From ESPN:
In a three-way trade, Sacramento gets Will Solomon from Toronto … Toronto gets Patrick O’Bryant from Boston … and Boston gets a heavily-protected conditional second-round pick from Sacramento.
Pure jokes, guy...!!
From The National Post: The Raptors acquired little-used centre Patrick O’Bryant from Boston in exchange for their little-used point guard Will Solomon. Boston will then send Solomon to Sacramento for a conditional second-round draft pick, according to SI.com. O’Bryant is in the first year of a two-year deal that will pays him just more than US$1.6-million. However, only US$500,000 of O’Bryant’s contract is guaranteed for next season. With the move, the Raptors will remain below this season’s luxury tax.
O’Bryant, 22, is in his third season in the NBA. For his career, he is averaging 1.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in almost five minutes per game. Golden State selected O’Bryant with the ninth-overall selection in the 2006 draft. He became the first player selected in the lottery to be sent to the NBA’s developmental league.
From the Toronto Star: As part of a late-breaking three-way transaction, the Raptors have acquired 7-foot Patrick O’Bryant from the Boston Celtics while sending point guard Will Solomon to the Sacramento Kings. The Kings will send a future second-round draft pick and cash to Boston to complete the transaction, according to various league and team sources.
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It appears a draft pick is involved.
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2009/02/obryant_traded.html
That pick better be coming this way.
I was about to ask why the Celtics did this deal but the pick and cash explain it. Still not a bad pick-up, albeit a likely inconsequential trade. But why not give the kid a try-out? At the very least Jawai has someone to push him in practice. A very small round of applause for Bryan Colangelo.
I just read this on ESPN:
• The Kings have also agreed to a minor deal with Toronto in which they will receive guard Will Solomon and cash considerations for a future second-round pick.
I read that as well, but a couple seconds later they removed that bullet, Boston made the Solomon to Sacto for the second round pick i think
The Raps didn’t give up a pick? Great. That’s a pretty good recovery. Too bad it’s from his own mistake.
Useless trade. You got to give it to Colangelo he remained consistent! just like last season he traded Dixon for Brezec! woopty doo!! I am curious to hear what were the offers for Parker because this mancrush of Bryan for Parker is unexplainable!
Rap of the Day.
I don’t understand why he didn’t trade him, it’s not like we couldn’t resign him in the off-season if we became desperate for old guards who couldn’t move laterally. You’d think last night’s game would’ve made the process a little easier for Colangelo.
Wilcox was up for grabs and we get O’Bryant. As you said, this is too much like last year.
If you can trade Kapono for Wilcox, BC would totally do that, but Sam Presti is not a dumb-tard like Isiah Thomas, and Kapono’s contract does not expire at 2009 or 2010. Watch Wilcox’s stats inflate in D’Antoni’s system. Put it this way, “ppl” who use Twitter will either not be signed back from their teams or be traded soon .
Well the thought process of Colangelo which makes sense if you go by his logic, is that trading Parker now signal’s the end of the Raptors ambitions to get to the playoffs which means loss of revenue to MLSE, and he just can’t afford it. Therefore what he really is doing is gambling that the Raptors do make it to the playoffs or come very close to making it, thus Raptor fans will still be buying tickets right up to the last week of the season. Lets face it the final spot for the playoffs probably will not be decided until the last week or the last game of the season.
I really like Parker but clearly his skills are diminished to the point that he has no business being a starter but a solid backup on any NBA team. It would be really funny if the Raptors do not make it to the playoffs and Parker ends up bolting as if to prelude to what Chris Bosh is going to be doing in 2010.
I am more worried about the Raptors now in the hands of Colangelo then I was the day before Babcock got fired.
I didn’t expect Colangelo to get any worthwhile trade offers for Parker.
They only way he could have got something useful would be if he were willing to take on a long contract in return. That contract would have had long term detrimental effects, unless Colangelo really hit a home run on the deal.
Parker doesn’t have much in the way of trade value, not by his lonesome. If you could put him in a package alongside someone good, then he could have been useful.
Maybe a top six team’s 1st round pick (a 29th, 1st round pick)? San Antonio will never give those away, they keep drafting All-Stars like that (George Hill cometh soon).
Zzzzzz.
