Yahoo! Sports: Orlando Magic Will Sign-and-Trade Hedo Turkoglu to Toronto Raptors for a Traded Player Exception

I’ll take it.

“Who you think you got, a Chelsea Clinton?!?”

I think the TPE is great, what I was expecting really too, except for maybe Bass and filler/cash. I kept wondering why the Magic wouldn’t want to atleast get that TPE instead of nothing, GM’s words seemed so brash tho and at the same time it made no sense. They last till next mid seasons deadline and next summer too. Its like gold for some teams who just want to dump a player for salary cap. It can be used as a great trade enhancer to help finish and make more creative separate trades linked as “one deal”. Now Magic may never use it, but I suspect they’ll use alittle bit of it this summer atleast. Or GM Smith can go crazy and just shock and awe with a S/T on a team wanting to dump a Starte PF or somehting, very, very unlikely tho. Im trying to think of potential teams and players targets. Like teams above the luxury who would love to trade one of their players for cap, altho many times it’ll be a bad player too, tho I suspect some teams may be desperate for the cap and surrender decent player(s), and that the TPE will gain value as NBA collectively nears the mid deadline where some unfinished dealing is left, or teams are underperforming, or in the next summer when all teams really get a maximum cap lowering level. It’ll be unlikely Magic use that TPE all up I think, but for small salary players, sure, Magic can use small portions of the TPE to acquire smaller contracts, but good quality players too. This is going back to if GM Smith might take advantage yet again of a lopsided deal where he can get quality and the other team gets Cap, and at how high a level, which as I know GM Smith, he won’t let us know unless its leaked or just about a completed deal by the NBA. Itll be very interesting to see what GM Smith does with it, I suspect a little of it to be used if the MLE does not satisfy GM Smith’s players needs and for it to gain more value as the next season progresses. Which is a big plus for nothing becuase the Magic were not going to resign Turk, and leaves a potential Mega plus (tho unlikely) scenario where GM Smith can acquire another player of 6mil or higher contract, which tend to be high quality players.

Very astute move, I’m impressed. Otis is showing that he is not going to let any of his assets just walk for nothing, as he turned Hedo’s Larry Bird exception into a sizable TPE. Next is to wait and see what happens with Gortat as I’m now even more inclined to believe we either match or do another S&T, and not necessarily with Dallas.

The greatest virtues I have seen in Otis, is his crafty, almost spooky patience AND totally discrete way of handling complex negotiations with teams and players alike.

And I have this feeling… he’s cooking something BETTER!

You HAVE to admire the guy; he builds TRUST!

Way to go, Otis!

If we use that easily gets us two good role players without even touching the mle. Good move we were going to loose him regardless now we at least get something back for it. I went from being a heat fan to a magic a few years back and I can honestly say I am happy I made the switch. I feel like our FO really knows what they are doing. Go Magic!

The Magic have a trade exception!! I’m doing backflips!! This doesn’t not take away from the fact we lost Turk. He was a guy that was a major part of the Magic’s identity and he created a lot of confidence for the team. Obviously being part of a the construction of this Magic team since day 1 didn’t mean much to him. He obviously wanted to get paid. I wonder though if the Magic did enough to try and sign him during the regular season. If there is any blame on the Magic’s part, it would be that. But for personal matters, etc. Turk is gone. In the end, the joke’s on Toronto really. They overpay for a guy who isn’t an all star and functioned extremely well in a system somewhat created for him. We’ll see if this success correlates elsewhere. One thing’s for sure, the downtown Orlando nightlife will truly miss one of their loyal patrons.