changv10

Here are all the free agents the raptors are interested in:

Anthony Parker - 4-5 million per year
Carlos Delfino - 4-5 million per year
Linas Kleiza - 4-5 million per year
Shawn Marion - 8-10 million per year
Hedo Turkoglu - 10-11 million per year
Trevor Ariza - 7-8 million per year
David Lee - 7-8 million per year

The salary payroll is at 46 million. I think we can sign a total of $15 million. So who to chose?
From this list, I like Carlos Delfino (4-5) + Trevor Ariza (7-8). Delfino does a bit of everything. I think we missed him early in the season. Ariza is an athletic wing that can knock down threes and lock down on defense. Both are good defenders. Its also cheaper ... a total of 11-13 million ... and we can use the rest to get another decent FA.

Calderon / Ukic / Banks
Delfino / Douby /
Ariza / Derozan / Pops /
Bosh / Evans / Hump
Barnani / O'Bryant / Jawai

Turkoglu is great for offense. He's a smart player, passes the ball well and gives us great flexibility because he can play small while being big. He's D is not that good though. If we could have Delfino AND Turkoglu, that'd be awesome ... but according to the media that's not possible.

Lee is a good rebounder, too bad we got Evans already.

The matrix is good all around. I don't see him wanna stay here and play. If we can sign and trade him to a contender and get some nice pieces back, that'd be nice

Kleiza ... a role player at most i think

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release Banks +4.2 million

Parker 2 years 8 mill 4 mil per
Delfino 4 years 14 mil 3.5 per
Marion 3 years 20 mill 6.6 per
Rasho 2 years 6 mill 3 per

Calderon/Ukic/Fill in
Parker/Delfino
Marion/Derozan
Bosh/Humpries/Pop
Bargnani/Rasho/Pop

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Why do you want Nesterovic? That people here think he and Magloire are worth any money is astounding to me.

Marion's not worth anything more than 2 years. I'd much rather see Ariza here, but he's going to Houston for some reason. So the focus should be on Fernandez, who can step in and start.

I hope Parker comes back.

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