We are looking like scrub city here.
Gonna miss you slick willy.
Wild wild west!
Who on the team is gonna perform another Popcorn prank on this guy? One of those useless drafts from Chris Mullin @ the 2006 Draft. Something tells me that Willie might play better because Boston actually has a system that runs well or they’ll just bench him.
He’ll be playin’ for the Kings though, so he might see some burn. Until they realize how shiite he is.
Thx for the correction…he won’t get burn, they already know he is shiite, they should of paid me that money, and at least I could pass the ball to open teammates.
My Mistake…Boston uses Soloman to get a 2nd Round pick from Sacramento…if that pick turns into a Ginobili II for Boston, Sacramento will be moved to Winnipeg
Just as I read “Winnipeg” the weakerthans coincidentally come on my shuffle.
Godbless the cani to the diza.
This trade means nothing more than a new (and ugly) face to make fun of. So I guess it’s a great one.
All I can say is for the King’s sake I hope that pick is very conditional…
It’s not like Soloman was going to get any minutes down the stretch. At least BC traded him for someone that has the possibility of getting playing time (even if that possibility is small). If you look at it that way, it’s kinda getting something for nothing.
What I’m not crazy about is the fact that O’Byrant has an extra year left on his deal.
One question to ask is where the hell is Maurizio Gherardini? the so called “European basketball genius?”(his fingerprints are all over the acquisition of Solomon). When the Raptors were winning he was showing his face everywhere, now for the last year or so you barley see him or have anyone in the organisation mentions his name. It sort of like what happened with Dick Cheney, you hardly saw him or heard of him in the last 2 years of Bush’s administration presidency (when things went from bad to worse) and in the end he comes out of his hiding on a freaking wheel chair.
Must be a bummer for O’Bryant … going from the Celts to the Raps … from the penthouse to the cellar … demotivating to say the least … or maybe an opportunity for him to show his stuff in Toronto if he gets off the bench ….
Patrick O’Bryant is an empty shirt. He’s not an NBA level player, he can’t play at this level.
Nathan Jawai is a better player than O’Bryant, and Will Solomon was a far superior player to O’Bryant.
This is a bad trade, but also a non-consequential trade so who really gives a damn.
IF he gets off the bench? How bad can he possibly be? I’m having a hard time believing that ANYONE picked recently in the lottery could be worse than Jawai or Jake.
I’ve only seen him in limited minutes, obviously, but he appeared to be able to move and catch the ball. That right there makes him our first big off the bench until CB/KH get healthy.
But, at least we don’t have 4 PGs anymore… wtf.
This is the next big move that justifies the JO trade and everyone has been waiting for? Nadir, you there? This is it? You’ve been holding your breath for this?
WOW!! That BC I tell ya.. fleecing teams left and right!
I’m pretty sure you know better than that. Lol.
Judging by his last season highlights, he has only one sad looking hookshot and is as soft as hell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm7zNa5aCy4
Btw can we throw up a pic of BC and Will with the word FAIL on it? It’s only right. Might as well prep the Bosh and Marion ones as well.
The Raptors have degenerated into a NBA team not worth watching now.
How can BC perform his magic to tranform the Raptors into legitimate NBA entertainment for the tribal honking fans.
I was going to ask the same thing. I want to know how our resident part time GMs envision the Raps getting out of this deep, dark hole.
Only two cards left to play BC.. Jose and Bosh. Your move.
Yup … I was just going to post that the only decent trade chip left on the Raps was Bosh … not Calderon … Bosh and only Bosh. Over to you Fluxxx …. cause I’m fading away fast … poof …!!!!!
Oh c’mon, we can get something for Jose. Thing is I doubt BC moves them at all. No deal could be orchestrated to convince him.
Of course we all know you been harping the Bosh trade for a while, but alas BC does not have the marbles.
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PICTURE FAIL RR. But that pic was probably take after BC asked him if he was going to resign here.
fail my ass….it’s exactly how I envision what happened today. Pure jokes.
Guess I don’t envision it that way. But if Bosh and BC have found much to laugh about regarding this season, while making millions.. who am I to judge right?
I do think the joke is on us .. and they are laughing at us. That’s what’s really going on there.
I think BC said: “Hey you hear AltRaps didn’t renew thinking it will bring down ticket sales?”
