Turkoglu to Raptors in mega four-team swap
Agence France-Presse | 07/10/2009 8:02 AM
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TORONTO - Hedo Turkoglu was shipped to Toronto and Shawn Marion goes to Dallas in a four-team multi-player National Basketball Association trade that also saw Jerry Stackhouse join Memphis.
Dallas, Memphis, Toronto and Orlando all swung the blockbuster deal on Thursday that involved players, draft pick and cash changing hands.
Toronto sends forward Kris Humphries and centre Nathan Jawai to Dallas; guard Greg Buckner moves to Dallas from Memphis; and Antoine Wright and Devean George are going to Toronto from Dallas.
Memphis also receives a second-round pick and money from Toronto, while Orlando gets cash from both Dallas and Toronto in exchange for dealing Turkoglu.
"We are very pleased to have landed one of the top free agents available this summer," said Raptors president Bryan Colangelo. "Hedo Turkoglu is an ideal fit basketball wise, and his diverse skill set and size will make him a tremendous addition to our already offensively potent team."
Turkoglu helped the Magic reach the NBA finals last season. He averaged 15.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists in 38.9 minutes in the playoffs.
In 69 games last year with Miami and Toronto, Marion averaged 12.9 points and 8.5 rebounds.
Stackhouse, who missed most of the season with a foot injury, averaged 4.2 points in 10 games for Dallas last season.
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