The Toronto Raptors and Chris Bosh are entering a pivotal season. Unfortunately for Bosh, his season isn’t off to the greatest of starts. The Raptors announced late in the week that Bosh will be forced to miss the beginning of training camp due to an injury to his left hamstring.
Originally, Bosh injured his hamstring while working out in his home state of Texas. When he got to Toronto, the pain came back. The Raptors have diagnosed him with a strained hamstring.
Bosh can expect to be under the microscope this season due to his unrestricted free agent status next summer. Outside …read more

Yesterday, Hedo Turkoglu told the Trail Blazers that he was going to sign with Portland. But as the hours went on, Turkoglu apparently had a change of heart. Turkoglu isn’t headed to Portland after all — he’s headed to Toronto to play with the Raptors.
Although the Raptors can pay him a little bit more — reportedly about $53 million instead of $50 million — it sounds like the city of Toronto was the main selling point. Turkoglu and his wife reportedly like Toronto’s international flavor and that was the turning point.
For the Blazers this is obviously bad news. Turkoglu would …read more

The Portland Trail Blazers headed into free agency looking to make a big splash and it sounds like they landed their man — former Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu. According to numerous reports, Turkoglu has verbally agreed to sign with the Blazers for approximately $50 million over five seasons.
Last year with the Magic, Turkoglu averaged 16.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists during the regular season. In the postseason, the native of Turkey was instrumental in leading the Magic to the 2009 NBA Finals.
With the Blazers, Turkoglu will play small forward next to Brandon Roy at shooting guard, LaMarcus Aldridge …read more

 Who will guard Kobe?
Rookie Courtney Lee will likely get his shot at the Black Mamba in the beginning, provided Lee is in the starting lineup. Otherwise, when Mickael Pietrus is in the game, he will no doubt be regarded as the ‘Kobe Stopper’. How well he can stop Kobe is debatable, but my guess is Pietrus will do a better job than Ruben Patterson ever did.
Wouldn’t surprise me to see Hedo Turkoglu or J.J. Redick get some cracks at Kobe here and there, but it probably won’t end well for them.
Can Andrew Bynum step up his game against Superman?
If Bynum …read more

Coming into Sunday’s game, the Boston Celtics were 17-3 all-time at home in Game 7 showdowns. You can now make that 17-4 after the Orlando Magic went into Boston and handily beat the Celtics by a final score of 101-82.
The Magic were led by Hedo Turkoglu. The native of Turkey scored 25 points, dished off 12 assists and pulled down five rebounds, while shooting 9-of-12 from the field and 4-for-5 on three-pointers. Superstar bigman Dwight Howard had 12 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks, while Rashard Lewis had 19 points, five rebounds and four assists.
For the Celtics, Ray Allen put …read more