Yahoo/Sportsnet: J. O

[dc0de]

hmmm... 6/10.

Let's hope you can get something done 2 years from now BC.

[firefox390]

we still dont have that 20ppg swingman who can create his own shot and take over a game. Thanks BC.

So how can we get LeBron James?

[I_Like_Dirt]

I absolutely hate giving up the damn draft pick, I hate not having young talent to develop. I really hope BC trades for a spot in the draft or I will be disappointed.

Bosh, Calderon, Bargnani and Humphries isn't enough young talent for you? I'll take a team that wins more games alongside those guys, thanks. Let other franchises play farm team for the rest of the NBA for a change while the Raptors compete.

[ohhla2000]

Where does this leave Primo? I think he can still play and with Rasho gone I can see him resigning here as an extra big.

[AlvinWilliams_fan]

HELL YEAH JONEAL BABY!! lets hope BC can pick up a late draft pick or something

[douggood]

I absolutely hate giving up the damn draft pick, I hate not having young talent to develop. I really hope BC trades for a spot in the draft or I will be disappointed.

Bosh, Calderon, Bargnani and Humphries isn't enough young talent for you? I'll take a team that wins more games alongside those guys, thanks. Let other franchises play farm team for the rest of the NBA for a change while the Raptors compete.

After todays trade everyone on the raps roster besides parker is under 30 years of age.

[Boardbreaker]

can we at least get indy's 2nd rounder as well? i would love to get someone like giddens.

[shyn3]

Anyone know why this salary can't go through without a filler?

As Ford's BYC goes up on the 1st, he would be paid $8,275,000, while Rasho will make $7,840,000 or maybe more since that was his salary this year. Which comes to $16,115,000 while Jermaine get's paid $19,728,000 which comes to $14,796,000 with the 25% marker, so wouldn't that work in theory. Also factor in the $1.5M for the draft pick?

[kdot99]

Where does this leave Primo? I think he can still play and with Rasho gone I can see him resigning here as an extra big.

lol @ primoz even being discussed in this thread

[firefox390]

Where does this leave Primo? I think he can still play and with Rasho gone I can see him resigning here as an extra big.

lol @ primoz even being discussed in this thread

I forgot he was a Raptor.

[barrist]

can someone tell me how old O'Neal is? is he 28?

29

[Paul_Banks]

I absolutely hate giving up the damn draft pick, I hate not having young talent to develop. I really hope BC trades for a spot in the draft or I will be disappointed.

Bosh, Calderon, Bargnani and Humphries isn't enough young talent for you? I'll take a team that wins more games alongside those guys, thanks. Let other franchises play farm team for the rest of the NBA for a change while the Raptors compete.

Thank you.

[Hendrix]

Hell Yeah Mother ****!!!


OMGOMGOMGOMG

[King of Canada]

Congrats Raps fans. Great trade for you. JO has a lot left in the tank, and is a great 2 way player. Can't wait to see the Raps this fall!!

[barrist]

I said i was indifferent to lukewarm about the proposed deal before. I'm at around lukewarm, although i wish we could have kept our pick.

[Test of Wills]

Oneal is 29 turning 30 this year

[RapsBulls4evr]

What did I tell YOU ALL??!! Did I not say my sources told that this DEAL WAS NOT dead and would go through when that Yahoo article came out?? Huh? Huh?? Hahaha... someone owes me an apology, I think he's name is TripleTTT.

[Rhettmatic]

Kelly Dwyer of Yahoo likes the deal for us.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_d ... =nba,90275

Either way, this is a good and needed deal for both teams. Even at 60 games a year, O'Neal is a needed defender and finisher on the break or in Toronto's preferred slow-down set. He can run a screen and roll and the two bookends of Jermaine and Chris Bosh will be a tough cover on either end. Non-NBA pundits have blanched at the amount of money the injury-prone O'Neal will make over the next few years, but they never seem to remember that Toronto is sending out just as much salary to take in O'Neal's big contract.

[ZanTabak]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3461029


its official