourite teams and O'Neil is pretty sick. I hate to see TJ go because he is a former Longhorn, but you know he's one fall away from a career ending injury, better to have that happen far away from Toronto. I hope this is finalized, because that will make Raptors b-ball a little more bearable this season.