Hedo Turkgolu will play for his third team in three years when the NBA season gets started this fall. One year after signing Hedo to a 5 year, 53 million dollar deal, The Raptors traded the Turk to the Pheonix Suns in exchange for guard Leandro Barbosa and forward Dwayne Jones. I feel bad for Barbosa. Having to play basketball in Canada is the NBA’s equivalent of the death penalty.

The Phoenix Suns have acquired forward Hedo Turkoglu in a trade that sends guard Leandro Barbosa and forward Dwayne Jones to Toronto.

The deal gives the Suns a third forward in their attempt to replace free agent Amare Stoudemire. Phoenix signed swingman Josh Childress in a sign-and-trade deal with Atlanta earlier Wednesday and picked up Hakim Warrick in similar swap with Chicago.

Turkoglu spent one disappointing season in Toronto, averaging 11.3 points after being named the NBA’s most improved player with Orlando the year before.

Barbosa, the NBA’s 2006-07 sixth man of the year, played seven seasons in Phoenix, averaging 12.6 points as a key sub. Jones spent most of last season in the NBA Developmental League. –The Associated Press

Turkgolu’s already packed his bags and ran all the way to Phoenix, a pretty incredible feat indeed. So incredible, that he decided to put the entire thing up on Vimeo. Video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

"Good God, where did you eat? Arby's?"

If Family Fued were to do a survey on ‘Most Common Things Said During the NBA Playoffs,’ number one would be “one game at a time.” Apparently, Andrew Bynum wasn’t aware of this, because he’s already anticipating a Finals rematch with the Boston Celtics.

Man, it’s going to be amazing to play against those guys again. Especially having lost. We’re going to have a lot of fuel, a lot of ammo to throw at those guys. They’re definitely a great team. They’ve got great veterans on their squad. We know that. So we already are getting prepared. The first step is closing out Game 3. And after that we’ll be focusing on Boston, looking at them play, watching how they’re playing Orlando, and try and pick up as much as we can. –Orange County Register

Phil Jackson, zen master extrodinare, is less than amused. Bynum has totally harshed his mellow, bro. Read the rest of this entry »