I suspect Jose is damaged goods with a bad groin tear or something that has hobbled him on offense and defense too. He will be lucky to get to the end of the season and still be playing. Jose needs a long long recuperation …. and that seems to be his injury record. Meanwhile, he will play at 50% while nursing his injury .. and not tradeable at all … too fragile … we’re stuck with him for a long time … sorry but that’s my take on Jose.
Yeah, but the intangibles? Pig farmer, Gatorade distributor, character guy, 3 point celebration choreographer…. There is more to him then a busted up hammy. Plus dude plays at 50%… that’s a warrior right there, you won’t hear anyone call him TMac.
Flux I love you!
lol.. that’s a first on here! Thanks!
PIG FARMERS UNITE!
If we can draft a Billups and an Iguodala in this draft….I’ll toss out those cards. LOL
What a load of crap you guys are shoveling tonight. Like everyone else you’ll have to patiently wait for July, see who BC signs and for how much, see who the Raps draft and then let loose on your volley of guesses. Hey, you’ve been on a roll for a while. Enjoy it. It may last, it may not. Flux is a few months away from cheering for Bryan “Underdog” Colangelo.
If you thought the salary dumps this week were lopsided, wait until the summer. The Raps are in better shape on paper and in terms of market than a lot of their fellow teams. Thanks to us tribal honking fans, they might be buyers in a buyer’s market come the summer.
Or Bosh breaks his leg next game. It’s one or the other.
Free Banks. Free O’Bryant. Free Colangelo!
I will have a hard time forgiving the “best team on paper” and JO trade. So I’m holding my BC thunderstix down.
All I’m saying is, his last draft and signings leave much to be desired, but let’s see how it goes down. I am not holding my breath. It will be and obscure international in the draft and a washed up EuroLeague Jordan, no?
I think Sam was saying that we have the potential to be buyer’s in a buyer’s market. That to me, would imply that we would be in a position to go after free agents.
Your Colangelo and Raptor hate is alright though.
Are you telling me BC couldn’t put together something equivalent or better than Malik Rose and some cash to send to Oklahoma City for Chris Wilcox??!?
We’re talking the same malik rose averaging 1.7 points and 1.7 rebounds a game on D’ANTONI’s KNICKS!
We just got 3 million from Miami, we could have done better than what the knicks offered. Hell I’d give up parker and his expiring contract.
Chris Wilcox would have been a great big off the bench. His attitude is much needed. Young, tough, energetic, and really attacks the rim for boards and dunks. Sure we wouldn’t make the playoffs either way, but at least we wouldn’t be subjected to watching voshkul and jawai be our first bigs off the bench. Ugh.
I got a little excited about the Raps getting o’bryant, cause he was a top ten pick. Maybe he has untapped potential?! But then I remembered hoffa was also a top ten pick. Ugh.
Well, if you look at O’Bryants per 48-mintues stats, he would average 17 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks!! Forget Bosh, lets build around this kid!…..Seriously though, we suck. Sucks to be a Raptor fan. I also hate that Kapono’s still on this team, I really don’t like him.
Let’s see what happens in Friday’s game. I really like the starting five of Bargs, Bosh, Marion, Parker and Calderon despite the overwhelming negative feelings.
That group stays together for 5 minutes before Bargnani is sent packing to the bench after picking up two ticky-tack fouls.
If Calderon continues not to drive for layups, your Negative feelings are actually common sense.
Jose must have a ‘nagging’ groin/hamstring injury that stops him from vigorously driving to the basket, no doubt. The guy will be lucky to make it to the end of the season still playing at 50% or so …. and it stops his defensive movement too … empathy empathy …!!!!!
how can we miss out on a guy like thabo, OKC? what. raps need a guy like him.
correct, sefolosha is the type of player the raps needed and OKC got him for San Antonio Spurs’ first round pick, that could be the 27 or 28th pick!!!
You mean a guy who couldn’t crack the mediocre Bulls lineup for 3 years, who can’t shoot 3s or regular field goals and who does this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIdnvOdCdo
yea we desperately needed that…
New post:
http://raptorsrepublic.com/blog/2009/02/19/raptors-disappoint-as-trade-deadline-passes/
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