Hedo Turkoglu News

Posted by John Paulsen Sorry, I couldn't resist the fish reference The Magic signed Brandon Bass to a four-year deal.

Phil Jackson will return to coach the Los Angeles Lakers next season, getting a clean bill of health following a record championship season.

Hedo Turkoglu officially left the Orlando Magic , but he didn't leave them empty-handed. The Magic received some valuable compensation for Turkoglu after signing him to a five-year, $53 million contract and then trading him to the Toronto Raptors on Thursday.

ORLANDO, Fla. - While watching summer-league action at RDV Sportsplex, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard yelled at Marcin Gortat, joking, "Hey, get out of here.

Hedo Turkoglu is greeted by basketball fans Thursday in Toronto. The Toronto Raptors confirmed their acquisition of coveted free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu on Thursday.

ESPN produced an interesting story about the NBA's salary cap, which probably will have a lot more to do with the future of LeBron James than anything he said or didn't say or might have said to Trevor Ariza of the Houston Rockets or his friends or sources of his friends who live across the street from other sources who deny being sources of Ariza.

Turkoglu scored 25 points in the victory. The Magic advance to play the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Yet even Anderson suggests his outing should be put into the proper perspective.

Posted By needforsports 2 hours, 48 minutes ago in Sports Hedo Turkoglu was arguably the piece that held the Orlando Magic together for much of the playoffs, and like many of the other Orlando players, he finally ran out of gas.

There was a discussion about the possibility of a 1-year contract for Bibby, but no formal offer was made.

Ryan Anderson might be the overlooked piece in the Orlando Magic trade that landed them eight-time All-Star Vince Carter, but a day hasn't passed since the blockbuster deal that the sweet-shooting power forward hasn't thought about his incredibly good fortune.

As a basketball player in the NBA, Hedo Turkoglu has done many things. He's been the first Turkish-born player in NBA history.

Dwyane Wade has watched as the Heat's Eastern Conference foes bulked up and the star forward sent a statement to his current team in a radio interview this morning: If the Heat aren't committed to winning, I won't be sticking around.

After coming up big for Orlando last year, Hedo Turkoglu was one of the most sought-after free agents this off-season. When the Toronto Raptors went out with the mid-level exception to spend in the summer of 2007, they wasted little time in divesting themselves of it.

Hedo Turkoglu, who helped lead the Orlando Magic to its first appearance in the NBA Finals since 1995, shocked anyone who's paying attention to the NBA over the holiday weekend when he agreed to a deal with the Toronto Raptors instead of the Portland Trailblazers.

You couldn't call an $118 million contract a goodwill gesture, but maybe the Orlando Magic's generosity toward Rashard Lewis' agent two summers ago will give them an edge in signing promising power forward Brandon Bass.

Erstwhile Orlando Magic small forward Hedo Turkoglu's free-agent tour took a bizarre turn on Friday as he surprisingly stiff-armed the Portland Trail Blazers in favor of the Toronto Raptors.

NBA teams can start signing free agents such as Hedo Turkoglu on Wednesday, but there's no shot-clock on how long the courting period can last this summer.

The NBA draft became the trading deadline redux when Shaquille O'Neal and Vince Carter, two aging franchise players who seemed destined to leave their teams in February, crisscrossed the country Thursday.

Just hours ago, Hedo Turkoglu was reportedly a Blazer, after "agreeing" in terms to a contract with Portland.