Trade: J. O'Neal/#41 to TOR for TJ Ford/Rasho/Baston/#17

[Fool]

You don't. You hate everything. You've got a whole thread devoted to all that you hate.


LOL

[Timone]

Fool is still undefeated... must be a member of the North Side Kings.

[Zekyl]

I think the only thing that makes Glenn happy is overhaul and an undersized group of midgets(TJ at the PG, Stuck at SG, and Earl Watson at SF) running the courts as we get torched into the next dimension ever game.

Max at PF, McDyess at C. I think that pretty much fills out the starting rotation for you.

[Glenn]

B. Colangelo is saying that this isn't a done deal and that they (TOR) are involved in "4 or 5 deals" right now.

[Glenn]

Ford also has BYC status until Tuesday.

[Glenn]

On the eve of the NBA draft, the Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers finally agreed to a trade.

Sources told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher that the Pacers and the Raptors have agreed to a deal that, pending review of medical information, would send Jermaine O'Neal to Toronto in exchange for T.J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic and the No. 17 pick in Thursday's NBA draft.

ESPN.com has also learned that the Raptors will get the 41st pick from the Pacers as part of the deal while the Pacers will receive Raptors forward Maceo Baston to complete the deal.

Ford's contract makes him a "base-year compensation" player, meaning the trade cannot be completed until July 9.

[Glenn]

From then until July 9, the league has a moratorium on trades and signings. Given all that, the trade won't be official for a fortnight.

Instead, this will be the trade that everybody knows about but nobody acknowledges publicly. There will be no announcements or news conferences and it might mess with some summer-league plans. But the teams are exchanging medical information, and right now everything appears to be a go.

By the way, this delay also means there are still two weeks for other teams to get in on this trade and make it more than a two-way deal.

[MoTown]

That's ridiculous! Maceo Baston is still in the league???

[Timone]

I KNOW, RIGHT? (another phrase used by frat boys)

Who's Maceo Baston?

Also, Go Raptors!

And Pistons!

[Glenn]

Who's Maceo Baston?

$1,976,400