Found August 17, 2009 on
Ball Don't Lie:
This has to be a steal of sorts for the Toronto Raptors.
I understand the fascination with Roko Ukic. Tall point
guards will always sway basketball junkies, even as we watch types like Ukic or
Jeryl Sasser stink it up more than they star it up. When he's on, Ukic is truly
lovely to watch. But he's rarely on. And he's 25. And you need a power forward.
A center, too.
The Raptors are about to acquire both, in Amir Johnson.
They'll also pick up Sonny Weems for under a million bucks, in a sign-and-trade
deal with the Milwaukee Bucks that will land the Bucks Ukic and Carlos Delfino.
The deal apparently goes down as soon as Delfino jets into North America to put
pen to paper on a new deal with Toronto, inking
for two years (with a team option for three) and immediately seeing his rights
shipped to Milwaukee.
The big name here really is Ukic; but let's face it, he's
barely an NBA player. It hardly matters if you're a rookie or veteran - when you
have a single-...
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