Banks For Carroll: Editors' First Impressions

Quick note: this trade is all but finalized, this is just In BC We Trust and me discussing and bantering about the potential trade.

In BC We Trust says: (1:07:43 AM)
i'm not crazy

In BC We Trust says: (1:07:53 AM)
about it

I Swear I'm A D-League All Star says: (1:08:19 AM)
why, contract wise?

In BC We Trust says: (1:08:40 AM)
yeah

In BC We Trust says: (1:08:47 AM)
he's not gonna be a rotation player

In BC We Trust says: (1:08:54 AM)
and 2 more (3?)

In BC We Trust says: (1:08:55 AM)
years

In BC We Trust says: (1:08:57 AM)
that's a lot

I Swear I'm A D-League All Star says: (1:10:58 AM)
yes but you are forgetting that bc can recite the cba better than the alphabet at this point

I Swear I'm A D-League All Star says: (1:11:08 AM)
im sure theres some sort of loophole he can tuck carroll into

In BC We Trust says: (1:11:14 AM)
hahaha

I Swear I'm A D-League All Star says: (1:12:25 AM)
and furthermore, carroll can be used as trade bait the same way kyle korver was

In BC We Trust says: (1:12:46 AM)
kyle korver > matt carroll

I Swear I'm A D-League All Star says: (1:12:50 AM)
some gms just have hard-ons for tall young white 3 point shooters with good form

I Swear I'm A D-League All Star says: (1:13:31 AM)
im not gonna debate the matt is better than kyle

I Swear I'm A D-League All Star says: (1:13:43 AM)
matt was a charlotte draft pick = doomed to fail

In BC We Trust says: (1:14:58 AM)
he's a decent player

In BC We Trust says: (1:15:05 AM)
nbdl poty!!!!

BC Not Done Tweaking?

Just one day after pulling the trigger on a 4 player trade, The Architect is back at it trying to grab Matt Carroll in return for Toronto's favourite ghost-player, Marcus Banks, the Toronto Star reports.

Carroll, a 6'6 wing player, is best known for his touch from long range, a career 40 per cent shooter from three-point range. He has 4 years left on his contract, making roughly 4 - 4.5 million per season until the end of the 2012 - 13 season. He most likely will not see much floor time if he joins the Raps, but would fill a role if a player were to get injured.

Raps Nab Johnson and Weems

According to the Toronto Star, the Raps have traded "Hot Cocoa" Roko Ukic and the rights to restricted free agent Carlos Delfino to the Milwaukee Bucks for forward Amir Johnson and guard Sonny Weems. Both come off the books after this season, though Weems has a team option for 2010-11.

Johnson, a very athletic 6-10, put up 3.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in just 15 minutes last season in Detroit. He figures to add to our big-man depth, backing up Andrea Bargnani, Chris Bosh and Hedo Turkoglu. He'll compete for time with Reggie Evans and Rasho Nesterovic and may pass Patrick O'Bryant on the depth chart.

Weems, 6-6, spent the majority of last season in the D-League playing for the Colorado 14ers. He'll likely ride the pine most of the season. Hopefully he can make friends with Marcus Banks.

Grade for Raptors: B
It's a solid deal that brings a big man with upside to Toronto while reducing the number of contracts for next summer in an attempt to keep CB4 in town. Weems is essentially a non-factor in this deal, and Delfino's skills were redundant with DeMar DeRozan, Antoine Wright, Marco Belinelli and Turk in town. The only downside to this deal (besides losing 2 nations from the UN of the NBA) is giving away Roko. While he likely would have gotten very little playing time behind Jose Calderon and newly acquired Jarrett Jack, he's still a big, young guard with plenty of upside. It's entirely possible he could develop into a solid NBA player, but for the immediate future of this franchise, it didn't make any sense to keep him. Solid deal by Bryan Colangelo to try to make something from pretty much nothing.

Rookie Update: DeMar's Rookie Portraits and Balls At Rookie Orientation

Check out DeMar's rookie portraits below (yes, the second photo will give us nightmares too):





DeMar and other rookies try out NBA Live 10 at the Rookie Orientation.

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