Antonio Davis’ Roswell, GA 6 bedroom, 7.5 bath home listed for $4,200,000
This 2006 luxury estate sits on two acres in the Stonemoor subdivision. It has a beautiful, open floorplan with hardwood floors throughout, cathedral ceilings, a dream terrace level, media room, multiple game rooms, and an au pair suite. Other features include a private swimming pool, spa, basketball court and four-car garage.
It is clear Wright addresses needs on this Raptor team and may become a popular name summoned from Triano’s bench this season. Given the Raptors difficulties guarding the perimeter last year it would seem to make sense that Wright will become a very valuable player on this Raptors team. Not only can he defend athletic players on the opposing team but Wright can do something that most of the Raptor perimeter players could not do last year: rebound. For a shooting guard he averaged a very respectable 2.1 rebounds per game. This is something Jay Triano is looking forward to seeing from his team “we are also expecting rebounding to come from the perimeter as well”.
You see, Bosh has proven he cares about the city of Toronto, the country of Canada, his Canadian fans, and the Raptors as a franchise.
One of the most recent examples was when he helped in the acquisition of Hedo Turkoglu. Bosh called Turkoglu and told him that he should come play with him and the Raptors, and he stressed how Toronto is a wonderful community and that the team has a lot of great guys.
Why would Bosh leave when he obviously is taking initiative to improving this team? He could have just sat through another bad season and left. That’s what LeBron James and Dwayne Wade are doing—they treat their teams as just the team they are playing for.
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Don’t do the Banks for Carroll trade!!!!!!!!
That Bleacher Report article is horrible! Not for the concept in itself, but for the way it is(n’t) developed. Yuck!
Agreed. Don’t waste your time reading that one, it seems very scrapped together.
If you haven’t listened to the Fan590 interview with Bryan Colangelo, you probably should. A good interview and his enthusiasm is sort of compelling. Was a BC fan already but … he’s another guy who I’m liking more and more … lol.
oh … and he mentions ‘bloggers’.
If Colangelo makes the Carroll deal I take back the nice things I’ve been saying about him. If you need a shooter on the bench go sign Luther Head or someone for the vet’s min. Let Banks Expire!
you might be a fan of basketball but you don’t understand it!
Does one semi-questionable deal really undo all the good he’s done this summer? Get some perspective.
if you people are going to get all worked up about the Banks trade you are idiots. How can you think getting rid of someone who is useless for a guy who can at least do something (shoot) is a bad thing.. he only makes like 3 mill after the first 2 years and if you don’t think he could move that contract at that time you are STUPID!
Everyone needs to chill with this hate for the Banks deal.
IF this deal is done it will not be a bad trade.
Getting Carol and his bad contract has some postitives:
-Carol is a Better player then Banks
-provides insurance if Derozan/Marco struggle or anyone gets hurt
-Banks is believed to be a cancer this year and does not want to be here
-Carols contract although not expiring will be moveable as it is 7.5 milover that last 2 years and it gets less each year
-Collangelo’s main focus is this year and 2010, this believe it or not frees up 600k next year which helps us in the big FA class of 2010, more money available in a year in which is huge for the franchise (Bosh FA year)
-Collangello is confident enough that he can rid himself of this contract when need be (there should be no worries after this summer)
- Derozan and Marco are not proven Carol is a 6 year vet and provides insurance and will not be a distraction or provide negativity that Banks would create
It would be like if your girlfriend wants to have a 3some with you and an ugly chick and you dont really want to bang this pig but you know if you do this move down the road you can parlay it into a decent looking chick for the next 3some down the road if you play your cards right.
haha nice. I agree it’s a fine trade. Some of you just need something to complain about. Carroll is a veteran 2 guard and sharpshooter that will provide instant offense to a defensive-minded bench lacking offensive firepower besides Belinelli. Not to mention that we’re SAVING MONEY for the next 2 years. That said, it’ll be interesting to see how Triano juggles the minutes at the 2 and 3.
Can’t the Raptors get a comparable shooter (like Luther Head who shoots about .5% worse from 3 than Carroll) for a lot less financial commitment?
And comparing a trade involving end of benchers to a threesome is a terrible insult the threesomes
“insult to threesomes”
Where in the world do you get the impression that Banks is a cancer? Reports have been quite the opposite. This deal sucks. One overpaid bum for another overpaid bum on a longer deal. BC does not do it unless there is a serious incentive coming back (cash or picks).
If you listen to BC’s interview you can tell he wants no part of Banks. If you have a player who has ZERO role with the team like Banks who is going to sulk for 2 years because he is afraid to go through customs with his big bag of bunk Las Vegas weed and wear an ugly suit and freeze his balls of in toronto when he could be smoking weed in Vegas playing Poker.
YOU TRADE HIM!!!!!!!
