Raptors acquire Barbosa, Diaw, Chandler

[SacKings7]

The three-team trade involving the likes of Hedo Turkoglu, Leandro Barbosa and Boris Diaw has expanded.

Tyson Chandler confirmed to Yahoo! Sports that he will be traded to Toronto, along with Diaw, Leandro Barbosa from the Suns.

Phoenix will receive Turkoglu, while the Bobcats will acquire Jose Calderon.




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I really like this deal for the Raptors. Calderon was probably gonna play behind Jack this year anyways, so they turn a slow PG and disgruntled forward in Hedo into one of the quickest players in the league (Barbosa), a triple double threat (Diaw) and an injury prone defensive center in Chandler, who also I think is expiring.

Actually, I think this may be a decent deal for all teams. Hedo's a good fit for the Phoenix offense, and Calderon replaces Felton in Charlotte

 

[ElRey]

Pretty good trade for Toronto. I don't think they could have asked for anything better. They got rid of Hedo's contract, and they picked up a starting PG, PF, and a center. Good work.

 

[Bricklayer]

Toronto got rid of not just one, but BOTH of their theoretically unmoveable contracts at once, and even got a variety of usable pieces out of it. They did well here, and trying to pile up these defensive/shotblocker types (Davis, Alabi, now Chandler) next to their frilly panties wearing "power" forward from Italy should be a better fit than a Bosh/Bargs pairing ever was.

 

[SacKings7]

Oops, looks like (part of) this deal is off. Chandler and Ajinca just got traded to Dallas