Found June 25, 2009 on
NJ.com:
PLAYERS:
Vince Carter,
Rafer Alston,
Courtney Lee,
Tony Battie
TEAMS: New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic
TEAMS: New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic
Vince Carter is heading home, to central Florida - and he's bringing Ryan Anderson with him. The Nets have agreed in principle to trade their leading scorer and major gate attraction to the Orlando Magic in exchange for three...
Original Story:
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Wow interesting trade!
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I don't like this trade either. Rafer was expendable, but Courtney Lee definitely has more upside. Word is Orlando is bracing to lose Hedo, and VC is supposed to shore up that gap. That sounds ridiculous to me.
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I like the move to bad it wasn't 5 years ago.It's going to be a long season !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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