BANKS is a loser and refused to go to summer league to show he still belongs in the L.
He wanted to smoke his Vegas weed and rest his little toe…..
HE will be a distraction IMO (not proven just a hunch)
I agree with Baadassss that there is no PROOF that Banks is/will be a cancer (doesn’t mean he will or won’t be.. but I think there needs to be evidence first). Even if he is… the 15th man as a cancer, someone every player knows will not see the floor, is irrelevant. Plus I think by now Banks is used to not playing anyways.
‘It is what it is’ is right… although this isn’t a good trade, its not exactly a bad one. Bad contract for bad contract, potentially useful player for useless player, potential sf when there may be a need for one…. and although Matt’s contract is longer atleast it decreases. However, that said I do really think Bank’s contract would become very useful next year or even at the trade deadline this year.
should mention though… although its not a bad trade I by no means think its a good one either.
For a player with the experience (years) that Banks has to go to Summer League… that’s something like an adult learning to swim in a tiny tots class.
You can’t be bitter about that…
Its great how this offseason we’re arguing over out-of-rotation trades whereas last year we were happy to have Solomon as the primary backup PG!
You sir, are quite obsessed with the idea of “Vegas Weed”… first of all its in the middle of a desert, so I would hope the various flora and fauna that come from this region are not of the most important thing that they have to offer.
I mean, shit. Cactus weed?
hahahhahahahahhahahhahaha @ the threesome analogy…..man, that was funny….
SOLD – The 3some analogy make perfect sense!
I agree with sean.
Furthermore, yes Carroll is very one dimensional, but besides only being a great shooter he seems to have a great disposition. I think three things standout for me with this possible trade:
1) Banks was asked to play in summer league and decline. Either he’s unhappy, doesn’t want to play or both. Carroll has a great work ethic.
2) Banks is a guard and won’t see any playing time on this team. He’s likely redundant in practice as well. Carroll plays SF… or at least he stands opposite to the other teams SF :)
3) Carroll is much more trade-able than Banks. If BC can turn Delfino’s rights and Devon George into something usable then I think he’ll have less trouble moving Carroll if he so desires.
There is way too much talk about trading our #15 guy for a guy who may play a few minutes on some nights. The reason I don’t see this trade making sense is that there are guys out there that you can get for one year minimum deals instead of having to take on Carroll’s contract. BAnks will sit at then end of the bench and if he complains no one will listen.
Rodney Carney would be a great fit. Luther Head could come in to hit some threes. Even Bowen could be a veteran presence on this young Rap squad.
The raps are still missing a lights out scorer off the bench. Not sure how we are going to get that.
25 teams in the league are missing that. They’ve all been working on it for years I’m sure.
What everyone is missing in suggesting Luther Head etc is that they can’t trade Banks for Luther Head.
You can cut O’Brien and sign Head. For significantly less money than Carroll
We actually have two scorers off the bench: Jack and Marco, both better than head and carney
BC is the best.
BC can find a more creative way to get rid of Banks.
So some of us think that it’s not a good idea to pay Carroll 4 years.
Everytime someone might disagree with the pro-trade opinion we are complainers and need to chill.
Carroll is shit.
The 15th guy on the roster is also gonna sit with a suit alongside Weems.
well with Banks and POB on the team…. Weems is all of a sudden the 13th man. I’m sure its relatively exciting for him!
haha that was pretty funny!
“it is what it is” and Hardcore Raps make good points.
If Carroll is on the team and we need perimeter shooting from the gaurd spot, it would be good to have someone with his skill level able to fill that need. I know we have Belinelli, but you can never have enough skilled shooters on an NBA squad. That being said, it seems clear that everyone is questioning this deal strictly due to the financial aspect and not the on court benefits.
why do i even read bleacher reports articles, they are so poorly written and are usely regurgitated versions of other articles, and when they try to make somthing original it has no real evidence to back up its points
We don’t need Carroll. Banks might be cancer, but he’s a great 3rd option PG if Calderon/Jack got injured. Who else can play PG after those two? We have tons of ppl playing for SG already, Derozan, Wright, Jack, Belinelli, Weems. With Roko and Delfino gone, either trade for a PG or else Banks is still a great option.
I’m not saying Banks isn’t a viable option in the worst case scenario, but Hedo, Belinelli and I suppose Douby could handle stints running the team.
Celebrity Real Estate?!!?!!
AltRap could find Raptors news burried in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Carroll is the new Kapono!
Go raps Go
Guys lets forget about this trade, it is a rumour anyways. Lets talk about Calderon. Isn’t he adorable? I think Calderon and Rasho are tied for my all time Raptors. Very nice video. All this Banks Vs Caroll rumour is making me puke.
Seriously. It’s not even official yet and we have people crying all over themselves, lol.